[Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??

Thu Jun 2 07:49:00 CDT 2016

Thank you, Amani.

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:33 AM, Ardy Robertson <ardyr at centurytel.net>
wrote:

> Are they allowing her to keep her pets in this hotel? Or are they
> somewhere else?
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> Thank you,
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> Ardy
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> *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Amani Oakley
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 1, 2016 7:02 PM
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> *To:* felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping
> cats??
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> Hey folks. This is amazing! We are up to $660 in just two hours! Thanks so
> much to those of you donating.
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> Amani
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> *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org
> <felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org>] *On Behalf Of *Amani Oakley
> *Sent:* June-01-16 6:47 PM
> *To:* felvtalk at felineleukemia.org; Margo
> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping
> cats??
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> Thanks to Margo, who got the ball rolling right away, we are already up to
> $560 in donations to Sharon’s GoFundMe Campaign, in just a few hours. What
> a generous bunch we are! It would be great if we could get to $600 today.
> Anyone else able to chip in $40 or $50?
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> Amani
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> *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org
> <felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org>] *On Behalf Of *Amani Oakley
> *Sent:* June-01-16 5:38 PM
> *To:* Margo; felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping
> cats??
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> Thanks Margo. Any assistance you can give would be tremendous. I think she
> is in North Charleston if that sounds right to you. She is staying at the
> Red Roof Inn, I think it’s called, - the North Charleston Coliseum one.
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> Thanks again.
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> Amani
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> *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org
> <felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org>] *On Behalf Of *Margo
> *Sent:* June-01-16 5:33 PM
> *To:* felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping
> cats??
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> Amani,
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>                   I will help, but I can't seem to get back to the posts
> that tell where she is. I know I saw it, and I'm pretty sure it was towards
> the coast. I'm in NW SC, too far to actually be of hands-on help. I do have
> someone near Columbia, but that may not be near enough.
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>                   I'll check the GoFundMe, that may answer some
> questions...
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> Margo
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amani Oakley
> Sent: Jun 1, 2016 4:06 PM
> To: "felvtalk at felineleukemia.org"
> Subject: [Felvtalk] Can we try to help this woman who is helping cats??
>
> Hi Everyone
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> A while back, a member of this group posted about a woman in South
> Carolina who needed help in placing some cats, one of whom was FeLV
> positive and 9 years old, so obviously would be immediately put down if
> taken to a shelter. The woman was about to lose her own housing and was
> trying to place these cats so they would not be homeless
> too.
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> The woman, Sharon Follin Jowers, was desperately trying to find homes for
> her five older cats and her son’s dog, before being forced to live on the
> street. When I heard about her, my heart went out to her because Sharon
> clearly was motivated first and foremost about concern for where her
> animals were going to end up if she became homeless.
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> I spent quite a while looking into the situation because, frankly, I
> wanted to know if there was a better answer than placing her adult animals
> with strangers and her losing her house. I also wanted to be sure that it
> wasn’t a scam.
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> I have now spoken to Sharon on a few occasions, and emailed back and forth
> with her. I think that not only is her situation legit, but it is far worse
> than I initially imagined. She has severe COPD and was approved for a
> double-lung transplant, but that is now in jeopardy because she doesn’t
> have stable housing nor a car to get her to the city where the transplant
> was to take place, along with the numerous treatments before and after the
> transplant. She lives on oxygen and can barely move around and is so
> emaciated it is disturbing. Not surprisingly, this is very much hampering
> her ability to find new housing.
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> The issue with the housing, as best as I can understand it as a Canadian
> and not being familiar with South Carolina, etc., is that she had
> accommodations which were paid for by the state, but that housing had to
> meet certain standards. Her landlord refused to fix the plumbing and there
> was mold found from previous flooding, and so the state refused to pay him
> and he evicted her. She paid her part of her January rent but the state did
> not pay its share because of the condition of disrepair. She was evicted
> shortly after that. She has a Form 8 (I think) certificate which means that
> if she can find appropriate housing, the state will cover the rent, but she
> has not been able to find any accommodations which satisfy the state and
> medical requirements – for example, the place has to have no stairs. This
> isn’t her intractability – it is what has been written down as a condition
> of the state funding the rent. Right now, she is in a one-bedroom motel
> room. The rent is daily (no discounts for longer stays) and it is $41.99
> per night plus tax. This doesn’t seem like much until you realize that 10
> days is over $400.
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> The money she had saved to buy an old used car to get to her treatments
> and to drive to the other city where the transplant was to be conducted,
> has instead gone to this rent. She only has until June 6th to find
> suitable housing or her Form 6 expires.
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> Her son is trying to help, but because of her very debilitated state, he
> cannot leave her too often as she can’t do much for herself. He has part
> time job which is paying for the cat and dog food and a few groceries.
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> I have paid for some rent for her, but I only paid until tomorrow, and let
> me tell you, the Canadian dollar means that I have to pay 30% more.
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> I have decided to continue to assist her and I have found a number of
> excellent options in used mobile homes. I will be hitting up my lawyer
> friends for donations, and I will underwrite the bulk of the purchase or
> rent of a motor home until I can get some funds from my friends, but
> obviously, time is of the essence and (a) I am run off my feet at work and
> (b) I could really use someone down there to do the legwork. It is
> extremely cumbersome, and fraught with problems, to try and do this long
> distance but I will do it one way or the other. Problem is that it will
> probably delay things more, and I would sure prefer that the money go to
> the purchase or rent of a more permanent housing arrangement then daily
> rent at the motel.
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> I would be so very appreciative if each of you would consider donating to
> her GoFundMe campaign. Every little bit would help. She is an animal lover
> like all of us, and the fact that she is putting the welfare of her animals
> before her own needs and health, really deserves some support from us. I
> know that not everyone is in a position to donate some money, and believe
> me – I know what it is like to be strapped beyond belief – but if at all
> possible, I would consider it a personal favour if each of you would see if
> you are able to donate something to her. Even $50 will cover a night in the
> motel room.
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> https://www.gofundme.com/7rnkx4ry
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> Thanks for considering my request. I will keep this group posted on my
> efforts to help her and if anyone has contacts in South Carolina who can
> help me out, that would be amazing.
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> Amani
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