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Dennis Munson's Legacy of Kindness

<div>Hi, my name is Shyneisha Hill. I am the God Mother of Sir'Antonio Alphonso Brown. Sir was more than just the average kid. Our Sir Sir was a real protector. He asked his mother, grandmother, sister, God brother, uncles, cousins, and friends all the time... "Are you okay?". After 6 short years on this earth, Sir was taken away from us! On Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023, Sir was just following his regular after school routine. He was outside playing with his God brother where he was shot and killed. We are asking for donations to cover Sirs burial and other expenses. Anything helps! His mother and the rest of our family appreciates all the support. We want his name known world wide as no child deserves to have their life taken away due to any type of violence. He was only 6! We want everyone to say his name. We are SIR STRONG!
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<div>On the early morning of September 4th, we lost a beautiful soul, Penny Thompson. Penny was a fun-loving and spirited young girl who touched the hearts of everyone she met. Her smile could brighten up the darkest days, and her love for her friends was boundless. Penny was a beacon of joy in our lives. Her laughter was infectious, and her kindness knew no bounds. She cherished her friendships deeply, always there to lend a helping hand or a listening ear. Her spirit was an inspiration to us all.  
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In Loving Memory of Penny Thompson

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<div>CityKitty has been hard at work rescuing cats in need around Minneapolis this Spring/Summer. In the month of July alone, we've rescued over 30 kittens and cats. As a reminder, we are an independent rescue with hopes of one day becoming an official non-profit. We rely on community support for funding and fostering the animals in our care. This kitten season has been the toughest of the last several years. Long-term impacts of the pandemic, the housing crisis, inflation, and generational poverty have greatly impacted the numbers of abandoned, stray, and feral cats we see on the streets. We are tagged in online posts daily with pleas for help with cats around Minneapolis.
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CityKitty Rescue "Kitten Season" 2023

