After surviving cancer in the middle of a pandemic, all eight-year-old Lealand wants is for Santa to deliver games for his Xbox.
For his great-grandmother and primary caregiver, Becky Balzarini, it s a different story altogether. Balzarini, 71, has been struggling to put food on the table ever since she quit her job to care for her immunocompromised great-grandson. She worked part-time as a health aid in Illinois, but stopped seeing patients to reduce the risk of getting Lealand sick. It was a difficult decision but I had to do it, said Balzarini. We re trying to make things as normal as possible for him.
After surviving cancer in the middle of a pandemic, all eight-year-old Lealand wants is for Santa to deliver games for his Xbox.
For his great-grandmother and primary caregiver, Becky Balzarini, it s a different story altogether. Balzarini, 71, has been struggling to put food on the table ever since she quit her job to care for her immunocompromised great-grandson. She worked part-time as a health aid in Illinois, but stopped seeing patients to reduce the risk of getting Lealand sick. It was a difficult decision but I had to do it, said Balzarini. We re trying to make things as normal as possible for him.
Organizations expect that some children will go without Christmas this year, if they don’t receive more donations.
Atlanta, GA – Christmas may be bleaker than usual this year for needy American kids, with a harsh economic downturn from the coronavirus pandemic curbing donations of toys and gifts to charities.
Families who had extra cash a year ago are now struggling to make ends meet thanks to both spiking unemployment and the closure of small businesses that can t survive under health restrictions on the number of customers they serve and Christmas presents don’t fit into their budget. Toys for Tots Atlanta distribution center where countless boxes sit empty. Source: Fox News