Join Enduring Fight for Kenneth and Irene Groff
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I love the American spirit. I love heroes. And I love tributes to our heroes.
Today, I’m recognizing and raising funds for my two heroes, My dad and mom. Kenneth and Irene Groff.
My name is Mike Groff, son of Kenneth and Irene Groff. I'm reaching out to you with a plea in helping relieve my parents' challenges.
I never knew anything different than hard-working parents. My dad a carpenter and my mom a homemaker. My dad spent his days providing for our family. My mom made everything from scratch. My parent’s lives reflected the values of our great Country with their hard work ethic and honesty.
When I was seven years old, I saw my mom crying. I learned that my strong, robust and healthy dad had fallen two stories off a volunteer Church building project. It changed our family’s life that day and the trajectory of my parent’s financial future.
The fall crushed my dad’s lower back and he suffered multiple injuries.
Over the next two years, dad spent in bed rest due to the severe back injuries and surgeries. During this time, our family had no source of income. As this was a volunteer project for a local Church, there was also no insurance coverage or workers comp. Our family had no health insurance either. My parent’s Church helped meet the growing and outstanding medical bills.
Dad was a strong man and would never give up. He would sit in our little home shop on his wheelchair and tell us how to take a given project and repair it or how to build a certain project, all to help save money and do it ourselves.
After two years, and as a strapping 9 yr old, I remember seeing my once strong and healthy dad begin the arduous task of relearning to walk.
The accident had taken such a huge toll on his body and just as huge a toll on his future.
Once Dad was able to slowly begin working, he picked up his responsibility to provide for our family. I never understood as a boy exactly what my dad was doing, but as a grown man myself, I realize now what I didn't realize then, the integrity and grit it took my dad to fight against his obstacles and not succumb to his daunting circumstances.
I never remember my dad complaining about his lot in life.
What I see clearer now is my dad fought instead of caving in. A true Hero.
And it’s our desire that you will help them in this enduring fight.
Their local Church has continued to help with the ongoing medical expenses through the years, but dad has not been able to set aside retirement for him and mom. Currently, they rely solely on their children for all their needs. They have no sustaining income.
All who know my dad love him. He’s respected in his community, and many have benefited in some way or another of his kindness through the years. He has served many, especially with his knowledge and outstanding carpentry and woodworking skill set.
Many friends and neighbors have dropped by through the years with small projects they needed helping with, or with their questions. Dad is a friend, father, husband, that always has time for conversation, interesting stories, and treats everyone as if they are special.
He still refuses to let his circumstances get in the way and give up.
He loves tinkering around in his little wood shop as he feels well enough, to repair his little grandkids toys.
He’s also working on wood doorbells that he hopes the local community might enjoy.
My mom (Irene) has had to learn to do many things through the years to help support our family physically and emotionally while caring for my dad. She also refuses to let her circumstances get her down. She currently still takes in small sewing projects, which are not sustainable to their daunting challenges. Along with everything else Mom has diabetes. She has faithfully remained strong and steadfast through the years. Even though one let down after another, and each one bringing new sets of challenges, she remains strong and committed.
She is a faithful wife, nurturing mother and loving grandmother.
The Current Need
It’s heartbreaking to see them in their older age with no financial nest egg.
Currently, Kenneth and Irene are met with a continuing new set of challenges.
He continues to suffer and is in a lot of pain as a result of Peripheral Neuropathy (Nerve Damage that on given days restricts his walking) which is a repercussion of his accident in the ’80s.
Along with all the previous lifelong challenges, dad has severe asthma with its own unique circumstances. Kenneth has now recently been diagnosed with Emphysema of the Lungs. At this point in time, Kenneth and Irene will not be able to grow out of their challenges and Dad will not be able to work again, but are now forced to face these challenges with the help of others.
My dad and mom have not wanted to burden others. And while the family is seeing that they have food and utilities, we are unable to provide fully what they financially need. It’s an imperative and grave situation that they get financial help.
We have started this Go Fund Me Account to ease the burden of this.
There are the ongoing expenses of food, gas-back and forth to doctors and appointments, vehicle expense and upkeep, yearly property taxes, utility bills, and as you can imagine, the normal costs of everyday living.
And looking ahead, because of Peripheral Neuropathy and his walking being inhibited, there may be the expense of a power wheelchair and wheelchair accessibility in their home in the future.
What the family has been able to provide to keep them going is not sustainable in the initial years ahead and we are asking you to instantly join us in meeting this surmountable need.
Our parents Kenneth 72, and Irene 74 are celebrating 53 years of marriage this October 2019, And I admire that even in their older age with no retirement funds, my parent’s display a strong and trusting attitude.
We truly need your help to make a life-changing difference for them.
Will you join us now in this enduring fight for Kenneth and Irene?
Your small gift of any amount is deeply appreciated and will produce wonders in the lives of these two great heroes.
