我们单位的穷人真是多。

We have a staff member who is in immediate need of our help.    She has been an exemplary staffer for eight years and her husband was working full time until the end of the summer when he was no longer ambulatory.  He is now wheelchair-bound and has applied for VA Disability and Social Security Disability, but after four months, has not heard anything.  With no second income and the husband’s out of pocket medical expenses and trips to the VA Hospital upstate has put them in a really bad place financially. 

The American Legion paid their overdue electric bill, and installed a handicapped ramp from the parking pad to the front door of the home.  The family’s only vehicle is a “gas hog”, they are behind on the payments and the loan is in collections.  They own their double-wide, but are behind on the lot rent and the management company has filed judgment documents through the court.  The cost to move the home is estimated at $5,000 and if it is reset at another location would be an additional $5,000.  So the equity they have in the 1980 home is not worth the cost of relocation.  The option would be to sell it “in place” because the family is responsible for removing the trailer even if they walk away – if not, the management company will charge them the $5,000 and add that amount to the judgment filed with the courts last week for the overdue lot rent, late fees, and court costs.   A judgment negatively affects the credit rating which is the barometer used for rental background checks, vehicle loans and increases the cost for other items because a low credit score equals a high risk for an insurance company, lender, landlord, etc.

So the need is: 

Funds to pay lot rent $596.60 for January (this is the cost due if paid by Jan 31 and includes late fees, etc.) and $505.50 due Wednesday, Feb 1

Funds to allow them to keep their vehicle (or at least get payments up to date so they can trade it in on a more economical one and one that’s the right height to slide in from the wheelchair.  Overdue amount:  $1,482.63 for Nov, Dec, and Jan.  Plus February payment due next week of $484.21

Overdue Delaware State Tax to the Cape Henlopen School District

Groceries, toilet paper, laundry detergent, etc.

Gasoline gift cards – like WaWa.

不错啊，其实马牛每天上学放学坐的就是这个roundabout，不过他好像更喜欢马拉松，开长途的时候坐。只要看到我车子在，他就说要坐white car，不要坐green car。

你那个小车，放得下吗？

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除了走路费劲，还有就是这个靴子前面也是毛线的，是不是很容易破？

http://www.groupon.com/deals/longwood-gardens-wilmington-2?c=dnb&p=4

你们买这个半价longwood garden吗？3月底之前有效。