Hi my name is Juana Donez, 44yrs old, single mother, worked. my whole life, 3 kids by the age of 16, now have 4 kids. 3 older 1 younger. youngest I still have with me. unfortunately we tragically lost my 3rd oldest three days before her 28th birthday last Oct 2023. R.I.P SAMANTHA my beautiful baby. Samantha became critically ill was hospitalized in the CCU at UCSD for 6 weeks before taking her last breath. times became unbearable. back and forth from hospital everything one hopes wouldn't happen happended.  Samantha main organs shut down during the time hospitalized. we got severed with a eviction. I was being harassed, bullied and threaded by the owner he is a  slumlord. got away with Everything including him locking me out of the unit down to not allowing my to take my belongings out only to have dumped all our things in the alley behind his units. became homeless, lost our car and everything. at this point thank heaven we just got our ok and staying in a local shelter.

with having made this fundraiser will be a huge blessing but give my family hope and keep our faith in being able to start  restoring our lives again, we are trying to buy a reliable car to get us around and employed as well as a home and necessities We had ABOULUTLY no help or support for anyone till discovered you very heart kind and giving people as yourself still excise you are a true blessing to people like myself. when before recently getting into this shelter and now discover this site wonderful warm heats is definitely a true blessing, I had felt alone, scared, broken hearted and hopeless but nevertheless if only  bit but I still had it in me to not give up only in self, family but FAITH! thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts. Wanted to take a moment to show my appreciation and gratitude to all who are participating in all these fundraisers. May your lives be beyond blessed and joyful for you all have made not only a huge deference put a great impact on so many of us. thanks again for your blessing and generosity. people as yourself make a whole this world a better place.