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<div>Dear friends, family &amp; community, to say we are blown away is an understatement. The extreme generosity, outpouring of love, support and uplifting words mean the world to Kyle and Nolan in this devastating time. Kyle thanks everyone from the bottom of his heart for your significant contributions to this fundraising effort. The gofundme will be closed out on Monday, 9/4. 
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<div>On Thursday, April 13, 2023, my nephew Ralph P Yarl was on his way to pick up his twin younger brothers from their friend's house a few blocks away from his house. He didn't have his phone. He mistakenly went to the wrong house, one block away from the house where his siblings were. He pulled into the driveway and rang the doorbell. The man in the home opened the door, looked my nephew in the eye, and shot him in the head. My nephew fell to the ground, and the man shot him again. Ralph was then able to get up and run to the neighbor's house, looking for help.
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<div>SEEKING GENEROUS SPIRITS A South Mpls resident visited Nico Alterations, located at 5744 Nicollet Ave S (kitty-corner from Bobby &amp; Steve's) this week and this is from her:  “The tailor, Nga ("Na"), is a petite woman in her mid-sixties. She hails from SE Asia and is a skilled craftswoman. It was clear she needed to talk to someone and I had time to listen. As we chatted, she held my hand and told me how very, very difficult it has been for her (she gave me permission to write this and tell "the neighborhood"). Professionally, it has been a constant struggle, with COVID and rising prices (commercial rent, phone line, etc.). And personally, as she was recently diagnosed with lymphoma. She can't sleep at night, worried about money and the inside of her body. She foregoes meals to make rental payments. She needs help. I know times are tough for all of us, but I'm seeking generous spirits! 
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<div>Hi. My name is Saba Aslam. I am making this fundraiser for our family business, Essex Card Shop located at 47 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009. Muhammad Aslam is my dad and the owner of the store, Jay Patel is my uncle and the manager of the store, and Mehnaz Noreen is my sister and works in this family business. There was a huge fire today (01/10/22 at around 4:30 pm), and the entire store is destroyed by the fire. Thank God everyone made it out alive! This fundraiser can really help this small business pick themselves up again and recover from this. Every single corner of this store is burned, damaged, and destroyed. I am 27 years old now, and I have seen this store as a part of my family ever since I was a little girl. Let us all please come together as a loving community, and help this small business rise from its ashes! It's heartwarming to see all the love coming from the community. Please help in any way you can. Keep us in your prayers  
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<p>Hi. I'm Mike Todd. I'm an arborist living in Herndon, Virginia. I read about Lisa in the Washington Post. Her husband died of Covid at the young age of 37 leaving Lisa and her two boys behind. Her struggle really moved me and I think she could use a hand. This is my way of giving back because in all honesty, I've been really lucky during the pandemic. But I was tired of feeling helpless after reading about the struggles of others and wanted to do something, anything to help someone in need. Anything you can spare would be appreciated. This is also my first GoFundMe so I am learning as I go. I have reached out to the journalist who authored the story, William Wan, in an attempt to get Lisa's info. Every last dime from this fundraiser will go directly to Lisa and her boys.  Lastly, this fundraiser is under review so rest assured, they are watching for any monkey business. Thank you!<br />***<br /><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/08/09/widow-covid-missouri-home-loss/" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/08/09/widow-covid-missouri-home-loss/</a><br /><br />***<br />I just want to thank everyone for their support and kinds words to both Lisa and myself. There were so many messages, I just couldn’t keep up with all the responses. More importantly, there were loads of people who remarked that I had just beaten them to it. I am very grateful. The experience has served to rejuvenate my faith in the goodness of others. I am quite certain that this fundraiser would have gone on without me. For once in my life, I was just a little quicker off the line than everyone else. <br /><br />It is William Wan of the Washington Post who deserves all the credit. Without his extremely well-crafted and poignant piece featuring Lisa, none of this would have happened. The story was the spark that motivated all of us into action. I know work like William’s illustrates the inherent value of top-tier journalism and why it is a ‘must have’ in any functional society. I would also like to give a ‘shout out’ to another exceptional journalist. My friend and neighbor, Chris Condon of Bloomberg. Without his help, William would have continued to believe I was just another scammer trying to make a quick buck. <br /><br />Most importantly there is Lisa. She is the perfect example of an intelligent, strong, driven individual with grit to spare, who also happens to be an excellent mother. Churchill said it best: “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” Lisa was dealt a lousy hand during an awful time and she kept going. I know she will come out the other end of all this shining. She’s raising 2 boys and pursuing a Master’s for God’s sake! Lisa is now the sole beneficiary of the funds and has complete control. I can think of no one more deserving. <br /><br />Lastly, I’d like to throw a little love to GoFundMe. A lobotomized chimpanzee could slap together a successful fundraiser using their platform. Great work and thank you all!
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Help Lisa Grim and Her 2 Boys Rebuild

