A disabled single mom and her teenage daughter are regular guests
at one of the Expanding the Table serving sites. After the meal one evening one of the volunteers
helped the family bring some meals back to their apartment and chatted with
them a bit. It turns out the mother’s
sister who was living with them had to leave and they now were struggling with
the loss of assistance she provided.
They had fallen behind on their electric bill and were two weeks away from
a disconnect, had little food in the house and for some reason the apartment
was almost totally bare of furniture. There
was only one chair in the house and a coffee table, they were sleeping on the
floor. Change for a Dollar offered to
assist. The electric bill was paid, a
mattress was purchased for the teenage daughter and they were given a Walmart
gift card and taken to do grocery shopping.
Other volunteers heard of the situation and donated a queen size mattress
for the mother, others donated a kitchen table and chairs and another offered a
couch and a love seat. The family was
much appreciative of all the help
Various - $100 Walmart card,, BJ's Mattress $97.19 & $281 SCE&G
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