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<div><strong>Legal and compliance support</strong> — working with Vanderbilt's clinic to make sure the app stays on solid First Amendment ground as it grows

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<div><strong>Security audits</strong> — this app protects vulnerable people; it needs to be bulletproof against both bugs and bad actors

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<div><strong>Continued development</strong> — new features like SEO/discoverability so people in danger can actually find the app when they need it

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AntiFreeze: Keep the ICE Watchdog Network Running

<div><strong>On the morning of July 7, 2026, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was taken from the people who loved him most. </strong>He was 52 years old. He was a husband, a father of three sons, a small business owner, and the heart of his family. This fund exists to carry his family through the impossible days ahead, and to let them grieve without the added weight of how they will get by.
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<div>Lorenzo built his life the honest way: with early mornings, long hours, and his own two hands. He ran his own construction business, building, with real work and real skill, the kind of life he wanted for his family. He was known for his work ethic, his fairness, and his willingness to help anyone who needed it. When people describe him, the first words are always the same, hardworking, dependable, kind. He was the kind of man who showed up: for his family, for his friends, for his neighbors, and on every job he ever took.
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<div>At the center of his world was his wife. Lorenzo and wife met when they were just teenagers and had been together ever since, building a life, a home, and a family side by side over 35 years in the United States together. Theirs was the kind of partnership people hope for their whole lives. Now his wife faces a future she never imagined, without the person she has loved since she was young.
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<div>Above everything, Lorenzo was a devoted father to his three sons. He worked as hard as he did so that his boys could have more than he had, so that their futures could be brighter than his own beginnings. Everything he built, he built for them. Now three young men must go forward without their father, and their mother must find a way to hold their family together.
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<div>The funds raised here will go directly to his wife and their three sons to help with funeral and burial costs, legal expenses, everyday living costs, and the wife’s needs, who has lost her lifelong companion and sole provider. No amount is too small, and every share helps this reach more people who can stand with them.
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<div>Please, say his name. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. And help us hold his wife and his three sons up when they cannot stand on their own.
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In Loving Memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52 Years Old

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<div>Across the country, many of the stories, voices, and contributions of African Americans are becoming harder to find in schools, libraries, and public conversations. Programs focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion are being reduced or eliminated. Black history courses and cultural programs face increasing challenges, and many families worry that future generations will grow up knowing less about the struggles, resilience, creativity, and achievements of those who came before them.

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<div>At Msanii Creative Expressions, we believe that when history is silenced, art can keep it alive.

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<div>For generations, African Americans have preserved history, wisdom, and hope through creative expression. During slavery, spirituals carried messages of faith, courage, and sometimes even directions to freedom. Stories were passed from one generation to the next through song, dance, poetry, drumming, and spoken word. Long before history books recorded our experiences, our ancestors used the arts to remember, teach, heal, and unite communities.

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<div>Msanii Creative Expressions is a community-centered arts initiative that uses poetry, storytelling, theater, music, and cultural education to preserve African American history and strengthen community connections. Through programs such as Say It Loud Poetry Night, reader's theater productions like Voices of the Enslaved and the Free: The Road to Juneteenth, cultural celebrations, youth activities, and community conversations, we create spaces where stories can be shared, remembered, and celebrated.

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<div>At a time when many people fear that history may be forgotten, we choose to tell the stories, sing the songs, perform the plays, and keep the memories alive.

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<div>Because words heal. Stories unite. Art transforms.

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Support Msanii: Keeping African American Stories Alive

