Help our family finally have reliable power to our house
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I cannot say I ever thought I would be making a post for this, but I felt a push that I needed to not just pray for a miracle but also take action.
My husband Josh and I have three amazing children, ages 13,11, and 8. A few years ago, we found our dream home. It checked off all the boxes, well almost. We would need to build the home we wanted and the simple issue (or so we thought) of connecting to electricity. Over the last few years, we have built the most amazing home for us and our children. The problem being, as we had quotes done, we quickly realized the power was going to be a much bigger problem than we realized. The last power line stops 0.3 miles from our driveway. It is a town road but we found out we would still need to pay for the clearing for poles and the lines being run on the town road and then up our driveway to our home.
For a while we have been making it work, generators, having almost all appliances even our refrigerator all run off propane, led lights to consume minimal power.
The problem now, is we are going on 3 years of this. The winters are hard dragging 5 gallon containers of fuel to the generator. And I have been recently diagnosed with a severe autoimmune disease that zaps me of energy and strength.
- We have tried talking with banks but none will give us a loan against the house because there isn't power connected. We thought about going solar but that has gone up so much now, there really wouldn't be any difference. The electric company is no help. Let alone the amount we are wasting every time we buy gas to fill up the generator, that 5 gallons doesn't even go 24 hours. It's not only exhausting but also financially draining but what other option do we have? We have tried everything.
At this point we need help which is hard for me to admit. I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to lift the cans of fuel or even safely add the fuel. Josh does as much as he can, but what about when he is gone?
Now our overused generator is showing signs of dying and we need to do something before winter. We cannot do another winter like the last few. It's making our dream home a nightmare instead of the safe place we made it into.
If you are able to donate, we greatly appreciate it. And if you can't that's okay too! Please pass this along to others as I hope we can at least raise some of the funds to finally have the ability to walk into our home and flip on a switch and have power. ♥️
Organizer
Micheala Stanley
Organizer
Oakland, ME