A New Jersey community raised $157,000 for a former Marine and retired mailman who lost everything in a house fire. World War II veteran Paul Roberts’s house caught on fire on March 14th and while the 94 year old escaped to safety at his neighbor’s house, the only items to survive the blaze were a collection of his photo albums. Roberts, who went to Nagasaki with the Marines after the United States dropped the atomic bomb there, has received a lot of support to help put his life back together.
His neighbor, retired firefighter Rich Obermayer, shares a bond with Roberts. Rich’s daughter, Erin, also became close with the veteran when they got to spend more time together during the pandemic. The fire isn’t the only tragedy Roberts has experienced. He lost his daughter, Joan, to a rare disease, as well as his son, Mark. His home was also flooded in 2007 during Hurricane Sandy, but was eventually restored. Erin and her father decided to help Roberts by creating a GoFundMe page to help him recover.
The GoFundMe explains “At 94, Paul knows he only has a short time left with us. He was hoping he could stay in his home until his death, as he has been a staple here in Ship Bottom for over 50 years. With the rising cost of Property taxes, he was barely able to pay his tax bill with his pension. He survived Covid in March 2021, probably because of all the walking he did as a mailman. Paul would like to be able to end his time here on earth in his favorite place. He had insurance, but because the house was so old, most of the construction was out of code. Within three days the town notified him that he must have the house torn down. We are hoping with crowd source funding, we can give him the resources to help him in rebuilding a new house.”
The organizers of the GoFundMe say most of the donations came from people they don’t know as Marines from all over the country have given donations. Roberts’ neighbors are now hoping to raise enough money to provide him with financial support. Neighbor Richard Obermayer said
“He’s the whole neighborhood, he’s like the mayor and has always had such a positive outlook.” Roberts is grateful for everything his community and the many people online have done for him.
“There’s a lot of good people in this world, I found out. I don’t know what I would have done without them. I appreciate everything. God bless you all” Roberts said.
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, February 11th, 2018 was:
HAYLEY CORDARO
Brick, NJ
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
2/5/18
Chrissy Kim
Katrina Worford
Tammy Isom
Kathleen Hickman
Ashley Agner
Dean Bruss
Brittany Light
Dawn Raasch
Stacy Lynn Nelson
Stephanie Griffith
Eleazar Ruiz
Paula M Bondy
Lyvona Lena Perry
Be Schwerin
Jodi Stevens
Lauren Bradley
Jessica Davis
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Geri Rus
Maria Bouchard
Trish Marks
2/6/18
April Ashcraft
Brandi K Chaney
Chelsie Nicole
Vickie Gipson
Tera Wardrip
Bea Patrick
Katrina Worford
Michelle Hughes
Amanda Rosario
Jill Nauyokas
Kristina Rosson
Alicia Smith
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Geri Rus
Joanie Waterman
Michelle Rayeske-Jeske
Ashley Agner
Meg Marshall
Ann Patrick
Nacole Patrick
2/7/18
Christy Hawkes
Margaret Primos
Amber Chandler
Brittany Light
Alicia Johnson
Kathleen Marks
Jenifer Garza
Katherine Oliveira
Jenn Anthony
Karen Ann Hinkle
Jennifer Kearney
Ashley Stamey Phillips
Tera Wardrip
Adaria Johnson
Brian Fulop
Deborah Farris
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Althea Thomas
Wendy Messer-Brinnon
Kendra George
Bethany Henry
Jill Nauyokas
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Alysia Jackson
Sara Heller
2/8/18
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Jill Nauyokas
Amber Chandler
Jenifer Garza
Nicole Blaha
Mikey Mellor
Amanda Peters
Becky Holland
Alisa Jones
Sara Heller
Deborah Farris
Sheila Carvell
Nacole Patrick
Melissa White
Mike Adamski
Lindsey McCoy
Christina Montes
Kathi Taylor
Vinessa Vaquez
Bea Patrick
Alexis Maureen
Diane Hamric
2/9/18
Sheila Carvell
Ashley Agner
Amber Chandler
Jill Nauyokas
Enna-LenLen DR-Villafuerte
Priscilla Shimp
Michelle Hughes
Trish Musgrave
Eleazar Ruiz
Susanne Killion
Dave Miller
Alicia Smith
Kelly Jo Francisco
Carla M. Williams
Isis Sample
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Brian Fulop
Wendi Black
Michelle R. Carlino
Amy Conyers
2/10/18
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Jenifer Garza
Jennifer Kinner
Shelby Howke
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Sherry Lilly
Eleazar Ruiz
Karen Ann Hinkle
Wayne Gallas
Ambreen Rouf
Jennifer Ramlet
Bethany Henry
Brandi Kerr
Kayla Clemons
Karyn Koehler
Alexandria Fields
Chris Blythe
Jill Nauyokas
Diane Hamric
April Ashcraft
Demetris Crutcher
Marcy Coull
2/11/18
Jackie Poole
Jenifer Garza
Dawn Raasch
Jennifer Ramlet
April Ashcraft
Anggie Marie
Mikey Mellor
George Pownall
Jessica Bognear
Stella Methvin
Misty Shallcross
Jennifer Vega
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Shelby Howke
Jodi Stevens
Kristina Harris
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Abby Cox
Jenn Hess
Marcy Coull
Hayley Cordaro
Marilyn Wall
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
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