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My name is Marty, my parents are Ruth and Rick, but my three boys, their grandsons, call them Nana and Hoho.
Why Hoho? Well when my oldest was one, my dad took a job as Santa for the holiday season in Berlin, Md. Every Saturday and Sunday he would watch my dad get ready to "be Santa's helper" and at some point started calling him Hoho. When my dad put the Santa suit on he was the real deal, the twinkle in his eye, the joy he got from listening to little kids tell him their Christmas wishes, hopes and dreams. He loved it, and even after a head on collision on rt 50 in 2010, his goal was to be better in time to be Santa.
Growing up my mom worked helping mentally disabled adults, in group home settings, and later managing the group homes. My dad worked at a senior citizen day center called the friendship network, and go getters, who helped mentally disabled adults. When we were little my siblings and I never went without. We got everything we needed, and almost everything we wanted (you can't have a pony within town limits.)
My parents have been on disability for deteriorating health problems for several years now. They still live in my childhood home, and still help people when they can. They have helped me many times since I've moved out of state, even if it's just a phone call to say how much they love me.
The past few months they have been trying to get their car on the road. They just paid $650 to have it inspected, tires, fix other things that were wrong and tags for the car.
Today the car wouldn't start, they had it towed to the shop who told them they were looking at least another $650 to repair the car again.
They already deferred their house payment for the month, so they could pay the first $650. They have hardly any money to last the rest of the month after already paying their other bills.
I'm asking for help to pay the cost of the tow, and the cost of the repairs including a cushion should anything else arise while it's being repaired. Every bit counts, I just know this would mean so much to them if they were to have a working vehicle, not having to arrange rides to get the bare essentials and go to dr visits. Thank you.
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