Thank you in advance for your donation,
Mike Groff,
(son of Kenneth and Irene Groff)
Today, I’m recognizing and raising funds for my two heroes, My dad and mom. Kenneth and Irene Groff.
My name is Mike Groff, son of Kenneth and Irene Groff. I'm reaching out to you with a plea in helping relieve my parents' challenges.
I never knew anything different than hard-working parents. My dad a carpenter and my mom a homemaker. My dad spent his days providing for our family. My mom made everything from scratch. My parent’s lives reflected the values of our great Country with their hard work ethic and honesty.
When I was seven years old, I saw my mom crying. I learned that my strong, robust and healthy dad had fallen two stories off a volunteer Church building project. It changed our family’s life that day and the trajectory of my parent’s financial future.
The fall crushed my dad’s lower back and he suffered multiple injuries.
Over the next two years, dad spent in bed rest due to the severe back injuries and surgeries. During this time, our family had no source of income. As this was a volunteer project for a local Church, there was also no insurance coverage or workers comp. Our family had no health insurance either. My parent’s Church helped meet the growing and outstanding medical bills.
Dad was a strong man and would never give up. He would sit in our little home shop on his wheelchair and tell us how to take a given project and repair it or how to build a certain project, all to help save money and do it ourselves.
After two years, and as a strapping 9 yr old, I remember seeing my once strong and healthy dad begin the arduous task of relearning to walk.
The accident had taken such a huge toll on his body and just as huge a toll on his future.
Once Dad was able to slowly begin working, he picked up his responsibility to provide for our family. I never understood as a boy exactly what my dad was doing, but as a grown man myself, I realize now what I didn't realize then, the integrity and grit it took my dad to fight against his obstacles and not succumb to his daunting circumstances.
I never remember my dad complaining about his lot in life.
What I see clearer now is my dad fought instead of caving in. A true Hero.
And it’s our desire that you will help them in this enduring fight.
Their local Church has continued to help with the ongoing medical expenses through the years, but dad has not been able to set aside retirement for him and mom. Currently, they rely solely on their children for all their needs. They have no sustaining income.
All who know my dad love him. He’s respected in his community, and many have benefited in some way or another of his kindness through the years. He has served many, especially with his knowledge and outstanding carpentry and woodworking skill set.
Many friends and neighbors have dropped by through the years with small projects they needed helping with, or with their questions. Dad is a friend, father, husband, that always has time for conversation, interesting stories, and treats everyone as if they are special.
He still refuses to let his circumstances get in the way and give up.
He loves tinkering around in his little wood shop as he feels well enough, to repair his little grandkids toys.
He’s also working on wood doorbells that he hopes the local community might enjoy.
My mom (Irene) has had to learn to do many things through the years to help support our family physically and emotionally while caring for my dad. She also refuses to let her circumstances get her down. She currently still takes in small sewing projects, which are not sustainable to their daunting challenges. Along with everything else Mom has diabetes. She has faithfully remained strong and steadfast through the years. Even though one let down after another, and each one bringing new sets of challenges, she remains strong and committed.
She is a faithful wife, nurturing mother and loving grandmother.
The Current Need
It’s heartbreaking to see them in their older age with no financial nest egg.
Currently, Kenneth and Irene are met with a continuing new set of challenges.
He continues to suffer and is in a lot of pain as a result of Peripheral Neuropathy (Nerve Damage that on given days restricts his walking) which is a repercussion of his accident in the ’80s.
Along with all the previous lifelong challenges, dad has severe asthma with its own unique circumstances. Kenneth has now recently been diagnosed with Emphysema of the Lungs. At this point in time, Kenneth and Irene will not be able to grow out of their challenges and Dad will not be able to work again, but are now forced to face these challenges with the help of others.
My dad and mom have not wanted to burden others. And while the family is seeing that they have food and utilities, we are unable to provide fully what they financially need. It’s an imperative and grave situation that they get financial help.
We have started this Go Fund Me Account to ease the burden of this.
There are the ongoing expenses of food, gas-back and forth to doctors and appointments, vehicle expense and upkeep, yearly property taxes, utility bills, and as you can imagine, the normal costs of everyday living.
And looking ahead, because of Peripheral Neuropathy and his walking being inhibited, there may be the expense of a power wheelchair and wheelchair accessibility in their home in the future.
What the family has been able to provide to keep them going is not sustainable in the initial years ahead and we are asking you to instantly join us in meeting this surmountable need.
Our parents Kenneth 72, and Irene 74 are celebrating 53 years of marriage this October 2019, And I admire that even in their older age with no retirement funds, my parent’s display a strong and trusting attitude.
We truly need your help to make a life-changing difference for them.
Will you join us now in this enduring fight for Kenneth and Irene?
Your small gift of any amount is deeply appreciated and will produce wonders in the lives of these two great heroes.
Thank you in advance for your donation,
Mike Groff,
(son of Kenneth and Irene Groff)
Organizer
Mike Groff
Organizer
Myerstown, PA