Help a senior in need

Hello, my name is Krissy, and I am the daughter of Gene Brown, a long-time Yukoner, former entertainer and musician, and a local business owner. I am asking for help for my father.

In the good 'old days of the 1970s, Gene was a local musician and familiar face during Rendezvous and other events around the Yukon Territory. He played with various artists for years, such as Ray Parks and Ed Isaac; he also played with big names like Willy Nelson, Conway Twitty and George Jones! Of course, he had his own groups like Cross Country, which played alongside The Canucks here, in The Yukon. He even had a show called The Family Brown Show, done live, in the old FH Collins Secondary School gymnasium.

After retiring from the entertainment industry (full-time), he got a job with Northwestel. He started as an expediter and moved around the company from there. He was a loyal employee for 20+ years. Then, after losing his beloved wife (my mother) to cancer, he retired from Northwestel, sold his home and left the Territory to follow his musical dream once more; to cut an album in Nashville, Tennessee. After fulfilling that dream, he answered the "Call Of The Yukon" once more and returned to the Territory. He met a lovely woman named Jackie around this time, fell in love and married. Shortly after that, he purchased Northern Hospital & Safety Supply Inc in downtown Whitehorse (Yukon) and a home. He has run the business successfully for the past 11 years and now operates it completely alone. He has only missed one day of work since taking the company over despite the barrage of health issues.

In 2019, my dad (Gene) was diagnosed with T-LGL (leukemia) complicated by Anemia at 77 years old. Two years later, having gone through the pandemic, he has followed all regulations to stay open despite his illness. As the days go on, staying open full-time while sick is getting harder and harder to manage while keeping up on his health journey and maintaining his home.

Because of his poor health and the pandemic, he focused most of his energy on the business, and his home has fallen into disrepair. Typically, this would be something he would take care of himself; however, going through medical testing and handling his illness while running his business is no longer an option. It is just too much to keep up with. Additionally, the roof is leaking and has been creating mold in many areas of the home for quite some time which helps complicate his health situation. Consequently, this has added to the stress already on his shoulders, as you can imagine. Due to these stressors, he admits he has made some poor investment choices along the way and has accumulated more debt than he can manage, never mind the ongoing bills to keep a roof overhead and eat.

Poor financial decisions have rendered him struggling to pay past-due bills and current bills. These include taxes (back taxes), loan payments, groceries, fuel bills, etc. Luckily we are in the Yukon, and chronic health is helping with medications and any medical bills. But, this still leaves him ridiculously stressed out about everything he cannot pay, let alone any new payments needed.

It is so hard for him to continue working with this illness. He is completely exhausted. He thought of selling his business, but unfortunately, he owes too much for that to work out.

I would love to take all these stressors away; however, I have poor health as well and am in the middle of my own health journey.

I appreciate your time in reading this. If you can give anything to help lessen his stress and panic, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time, and take care!

UPDATE: since making this, Gene has had to close his store down and now spends his time at home, not feeling the best. Any donations are welcomed and even a share is appreciated