Help My Family Relocate from Harvey
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Hi Y'all! Updating this story so that it contains all the information that gofundme needs to make sure this isn't some sort of hoax...
I am Barbara Newitt and I live in Austin TX. I am raising money for my mother who has lost everything in Hurricane Harvey. Her home of 52 years has flooded and is a total loss. She does not have home owners insurance. She is 90 years old.
She was rescued from her home when they water was about 4 feet inside the first floor and she had a medical emergency. God Bless the 4 HPD officers who swam in water up to their necks, commandeered a boat and then got them to Memorial Herman Hospital.
Yesterday, they moved my mom and one of my sisters and her dog to the NRG Reliant Stadium. My other sister was sent to the GRB Convention center on Saturday.
We still have not gotten my sisters and mom re-united, so prayers for that would certainly be appreciated! We DO have people working on it also!
When they release her, she has no where to go. She lives on social security and 2 of my sisters have been living with her. One has been sent on to a shelter and the other is handicapped and is at the hospital with my mom. All 3 live on social security and nothing else. They have lost everything, like many others in this horrendous storm.
I know you are all looking for some way to help, so I am starting this Go Fund Me for my mother, to help with finding her a home when the flooding finally stops and she is able to relocate. All funds will go towards what she needs to stay afloat...food, shelter, medicine.
We are exploring help with the clean out, but we really are not even to that point yet... the water is expected to crest today or tomorrow (9/2/17), and then begin to recede. They do not expect the water to be out of the houses on my mom's street until sometime next week...(9/7/17).
My mom's house is on Kickerillo Dr., 1 block off the Buffalo Bayou. I spoke with a neighbor yesterday who sent me a photo from Sunday. Yesterday they would not allow them to re-enter the neighborhood due to fast current. Apparently the water from the bayou and the run off from the flooding streets are all rushing together and creating a river effect on my mom's street. They won't allow anyone in due to the dangerous current right now.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. It is already greatly appreciated, along with all the prayers and warm thoughts you have been sending!
Please note! Funds are going into my account (Barbara Newitt) at this point because we do not have the bank information to put them directly into my mom's account. When we are re-connected and I can get an account number, I will change the settings. For now, I will send money directly to them from my account.
I am Barbara Newitt and I live in Austin TX. I am raising money for my mother who has lost everything in Hurricane Harvey. Her home of 52 years has flooded and is a total loss. She does not have home owners insurance. She is 90 years old.
She was rescued from her home when they water was about 4 feet inside the first floor and she had a medical emergency. God Bless the 4 HPD officers who swam in water up to their necks, commandeered a boat and then got them to Memorial Herman Hospital.
Yesterday, they moved my mom and one of my sisters and her dog to the NRG Reliant Stadium. My other sister was sent to the GRB Convention center on Saturday.
We still have not gotten my sisters and mom re-united, so prayers for that would certainly be appreciated! We DO have people working on it also!
When they release her, she has no where to go. She lives on social security and 2 of my sisters have been living with her. One has been sent on to a shelter and the other is handicapped and is at the hospital with my mom. All 3 live on social security and nothing else. They have lost everything, like many others in this horrendous storm.
I know you are all looking for some way to help, so I am starting this Go Fund Me for my mother, to help with finding her a home when the flooding finally stops and she is able to relocate. All funds will go towards what she needs to stay afloat...food, shelter, medicine.
We are exploring help with the clean out, but we really are not even to that point yet... the water is expected to crest today or tomorrow (9/2/17), and then begin to recede. They do not expect the water to be out of the houses on my mom's street until sometime next week...(9/7/17).
My mom's house is on Kickerillo Dr., 1 block off the Buffalo Bayou. I spoke with a neighbor yesterday who sent me a photo from Sunday. Yesterday they would not allow them to re-enter the neighborhood due to fast current. Apparently the water from the bayou and the run off from the flooding streets are all rushing together and creating a river effect on my mom's street. They won't allow anyone in due to the dangerous current right now.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. It is already greatly appreciated, along with all the prayers and warm thoughts you have been sending!
Please note! Funds are going into my account (Barbara Newitt) at this point because we do not have the bank information to put them directly into my mom's account. When we are re-connected and I can get an account number, I will change the settings. For now, I will send money directly to them from my account.
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Barbara Newitt
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Austin, TX
