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To Help a Family - The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund Supports the Critical Work of the Brooklyn Bureau
Dekiya Davis faces daunting challenges. She has cerebral palsy, she is partially paralyzed, and she is blind in one eye. She also suffers from schizoaffective disorder, which, through medication and therapy, she has under control. Her husband, Shawn Stewart, recently suffered a stroke. And Dekiya has another formidable responsibility: motherhood. Her ailments make it exceptionally difficult for her to care for her two young sons, Shawn Jr., 15 months, and Christopher, who is only a few weeks old. (Dekiya also has a 12-year-old daughter, Niema, who lives with her fatherıs mother.)
The Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service, one of the seven charities supported by The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, helps parents like Dekiya care for their children and keep them from winding up in foster care. Five days a week, Yamile Angulo, who is a mother herself, comes to Dekiyaıs home to prepare meals, bathe the children and take Shawn Jr. to day care.
Dekiya also receives public assistance and Social Security, but she could not afford supplies for the new baby, so the Brooklyn Bureau used Neediest Cases money to buy a crib, a stroller and clothing for Christopher.
All the money donated to The Neediest Cases Fund goes to one of seven charities: the Childrenıs Aid Society; the Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service; Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York; Catholic Charities, Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens; the Community Service Society of New York; the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; and the UJA-Federation of New York.
To donate, please send your checks to:
The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund
4 Chase Metrotech Center, 7th Floor East
Lockbox 5193
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11245.
You may also call (800) 381-0075 and use a credit card, or you may donate online at www.nycharities.org/neediest.
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