Help for Richard Broussard and Family

Hi, my name is Elisa Davis and I am fundraising for Richard Broussard.

Richard and his family are a service focused family of 5 seeking financial hardship relief due to Richard’s physical ongoing inability to serve as a community pharmacist due to hostile recent work environments where his PTSD disability was viewed as problematic by staff including targeting Moreover, since the beginning of the pandemic the increasing stress levels of many frontline healthcare professionals have been intolerable affected our own health status. After 2yrs of being as careful as possible and frequent testing to keep my own family safe as close contact from dispensing testing vaccinating in store and at long term and memory care facilities all over north texas I was blessed to not have caught covid19 until August of 2022 from widowed father who lives with us. He was positive and contagious for 3 weeks. We tried to keep him isolated the best we could but I eventually contracted covid19 and the neurological pain is a daily management issue. This is definitely a weird space because for 22 Yrs as a pharmacist I’ve never been unable to work for this extended period of time. I still hold true to the belief that the true servants who were purposed by God to serve without any expectations find ourselves in a very difficult predicament when we do actually need assistance. As my pharmacist Oath as stated that I raised my hand and took it before graduation in a church in Memphis Tennessee: my primary concerns are the welfare of humanity and the alleviation of human suffering. Unable to serve the sick as he attends to his very serious health which require more testing but is currently without job insurance, stepping done due to public safety risk & concerns at his previous job. Most problematic has been managing new onset hearing hypersensitivity which required ear plugs at work(which became a problem for staff) & at home, sleep disturbances leading sleep deprivation caused nocturnal seizures & night sweats, unexpected nervous twitches during the day. lastly the absolute most debilitating problem is the pain in the form muscle spasms all over, teeth clinching, feet clawing the floor, right leg stiffening & a pain that con only be described as it hurts all at the same time Short term disability & long term exhausted with no medical conclusion because more medical testing is required per primary care doctor & neurologist. Medical bills have become insurmountable, on and off due to PTSD was infrequent, but since covid & increasing job duties causing stressful toxic & dangerous works place environment which many pharmacies most become these days. Still seizure like activity more neurological testing, at home telemetry, neuromuscular testing & neuroimaging required. Unfortunately, no insurance at the moment leaves my family in a position that we must sell the house asap.

Despite having CPTSD from early childhood traumas Richard D. Broussard dedicated 22 yrs of public service as a community pharmacy all over North & East Texas . I prayed about it. Richard got into the health profession because I have a heart for healing whose in need inside and outside the pharmacy. I truly belief the redemption of unearned suffering form my childhood sexual traumas very early in life gave me the humility, compassion & empathy to serve others at the highest level of patient care. We are seeking financial assistance to continue to serve those deemed the least of these. Prior to illnesses and since the

beginning of Covid19 pandemic.

- feeding the underserved HIV patients and their children at the Revlon house in Dallas,Tx with Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Plano, TX for 2 yrs 

- feeding the homeless with local churches 

- During Covid19 my family & another local organization coordinated efforts to feed over 1000 children & families in the most impoverished area of Dallas as the meal we not bused to the school children 60% of who only eat breakfast & lunch at the school. We secured food from Cornerstone Baptist Chruch in Dallas, Tx

- We identified food insecurity as a persistent & pervasive problem, therefore undertook 100 community gardens on 100 church properties as a lofty yet obtainable goal as we have access to unlimited free resources from relationships with Texas A&M AgriLife, MLK seedling farm, and Big Texas State Farm, Dallas College of Agriculture under the direction of Restorative Farms. It did cost the church an expense to implement or instill a sustainable food source

- our  took in a homeless young lady who was sleeping on the church ground at the church we we gifting a community garden. We found out she who was just released from the hospital from fainting from anemia. She started helping is in the garden to be a part of something and a sense of belonging. Several weeks later,   My wife Sharla was cooking a meal and said she felt compelled by the holy  spirit to go feed her. So she drove 30 miles to the church to hand her a warm plate of food. But The Holy Spirit moved again saying you can not leave her here on the church ground to sleep another night in 100 degree heat.  So my wife discussed it with me and she brought her home. Provided shelter assisted her in getting a job. Shortly after , she abruptly left. 

- our home has served as a place of healing  for those going through a divorce,  in which the devastation required community healing 

- provided shelter! for battered mothers and security for their young children for up to 6-8 months 

- provided shelter & support for friends of family with simply no other place that would take them in

- provided shelter for Sierra Sims & Tommy Sims (music legend) as we connected his daughter to   services in the state of Texas with new care model called the “living room”  which was very successful as Vanderbilt hospital  had exhausted except ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy). Thanks to Dr. Elba Garcia we we’re about to connect Sierra with Parkland Hospital & North Texas Behavioral health.  

- community household and mentoring parents for many summer to our youngest son Amarion seven friends from junior high up until graduation 2023

-  took in a sexually abused 12 yr old girl after Children’s Hospital in Dallas after receiving a late night phone call that the child had been given. alcohol and drugs & sexual abused me my wife was the God Parent of this  young child. We provided housing until the alleged

perpetrators of these childhood sexual acts were eradicated from the lease by law. 

- through our network and media contacts , we were about to assist in finding a mental Ill 14yr old girl who was reported as a runaway when she was actually a victim of abduction and sex trafficking. 

- we were honored to be in the care of a young 3 month old baby girl for a weekend as there where substance abuse problems with the mother and the family was trying to figure what was the next move to benefit the child.  

- We were able to help connect to services a grieving wife who unexpectedly lost her spouse & could not afford to bury. 

-Guest speaker with Hampton University “Unmasking The Peninsula” moderated by April Woodard which included Dr. Michael Eric Dyson  

- 2- time panelist  at  65th Anniversary of desegregation of “Little Rock 9” into Central High School themed  “Silence is not an Option” 

(2 panels addressed my personal early childhood sexual traumas, battling PTSD , recovery for alcohol )10 Yrs  sober and daily coping strategies strategies mitigate pain pertaining mental illness promoting mental fitness). 

I asked God to provide me with a home with enough space to be of service to the Kindgom of The God and do our best to do work for the least of these as Yeshua ( Jesus) . We were able to do just that and now that my health has own health despite being on the frontline 20 yrs and 2+ very intense yrs in the company from LTC /memory care facilities to schools to organizations. God keep me safe from covid until my widowed dad caught Covid19 for the second time. Toasted Jt him meals 3 times a day up and down the stairs as we tried our best to keep him isolated at his request to protect the rest of the family 2 sons 19 & 22 now all will dealing with my own health issues. Unfortunately, I caught covid and my most valued possession in this world my health was now severely compromised to the point of disability from neurological symptoms of Covid19. We are humming asking for some financial support for anyone who has the heart or know someone who does have the heart and can afford to help us. All checking savings 401k has been exhausted due to medical bills MRI’S EEG and inability to work as I was the primary breadwinner of the family. We have several bills that I wish I wound have asked for help earlier but being a caregiver it’s like a foreign tongue you can’t speak until …,

-Successful suicide interventions

-community service MLK Center Dallas with High School School