After Juan's radiator scare and chatting with some of you about the state of his truck, I'm being encouraged to start fundraising now so that the money is there when his truck officially dies. If you recall, back when we first took Juan on, in mid-December, Darla had told us that his truck is getting to the point where it's going to be inoperable. A shop had told him 1 year at most. From there, parts and repairs will cost more than the value of the truck.

I really wanted to not ask for anything for him until after kitten season, since there are so many needs and since y'all have been so generous with his cat colony donations. The problem is, he can't take the bus to go feed hundreds of cats for 4 hours every day. I will also then need to take the weekly food to him. He has doctors appointments almost weekly for his disability. He physically goes to the companies to pay his bills. He picks up odd jobs that he needs a vehicle for to transport his equipment. A truck really is sort of essential for him.

If there is an imminent repair that is needed now, I have the funds in the FQT account to help with a few hundred dollars. But nothing beyond that because of how expensive his cat food needs are.

My hope is that his truck can hang in there a few more months and we can fundraise proactively without that... panic. As with his weekly community cat food, he won't know it's there and the efforts behind the scenes. The help will just magically arrive if (when) it's needed.

This will not be for anything luxurious, it'll be a couple thousand dollars that can be used to pay for something cheap in cash. If there is anything cheap, considering how used car values skyrocketed.

Juan needs a new [used] truck!

By Stephanie Paul

Juan needs a new [used] truck!

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