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Coal Fund Helps Family of Child with Cerebral Palsy

pThe Coal Fund is being used to help families in Tennessee pay for heat in their homes this winter, which fewer families are able to do during tough financial times. One family helped by the Coal Fund has been hit especially hard by these timesmdash;a single mom with three children, one of whom has cerebral palsy./p pbr / br / ldquo;As prices increase, she is having a difficult time trying to keep things together on the small disability check she receives. Things just got too hard for her to be able to afford heating oil,rdquo; said Carmen Ricker of Greeneville-Greene County Community Ministries, the group that administers the fund. /p pbr / br / Money from the fund was used to help the woman purchase heating oil for her home. According to Ricker, all the funds raised through the end of the year will likely be used for home-heating assistance./p pbr / br / strongTough Times for Families of Special Needs Children/strong/p pbr / Caring for a special needs child during a positive economic climate is challenging for most families, but when jobs are lost and benefits cut, some families will have to struggle all the more. The Coal Fund is just one of many programs across the U.S. helping families in need. /p pbr / br / If you are struggling to make ends meet and are caring for a special needs child, you may wish to contact your local a href="http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ntl_homepage"Easter Seals organization/a or other charitable foundations in your area for resources or assistance. br / nbsp;/pimg src="http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/CerebralPalsyLawBlog/~4/487833918" height="1" width="1"/

Full post as published by Cerebral Palsy Law Blog on December 17, 2008 (boomark / email).