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Over the past few years, An area of need that is not being addressed by any group
has been brought to my attention. We were victims of a drunk driver. This person destroyed much more that afternoon than just
my truck and my face. We have since realized that our cut back and eventual closing of Honey Do's was a direct result of my
being unable to work, and our delays caused by my treatment over the years. We are still, 7 years later, fighting to stay
on track with our financial situation, and have almost lost our house twice. we went from three vehicles, a credit rating
that was good enough we bought vehicles on a signature loan, money set back for Secrets college, to living from week
to week, barely paying our bills, no money to help with college, one operational vehicle, and almost half a million dollars
of unpaid debt directly related to the wreck and its aftermath.Several times during the past few years we survived on the
kindness of others. And we greatly appreciate this help during our times of need.
This sets the stage so to speak for my dream. I want to repay the kindness we saw in our friends
and family during our time of need. I would like to start a foundation that would provide peace of mind to other drunk driving
victims. I envision a place these families can turn to to relieve the stress added by financial hardship somewhere that will
help them keep their homes and lives with out worry. somewhere that the can turn to see their children through college. A
grant and scholarship program that will keep others from experiencing the pain and frustration Julie and I face daily.
I have several ideas on how to raise the money needed to start this fund, but have not met much support from the powers that
be regarding using public forums for fund raising efforts. Some day I will do this. I will raise the 5 to 6 million needed
to start this fund and administer it, and maybe even enough over that to restore our good credit and the money we used out
of Secrets college funds as well.
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If you are interested in helping get this dream active and operational, Please contact me at the e mail address listed
elsewhere on this page and use the subject line "dreams funded", I can also be found on face book under that email. I am sure
that out of 308 million people in the United States there are at least 10 million who would donate a dollar to this cause.
I want to start with the state of Arkansas and then expand this to every state in the union. I am certain this will
work, that people will support this and that at least one deserving family a year would be effected in a great positive way
with this being available. Even one home saved, one child sent to school with out worry, That would be amazing. And currently
there is no program like this out there. Yes the victims are usually eligible for assistance through the DA's victims assistance
programs, as were we, but this money ends up being spent on day to day needs and not long term stuff that you don't think
of at the time.
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