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<div>I need help. The unexpected passing of my long term partner, Caleb, has put me in some serious financial hardship.
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<div>For the past 24 years, Caleb has been in a wheelchair due to a life long battle with spina bifida. He was a very active and strong man who got a lot done eventhough he was confined to a wheelchair. But, as time passed and he got older he started needing more and more help. Over the past year, his health decreased and he needed a caregiver to help with all his daily activities. Finding the right caregiver that was able to help Caleb was difficult so I lessened my hours at my res<strong><em>﻿</em></strong>taurant job and became his personal caregiver. I got paid through the state to help him since he was low income and on SSI.
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<div>Eventhough Caleb's health decreased and he needed a caregiver, no one expected him to go so soon. It was such a big horrible shock to me and everyone, I'm still having a hard time with it all. And now that Caleb suddenly passed on, my job taking care of him ended and obviously so did his monthly SSI check. So, my monthly household income has now been instantly decreased by thousands and since I live paycheck to paycheck, this has put me in some instant financial hardship. Luckily, my restaurant job will increase my hours in the near future and I'm planning on moving my 85 year old mother into my house so she can help me with my mortgage and I can help her with whatever she needs. I just need some help until that happens.
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<div>Funeral home expenses - This bill was bigger than expected, first the shock of Caleb dying then the shock of the funeral home bill. Death is expensive.
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<div>Past, current and near future bills - I have a mortgage, everyday bills and credit card/loan debt that I need help with until my paycheck increases and my mom moves in. I really would like to prevent my utilities from getting shut off and my debt from going into defaut.
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<div>Home improvements for safety - My 85 year old mother has already broken one hip and she has a high fall risk. I need to renovate a bedroom and bathroom with safety precautions for elderly people, including a new inexpensive floor.
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<div>Finally, I'd really love a little help creating a celebration of life gathering for Caleb's friends and family. He had so many people who cared about him and would like to gather together, share stories and say good bye.
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<div>Thank you all for whatever help you can give me, I really appreciate it. Life is quite difficult at the moment but with the help and support of my community, I know I can make it better.
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<div>Thank you again so much.
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<div>Love and light to you all,
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Support Stephanie After Caleb's Passing

<div>Help repair and rehome legendary underground performance and rehearsal venue The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven!
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<div>The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven is a performance and rehearsal venue home to not just our own work and Speculative Drama but also a wide variety of alternative and underground performance art in Portland. We have been the safe haven for over 400 performances of circus, new vaudeville, clown, music, and experimental performing arts. We are home to the interdisciplinary work of the incomparable Myrrh Larsen and their Song Sagas as well as the internationally renowned Night Carnival series.
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<div>Some of you may know that on Monday morning the 15th of January during the ice storm, due to extreme weather here in Portland a sprinkler pipe burst in The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven - the rehearsal and performance space that houses our in-house productions and which the immersive theatre company Speculative Drama calls home. 
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<div>This dumped a half a block's worth of sprinkler system directly into our 1000sqft uninsulated warehouse space, at pressure. Our entire venue and rehearsal space was flooded from the top down, causing what our neighbor called a "waterfall to suddenly come pouring off your roof" due to pressurized water spraying out of the literal wall joints.
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<div>The long and short of it is that all of our sound and lighting equipment is likely unsalvageable from water and ice damage inside of it, including a 20 year collection of Myrrh's personal, professional, and vintage music equipment which was flooded the worst and some speakers and amps literally sloshed when we moved them and froze over the week of ice storm. 
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<div>Professionals came in on Friday and dried the space as much as the building insurance would cover over the weekend of 1/19-1/21 but unfortunately their work does not cover any of the build-out, stage, wood additions, or equipment within the space and the damp is still deep in our equipment and built-out structures and seeping out onto the floor and into the space. 
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<div>We know that this time of year can be hard financially, but if you can spare any funds or even a share on social media or in your circles or email lists, The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven could use your help to survive this and keep making the amazing art you know us for.
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<div>Any amount helps, and if you are able to donate generously, we will be updating here with some exciting thank you packages for donations above $200. Heck, if you can donate $2,000 or more we would come to you and produce a private performance of our world-renowned immersive one-hour Macbeth!
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<div>Thank you all so very much for your support over the last 13 years. It has truly been a gift to build this community!
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<div>Our own lovely Marilee Harrison suffered from severe abdominal pain shortly after moving, and ultimately had to go to the emergency room. Unfortunately, the cost was extremely high, $4300 for a single visit, even with insurance. We know times are tight for many of us, and unexpected medical bills can be a breaking point. Please donate whatever you can to Marilee, who touches people's lives with her joy, support, and love. 
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Help James and Marilee with medical bills!

