By Danielle DeSisto:
MOUNT HOLLY — Over the past few years, a Mount Holly mother has finally found her footing.
She works a decent job and makes just enough money to support her 17-year-old son and 10-year old daughter. But it’s been challenging to give her children everything she feels they deserve on a single income. The children’s father has been incarcerated since 2008.
“Unfortunately this year my son is a senior, and I have definitely overextended myself trying to make sure he’s able to do everything his friends are doing, and everything my parents made sure I got to experience,” the mother wrote to Give a Christmas, co-sponsored by the Burlington County Times and the Willingboro Rotary Club.
The son works multiple days a week after school to afford his own clothes and toiletries in an effort to ease the financial burden on his mother. But even with the extra help, the mother is behind on rent payments, and may soon have her electricity shut off.
With the holidays approaching, the mother worries her children will be disappointed come Christmas morning.
“What it comes down to is I want to give my children the Christmas they both deserve, but I don’t see how I can with everything else on my plate right now,” she wrote.
Since 1968, Give a Christmas has collected and distributed over $3 million to struggling Burlington County families at the holidays. As of Friday, the program has raised $42,039 towards its goal of $80,000.
To donate, visit burlingtoncountytimes.com/giveachristmas.
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