Resident of Jupiter needs food and clothing

Lois Simmons lives at 17703 Carver in Jupiter Florida 33458. She is on
dialysis and in July had a leg amputated due to her diabetes. She toes
to dialysis treatment on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. Her husband
has been employed by Jupiter HS as head custodian for 15 years.

Lois and her husband are raising their 3 year old grand Niece and have
her in Pittman day care so she can play and have friends and learn. The
day care is $27.60 per week and she is struggling to pay that fee. Her
name is Joy and she is such a Joy to the Simmons family.

Lois is in a wheel chair and is able to take palm Tran to the grocery
store when she needs to go. Her husband does all of the shopping,
cleaning and work around the house. She is not able to get into her
husband's truck with her disabilities. She wants to go to Wal-Mart to
shop for a couple of hours for some items she needs for her treatment
and for easier dressing.

I asked her to list some things that would help her out in her daily
like with this new disability. She helped me make a list.
Cleaning products for the counter and bathrooms (she loves plug ins)
Size 4T dresses and shirts for Joy and size 10 tennis shoes for Joy. She
would love some dresses for Joy to wear to church on Sundays.
Lois would like ladies shorts size 24 for her to wear to dialysis
Pull over dresses for her to be able to dress herself
She would love food donations of vegetables, fish, chicken and any
canned goods.

She lives near Willie on Carver and we painted his house this past June
with Christ Fellowship group. Willie loves Joy and she goes to visit him
all of the time.

If you know of any one that would like to help this family please feel
free to contact me or call Lois direct at 743-2661. If you want to do a
group collection we could do that too.

One thing I did get from her is that her family is very proud and would
never ask for a handout. I sure with all of us we can help them out with
this small list of things that could change their lives.

She called me by accident ... she actually thought she was calling a
food bank.

Thank you every one for taking my e mails and letting me share the
stories that somehow come to my phone.


Joanna Aiken
Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County
Community Service Coordinator
7501 N Jog Road
West Palm Beach, Fl 33412
(561) 697-2700 ext 4701