<div>Hi, Jennifer here. My husband Steve Walker and I have had a wild time since September, starting with Steve's hard fall, resulting in 2 months in the hospital, and resulting in major life changes for both of us. I will be his full-time caregiver, and although I was hoping to be able to resume working from home pretty soon, on Sunday I broke my left foot, slowing me down, and restricting my ability to haul him around. I will no longer be able to teach ballet, which impacts my income and some of my life's purpose.
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<div>We are “ten645”, a Cape Breton Island Contemporary Artist Collective. We are asking that you consider donating to help our fellow collective member, David P. Stephens meet his everyday living expenses and financial concerns following his recent diagnosis of Colon Cancer.
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<div>David is a prolific artist, living and working in Cape Breton Island whose art sales have been his major source of income, be it through commissions or his colour- ful and cheery “potboilers” - his bread and butter art. Currently, David’s only form of income is his fixed pension amount. His cancer diagnosis has put his artistic production on hold as he has been experiencing lethargy and an overall lack of energy, and as such it has been difficult for him to create new art and to cope financially. David will undergo Colon Cancer surgery in May to remove a tumour and he has an unknown future ahead, though it is anticipated he will make a healthy and swift recovery. Your kind donation will help David with his immediate financial concerns by relieving some of the burden associated with a cancer diagnosis and all that entails, and will help ease his stress until such time he has recovered and is able to return to his creative endeavour.
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<div>David is recognized as an established professional artist, having contributed to the cultural fabric of Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, and to our country with select works in the Permanent Collections of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, as well as the Canadian Museum of History. David P. Stephens Art: &lt;<a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.davidpstephensart.com&gt;." target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.davidpstephensart.com&gt;.</a></a> David is also a father to his daughter Bella, a friend to many, and he has volunteered along with several local artists in the Art of Living Program at the Cape Breton Cancer Centre, giving back to his community through the use of his talent and kind ways.
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<div>To all who have helped David to date, and those who decide to donate, we truly appreciate your generous contribution to help our fellow artist as it will aid in David returning to being a productive artist. If you are unable to donate, that most certainly is understandable, please send out positive thoughts and wishes to David for a speedy and healthy recovery. Please share this post far and wide!
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Let’s Get David Back to Making ART!

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<img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/43533022_1574718341221692_r.jpeg" alt="43533022_1574718341221692_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" />(Photos by Rick McKinney)<br /><br />I've known Rick McKinney for many years and while he's always creating something new with his art, and vehicles, he's remained true to his unique aesthetic of worn, weathered, scuffed, and lived-in materials. His incredible art vehicles, ("The Duke", "Werner's Dream", and  his newest creation, "Namaskar, and it's matching trailer, "Our Lady of Everlasting Travel") juxtapose the natural world with the man-made one, for instance putting live moss on cars along with coins, keys, and glass bits, or steamer trunks and deer antlers. His art tree house in Marin County, California is built  of  found wood, insulated with books, and shaped like a ship plying the sea of surrounding trees. All of these art pieces surround you like bubbles of past eras in which time slows down and a person can think.<br /><br />For more than 20 years Rick has dreamed of creating a multi-functional art environment in the brown, rocky land of Joshua Tree, in Southern California.  If you've been there you know that Joshua Tree is a thriving, high desert, art town, near one of the nation's most beautiful desert parks. The area is a vast, rough and beautiful place with enough land for creativity to spread out freely. It's also a magnet for creative people and definers of cultural trends. The most well known art environment in the area is the, "Outdoor Desert Art Museum" started by Noah Purifoy when he moved to Joshua Tree in 1989. Also creating art, and installations there are, New York artist Randy Polombo, Shari Elf, (Art Queen), Perry Hoffman, (Mosaic Tile House), and Bobby Furst (creator of Furstworld to name a few.) Interestingly, Eames Demetrios created a faux historic monument at the location Rick first had his eye on for his own project.<br /><br />Rick's art environment, (working title: High Desert Regatta) will start with a fleet of rescued sailboats, (often free to anyone who can transport them) each functioning both as a short-term residence for visitors, and an evolving art piece. It's a mad, wonderful idea and it brings together Rick's aesthetic and his years of living on a boat in San Francisco Bay. <br /><br />In Joshua Tree, the land is very affordable and that's where we come in! Rick is committed to building this very special place and he wants friends, visiting artists, and people with open minds and sharing hearts to be a part of its creation. Rick needs our financial help to buy the land necessary to create his vision. If we help him build Desert Regatta, we can always have a small piece of the desert to visit. Our donations will enable Rick to purchase the land, and begin to make it a habitable area on which art can be created. Help me, help Rick McKinney build his longtime dream. <br /><br />Thanks,<br />Emily Duffy<br /><br /><br />For giving a:<br /><br />$15.00  Donation - You'll receive a hug and a thank you from Rick.<br /><br />$30.00 Donation - You'll receive a signed "Duke" postcard.<br /><br />$60.00 Donation - You'll receive a paper copy of a sketch, or original writing by Rick.<br /><br />$120.00 Donation - You'll receive a small piece of art by Rick.<br /><br />$300.00 Donation - You'll receive an art piece by Rick, and an early visit as soon as he's got the land.<br /><br />$500.00 and up Donation - You'll receive everything above!

