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Please help our family get back on the road & work

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Hi, my name is Ron Flickinger and I am fundraising to get our family back to work. We NEED a tow vehicle & Repairs to the trailer.

Please Donate. ❤️‍OUR FAMILY IS ASKING FOR HELP! 2024 has had a very rough start. We’re not just asking for a hand out though, help us now, & we’ll trade you some great food and drink later. Think Kickstarter style to get us kickstarted back in business.

WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP: On Tuesday Jan 9th at about 10 AM Eric Flickinger & I left Richmond to take the Mac A Tude - Macaroni with an Attitude Food Trailer to a corporate event in Lexington. It was raining in Richmond, but not too badly and I thought that we should be fine to still go to fulfill our service. As we got closer to the 64/75 split, the rain picked up quite a bit, and it appears as though it had been doing so in that area for a little while, as there was standing water. We were only 2 miles from our exit when the trailer swayed. I almost thought that I had it saved and back under control, but I was wrong. The trailer ended up ripping the hitch mechanism, coming off the hitch and dangling from the safety chains, then it collided first with one side of the van & then the other and I was telling Eric, "we're going to hit", and the next thing I remember is coming to a stop in the lane of 1=75 backwards looking at oncoming traffic. When it was all over, we were most thankful that we were not injured, and that no one else got caught up in it. But Very sadly, our tow vehicle, and our ability to earn to pay our living expenses were totaled.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT: We had the wrecker drop the trailer off to the house so we could begin trying to salvage what we could. I asked Ryan Flickinger to come from Winchester to help us push it back towards the garage. We did and he left to go back to Winchester, on the way home to Winchester he hydroplaned off the road and through a fence backwards into a field. He was also not injured thankfully. JUST NOT OUR DAY! That’s two incidents in one day with two totaled vehicles. The food trailer business is the sole income for myself, my wife Sara Davidson Flickinger, Tori Flickinger, Eric, and even partially for Ryan.

We hope to somehow be able to at least get the trailer back to roadworthy condition, but we have no way to tow it to set it up anywhere. Both totaled vehicles were owned by the bank and we will be lucky if Insurance pays off what we owed on them. Unfortunately, we only had liability Insurance on the trailer so there will be no funds to help with its repairs. ANY FUNDS EARNED FROM THIS FUNDRAISER WILL GO TO HELP US SECURE A TOW VEHICLE AND REPAIR THE TRAILER, so that we can provide for our family and continue to serve our fans and the community.

WE ARE NOT JUST LOOKING FOR A HAND OUT. ALL donations will get a heart felt thank you! … and
A $10 donation is welcome to a free specialty drink ticket redeemable between April and November of 2024
A $30 donation is welcome to a $40 food/drink future credit.
A $50 donation is welcome to a $60 food/drink future credit.
A $100 donation is welcome to a $120 food/drink future credit.
A $300 donation is welcome to a $350 food/drink future credit. That could provide one heck of an Office Lunch or Party Delivery!
A $500 donation will get a private visit from our food truck for your family & friends or event and will come with $600 in Food/drink future credit.
A $1000 donation gets a special tribute stenciled on our food truck + 52 FREE drinks + A $200 food/drink future credit.
*all Future credits can be used between April and November of 2024

For our friends, fans, and family who don’t want credit or those not living nearby who would still like to help, please donate what you want. Any and all the support will be greatly appreciated by our entire family.

Sincerely, Ron, Sara, Eric, Tori, & Ryan
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    Eric Flickinger
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    Richmond, KY

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