First off, our family and our business is on the brink of total collapse. Everything was going well enough for us to continue making and selling our homemade jewelry via pop-up on various street corners in the Portland area and at storefronts to basically get by while at the same time adding to the quality of life for the people of Portland by offering our rare earrings, bracelets,rings and necklaces. Furthermore on January 18, 2025 our van’s alternator belt broke which was caused by an oil leak that made the belt go bad.
We had to pay for the tow and have it moved to mercedes benz of Wilsonville,Or. They fixed the van and the bill is an astonishing $13,500 plus the fact that we are in a hotel extended stay and have to pay $143 everyday and we just can’t keep it going without any transportation and work has grinded to a halt because we just had a snow storm and are snowed in. We never really had to ask for money because we’ve been the self reliance type and was always able somehow to get it everyday ( sell our jewelry) until now. Thi is just a small portion of our story and tribulations hopefully this helps us to get enough funding. There’s much more to our story i don’t think i have enough room to fit it all i just gave the most of the problems we’ve encountered in the last few weeks, we’re asking for financial assistance to get through these tough times and hopefully we have explained our situation enough to secure funding. Thank you and GOD bless