Glenn Pope:  

Hi Everyone. Do you know Kathy Steele? Kathy and I grew up with her since Slater Junior High and Montgomery High School and Chico State College. Now she needs our help. GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AT HelpAriAndDannie.com PLEASE DONATE AS MUCH AS YOUR HEART WILL ALLOW... Here is Kate, Ari and Danni..... In the fall of 2001, Ari and Imani (Dannie) became very ill. This caused them to be unable to attend school, due to tremendous pain and discomfort. Subsequent to a flood caused by a pipe burst in their San Carlos, California, home, toxic mold growth was discovered, to which their illness was attributed. This necessitated that they move out of their home into a hotel, demolish a portion of the house, and rebuild. Due to the mold and water damage, nearly all of their possessions had to be destroyed. All the while the children remained very ill, seeing specialist after specialist, and living out of a hotel. Kathleen worked to maintain her employment as a single parent, while caring for her sick children. Over the next few years, because of the children's mysterious illness, Kathleen had to quit her job as an executive director of a nonprofit agency in San Mateo County, sell her house, and deplete the children's educational savings to care for her children and pay for the extensive medical expenses, which cost $20,000-45,000 per year. Dannie and Ari lost their school community, friends, sports, home and neighborhood, due to the illness. Although many alternatives were explored in the hope of retaining the most "normal" life possible, both children have been home schooled, as their health has not allowed them to keep even a partial school sc...Expand for more