Help Felicia Find Stability
I met Felicia at my local Kroger. She was standing by her car with her five kids inside and asked if I could help her with food or gas. I talked with her for a while, trying to understand her story.
She's a single mom and had an apartment until earlier this year. She was pregnant and her pregnancy was high risk, which meant that, unfortunately, she had to quit her job for bedrest. They lost their apartment and, sadly, that baby girl was stillborn.
After recovering, she got another job, then lost it. Sadly, she was fired for asking a coworker to borrow money for gas. Not long ago she nearly got a new job for a private duty nursing company but the cost of a TB test was a barrier she couldn't overcome and she lost that opportunity. She's applying for jobs daily.
She's been keeping her kids fed and paying a daily rate at a hotel by begging for money.
Through a local non-profit, Clarkston Cares , we were able to raise enough funds to get Felicia and her kids into an extended stay hotel for a week. I've found her to be honest - she only asks for what she absolutely needs and provides me with a receipt of payment right away. In addition to paying for the extended stay we were able to help with getting her car tag renewed. This would have become a bigger problem if she'd been pulled over. She has to drive her kids to school.
Felicia and her kids need stability. She strikes me as a loving mom who is doing her best to meet her kids' needs. She needs help overcoming barriers - some small (like the TB test) and others big (like the $100 deposit on the extended stay, and the ongoing expense of $440 per week).
I want to help Felicia for her children's sake, but I can't do it alone. If you would consider joining me in helping her regain stability, I would be so grateful. She and her kids need a village!
She and I are looking into multiple local resources for addressing homelessness, but so far there are none that can help immediately and no shelter availability that will take five children.
Any donations you can give would be used for:
extended stay housing
food/gas/toiletries
keeping her rental unit current (from when she lost her apartment)
Once she gets a job we hope she can qualify for more affordable housing, such as a basement rental or padsplit, which require income verification, but until she is employed again she is going to need help.
Thank you for considering!
If you want to help here are ways to give:
Tax Deductible Option
• Clarkston Cares - please designate your donation for Felicia, and email me your donation amount at brearob @ gmail. com (a 10% transaction fee applies)
Fastest, Non Tax Deductible
•Zelle: Brea Robinson, 770 402 6087 or brearob @ gmail .com
•Venmo: @Brea-Robinson
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