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Dialysis keeps kidney patients alive, but it doesn't pay the light bill. The Manors Foundation steps in with the everyday help that keeps patients going: rides to treatment, groceries, utilities, prescription co-pays, and support when a crisis hits. We started in Mississippi, and we're growing so we can reach more patients wherever they are.

Featured: Ms. Deborah needs a place to call home

When Deborah Sanders called to ask if we assist with housing, it pained me to tell her not at this time. Housing isn't something we do but I told her the one thing she could count on is that I would at the very least, try to find a way to help her. She thanked me for the kind words, but I could hear the defeat she was trying to hide, and I couldn't shake it. So I called her back to hear the whole story.

Ms. Deborah built a career as a massage therapist in Virginia, then set it aside to care for her father through lung cancer. After he passed, she moved to Mississippi to care for her mother, who had Alzheimer's. Shortly before losing her mother, Deborah learned her own kidneys were failing, a complication of diabetes.

She is 67 years old and goes to dialysis three days a week and lives on a fixed disability income. What she wants is simple: a stable home, a happy life with the time she has left, and the chance to stand on her own again.

Things were going according to plan until the house she rents was put up for sale and now has to move in a hurry. She can manage the monthly rent once she's settled, but on a fixed income, today's rental requirements are out of reach for her.

Here's the plan. We're raising $4,000 to cover the security deposit on a new lease, two months of rent, and the cost of movers and getting settled. That's a home and some breathing room to settle in.

Housing isn't something the Manors Foundation normally covers, but Ms. Deborah's story moved us to ask our community to step in for her directly. Choose "Ms. Deborah's move" when you give, and every dollar goes to her.

Do you manage apartments, work in leasing, or know of income-based senior housing in the greater Jackson area? We're looking for a one-bedroom for Ms. Deborah close to the Fresenius dialysis clinic at 656 State Street. She is vision impaired, so being near her treatment center matters. If you have an opening, can help with a reduced deposit or waived fees, or know a senior community with availability, please email us at support@themanorsfoundation.org.

One more thing: Ms. Deborah knows we're working on something for her, but not what. If you know her, please keep this quiet until we can surprise her ourselves.

What your gift does

$50 gets a patient to a life-saving dialysis treatment.
$75 to $150 keeps the lights on, puts kidney-friendly groceries on the table, or covers a prescription co-pay.
Monthly gifts let us say yes the moment a patient calls, every month.

We run on a 90/10 model: 90 cents of every dollar goes directly to patient care, and 10 cents sustains the work that makes it possible. Gifts marked "Where it's needed most" go to the next patient who calls.

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The Manors Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN: 39-3360527). Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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