Salinas, CA New York Times Starts Neediest Cases Fund Campaign: View From A Non-Profit Serving Carmel, Carmel Valley, Gonzalez, Greenfield, King City, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Salinas, Seaside And Soledad California
I was happy to read that the New York Times is doing its Neediest Cases Fund campaign for the 101st time. It provides direct assistance to children, families and the elderly in New York. Articles will appear daily about the people they are helping, and they have a vision similar to mine when I founded Hands To Help Seniors, helping those in dire financial need, particularly the elderly. The couple profiled in today's paper were Pat Marino and his wife Theresa. Since 1999, Pat, who has a chronic lung disease, has been unable to breathe without a ventilator. Doctors told him in 1990 that he had end-stage chronic obstructive lung disease and he had to undergo a tracheotomy. More than 20 years later, he is still hanging in there, although it's tough both for him and his wife. As his caregiver, she is largely confined to her home, fearing what might happen if she leaves her husband alone. Our two platinum sponsors, Alliance Home Health and Family inHome Caregiving, both provide services to people like this on a daily basis and it is heart breaking. This couple receives about $1,800 a month in Social Security and $70 in food stamps, although it's barely enough to get by. Because of the medical equipment Mr. Marino has, the electricity bill is huge and they are now trying to pay down a debt to the power company of $4,500. Please help us help people like this on the Monterey Peninsula by clicking on the donate button above if you can afford to. There are so many of the elderly trying to get by on so little.
http://www.nytimes.com/neediest
[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/nyregion/couples-flair-for-spontaneity-is-dimmed-by-illness-neediest-cases.html]
About Richard Kuehn & Hands to Help Seniors:
After more than a decade of caregiving, both in a professional environment and for a 97 year old family member, it became clear to me that there are many seniors that can't afford to pay for a private duty caregiver, not to mention medical expenses, food and property taxes on their home. I decided to form a non-profit to help seniors with any service they might need to get by, should they be unable to afford this themselves. From putting on a new roof to providing a hot meal, Hands to Help Seniors is there to help. Please visit my blog where I talk about important senior issues at:
http://www.h2hs.org/news-and-media.html
Please note that this blog reflects my personal opinion and may or may not reflect the opinion of HandsTo Help Seniors and the individual members comprising the Board of Governors.
I was happy to read that the New York Times is doing its Neediest Cases Fund campaign for the 101st time. It provides direct assistance to children, families and the elderly in New York. Articles will appear daily about the people they are helping, and they have a vision similar to mine when I founded Hands To Help Seniors, helping those in dire financial need, particularly the elderly. The couple profiled in today's paper were Pat Marino and his wife Theresa. Since 1999, Pat, who has a chronic lung disease, has been unable to breathe without a ventilator. Doctors told him in 1990 that he had end-stage chronic obstructive lung disease and he had to undergo a tracheotomy. More than 20 years later, he is still hanging in there, although it's tough both for him and his wife. As his caregiver, she is largely confined to her home, fearing what might happen if she leaves her husband alone. Our two platinum sponsors, Alliance Home Health and Family inHome Caregiving, both provide services to people like this on a daily basis and it is heart breaking. This couple receives about $1,800 a month in Social Security and $70 in food stamps, although it's barely enough to get by. Because of the medical equipment Mr. Marino has, the electricity bill is huge and they are now trying to pay down a debt to the power company of $4,500. Please help us help people like this on the Monterey Peninsula by clicking on the donate button above if you can afford to. There are so many of the elderly trying to get by on so little.
http://www.nytimes.com/neediest
[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/nyregion/couples-flair-for-spontaneity-is-dimmed-by-illness-neediest-cases.html]
About Richard Kuehn & Hands to Help Seniors:
After more than a decade of caregiving, both in a professional environment and for a 97 year old family member, it became clear to me that there are many seniors that can't afford to pay for a private duty caregiver, not to mention medical expenses, food and property taxes on their home. I decided to form a non-profit to help seniors with any service they might need to get by, should they be unable to afford this themselves. From putting on a new roof to providing a hot meal, Hands to Help Seniors is there to help. Please visit my blog where I talk about important senior issues at:
http://www.h2hs.org/news-and-media.html
Please note that this blog reflects my personal opinion and may or may not reflect the opinion of HandsTo Help Seniors and the individual members comprising the Board of Governors.