<div>Update July 2026...due to hate crimes and burglaries I have lost my home I was buying from 2014 until 2026....I am currently homeless....I have lost my dog and possessions....due to Hate Crimes....I wrote a lot on substack...any funds donated will go to housing and food.
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<div>Thanks to everyone who has helped. I wish the police had investigated and arrested people...but they didn't.
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<div>(*march 2026* I have been told I can buy my house $5,000 short sale if I can raise the money fast
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<div>HOUSING EMERGENCY otherwise My Rescue Dog pictured above &amp; I need to move immediately. I am living solely on social security with no vehicle &amp; have to find a new place to live. I hope to raise enough to purchase a vehicle and get moved.)
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<div>Artist, Writer, &amp; Crime Victim Gary Eklund (AKA Mr Bird) is asking for your support. This is a Creative Arts,Journalism, &amp; Survival Fund. Please join also in helping my Rescue Dog &amp; I find a new home &amp; register him as an emotional support dog.
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<div>♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎. Find my journalism at davenporttruecrime.substack.com (MY CRIME VICTIM ADVOCACY PROJECT.) I describe being the victim of life changing crimes in Sept and Oct 2024 including multiple burglaries and car vandalism leading to the loss of my car ending 20 years delivering restaurant food. A fugitive felon was arrested 25 feet from my back door by the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigations. More details on Substack.
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<div>Poems under arts name "Dodo B Bird" on Substack.
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<div>Art at dodobbird.pixels.com. (reusable tote bags are highly recommended.)
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<div>THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN NICE TO ME !!!
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<div>funds raised to persue publishing, art, journalism, and survival.
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<div>See my Online book "A Beginners Guide To Sign Language For Agencies and Families" on my Substack site. 80 words for beginners.
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<div>cover photo is in progress painting ... titled " DIRE WOLF SAYS WHO YOU CALLING EXTINCT?" Finished version on my Pixels Art Website.
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<div>Monarch Butterflies, Wheelchair Accessible Gardens, Disability Rights,Happy Colors ....
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<div>This fundraiser was started after most of my paintings &amp; my paints &amp; brushes were destroyed. I also lost my car and my GOOD2GO restaurant delivery job in 2024 in crimes that changed my life and were reported. Except for art and photography and writing I have not been able to work since Sept 2024.
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<div>Some Background.
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<div>Since the 1980s I have worked for nonviolence and social justice. I have worked in homeless shelters &amp; with people with disabilities, delivered food, and more.
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<div>Disability Rights, Social Justice, Nonviolence, Gardening and Local Artists too
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<div>"SAVE THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES PHOTO BOOK ... FROM CATERPILLAR TO CHRYSALIS TO MONARCH BUTTERFLY IN 19 DAYS. FROM CATERPILLAR TO BUTTERFLY". ( photo Book is finished. Not yet published. Beautiful photos.)
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<div>I'd like to visit the Harkin Center with it's focus on the ADA &amp; Disability Rights and Accessibility and photograph the Wheelchair Ramp that allows you to go from the first floor to the second floor....
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<div>3 other artists from North America have painted paintings based on my photos "Green Chrysalis In Daylight" and or "Black And Orange Chrysalis." To view their paintings Google "Challenge Paint This Chrysalis contest" and click on winners to view beautiful new artwork
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<div>THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN NICE TO ME
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<div>While I prefer arts name Mr Bird my given name is Gary Eklund and I was a peace activist in Iowa in the 1980s.
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<div>I worked for 10 years at what was then The Association For Retarded Citizens ARC Of Rock Island County.
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<div>Thanks to everyone. There are some nice people in the world.
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