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Help rebuild handicap home destroyed by Isais

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Hi there, I would like you to meet my mom, Justine Guckin. She and her soulmate Barronlee Grasso just recently lost their home from Storm Isiais. The home Justine and Barron moved into 14-years-ago was modified just for her. Justine has been disabled from polio since she was 2 years old, and has always worn a full leg brace. Over the years Post-polio syndrome has become a new part of her daily living. She needs to use a wheelchair more often due to the muscles decreasing in her body. The home was fully handicap accessible with an elevator, pool for her therapy and a master bathroom built with her in mind. It's now destroyed. A tree that crushed the second floor and master bedroom is the reason why. My mother was folding laundry on her bed 20 minutes before the tree fell through the roof and across the bed. She told the reporters from Fox 61 "That’s the center of my bedroom," said Guckin. "My dream home bedroom” Guckin won’t even look at remains of her bedroom. The room she says she’d have been in if her nephew wasn’t visiting. "It was just a horrendous sound," said Guckin. "It was nothing I'd ever heard before." It could take upwards to a year to rebuild. They lost some special belongings but the things damaged can be replaced. My mom said "I’m just very grateful nobody was hurt. It’s just stuff. We have each other," My mom and Barronlee will be living in temporary housing during the rebuild. I wanted to start this Go Fund Me page to help my mom and Barronlee for the expenses that are not covered through their Insurance.
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  • Anonymous
    • $50
    • 4 yrs
  • Jodi Walton
    • $25
    • 4 yrs
  • Tom Festa
    • $100
    • 4 yrs
  • Laurie Skornia
    • $100
    • 4 yrs
  • Christine Davis
    • $25
    • 4 yrs
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Julie Guckin
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Branford, CT
Justine Guckin
Beneficiary

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