The green birds have flown!

Dear friends and family,
Installation #1 of Operation Flood Funds has been delivered!!  As Paula is caring for 3 people now who are in poor health, we thought it best to release before the goal - for an online total of $6,408.79!!    WOWZERS!

We will re-amp for Installation #2 shortly... Please stay tuned for more updates.   Thanks so much, from our tribe to yours.  xoxoxo

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.  Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.  ~Jane Howard

A turn for the worse

There was a lot of hope initially - hope that the insurance company would compensate for most of the structural damage, hope that they might be back in the house by December, hope that once they were settled into the rental, Pop's health would improve.

Wile the most important thing - Pop's health - has improved and the symptoms of his congestive heart failure are currently in check, there is bad news overall.  It looks like insurance is coming at less than HALF of the original estimate, and worse of all, our Uncle Tony's heath is in very bad shape right now.  He's been in the hospital and so his income is cut and the bills are piling up.

At this point, we plan to send out your donations this Friday, as the money is sorely needed for daily living.  We thank you for all of the generosity, thoughts, prayers, and well wishes, and ask if you could please continue to send all of the above in the direction of Owego, NY.  It's not a good scene right now.

Next week we will re-up our fundraising, as it looks like this struggle will be ongoing for longer than anyone would like.  If you can believe it - the house is STILL NOT DRY!!

If you have not received a letter of acknowledgement yet, please rest assured it is on the way.