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Tami Taormina

P.O. Box 4463 

Spanaway, WA. 98387 

     Though we have done and still do community service and Stacy ( Amanda's mom. The mother of the girl pictured on the left of the header pic) sponsors a parents support group it is not enough to get non-profit status.

      There has to be in place a legal documentation of where all monies go and we cannot personally profit from any Donations except to pay expenses. Currently we could not afford a Lawyer to draw up these documents and as things are, we are just as much in need as any we would like to help. The support group meets in one of the groups homes. (Crowded) We would like to be able to rent space but cannot afford it.

      If you've read our about us pages you will have undoubtedly seen that currently we are in need and a Gift of $5.00 or $20.00 would not be to hard for any to do. I put as much in the bell-ringers bucket every Christmas without any undue hardship. Any Gift of  money would be used to help us provide for our families. We are low income but can receive no State perks like food stamps or help with utility bills and the like because we have assets in the form of rentals. They say sell the assets and we will help but to do so would only serve to lessen our income to the point of being below Federal Poverty Level and yet we will still have assets so would not receive any help. In order for us to qualify we would have to sell everything and then blow the money so we are indigent. Only then would the government help us out. I ask you is it fair to our children to throw away their inheritance just so we could receive State aide? Now we are able to make ends meet (barely) but if we lost any more income we would not. 

As it stands right now as of this update Oct 2008 Amber is close to needing to have full use of a wheelchair, I was able to get a power chair off craigslist for use at school. Amber could not use a regular wheelchair unless someone pushed her because of the left hemiplegia affecting her left arm/hand. Though our home is a rambler it will still need some disabled accommodations like a ramp and wider interior doors and perhaps lowered countertops in some areas. All of which we cannot afford.

 Also we are having to put air ride suspension under the car in order to carry the weight of the chair. We are currently (Nov 3, 08 ) looking into having DDD pay for some of this as after paying property taxes and insurance and for the chair and installing a hitch to hold the carrier we are broke.

      I guess what I'm saying is that neither Amanda's family nor Ambers has the funds to do more that put a roof over their heads and food on the table. An occasional trip to the food bank helps out considerably. A donation at this time would be a gift to us. But in time we hope to have in place non-profit status so that we can help those in our community through support, services and events for the disabled. This is our ultimate goal and we would ask your support.

      Read the About Us pages and Ambers Blog and see if you don't agree that we are in need. Anything you can give would be very much appreciated. 

     Once we pull out of the needy doldrums we currently find ourselves in, we hope to be able to apply for non-profit status so that we can help others in our community. We already do through community service we volunteer for and Stacy's support groups she hosts at no charge and even this website but to do more we need more and to get more we need non-profit status. If any know how to go about setting this up we would appreciate the help. We need to tend to our own immediate needs but after doing so  We would like to get non-profit status and collect Donations to help the disabled in our community. If any out there know how to set up a non-profit and would be willing to do so for free we would be very appreciative.

      If you feel a gift is not possible then  I would encourage you to visit www.vintageslips4u.com This is a site I have up to sell vintage clothing. Mostly intimates but some designer clothing as well and on the everything else page a lot of just stuff. Most of what you see as sold, was sold on Ebay for a pittance of what we would have liked under the ebay names Tamidesign and Tamicraft. We use the website to host our pics, to avoid Ebays high picture hosting services, but sell off the site as well. Also most  of what you see is on consignment but we make a percentage of the sale. To date (Over the last 2 years) we have made maybe $200.00 off the site and 3 times that off Ebay. It pays for the web hosting service and most expenses but there is no profit. My 2006 returns show a $3000.00 loss on our business ventures. But the wife is still out there trying her best to help out.

     I would be willing to email you a copy of my tax return with the account and SSN numbers blocked out. In 2006 we made $21,300.00 adjusted Gross. in 2007 it was $23,400.00 As this part of the Country is quite a bit more expensive to live in than others I think we are very close to that National Average Poverty Level. I'm not ashamed to admit we need help but am proud of the fact that so far we have been able to provide for our family without it.

      Also as I stated earlier the IRS allows gifts to any individual so if you find yourself in a position to give more let us know and we can send you the full names of everyone involved so you may do so without penalty from the IRS. And once we are out of the needy doldrums I will get non-profit status so we can help others in our community with cash and services instead of just our time. We hope to be able to provide space for the meetings and for activities for the kids. We also hope to provide for the local CP community and the CP community at large in some way.

Thank you.

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