Single Mom Of 3 Young Daughters Facing Eviction Is Able To Stay In Her Apartment After Strangers Come Together To Raise Over $200,000 For Her
Las Vegas, Nevada. 32-year-old Dasha Perltrece Kelly is the mom of the 3 young daughters, and she raises them all on her own.
Although Dasha was able to provide for her daughters, after the pandemic hit, she lost her job and fell behind on her rent.
Kelly was desperate to figure out a way to come up with the money, so she decided to turn to GoFundMe to try to raise the $1,900 she needed to come up with to pay for the back rent she owed.
If Kelly couldn’t manage to get the money in time, she and her daughters were going to be evicted from the apartment they shared together.
“My name is Kelly and I have 3 daughters living in Nevada,” Kelly explained on the GoFundMe page that she created.
“We were maintaining just fine before this pandemic hit. Now we are suffering. We do have EBT for food, and also applied for Chap.”
“However, they do not assist immediately. We owe $1,900 for rent alone not including utilities.”
“I will figure out utilities by pawning a few things. As you all know it is entirely still too hot to be homeless.”
“My daughters are aged 5, 6, and 8. Please help with anything you can.”
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She signed everything, “Sincerely, My beautiful girls & I.”
Kelly’s fundraiser was live for an entire month without raising a single dollar, but then CNN picked up Kelly’s story.
After CNN shared what was going to happen to Kelly and her girls, strangers from all over started donating to help Kelly and her daughters keep their home.
GoFundMe; pictured above is a screenshot of Kelly’s GoFundMe page
In an update on the page, Kelly mentioned that she was able to pay off the whole lease on her apartment.
She also is planning to buy furniture and a car so that she can get to work every day.
“I’m going to open an account for each girl of 5k so that it can build until they are 18,” Kelly also said.
“They will be receiving new clothes, shoes and a few toys. We’ll also create a family rainy day fund of 50k. Never would I ever want these girls to struggle and be judged like I did.”
Kelly’s GoFundMe page has now raised $232,750 as of right now. If you would like to donate to Kelly’s GoFundMe, you can do that here.
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