Please Help Us get him home to Burlington, Vermont this Christmas, so he can see his family for the first time in 22 years.
This is our friend Roderick "Ricky" Despault who is very sad because he is too poor to get what he wants the most this Christmas.
Ricky has not seen his family in 22 years (since 1986).
We spoke to him today at San Francisco's City Hall Park, across from the main San Francisco Main Library where he hangs out with his friends every day.
Sadly he was crying because he feels heart broken today.
He has a life threatening illness and may not ever get to see them.
He lives all alone here in San Francisco and all of his family is back in Burlington, Vermont. For nearly two decades he hasn't seen them. He misses his family very much.
Two months ago he had bought a bus ticket with his disability check but he didn't make it in time and missed out on going to his family's home back east.
We could not stand to see him so sad so we are appealing to everyone in our community.
Please Help Us !
We must raise the money for a plane ticket for Ricky so he can have his Christmas Wish come true; to see his family once again.
If you donate using PayPal you can choose how much to gift. Even Five Dollars Would Help Us !
All the money given goes first, to the round trip plane ticket from SFO to Burlington, Vermont.
Any monies left over are for Ricky to buy presents for his family.
You can mail gifts to him here:
[ Please make out all checks and money orders Payable To: RODERICK DESPAULT ]
Mail them today, in care of:
Mr. James Leonard
SF Community Advocate
101 Hyde Street
SF, CA 94142
Or you can use this PayPal Link (below) to give any gift amount towards Ricky's plane ticket to see his family in Burlington, Vermont.
Any money left over is for him to buy gifts for his family this year.
One of his friends is letting us use this PayPal Account to collect donations securely for Ricky.
We are going to post the names of everyone who gives, unless you email us not to.
That's our way of recognizing and thanking people who have compassion for others in their heart.
Thank you for your kindness.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE !
You can use this PayPal button or you can use your own
PayPal Account and email the gift to the PayPal Account:
courtrecords@yahoo.com
2 comments:
I am sad to inform you tha t Ricky passed away this week
How sad. He was often mistreated by some but many watched his back. Many of us helped him everytime we saw him. We're going to miss you Ricky. I'm saddened further that noone ever donated to help him. Many of us want Our San Francisco back where no call for help ever went unheeded.
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