{"id":5504,"date":"2020-04-04T13:07:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/?p=5504"},"modified":"2020-04-04T13:07:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:37:43","slug":"excelsior-springs-family-raising-funds-for-medical-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courtneyscole.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/04\/excelsior-springs-family-raising-funds-for-medical-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Excelsior Springs Family Raising Funds for Medical Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Allan with his daughter, Cadi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Using a reference to the Bible’s Cain and Abel story, My Brother’s Keeper is the name of the campaign that sister Cherish O’Dell has established to help her brother, Allan, who is suffering from critical seizures. Like many families, a Gofundme account has been set up, but Cherish has creatively been trying other methods to raise the funds needed to cover the medical costs and living costs of her brother and his young daughter.<\/p>\n

“I’m really trying hard to get him the help he needs,” said Cherish. “He is able to work part time, for only four hours a day, three days a week, per doctor’s orders, so he’s unable to get insurance through work. Because he works, this also makes him ineligible for resources that are offered by charities and churches.”<\/p>\n

In order to raise the money needed to cover the medical costs, Cherish has started offering the following for sale:<\/p>\n