Woman caring for granddaughter after mom’s fatal car accident asks Goodfellows for help
Tanisha is a single grandmother of a 7-year-old granddaughter.
Both are still very much missing Tanisha’s daughter, who died in a car accident four years ago. Following that tragedy Tanisha got full custody.
But Tanisha’s health has declined of late.
“I’m still doing my best to raise her,” she said. “I don’t not receive any survival benefits or support from her father. We are living off my SSI disability and the support of some of my family members that help when they are able to.
“She is a strong little girl. She is doing great in school, and thank God she’s here with me. She inspires me to be strong and never give up. All I want is to raise her in the most uplifting way and let her know no matter what we are going to be OK.”
The folks at the Goodfellow Fund want to help, just as they’ve been doing for more than a century. Through their help, children from families in need have been having a happier Christmas.
The goal of the Star-Telegram charity in 2023 is to assist 13,000 children in Tarrant County this holiday season by providing a $50 tax-free gift certificate for each child for new clothing from Old Navy.
“I want her to feel and know she’s loved. Her mother loved her so much,” Tanisha said.
About the Goodfellow Fund
The story on the Goodfellow website describes its beginning as an offshoot of the first newspaper charity drive in the United States, started by the Chicago Tribune on Dec. 10, 1909. A Chicago city attorney wrote a letter challenging his friends to donate the money they would have spent on holiday partying to charity.
A couple years later, the Advertising Club of Fort Worth staged the first local Goodfellow campaign. On the day after Thanksgiving in 1912, Publisher Amon G. Carter brought the tradition to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
To find out more, or to learn more about helping, visit goodfellowfundfw.com. The post office box for donations and correspondence is P.O. Box 149, Fort Worth, TX. 76101.