PLEASE MEET ANN:
In April of last year Ann was about to be evicted from her Fremont neighborhood apartment. You all donated enough to keep her housed till now. Wow! So much kindness.
Circles of support and love came forward. Back bills were paid and her home cleaned spotless! It should have been enough. We all thought it would be. We had 10 whole months to take advantage of services available for this next phase of her life.
Services available. Hmmmm. What seemed easy became complicated, then impossible. Case Managers came and went. She was slipping through the cracks as weeks past.
Ann is 78, sharp as a tack! Well, not all the time, just most of the time. I think. For sure sharp enough to say she needed to stay in her neighborhood, "I won't go into a Nursing Home, I can't leave what I know." She insisted the $600 short between social security and rent could be earned by getting a job.
This week Ann will be removed from her apartment by the authorities. Put on the curb with whatever stuff she can carry. My brain can't even comprehend that. Yesterday while visiting I asked her to think about what things she liked, things she could take when the knock at the door came. She looked at me incredulously, saying, "I like all of it." Just then her phone rang, I answered for her. The woman asked if Ann would be sending in payment for her medication, that she was behind.
I don't know what to do. I don't know what is going to happen.
Ann just says she wants to die. She is very depressed. It's all too overwhelming for her. I must admit, my brain wants to explode too. Ann has never been homeless. She won't last two days outside.
Ann receives $1,100.00 assistance a month for food, bills and rent. Is there anyone that can rent a room to her? Her whole world is in and around the Fremont neighborhood so Fremont, Phinney Ridge, Ballard, Wallingford, or Queen Anne would be ideal. But at this point we are just looking for a place to tide her over, to find something within the system.
If you are Case Manager Miracle Worker, which I know all Case Managers are, can you please work a miracle here. A few years ago Catholic Community Services' Noel House took in a woman the next day that we featured on this page. We are hoping for someone to reach out and rescue Ann in the same way.
You can call me directly on my cell. 206-330-1142. If you want to donate funds for Ann's future rent, here is a Paypal link:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=3A8G7BDFB9PFJ&source=url
We loveLOVE you Ann, we will get through this together!
Fremont Neighborhood | Rex
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