Imagine if you will this scenario...
You are a late middle-age woman who retired early to be with your husband who has also retired. At last. Together with time on your hands.
And then in approximately one months time the bottom drops out of your world
Your partner of 27 years has suffered through an illness & passed away. Your income has dropped drastically. You get further & further behind on the bills. You are close to losing your home through foreclosure & the bank is threatening to repossess the car.
On top of all of that you injure your should to the extent that surgery is necessary.
And winter is coming. In Minnesota.
What would you do? Where do you turn in time of great need?
Minerva1157 turned to us her friends at DailyKos & asked for some help. If you have ever had to ask for help you know how very very hard that is to do.
She has recently become a widow and has had a much, much lower retirement income than previously. $750 a month. It isn’t enough to make ends meet.
She has surgery scheduled for her shoulder for Dec. 6th. She has a torn rotator cuff and a torn cartilage; the torn cartilage is from a tendon that is becoming detached & needs to be re-attached. She’s unable to work at this time.
She is about to lose her vehicle and then her house.
Minerva1157 needs $4900 by 11/15 to retain her vehicle –
Can we help her save it? She may lose the house but having wheels is going to be important. She lives in Minnesota and having reliable transportation is imperative – especially with the snow months upon us.
In the last two days diaries put up by myself and SaraR have allowed generous kossacks from all over to see this need, work together, dig deep and pool over $2500 for Minerva1157!!!
You guys ROCK!! We’re over halfway there!!
Can YOU dig in your couch cushions today and add a bit?
Here is a PayPal link to help Minerva1157.
In addition to money Minerva1157 needs advice. She has been through a LOT & could most probably use someone objective to help her get on a path out of this horrible situation.
Are there any LAWYER Kossacks near Hibbing, MN who could help with advice for dealing with the banks, etc.? Is there someone who might know of a place for Minerva1157 to move to? Can anyone help her navigate the social services she is going to need?
Maybe you cannot help in any of the ways already mentioned...
Can you REC this diary to get it more attention?
Could you post a diary to help keep this visible? (i can send you one- just copy & paste!) Please reply to the tip jar if you'd like to help out in this way.
Could you e-mail your dkos friends about this? text msg? tweet? FB?
Please step up! Help out a friend in whatever way you can.... Money, Advice, Time.
TOGETHER we can make this happen.
Thank you in advance for any money, help or advice you can provide. If this lady should become homeless, it will be very hard for her to recover her life. If we can stop one person from falling, we have done something worthwhile.
UPDATE: Timbuk3 has generously offered to donate 2 bucks to "the truck" for every pound of coffee ordered.
Just go to My House for Coffee, place an order for some of his fair-trade, organic, shade-grown, bird-safe, good-for-the-planet coffee, fresh roasted using photo-voltaics, & note that you saw this on Kos
(it is really the most delicious coffee i've ever had!)
This offer good until we raise the required amount for Minerva1157!