Kindess matters
Elizabeth M-K Sullivan
Friends – I saw this on the Lockeland listserv today and felt compelled to send a little something. If you have a little room in your budget, I hope you will send a sympathy card and/or a little help for this poor mother’s funeral costs. I hope you are all well and that, like in our family, your children are safe and healthy.
Elizabeth
Received this sad request today. No contribution is too small.
Yesterday afternoon, we received a call from the mother of a young man with
very extreme cerebral palsy. This mother gave up her career to provide
full-time care for her severely disabled son for all of his twenty-four
years. They lived a meager existence; as his needs were costly, and
Tennessee has no governmental services to assist families of young people
with certain forms of developmental disabilities. Sadly, her son just passed
away.
She has no money for a funeral. An area funeral home is holding his body. We
have talked with the funeral home and they are willing to work with her to
provide discounted services. She has asked if we can assist in paying for
the cost of a small service with a cremation.
This doesn't exactly fit into UCP's existing programs and services
categories, but it is in many ways typical of the unmet needs we are
confronted with every day. We know that times are difficult for everyone,
but these are particularly hard times for many of the families UCP is
serving. We try to keep a small reserve that we can use for these
situations, but this fund is essentially depleted. Any gift, no matter how
small, can give us the resources to help families undergoing the most
unimaginable trials. Contributions can be sent to UCP at the address below.
You can also contribute online through Giving
<http://givingmatters.guidestar.org/NonprofitProfile.aspx?OrgId=1738>
Matters.
We also appreciate any ideas about other possible sources of support you can
send our way as we seek to help this grieving mother.
Deana Claiborne, Executive Director
ATTN: Funeral Fund
United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee
1200 9th Avenue North, Suite 110
Nashville, TN 37208
Phone: 615-242-4091
Fax: 615-242-3582
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Elizabeth M-K Sullivan,
political consultant
615. 474. 5679 cell
615. 226. 7483 fax