Rick's Art Environment: High Desert Regatta

<br />Do you know a<strong> BADASS SUPERHERO</strong>? One who would drop everything and move absolute mountains to make sure injustices are turned just, wrongs are made right, and lemons are turned to lemonade - all while nurturing and embracing those who need it most? Well, I do!! Let me tell you about my dear friend <strong>Kelly Keigwin</strong>. She has a heart that sees or tolerates no hate, a mind that constantly plans and conspires for the greater good,  and a will that’s stronger than any precious metal. She never gives any less than 100% to anybody who is in need of a safe space or warm hug. <br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/40404240_1562276068304233_r.jpeg" alt="40404240_1562276068304233_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br />And now she needs our help. As many of you know, Kelly was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive endometrial cancer a little over five years ago. There have been times of struggle and times of victory. She has been through multiple surgeries, numerous rounds of chemotherapy and radiation and, most recently, a clinical trial at UW. Right now, she’s facing a new challenge. A few months ago, she developed metastatic tumors in her lungs. With the help of radiation, and a super strong will, those were obliterated. Two weeks ago, we found out it has metastasized to her brain. Once again, she began radiation therapy, but also started having frequent seizures that have made life a bit more difficult. She has been unable to work, leaving her wife, Sam, the sole provider and financial support.<br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/40404240_1562276107735962_r.jpeg" alt="40404240_1562276107735962_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><br />The most important thing for Kelly's body, for her soul, for her overall well-being now is to create a space of healing and rest. So we’re going to create that space through transforming the room in which she'll be spending most of her time! What do we need to do this? We need a couch that is big enough for her loved ones and friends to sit with her, hold her, comfort her - something she can sleep on, that is big enough for her pups to cuddle with her, giving her much needed pet therapy time. We need to surround her with warm, embracing colors, that will help calm her mind and her body. We need to bathe her in love, which we can do by giving her this space where she'll feel at home. <br /><br />When you donate, you’re helping to provide all of these things. We have someone who is ready to design special furniture, quickly, to help create this space. <br /><br />There are some very unique pieces of art that Kelly and Sam, artists of extraordinary talent and vision, have created that we will be giving to special level donors. Please check out the photos and contribute an amount with which you’re comfortable.<br /><br /><strong>With a $150 Donation</strong> (You can choose from what is available, similar or like these):<br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/40404240_1562278184357842_r.jpeg" alt="40404240_1562278184357842_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><strong>With a $300 Donation </strong>(You can choose from what is available, similar or like these):<br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/40404240_1562278328174493_r.jpeg" alt="40404240_1562278328174493_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><strong>With a $500 Donation </strong>(You can choose from what is available, similar or like these):<br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/40404240_1562278939214077_r.jpeg" alt="40404240_1562278939214077_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><strong>If we can raise enough</strong>, or even go over, the next step is to help with getting a consultation with a super-specialist at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, who has taken on some of the toughest, rarest cases and WON. We want this for Kelly! Her insurance does not cover this, and the constant back and forth trips required  for the clinical trial and treatment in Seattle have put a considerable financial strain on them.<br /><br />** If you aren't able to donate financially at this time, will you consider donating time? We're going to need some pickup trucks or SUVs, and strong arms and backs to help move things around during the transformation. I'll be updating with some upcoming dates where you can help fill those needs! **<br /><strong><br />Please be a superhero now for Kelly, a beautiful human who has more than earned her cape!</strong> <br /> <br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

