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Help Heather find Safe Housing (Signal Boosting appreciated)
My friend paganaidd and I are doing a microfunding drive to help our friend Heather find safe housing.
Heather is a gifted teacher, writer, artist and all around brilliant woman who has had her whole world taken from her by carbon monoxide poisoning. As I write this she is facing homelessness due to the resultant multiple chemical sensitivity--she literally cannot stay in her apartment anymore. The chemicals are so toxic to her that her doctor has told her that she would be better off living in a tent rather than continue to live around people who smoke.
Heather's only income is her disability check. Couch surfing is not something she can safely do with her sensitivities. Mold, formaldehyde off gassing and smoke are her biggest enemies, followed closely by cleaning chemicals, air fresheners and "Fragrance".
She needs a home. In the short term, a building that doesn't allow smoking, preferably an older building that isn't off gassing chemicals.
In long term, something like this:
http://healthy-homes.com/
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity is what happens when, for whatever reason (in this case, CO poisoning) the barrier that generally keeps toxic chemicals from reaching your brain becomes permeable. That is, it just stops working.
If you can afford to help even just a little it would be greatly appreciated. It is autumn here in Vermont and the frost is often on the ground in the morning. Temperatures will soon be at a point where living outdoors in a tent is not a viable idea. So it is crucial we do what we can to help Heather get into safe housing as soon as possible.
Donate here.
If you can't afford to help monetarily but would be willing to donate an incentive (knitting projects, art, poetry, copy-editing, tarot readings, etc.) that would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know what you would be willing to donate, how many and what you think the incentive price should be via PM. For example I am offering five individual poems written for the donor (with the provision that the request not include villanelles and sestinas) for donations of $50 or more. My friend paganaidd is offering half hour tarot card readings for $150 donations.
If all you can do is boost the signal, then please do. Boosting the signal helps this reach more people and gives us a better chance of achieving our goal, which is to get Heather into safe and healthy housing.
Thank you for your time. Feel free to contact me with any questions via PM at dreamwidth,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
alee_grrl.
Heather is a gifted teacher, writer, artist and all around brilliant woman who has had her whole world taken from her by carbon monoxide poisoning. As I write this she is facing homelessness due to the resultant multiple chemical sensitivity--she literally cannot stay in her apartment anymore. The chemicals are so toxic to her that her doctor has told her that she would be better off living in a tent rather than continue to live around people who smoke.
Heather's only income is her disability check. Couch surfing is not something she can safely do with her sensitivities. Mold, formaldehyde off gassing and smoke are her biggest enemies, followed closely by cleaning chemicals, air fresheners and "Fragrance".
She needs a home. In the short term, a building that doesn't allow smoking, preferably an older building that isn't off gassing chemicals.
In long term, something like this:
http://healthy-homes.com/
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity is what happens when, for whatever reason (in this case, CO poisoning) the barrier that generally keeps toxic chemicals from reaching your brain becomes permeable. That is, it just stops working.
If you can afford to help even just a little it would be greatly appreciated. It is autumn here in Vermont and the frost is often on the ground in the morning. Temperatures will soon be at a point where living outdoors in a tent is not a viable idea. So it is crucial we do what we can to help Heather get into safe housing as soon as possible.
Donate here.
If you can't afford to help monetarily but would be willing to donate an incentive (knitting projects, art, poetry, copy-editing, tarot readings, etc.) that would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know what you would be willing to donate, how many and what you think the incentive price should be via PM. For example I am offering five individual poems written for the donor (with the provision that the request not include villanelles and sestinas) for donations of $50 or more. My friend paganaidd is offering half hour tarot card readings for $150 donations.
If all you can do is boost the signal, then please do. Boosting the signal helps this reach more people and gives us a better chance of achieving our goal, which is to get Heather into safe and healthy housing.
Thank you for your time. Feel free to contact me with any questions via PM at dreamwidth,
alee_grrl.