Support the Kendall Family in Their Time of Crisis

Hello Friends, Family, Alum and Former Colleagues

The Kendall Family, Jason, Candice, Nathan and Samantha appreciate your time reading our story. We have been financially struggling since August 2023 when I lost my job, and then April 2024 when Jason lost his job. Never in our nearly 30 years of marriage thought this would happen and having to navigate through this has been extremely difficult. We have depleted all our financial resources.

I was able to work a few retail jobs. Jason has worked for Door Dash and is currently a detailer at a car dealership. Both of our teenagers have a job at Harris Teeter and going to school full time.

In November 2024, Jason and I experienced our breaking point. On 11/29/2024, we were both falsely arrested and falsely accused of breaking and entering in in a Dollar Tree in Mint Hill. I was pulled out of a store by police and questioned. Jason was ordered out of the car by gunpoint, frisked, handcuffed and placed in back of a cruiser. I was the Store Operations Manager at the time and was closing a store by myself. Security Company saw me in the camera and called police dispatch directly rather than following proper protocols. After some time and after verifications were finished the police realized it was a mistake and released us.

We have never been more scared, terrified, confused, angry than we were that night. We have sought out and obtained an attorney.

In the meantime, we are searching for jobs to no avail, we have reduced our bills as much as possible. We are simply out of resources.

To say we are terrified of our near future is an understatement and of course, our first concern are our kids.

The funds would help pay for the attorney, and help keep us in our house, keep our cars and pay our bills, food and gas.

We can not thank you enough for reading this narrative and any generosity you can provide.