Help a family this Christmas

savannahashlee

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I know that, here at Supramania, everyone has a huge heart.. We help a lot of members in our community and I think that is so wonderful.. (If I am doing something wrong Supracentral or Teresa, I apologize)..

I was very fortunate enough to meet 3 upbeat, well mannered children today, that are ages 4 (boy),6(girl) and 8(boy).. They were put into a situation that was out of their control.. They are very lucky to have someone that loves them, and is a great role model raising them. These children's mother and biological father are both in jail.. They are currently being raised by their mother's ex-boyfriend...He receives no help from the government to raise these wonderful children.. He is basically a single income, supporting 4 of them.. With that being said, you guys can all safely assume that they're going to have no Christmas... I unexpectedly ask the kids about their wishes for presents this year, and the eldest boy said "We have each other, someone who loves us and a safe home.. We wont be able to afford presents but we all are happy we have that".. This wasnt a ploy to tug at my heart strings.. This child was truly sincere when he said what he said..
I bundled up a bunch of my son's toys for the 4 year old boy Zane.. I am reaching out to you guys to donate PS2 games, and 2 extra controllers for Lea and Chase.. I am trying to scrape up the money to buy them a PS2 from GameStop, so that I can purchase an additional warranty, so that in case something happens to the PS2, they can get it replaced.. I would love to see these wonderful children get something special like the PS2 for Christmas.. I know that times are tough financially for everyone, so even just some wonderful words, or even a card from dollar tree would brighten their Christmas to know that there are people out there who care..

If you PM me, I can give you my address and/or their address to mail cards,etc.. I am hoping to get everything done before Christmas Eve, so that I can deliver it to them on Christmas Eve..I will snap tons of photos for you all to see!

Thank you guys for your time!
 

savannahashlee

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If they want to make cash donations, they can PM me to get my paypal address.. I just thought people would feel more comfortable with physical donations of games and stuff..

Like I said, anything is appreciated.. even if its just a Merry Christmas
 

kotu100

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i have a few old PS2 games im sure i could mail out there. let me look thru what i have and i'll shoot u a PM.
 

suprahero

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Like you said, times are tough right now everywhere. If work picks up before Christmas, I'll try to get them a gift card from The Dollar Tree. Unfortunately for those kids in Oregon, I am surrounded by poor poor kids down here with meth head parents, so we have a lot of people locally to take care of. It's a good think that you're doing and I wish you the best with it. Hopefully some of the locals around you will help you help them.
 

savannahashlee

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suprahero;1198291 said:
Like you said, times are tough right now everywhere. If work picks up before Christmas, I'll try to get them a gift card from The Dollar Tree. Unfortunately for those kids in Oregon, I am surrounded by poor poor kids down here with meth head parents, so we have a lot of people locally to take care of. It's a good think that you're doing and I wish you the best with it. Hopefully some of the locals around you will help you help them.

Unfortunately, Meth is a huge problem everywhere.. I use to do foster care here, and I've had to go to meth houses, and help DHS pull the kids out... Some of the crap I've seen.. We had one girl, she was 6 years old.. She use to point out all the houses where her parents bought meth around town..

I can only imagine what it must be like down there, Suprahero.. A lot of those children have been to Katrina and everything.. Thats why I am not asking for money.. I am just asking for stuff that might just be sitting around the house collecting dust.. Instead of trading it in at the game store, maybe just pass it along to someone else.. A "Pay It Forward" type thing..

I am very lucky that my father has decided to give me $50 for Christmas, and I am going to buy the PS2 with that...I just cant afford to buy some extra games and 2 extra controllers..