Help the Homeschooled Handymen

My name is Tara and I am starting this fundraising for my sister and her family as they would never ask for help and I want to show the boys that there are people who want to help in a time when they are feeling defeated.

In July 2021 early in the morning my sisters family woke to the smell of smoke and discovered their barn was on fire. Her and her husband acted quickly and started to get the fire under control while their oldest daughter called 911. They were able to save part of the barn but everything inside was lost. When school shut down last year due to Covid my brother in law taught my 2 nephews his passion of woodworking to keep them busy. My brother in law loves to tinker around the barn and liked to build things instead of buying for the home. The boys loved learning and picked up very quickly. The boys decided to use their know how of small businesses that they learned a few years ago when they were involved in the young millionaires program to make a little spending money. Using their Dad's barn and tools they started making benches for the summer and named their little hobby business The Homeschooled Handymen. They continued to learn and create lots of new and unique items.

After the fire my sister was informed that insurance was not going to cover any of the tools that were lost in the fire as they were being used for a business. My sister met several times with the insurance company to explain that all the tools were bought by the boys Dad for his own personal use before the boys used them for their small unregistered hobby business. The boys feel terrible that their hobby cost their Dad all his tools that he worked hard to purchase.

We have had some generous people give the boys some tools so they can keep doing what they love and we are very thankful for all of it however they are still missing a lot. My hope is to raise enough money to replace a majority of the tools for the boys and show them that even though the insurance company won't help them out there are others who love them and will help them in this hard time.

Thank you all for reading this.