UPDATES 04 February 2021<br /><br />Goal<br />We have increased the goal for Heidi and Val as their extended costs of paying legal bills, as well as their home maintenance arrears that have accumulated due to not being able to evict this grifter from their home, has ballooned.<br /><br />THANK YOU ALL!!!!!  Our local neighborhood and NYC community along with extended community support from around the nation, and even the globe, is incredible and heartening to see.<br /><br />Please read and share this New York Magazine investigative article by Bridget Read detailing the 20 year trail of grifting by the <br />West Village Grifter who continues to occupy their home.  It runs in the February 1, 2021 print publication and online on <br />NYMag's The Cut:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/kate-gladstone-roommate-west-village-nyc.html#_ga=2.116588111.853518451.1612493467-1952393491.1612493467"><a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/kate-gladstone-roommate-west-village-nyc.html#_ga=2.116588111.853518451.1612493467-1952393491.1612493467" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.thecut.com/article/kate-gladstone-roommate-west-village-nyc.html#_ga=2.116588111.853518451.1612493467-1952393491.1612493467</a></a><br /><br /><br />Heidi and her partner are still waiting for the courts to allow them to execute the warrant of eviction they secured in February of 2020, and save their home and future security.<br /><br />In solidarity,<br />Heidi and Val's Fundraising Team<br /><br />********************************************************<br /><br />THE STORY...<br /><br />Our West Village neighbor and my friend, Heidi Russell,  has been tormented for a year by a scamming, destructive roommate who has refused to pay rent for a spare bedroom after paying for only ONE month in June 2019 or move.  After asking her several times to move out, Heidi had to hire a lawyer to get through the costly and time consuming eviction process.  Heidi was poised to be able to get this horrible person out on March 31st with a warrant of eviction her lawyers secured...then the pandemic blanket eviction moratorium hit. This person is a seasoned grifter and has done this very same thing to other people in the West Village and beyond, using her maiden name (Kate Gladstone), and has also been indicted on felonies and arrested for violating protection orders under her legal married name (Katherine Klein). Because of the coronavirus blanket eviction moratorium this grifter was awarded a Housing court order allowing her to come back into Heidi’s small apartment, even though the grifter left for over two weeks with no word in July. The judge is allowing this grifter to endanger Heidi’s life further! <br /><br />Heidi  has spent all her money and energy in the past year fighting this squatter and now has lost her job due to the pandemic,  has had to borrow thousands of dollars for legal fees, and is literally down to a skeleton weekly budget for basic bills and food while she tries to protect her home. She needs our help!   Please give whatever you can!  <br /><br />You may have read about this in the NY Post and other media outlets because the court papers are full of such incredible stories - the mess that the grifter has made of Heidi’s neat apartment, the bizarre accusations she hurls at Heidi, blocking common areas, and spraying cleaning chemicals all over Heidi’s bedroom door and directly on Heidi.  This article describes the nightmare that has become Heidi's life.<br /><br /><a href="https://nypost.com/2020/08/22/serial-grifter-avoids-eviction-from-womans-nyc-home-suit/">https:/nypost.com/2020/08/22/serial-grifter-avoids-eviction-from-womams-nyc-home-suit/? </a><br /><br />Heidi is a fine-art photographer, indie publisher and curator, and founded International Women Artists' Salon in 2008 to promote women in the arts around the world, including hosting a radio show, exhibitions, conferences and other showcases for women artists  - you can find her on Facebook, LinkedIn and her photography Instagram is @HeidiRussellGlobal.<br /><br />She is a kind and generous person and a good neighbor. She needs and deserves our help.   Please give whatever you can to get her through this nightmare until she can find some justice. <br /><br /><a href="https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/nyc-grifter-roomie-spend-first-week-after-squatters-return">Https://nypost.com/2020/08/29/nyc-grifter-roomie-spend-first-week-after-squatters-return</a><br /><br />Note:<br />Heidi asks that if you or someone you know has been affected by a housing grifter prior to the pandemic or using the pandemic as a shield to contact her at <a href="mailto:[email redacted]">[email redacted]</a>. Because of firsthand experience she is also on a mission as an activist to help amend the tenant/landlord housing laws to be more fair for single homeowners and lessees who need to rent a spare room to make ends meet, who bare an unfair burden of cost, time, and often personal safety, to protect their homes.<br />Thank you!<br /><br /><a href="https://nypost.com/2020/08/24/how-protecting-tenants-hurts-innocents/"><a href="https://nypost.com/2020/08/24/how-protecting-tenants-hurts-innocents/" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://nypost.com/2020/08/24/how-protecting-tenants-hurts-innocents/</a></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Other Press<br /><br /><a href="https://thevillagesun.com/village-woman-fights-to-evict-serial-grifter"><a href="https://thevillagesun.com/village-woman-fights-to-evict-serial-grifter" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://thevillagesun.com/village-woman-fights-to-evict-serial-grifter</a></a>

