LETTER: Friends, co-workers rally for market worker facing family illness
Oct. 1, 2022To the community:
Hello all, Brittany and John here. Our community is so strong. We’ve seen the support and love that Waterbury has to offer. We are reaching out because a member of our community needs our help!
Jen, our local Village Market lady, is in need. Her 18-year-old daughter, Dakota, has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Jen is a single mom and doing her best! Gas prices, wigs, food, the stress, the love, and it all… it’s so much!
A friend has begun a GoFundMe account to assist. Find that online at gofund.me/6770cf31.
Jenn and Dakota. Courtesy photo
At Park Row Cafe, we are accepting donations of needed items for as long as necessary. Anything is welcome from the lists below.
In addition, they do not own a washing machine or dryer and use the local laundromat. (Roughly $10 to wash and dry one load.) So, quarters are accepted and appreciated!
If you are able to donate, please do so. Regardless, please share this post.
Items needed:
paper towels
toilet paper (Scott, normal, thin)
dish soap
hand soap
Tide pods & Bounce sheets
grocery gift cards
gas gift cards!
PlayStation cards
dog food - Purina Beyond, chicken and barley
Poland Springs water- jugs or single bottles
household cleaning products
masks!! (Lots of appointments)
hard candies
Tylenol and Advil/ibuprofen
baby wipes
candles
For hospital kits for Dakota:
shampoo and conditioner
body soap/wash
lotion - Johnson’s or Aveeno (sensitive skin)
deodorant
face wipes /baby wipes
masks
fuzzy socks/blankets
coloring books/crayons
journal/pens
With all of this, Jen is spending $50 every two days on gas to bring Dakota to appointments. She is unable to work, as a single mom who needs to take care of her daughter. Obviously, the same with Dakota, she is unable to work.
Let’s goooooo Waterbury! Share and share until your hearts burst!
We got this!
John Cummings, Park Row Cafe owner
Brittany Jacobs-Moore, Park Row Cafe manager