02/09/2025
LOCAL FAMILY IN NEED‼️
If you follow the news, you may have seen there was a tragedy involving a woman & her mentally-ill son where she lost her life… what they haven’t shared is that there is a 6 year old boy left traumatized and in need of our support. Bradley was being cared for by the woman who lost her life, and his father was put behind bars for the crime. Bradley’s grandfather is taking him in, but he’s starting 100% fresh due to the home being completely inaccessible (due to it being a crime zone). All of his essentials for him & his cat are at this home… And Bradley’s birthday is in just TWO DAYS.
He’s been through so much in the past few days, so we would like to pull together to provide this family with the essentials, and a few birthday blessings so we can lift their spirits.
All donations can be dropped off at The Ridge Photography Studio (510 6th Street Charleston, IL 61920) tomorrow between the hours of 11am-1pm, and 2:30pm-4:30pm.
ITEMS NEEDED:
- Kids plates, cups and bowls.
- Storage containers for lunch.
- Toys: He likes Mario, Sonic, Minecraft, Pokémon, and lego sets.
- Size 8 clothes currently (or next size up to give him room to grow.)
- Shoe size 3 (& next size up.)
- Queen sized kid bedding set.
- Snacks and food for school lunches (Mac and cheese cups, strawberry pop tarts, mini donuts, oatmeal any flavor, skittles, etc)
- Gift cards to local businesses to get groceries or other necessities.
- Gas cards to help our parents get him to Riddle (Mattoon) from Windsor to finish out this school year.
- Bath toys for his age (7 years old)
- Outdoor play toys for when it warms up to keep him busy. (They live in the country so he won’t have any kids to play with throughout the week like he’s used to.
- Backpack for school
- Cat litter box
- Cat litter
- Cat food
- Cat toys
Please message me if you plan to get items but cannot make tomorrow’s drop off. We can arrange to still get them the items they need.
If you’d like to give a financial gift to the family, this is the GoFundMe Link: https://gofund.me/11db857f