
Single Dad Immediate Needs to rebuild after Hurricane Helene
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Hello, my name is Keith. I'm 31 years old. I lived in Swannanoa before the storm. I had a scooter prior to the flood. It does not run, and we have since then been unable to get it to run. I have one pair of tennis shoes. My steel toes completely fell apart after walking too much while trying to find a job. I have barely any clothes, but plenty of underwear and socks. I live in a camper now, THANKFUL, but have to walk 4 miles to Food Lion for groceries, and THEY won't hire me. It costs too much to Uber, so I was really grateful to God when I found a broken bicycle and fixed it to where the handlebars worked again and stayed on. Because it's a kid's bike for a 7-year-old and I'm over 6' and over 200 lbs, I keep having to reinflate the tires! I can get my license back, but it's going to take $500 in fines. Once I have my license back, I can apply to places that would give a truck to work for them, like flaggers on road crews or per diem jobs or Charter Spectrum. I don't know, but I feel like if I have my license, it will open the door to getting one of the jobs that requires it that's actually hiring right now. And once I'm employed, I can hopefully acquire a car. I am behind a month on the rent because my resources have been exhausted for the year. I need $800 for rent, but EVEN $200 would help buy me time and a grace period. I am a single dad with 50% custody of two kids, separated. I don't have family support either. My camper has issues now too. For some reason, the bathtub hot water does not heat up, like I have no hot water, and my propane won't work for my stove and oven. I have electric for the AC, the fridge, and the microwave. I have a grill too. But I'm feeling stranded. I need money to do laundry again because I literally have worn the same outfit for 5 days. I'm getting a proper shower today finally, but the struggle is real. If anyone can help, may God bless you tenfold, and thank you because I don't know what else to do. I'm just trying to rebuild myself and rebuild the stability my kids need from me.
I'm only asking for funds to cover my biggest needs.
Sincerely,
Keith
Organizer

Keith C
Organizer
Statesville, NC