Home for the Holidays

Hi, my name is Karlee, and I am fundraising for the Bragg family. I met Erin Bragg while at McDonald’s play place with my son. I noticed my son had been playing with a child that went to his headstart last year. I knew him to be a very polite and sweet little boy but hadn’t met his mom until this day at McDonald’s. So I introduced myself to his mother and learned of her unfortunate circumstances she had been going through.

Erin Bragg is the mother of 8 beautiful children. Their family has gone through a number of unfortunate circumstances in the last few years and is just in need of a helping hand at this time.

Covid hit their family pretty hard with Erin loosing her job and relying solely on her husbands income. This was the beginning of their hardships causing them to get behind on their bills. Then in the summer of 2022, Erin lost her husband Danny Bragg in a motorcycle accident leaving her to care for all 8 children by herself. She had some help from her grandmother who then unfortunately passed this summer of 2023. After these two heartbreaks, her home was then foreclosed on, on November 9th. She is now living hotel to hotel with all of her 8 children while working part time at Home Depot. Her eldest son has also started working at Home Depot to help his mom. The cheapest hotel they can get is usually around $374.50 for two rooms for two nights. They have to get two rooms because of how large their family is. She has some prospects for housing but is having a hard time keeping hotel stays paid for and being able to save up for the first months rent and security deposit. One of the possible rentals she has found is $1700 per month. To accommodate for their large family, while also having a foreclosure on her record this is the best she has found price wise. So I set the goal of $3400 to cover the first months rent and security deposit. Anything helps even if we don’t reach the goal, but I’m hoping and praying we can get this family in a home by the holidays. I think it would be the greatest gift for the kids and their mom, a real Christmas miracle. If you feel more comfortable sending the money directly to her, her cash app is: $crazzy8mommahope. Thank you and happy holidays.