Dear Johnny,

My name is Amy and I’ve been a Med Tech at local nursing homes for the last 14 years.

My husband works fulltime at a manufacturing job in the caves. We are really struggling

this year. Two weeks ago, my position was eliminated at the facility I’ve been working at.

After an interview yesterday, I will be back at a new nursing home starting this Friday.

But in the downtime, my husband was laid off for a week. When work is slow they just

don’t go in (but he is back at work this week). The gap in funds has put us behind. We

managed to pay December rent, but January is due on the 1st. My electric and gas are

also behind. I’m also writing to you about my beautiful little boy, Paxton, who’s in the 3rd

grade and turned 9 on December 10th. He is having a rough time. In kindergarten, he

was diagnosed with language and learning disorder. He has trouble comprehending

language, instructions, and understanding simple tasks. He falls behind very quickly. He

goes to school and has IEP classes (Individualized Education Program), but he feels

different. He gets quiet when he doesn’t understand, he’s socially awkward, has trouble

making friends, and gets picked on. He constantly calls himself stupid and I hate it. I am

working on getting him into counseling. It’s sad to see his confidence go from 100 to 0.

Things are so tight with bills and I just want a little something under the tree for him from

Santa. Thank you for reading my letter. I appreciate anything you can do.

Amy

Who Helped: Troy, Keith, Danelle, Nick, Casey, Luke, Russ, Cosentino’s

How You Helped: Caught up on rent, electric and gas, Christmas for Paxton, groceries