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Jon's Cats Emergency Rescue and Assitance

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Hello myself and my cats are still homeless. Sarah, her (and Eden's)children Bukowski EJ Ellie and Minnie and family rescues Cicely, Bramwell Efren end my darling Queen Taki. Need you help ASAP, the Humane Society can only house them for a very limited amount of time I think you're coming down to the end. This is the second campaign I have started in the last 2 years. The original campaign raised enough money for us to move from the horrible situation that we were in living under the control of a negligent, abusive, and wristlet alaturi landlord, 2 an amazing apartment that was unfortunately owned by another to put it lightly less-than-desirable landlord. Unfortunately after months of looking for a place that would accept all of us we had to take the first place it would do so and AND THEREFORE WERE UNABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE A GOOD LANDLORD. We survived the floods of 2008 together, we survived the retaliatory eviction of 2 years ago, and I never thought that anything could get worse but it has!!! I PERSONALLY HAVE LOST EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR EVERYTHING THAT I OWNED BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I'VE BEEN SEPARATED FOR MY CATS WHICH HAVE BEEN MY COMPANIONS AND CHILDREN FOR OVER 12 YEARS WE'VE NEVER BEEN SEPARATED!.THE BIGGEST FEAR THAT I HAVE HAD IN LIFE HAS BEEN LOSING MY PLACE TO LIVE AND EVEN MORE SO LOSING MY FAMILY RESCUED CATS.This fear was used by my previous lanlord to exert control, and unbelievably, and sadly I have experienced the same thing with my current landlord.! My current landlord told me quote on several documented occasions quote YOU AND YOUR CATS ARE GOING TO END UP ON THE STREET" AND "YOU AND YOUR CATS ARE GOING TO END UP ON THE STREET IF YOU DON'T WATCH WHAT YOU DO AND SAY". THESE THREATS OVERTIME HAVE BEEN LITERALLY DEBILITATING.Anyone who has been bullied before might be able to relate to my feelings. So considering the above this is why I have no choice but to ask for help againhank you for your attention, understanding, and assistance. PLEASE LET ME EXPLAIN BECAUSE THERE IS NOT MUCH TIME LEFT! Sometimes we fall down more than once, this is only part of Being Human. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO ASK FOR HELP AGAIN. It is difficult to ask for help once, to ask a second time is almost impossible. To be as clear as possible, I am asking again because of my own mistakes and miscalculations, because I have had an extraordinary unusual amount of good old-fashioned bad luck hit me SIMULTANEOUSLY and THERE HAVE BEEN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH I CANNOT RELATE entirely, but I will say that I have just had terrible luck with landlords.It turns out after studying documentation I was not the only person that might have experienced this. PLEASE LET ME EXPLAIN THE TIMING AND THE BAD LUCK 1st. ALL WITHIN A TWO-MONTH. I SUFFERED 3 RETALIATORY EVICTIONS WHICH WERE THROWN OUT BY THE JUDGE, I WAS DEALING WITH KIDNEY INFECTIONS AND A SWOLLEN ANKLE AND LEG THAT WAS DEBILITATING AND ALSO WE WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE IT, MY HONDA'S TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, THE TAXICAB THAT I HAVE BEEN DRIVING WAS WRECKED and NOT PUT BACK ON THE ROAD SO ESSENTIALLY LOST MY JOB, I HAD A HOME INVASION WHERE I WAS BEATEN BADLY BY MISTAKE AND MY PHONE ALONG WITH OVER $600 WAS TAKEN, I HAD BEEN LIVING WITH NO HEAT AND EVEN THOUGH THE LANDLORD SAID THAT HE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS THE DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR and MYSELF HAD BEEN TELLING HIM THAT SINCE NOVEMBER, and this was just the start of it all...I was under extreme pressure and facing eviction if I did not comply with unusual and unacceptable circumstances that were being projected by my landlord along with up until the day I was evicted him and his assistants said they would let me stay if I gave them $4,000. I told them was far far less than that and I have documentation to prove it. I have been an animal advocate and found homes for at least a hundred cats and kittens in the past 10 to 15 years WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING ABOUT IT? FIRST OFF I HAVE WORKED 6 DAYS A WEEK 12 HOUR NIGHTS FOR THE LAST YEAR ALONG WITH KEEPING TWO BUSINESSES GOING TO GET SUPPLIMENT MY INCOME. UP UNTIL THE VERY DAY I WAS EVICTED I WAS NEGOTIATING WITH MY LANDLORD TO TRY TO PAY THE RENT. But once he had the eviction finalized he knew he had the upper hand and requested $4,000 which was far far more than what I owed . I MISS MY BABIES AND I HAVE TO FIND A HOME FOR THEM NOW! I am literally begging for anyone's help of any kind.....But I do it with the confidence that I've never stopped working hard, and that with the help of others (for now in this emergency) I can continue to take care of of the family that I have have loved for over 12 years and at one point pay forward the assistance that others have given to myself and to my cat's so generously. More to come.. THANK YOU Jon, Sarah, Bukowski, EJ, Taki, Ellie, Minnie, Cisely Bramwell, and Efren!
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    • $100 
    • 5 yrs
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Jon Harnish
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Cedar Rapids, IA

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