My dad has given everything he has to me and everyone around him. Now it's our turn.

My father, Richard Finney, is 68 years old, born in Canada. He moved to Mexico about 2 years ago to live on a modest retirement. He is an animal lover, a music lover, a singer, and a jack of many trades. He is one of the most genuinely kind human beings I have ever known. He has spent his whole life caring for others, showing up for people, and giving freely of himself, even when he had very little to give. He never made a fuss about it. That's just who he is.

Unfortunately, over the past two years, life has hit him harder than he deserved.

*What's Happened*

Richard moved to Mexico a couple of years ago, hoping to finally settle into a quieter chapter after a long, difficult road. Shortly after arriving, his health collapsed all at once.

His vision began to fail. Surgery on one eye was attempted — and it failed. Around the same time, an enlarged prostate began silently destroying his kidneys, leaving him jaundiced, dangerously weak, and barely able to function. He needed emergency prostate surgery just to survive.

On top of all of this, he was recently diagnosed with vascular dementia — a condition that affects memory, cognition, and independence, and one that will require ongoing care and support for the rest of his life.

He has spent the past year fighting to get healthy again. The surgeries were successful in saving his life — but they wiped out nearly all of his savings, and left him unable to work during his recovery. He fell behind on his housing payments, and now he is at risk of losing his home over approximately $4,000 USD in arrears — a figure that, to most of us, feels small, but to a man on a fixed pension dealing with health crises, has become an impossible wall.

*Who He Is*

My dad isn't just a statistic. He is a talented singer and musician — the kind of person who could fill a room with warmth and his amazing voice. Literally, He could silence a room with the first three notes of Unchained Melody or Desperado by the Eagles. He is thoughtful and compassionate in ways that are rare. He has always cared, genuinely and deeply, about the people around him — friends, strangers, family. He never asked for much in return.

He has faced setbacks his whole life, the kind that would break a lot of people. Before he left for Mexico, his only sibling and last living relative, my Uncle David, passed away from a major stroke, and yet he kept going, kept showing up, kept being kind. He never stopped caring about others, even when the world wasn't caring for him. Now, my dad has only his wife, whom he met in Mexico, and his children to rely on.

He deserves to spend his retirement years with security, dignity, and peace. Not fear. Not uncertainty. Not the threat of losing the roof over his head.

*What This Fund Will Cover*

Every dollar raised will go directly toward:

When I asked my Dad how much he needed, he told me $4000, nothing more than what he owes on the house and what he needed. He has never asked for more than he has needed, but my Dad deserves more. My goal is $25,000, which I hope will stabilize his housing situation and give him a cushion to receive the care he needs without the constant weight of financial crisis.

*Why I'm Asking*

I'm his son, and I'm reaching out because I believe there are people out there who, like my dad, genuinely care. People who understand what it means when someone who has always given finally needs to receive.

You don't have to know him to help him. But if you've ever had someone in your life like Richard — someone who showed up for you without being asked, who cared about you without keeping score — then you already know exactly the kind of person we're trying to help.

No amount is too small. Sharing this post costs nothing and could reach someone who is in a position to help. So please share freely and often!! Every contribution goes directly to giving my dad the stable, comfortable retirement he has always deserved and never quite been able to hold onto.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. And from his.