Leola (Lee) Kinchen, the woman in the photograph, needs your help. She suffers from Neurofibromatosis-1 (Elephant Man’s Disease). She has a brain tumor (a result of her condition) and is in desperate need of about $200,000 which is needed to cover the cost of her hospitalization and surgery. For reasons passing all understanding she has been denied Social Security Disability (SSI/SDI), Medicare and Medicaid by the Louisiana officials responsible for making such determinations.
At present Lee is still working at her job at a discount retail store, even though she has collapsed on her feet. It is only through the herculean good samaritan efforts of her store manager, Susan, that Lee still has a job, and is being fed, clothed and housed. Many thanks should go to this kind and generous woman who has taken on her shoulders the burden of finding Lee doctors and nurses willing to perform her surgeries free of charge. Sadly, private hospital charges cannot be waived, nor is the sole remaining state (read charity) hospital able to accomodate Lee at this time, which is why she needs our help.
Please go to this webpage, For Lee: Blogging for Lee for more details about her situation. Many kudos to Anntichrist S. Coulter, a blogger living in Louisiana for helping to bringing Lee’s plight to our collective attention.
The upshot? You and I can help by making a contribution to a fund created in Lee’s name:
Snail mail address:
Fund For Leola Kinchen
Bank Of St. Francisville
P.O. Drawer 818
St. Francisville, LA 70775
PayPal Link:
If you’d link to make an online contribution to the Fund for Leola Kinchen using PayPal here is the LINK you need. The white “PayPal Donate” button should be easy enough to find there.
