
Support Dr. Jeannine Connelly's Heart Surgery Recovery
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I'm trying to raise money for my mom, Dr. Jeannine Breitenbach Connelly. She recently had to undergo open heart surgery and has to step back from teaching. My mom never asks for ANYTHING, but she will literally give you the shirt off her back. She's been teaching for over thirty years. From teaching music in Chicago, IL all the way to college courses at a military academy in Georgia. But this surgery has literally forced her to take a step back. Her three sons have taken up the mantel to do anything and everything we can to be here for her. But the sad truth is that as a teacher in America, she does not have the means to support herself while disabled. Her school does not have a union, she does not earn any salary while temporarily disabled, and we have to wait until her state disability gets processed (which realistically won't support her anyway since it's only a fraction of what her normal salary is...)
My mom has been told by so many of her former students that she was their favorite teacher. She taught at FXW at Old Saint Patricks, St. Odillos, Hiawatha middle school, Appelgarth elementary, Red Bank Catholic high school, Georgia militarily college and now at CAPS high school in Plainfield NJ. I know that if the people she's known learned how difficult this is going to be for her, her village would show up. So please, Mrs. B/Dr. Connelly has taught thousands throughout her career, anything will help at this point.
Thank you
The Breitenbach Connelly family
Organizer and beneficiary
Kaeleb Connelly
Organizer
Plainfield, NJ
Jeannine Connelly Morse
Beneficiary