Helping Kelly Heal

This has been a tough spring...toughest in many of our lives.<br />In March my mom passed out and wouldn't wake up.  After time in the hospital and physical therapy, 5 weeks later, she could no longer walk due to Parkinson's, and went into in-home hospice care.  After all that time taking care of my mom, my dad realized he wasn't feeling well.  After a trip to urgent care, we found out he had a quarter-sized ulcer that was dumping stomach fluid into his abdomen for well over a week. He was in surgery within a few hours and in septic shock.  Long story short, 3 surgeries and a heart attack later, after 23 days in the hospital, he's in rehab trying to eat food again but still on tube-feed.  There's probably another surgery in his future and he's still on a cath.  We're just trying to get him back to food and on his feet.  He's recovering mentally and physically, but being tube fed is a life changer.<br /><br />While he was at the hospital, we placed my mom at the Ray Hickey Hospice House to keep her comfortable for a few days while we focused on dad and his surgeries.  But she took a turn for the worst while there and within a week, the Parkinson's took over.  She could no longer eat or drink, and with her advanced directive, tube feeding was not an option.  After a week, her Parkinson's fully had control and we knew she was going to pass soon.   She couldn't eat or drink and her days were numbered.  And they couldn't be together in her last hours.   After 43 years of marriage, they needed to see each other one more time.  I begged the staff at PeaceHealth Vancouver to find an answer.  Some way to get them together one last time before she passed.  They'd been apart for 3 weeks already and her end was coming.  The caring, driven people involved at PeaceHealth made it happen!  My dad and his tubes were on a transport van by that afternoon and got to spend a few hours with his loving wife, my mom.  He held her hand, whispered to her and told her how much he loved her and how much he'd miss her.  And then told her it was ok to go.   She could be at peace and he'd meet her later when his time came.  We had to return him to the hospital with tears in his eyes.<br /><br />In a few days, he was transferred to a physical rehab place because he was doing better, and within 2 days of that progress, she passed away at 2am on May 15th.  I lost a mom at 69 and he lost a wife of 43 years.  <br /><br />He is still in rehab and being the power of attorney, I've realized that he can't go home.  We'll need to sell the house to support his medical needs and cover their debt.  But the other day, I got the bill from Ray Hickey.  It was $6825 to keep my mom comfortable for those last days.   It was well worth it for the final care given, but my dad really can't afford it.   He's past his 20 days in rehab so medicare is now only covering 80%.  So it's now costing him $170 a day to stay in his skilled nursing facility.   He needs the care but will barely afford it with what's left in home equity.   <br /><br />So what I'm asking for, is help to pay the Ray Hickey Hospice bill.  Hospice deserves every penny, but that just takes away from what's left to support him.   It's a tough spot.  And with so much going on, I still haven't had a calm moment to cry for my mom.  <br /><br />We don't know where he'll live when he's done at rehab, but there are options!  He won't be alone and will always be loved.  Anything would help us through this challenge however, and all donations will be greatly appreciated!

Mom passed and dad couldn't be with her!

Hello my dear friends and family,<br />     As most of you know, my Partner Tim and I, along with the little town of Guerneville CA, went through a horrible devastating flood, that will take a long time to clean up and get through.  Its almost as devastating as the fires we experienced in 2017. <br />     Our main living space has been spared from damage, however our basement got hit hard with the flood, damaging the walls, things we had stored there, the washer and dryer, tools, and a lot of my paintings that I had stored there.  We put things up in preparation for the flood, however not high enough.<br />    Our problem is, there is some damage to the basement and outside as well from the flood, and our flood insurance has a $10,000 deductible.  We feel horrible asking for help, as there are others who need it more, but we are in need.  <br />    We thank you in advance for any help you can give.  You can view pictures of our home and town on Facebook.  We will rise from this, and move on.<br />With love,<br />Robert and Tim

Robert and Tim’s Flood Recovery

<p>For those of you who don't know Melanie, they are an amazing daughter who has been taking care of their mother (Lisa) since she was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. Their mom's prognosis has suddenly taken a turn for the worse, and they didn't have a chance to transfer ownership of a house to Melanie's name. This means that ownership of the house will be transferred to their mom's husband, who has explicitly stated that he will kick Melanie out of the house they've lived in and paid rent on for many years. It's the house they grew up in.
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<p>On Melanie's behalf, I'm raising some money so that they can either speak to a probate lawyer or find a place to live. 
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<p>They are also going to have some funeral expenses coming up that they'll need to pay for, so anything you can give will be helpful. And if you can't give, prayers or positive thoughts are always appreciated. They will appreciate the support. <br /><br /><br />
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Help for Melanie

Glassy Chassis is a 1998 Honda Civic that I've owned since new and decorated in 2013.  It is our only car, and our daily driver.  We need it for work, and without it, we could lose our home. She needs major repairs that could cost as much as $3500. Our trustworthy mechanic said that these repairs could provide many more years of service. She's a beautiful car that we love, and we love the reactions people have when they see her. Saving her will help save us. Thank you!

Tim Klein