Allison Moultry needed many things in November 2009: surgery to treat a pulmonary artery aneurysm; a doctor to diagnose the lump in her breast; and help paying bills after her heart condition meant she could not do her job as a day care provider. She did not need bedbugs.
Ms. Moultry first noticed bites on the youngest of her three boys, Brenton. She showed Brenton’s bites to a friend, who walked straight to Ms. Moultry’s couch and lifted up the cushions. They were in the couch, beds, chairs and dressers. “I had to throw everything out,” Ms. Moultry said.
Her family was surviving on the limited income of her husband, Kerry Cunningham, a building superintendent, and on Social Security assistance for Brenton, who is disabled. Ms. Moultry managed to have her apartment exterminated and replace most of her furniture on a rent-to-own basis, but she needed help.
Brooklyn Community Services, one of seven beneficiary agencies of The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, helped, drawing $234 from the fund to purchase a twin bed and box spring for Brenton. It also paid off arrears the family had accumulated during the ordeal: a $500 electric bill and $267 gas bill.
Ms. Moultry is now in treatment, covered by Medicaid, for both her heart condition and breast cancer. “At least my baby has a bed to sleep on,” she said. “That is a great relief.”
All donations made to The Times’s Neediest Cases Fund go to one of seven charities: The Children’s Aid Society; Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service; The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York; Catholic Charities, Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens; The Community Service Society of New York; The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; and UJA-Federation of New York.
To help, please send a check to: The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, 4 Chase Metrotech Center, 7th Floor East, Lockbox 5193, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11245. You may also call (800) 381-0075 and use a credit card, or you may donate at: www.nycharities.org/neediest.
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Allison Moultry needed many things in November 2009: surgery to treat a pulmonary artery aneurysm; a doctor to diagnose the lump in her breast; and help paying bills after her heart condition meant she could not do her job as a day care provider. She did not need bedbugs.
Ms. Moultry first noticed bites on the youngest of her three boys, Brenton. She showed Brenton’s bites to a friend, who walked straight to Ms. Moultry’s couch and lifted up the cushions. They were in the couch, beds, chairs and dressers. “I had to throw everything out,” Ms. Moultry said.
Her family was surviving on the limited income of her husband, Kerry Cunningham, a building superintendent, and on Social Security assistance for Brenton, who is disabled. Ms. Moultry managed to have her apartment exterminated and replace most of her furniture on a rent-to-own basis, but she needed help.
Brooklyn Community Services, one of seven beneficiary agencies of The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, helped, drawing $234 from the fund to purchase a twin bed and box spring for Brenton. It also paid off arrears the family had accumulated during the ordeal: a $500 electric bill and $267 gas bill.
Ms. Moultry is now in treatment, covered by Medicaid, for both her heart condition and breast cancer. “At least my baby has a bed to sleep on,” she said. “That is a great relief.”
All donations made to The Times’s Neediest Cases Fund go to one of seven charities: The Children’s Aid Society; Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service; The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York; Catholic Charities, Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens; The Community Service Society of New York; The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; and UJA-Federation of New York.
To help, please send a check to: The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, 4 Chase Metrotech Center, 7th Floor East, Lockbox 5193, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11245. You may also call (800) 381-0075 and use a credit card, or you may donate at: www.nycharities.org/neediest.
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