***THIS FUNDRAISER HAS CONCLUDED. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Hey everyone, Spencer here with SB Mowing.

I got an anonymous message about a house where the yard had gotten completely overgrown. The person who reached out told me the homeowner had been dealing with a serious back injury and hadn't been able to keep up with anything at all this year. So I went over, knocked on the door, and ended up spending a long time talking with Troy.

Troy has spent his whole life working with his hands. Years ago he fell 26 feet out of an attic onto concrete while doing HVAC work, took a couple weeks off, and went right back to it. Then about six years ago he was 22 feet up on a ladder working on a hangar door on a military base when the door kicked back on him, knocked him off, and he landed on a forklift. He has a blown disc now. Surgery is technically an option, but his doctor told him that even if everything went perfectly, it's maybe a 40 percent chance of feeling a little better, and there's no guarantee. He can barely move without extreme pain, and he told me he doesn't really sleep anymore, he just calls it resting.

On top of that, he lost his mom four years ago and his dad two years ago. He hasn't been able to work since the injury, and the house has fallen behind because of it.

I spent a full day out there, sun up to sun down, cutting down volunteer trees and hauling off three entire loads to the dump, mowing everything down, and opening the whole property back up. But while we were talking, Troy mentioned the things he can't get to and can't afford. His roof has been leaking every time a storm comes through. His gutters are falling off the house. A huge limb came down and destroyed his garage door. All of it has been pushed to the side for years because there just hasn't been money or a body able to do the work.

Troy never asked me for any of this. He's the kind of guy who spends his time helping other people and doesn't want anyone helping him. When I told him I wanted to start a fundraiser to get these repairs taken care of, he was completely stunned.

That's what this fundraiser is for. Every dollar raised here goes toward:

Replacing his leaking roof

Repairing and replacing his gutters

Replacing the garage door destroyed by the fallen limb

Any remaining repairs on the home he hasn't been able to get to

We're doing this through my nonprofit, SB Mow It Forward, a 501(c)(3) built to go beyond the yard work and take care of the things people genuinely can't take care of themselves.

Thank you all so much for the support. It's the reason I get to do any of this!

SB Mowing... OUT!