plummer925
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Hi all,
A family I know is in hard times so I want to help them out. Step-dad just left and shut off the power (was in his name) - mom is disabled and used her FULL check to pay rent and get the power back on. She has NOTHING for food (she thankfully has a small farm so is okay there mostly - I have a few boxes of overstock from my pantry for her). She has 2 boys still living at home - ages 11 and 12. They are BIG tall boys - wear a 10 and a 10 1/2 mens!!
The boys each need boots - I want to buy them each a new pair. Problem is I also bought them each a game for their Nintendo DS (they have 1 that they share), which just cost me $65 - they also each need pants and socks. And I want to do stocking stuffers for them (dollar store but will still be $10-15 each there!).
I don't have a lot of money, but I do want to bless this family.
Does anyone have any idea where I can get some boots that will last the winter? Doesn't matter if they break down after the winter is over - we are in Maine so they need to be warm and need to last 4 months. They boys are growing so fast that they'd probably be too small by next winter anyway!
I found some for $30 at Walmart but hate HATE HATE that store...my husband works at LL Bean but the cheapest there is $69, which I really can NOT afford.
Any ideas?
Thanks so much!!!!
A family I know is in hard times so I want to help them out. Step-dad just left and shut off the power (was in his name) - mom is disabled and used her FULL check to pay rent and get the power back on. She has NOTHING for food (she thankfully has a small farm so is okay there mostly - I have a few boxes of overstock from my pantry for her). She has 2 boys still living at home - ages 11 and 12. They are BIG tall boys - wear a 10 and a 10 1/2 mens!!
The boys each need boots - I want to buy them each a new pair. Problem is I also bought them each a game for their Nintendo DS (they have 1 that they share), which just cost me $65 - they also each need pants and socks. And I want to do stocking stuffers for them (dollar store but will still be $10-15 each there!).
I don't have a lot of money, but I do want to bless this family.
Does anyone have any idea where I can get some boots that will last the winter? Doesn't matter if they break down after the winter is over - we are in Maine so they need to be warm and need to last 4 months. They boys are growing so fast that they'd probably be too small by next winter anyway!
I found some for $30 at Walmart but hate HATE HATE that store...my husband works at LL Bean but the cheapest there is $69, which I really can NOT afford.
Any ideas?
Thanks so much!!!!

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