Help A Neighbor Victimized by a Grifter

In 2018 Deb was diagnosed with <a href="https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/triple-negative-breast-cancer">Triple Negative breast cancer.</a>  After her lumpectomy, Deb endured radiation and chemotherapy and hoped to be found free of symptoms. Unfortunately her most recent scans showed the cancer had metastasized to her lungs and her new diagnosis is stage 4 breast cancer. As part of her treatment, Deb will be traveling to Chicago for three days at a time, every other week for a clinical trial involving chemo and immunotherapy. In addition, under the care of molecular biology oncologist <a href="https://lavalleymdprotocols.com/about-william-lavalley-md/">Dr William LaValley</a> , Deb will be doing complementary therapies with various nutritional supplements; plus high dose IV vitamin C, and hopes to add ozone therapy.<br /><br />Who is more fun than Deb? No-one! She is the wise advice-giving, dirty-dancing, Christmas party throwing, sailboat sailor, adventurer, world traveling,  happy hour hostess with the mostess. Plus she's smart and loyal and would do anything for anyone. In everything she does, whether working with students and colleges, or advocating for her family, or hanging with friends, Deb always gives 110%. She is doing the same with her fight against cancer - focusing on qigong, exercise and nutrition,  and along with husband Mike,  researching all the latest trials, options and resources available. Just as she gave up nights, weekends and holidays for the clients she so loved, she is now turning that force of energy to her own healing journey. Let's show our support by offsetting some of her expenses that aren't covered by health insurance.<br /><br />Just a few examples of the out of pocket expenses include:<br /><br />IV High Dose Vitamin C -- $2000/month<br /><br />Supplement to keep her white blood count up -- $150 (3 week supply)<br /><br />Mistletoe (stimulates the immune system to fight cancer)  -- $130 per order<br /><br />Other supplements --$100s per month<br /><br />Accommodation, trips to Chicago, etc<br /><br />Every donation helps!<br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/41959286_1568259915973621_r.jpeg" alt="41959286_1568259915973621_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/41959286_1568239806884383_r.jpeg" alt="41959286_1568239806884383_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" />

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My name is Dylan Garcia and I am currently trying to support my 3 kids with the help of my fiancé Jessica Lusk. We have a 6 year old son named Elijah, a 5 year old daughter named Isabella, and 3 year old daughter named Brandi. Brandi was born with an extremely rare terminal illness in which there are only about 30 cases reported in the entire world. Brandi's terminal illness is called Carnitine AcylCarnitine Translocase Deficiency, also known as CACT. People with CACT are unable to breakdown fats into energy in which is needed for the body to function causing the unused fatty acids to build up in her body. Children with this normally do not make it past infancy! With that being said, Brandi, died on her mother's chest at approximately 15 hours after birth which resulted in many nurse's and doctors performing CPR. lt took over an hour to bring her back to life. As a result Brandi has severe brain damage, seizures, and a compromised immune system along with other complications. Jessica and I spent 2 unbearably long months having to see Brandi stuck on life support while doctors ran tests and treated her for liver failure with dialysis. At 62 days old after multiple brain scans and tests, we got an official diagnosis. Doctors told us that she was not expected to live longer than a month. The doctors pressured us to remove her from life support immediately and stated that she would be a burden on us if we kept her on life support for the rest of her life in a vegetative state being that we have 2 healthy kids at home. We decided to remove life support as we did not want her to live in pain. Once life support was removed she did not die, instead she only required oxygen. By some miracle she was able to breath completely on her own and oxygen was removed! She slowly got better over the next month and we were told that it would now be safe to take her home on the condition she was placed on hospice. Although she had recovered enough to leave the hospital she was still far from being healthy. Luckily Medicaid not only provided the medications and equipment they also paid for private duty nursing to help us take care of her at home. Not only does she have a strict diet due to her condition making it impossible for her to process high-chained fat, she will never recover from forcing her to be fed through a G-Tube for the rest of her life. She also needs many different medications given multiple times daily to help her body function correctly and with massive brain damage we were told that even if she doesn't die that they are not sure if she would be able to even walk, talk, move, or do anything at all. Finally, after 3 years she is actually learning to walk and speak a few words. We know her condition will never go away and she will never be completely normal and with the possibility of her body shutting down again always in the back of our mind we were hopeful thinking that things would be ok. Now everything's gone back to the way it was before with us being in constant fear of losing her to covid19. We stay in Dallas wich is not only a city crowded with people but it's also one of the worlds highest covid19 cases. With Brandi's condition and weak immune system it's not only easier for her to get sick but it's also more fatal because her body would be to weak to fight off the virus if exposed. Due to the fear of her getting sick again my fiancè and I have had to quit our jobs, put our older kids in homeschool and are prisoners in our own home. We had hoped this covid19 situation would pass or atleast get better but it hasn't and we now owe thousands in debt and will be evicted by January 1, 2021 if we can't come up with the money owed. With Brandi's condition it will be impossible for us to go to a homeless shelter as it's a major risk to her safety &amp; we have nowhere to go to. While many people are going around shopping for Christmas things we are trying to find a way to keep our kid safe &amp; pay our bills that continue to accumulate.

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As Nora has been a warrior battling cancer, this fund will be available for Nora and Pete to pay for any support needed not covered by insurance.

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