Weaving a Safety Net for Strider & Gallagher Wolf: Let’s All Help

 

“It ’s not known what Justin Roy used to punch a hole in Strider ’ s stomach in December 2011.”

“The life and times of Strider Wolf” Boston Globe, Sarah Schweitzer

Many calamities conspire to push a family off the edge: abuse, illness, accidents or a confluence of all these events.

Strider Wolf underwent three surgeries in four days to repair the torn intestine suffered at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend. His brother Gallagher, 11 months, also suffered, but couldn’t speak. Their grandparents—already using every resource they had to maintain what they had— took them in, but at great costs and with only the slightest help.

Sarah Schweitzer’s article outlines a family working harder than most of us, a family almost drowning in debt and bad luck. With a small effort from the community, these two resilient little boys can have a shot. And then grow up to pay it forward.

Individually we can’t remedy every tragic circumstance, but individually we can each directly help with at least one family.

Read the article. Look at the shorter pictorial or video. Think of what a difference it could make if we raised enough money to pay this family’s rent for a year. To allow them a permanent home and consistent school, rather than a corner of Walmart’s parking lot, just enough breathing space to step away from the edge of the world. To help two little boys and their grandparents get enough security to make a plan for their future.

Give yourself an early holiday present: Write a check for Strider and his brother. Gallagher. Help his grandparents, Larry and Lanette Grant, provide a secure home. Support a future for this family.

Funds can be sent to the address below. The money is going to go for food, shelter, educational expenses, camp, and other expenses at the discretion of the trustee.

Strider Wolf and Gallagher Irrevocable Trust

c/o Sara Wells, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius  LLP

One Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

Thank you Boston Globe, Sarah Schweitzer and Jessica Rinaldi, for continuing to bring the light of the press on our community.

 

 

Photos with permission from Boston Globe // Jessica Rinaldi