Back in October we worked on a trailer in Sayre. It was a really tough job for lots of reasons. We were under the trailer for 5 hours removing insulation and cleaning up around the area. But more than that it was a difficult job emotionally. The family had very little to start with and had had an incredible run of bad luck. Months prior to the floods, the mother had been in a serious accident when she was hit by a truck while walking with her children. Thrown far by the impact, she broke her back and was left in bad shape. She did survive but was largely bed ridden and the family's time and resources, already very limited were pushed to the breaking point by medical costs, physical rehab, and refitting the trailer to make it more handicap accessible.
Then the flood came.
Several of the volunteers who worked at the house planned on doing something for the kids for Christmas, and while things did not go as planned, Chelsea and her family came through big time and collected money, donated money, shopped, and delivered gifts! :)
Here is a picture from the day:
From Chelsea:
"It was amazing, the parents were so incredibly thankful and the kids loved their presents. I ended up having $125 to spend on the family... We got little dress up clothes and things to make jewelery for the girls and the boy got a little indoor nerf basketball hoop set along with a nerf gun. Then we gave the parents some money. It was great"
In Caitlin's words:
"We weren't able to get a picture of the kids opening their gifts but the family was incredibly thankful for the gifts and the help"
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