Hello all, My name is Nickolas. I'm a 23 year old, unemployed disabled person with chronic & severe epilepsy. My brother, Eduardo Jr (EJ), is 25, working full time, and my sister is 18 as of March this year, and months ago graduated High School. At the beginning of this year, My father was supposed to have an operation to help remove cancerous growths in his colon. During that operation he had a stroke, and days later, despite everything they did to save him, he sadly passed away on January 23rd. He was a Veteran, Gunnery Sgt. in the USMC. He was 61. Unfortunately at the time of his passing, we were already $3500 behind in Rent, & $1400 behind in PG&E. When we lost him, we lost %50 of our household income. His SSDI was a huge help, and losing that, when we were already behind by so much, was rough but we were able to catch up by cutting cell phone coverage and not having cable. We couldn't even give him a funeral, memorial or viewing. The VA does REIMBURSE families who bury veterans, but we couldn't afford any kind of up front payment. It was really rough losing my dad, but weeks ago, it got worse. Our mom was found unresponsive by 18 year old little sister, She called me over, and i called 911, pulseless, i started chest compressions until help arrived, but even after 30 minutes of CPR & Emergency medicines, they were unable to revive any sign of life, and she was pronounced Dead. That happened July 1st, one day after her 52nd Birthday on June 30th. Our family was caught off guard and already mourning my father, and now my mother is gone. Now, for the 4th time in the past 6 months, our landlord has taped a "Pay or Quit" notice to our door. This one is a "3-DAY NOTICE TO PAY OR LEAVE", we are still behind in Rent by Nearly $3000 and in PG&E by nearly $900. 

I am asking you, as a member of this community, as a disabled person, as the son of a Veteran who put his life on the line, a man who we couldn't even honor with a viewing before his cremation because of our financial troubles, and first and foremost as a Human being, Please help out with anything you can, so we can catch up and hopefully be able to stay in our apartment and maybe have a funeral my mother deserves.