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Give Back to the Neal Family
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The Neal Family has given the world so much. Now they need us.
This family is an amazing team of 6. DeShanna is a powerful advocate and mom to their wonderful 4 children. She is married to a caring husband and together they have formed one of the most loving families I know.
Their oldest Trinity is a transgender teen who socially transitioned 10 years ago. For Trinity's safety Deshanna and her husband had to pull their child from public school to homeschool. While they've stated they'd make the same decision over again, doing so pushed them down under the poverty level. Each month they carefully plan, but DeShanna's family recently found themselves back to a scary place. Their food benefits were drastically decreased-- to $400/month for her entire family.
I know and love this family as if they were my own. In many ways they are. I also know she hates asking for help. But this is one of those times.
The need is immediate, so much so that her amazing son Lucien even offered to use his funds that he was paid for a recent project to buy the family food.
(Please meet him too. )
Deshanna and her family have given so much to the world-- love, understanding, compassion, education and a powerful sense of family. Please consider giving back to them at this time of need.
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Here directly from Deshanna here:
With love and gratitude,
-Vanessa and JR Ford
Organizer and beneficiary
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Vanessa Ford
Organizer
Washington D.C., DC
DeShanna U Neal
Beneficiary