Flett Family Fundraiser

Here's a little story about our big family that has been suffering some very unfortunate circumstances and bad luck over the last few years. We have done our best to stay afloat, but it came to a very real reality this past month.
We have 5 kids, plus our sons girlfriend who lives with us. Our kids are 8 yrs, 11 yrs, 12 yrs, 15 yrs, 17 yrs and 18 yrs. both our son and his girlfriend graduate this year. Our kids are the best thing that has ever happened to us. We have been blessed and very fortunate that our older kids did not allow themselves to associate with the wrong crowd and prefer to spend time with family or occupying their time with sports or other outdoor activities. We have always been a active family and kids used to be in hockey like crazy, but sadly things started to slow down for us when my husband first lost his job a few years ago. I was a stay at home mom and loved raising my family, but in Nov. 2013 my hubby completely tote is ACL, therefore he had to have surgery. So I went and got a job working at Target Canada and I loved it. It wasn't enough to pay the bills, but it helped and I worked many many hours to make sure I could support my family the best I could. However, this was not easy because in Sept. 2013 I ended up in the U of A, where I was admitted and diagnosed with Idiopathic Inter-cranial Hypertension. We have followed all advice from the team of Neuroligists and my symptoms have progressed fairly quickly. I used to go for lumbar punctures to drain my CF (spinal fluid), which is extremely painful, every 4-6 months. Then every 3 months, from there they kept getting closer and closer, until now where I end up getting them done every 2-3 weeks. So now I live in chronic pain until I can get brain surgery done to trt and solve that issue. In the meantime, each lumbar puncture is s risk of paralyzation and infection, and mine is not easy at all to find. During this time, I still had been pushing thru and working on the flow team at Target from 3:30am to noon, unloading trucks and back-stocking in the backroom. And even though it was very very physical, and some days I pushed myself more then I should have been, I loved my job and the people I worked with. They were also very understanding with my medical issues. Then I found out Target was closing and that was one of the worse days ever. In that time, my husband ended up being let go from another job as everything slowed down in the oil and gas industry. He is doing everything he can to find a job, handing out resumes. We do odd things here and there, but right now with me in and out of the hospital isn't helping as I have already suffered a small aneurysm from my pressure being too high. So much to tell about how much we have gone through: job losses, 2 vehicle thefts, medical illness and family deaths.
Now reality: we have struggled so long we have nothing left. We don't have crazy toy payments or credit card bills like most as we just want the basics. In about 2 weeks time, we will be homeless unless we come up with $1850. We have sold what we can so far and will be having a garage sale this coming weekend. We don't have a vehicle that can get me to my specialty appointments and sometimes being able to just get that one break makes all the difference. I have since been suffering from severe depression as a result of the bad luck. I lost my father to suicide when I was 8 years old. We can't seem to get our head above water after constantly struggling for 3 plus years, you finally get tired of treading. But for my kids, I will push on and ask for help instead from my fellow friends, so that we can keep a roof over our heads. They are selling the place we are in, so we are looking to secure something else for our family. We are good honest people. We are hard workers. I worked hard at Target, but it's hard right now to hold a job with me being in and out of the hospital. My wishes are to be able to pay rent every month and to have a abundance of food and toiletries. To have utilities always hooked up, a working vehicle that has insurance on it to get my kids places, safely, and a phone that works to make calls so my kids can reach me incase of a emergency. One day I hope to be able to afford the basic needs for is all.
Please friends and family, don't ever take what you have for granted, because you don't know what the future holds.
This has been very hard to tell my story. I'm not someone who has an easy time asking for help or telling people my situation, but I need to think of my kids. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.



Hi, I'm a close family friend of the Fletts. And I'm doing this fundraiser on behalf of my friend to help her out as much as I can. Please support me and the Flett family in their time of need. Thank you.