Help a Family in Need

Andrea Collins-Smith died from Inflammatory Breast Cancer on July 5, 2008. Her struggle lasted a little over a year and was documented by Mrs. Collins-Smith on her blog, Punk Rock Mommy. She was diagnosed with the most aggressive form of breast cancer the day after she received her Bachelor’s degree from Temple University. She fought long and hard, but because of the nature of this cancer by the time she was diagnosed she was already stage IV. It then became a fight to stay alive for just a few months longer- extend her life as long as possible. In the end, the cancer metastasized to her throat and she was lost to those tumors.

Kelly Smith, Andrea’s widower, is finding himself in a financial bind. He spent most of the last year at home helping Andrea with taking care of the children and their home. Though they have a lot of support within their own community in Philadelphia, Kelly needs a little more. He recently found out that Andrea didn’t work long enough throughout her 38 years to qualify for dependent children benefits. She and Kelly believed that after her death the children would receive money through Social Security and they were counting on that. Raising 6 children is hard enough, but raising them alone and in these circumstances is too much.

In this post Kelly asks for a little help if we can do it. I know that the blogosphere is able to come together to help those in need- I’ve seen it happen many times. I have no doubt that the blogging community will be able to come together again to help this strong and loving man care for his children in the absence of his soul mate.

If you’d like to help this family there’s a PayPal donation button on the front page of the blog.

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