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Food and Medical Needs for Dameon who needs some help

Posted Apr 30, 2019
Dameon has experienced health issues since his time in foster care, and currently he is experiencing active heart failure. After aging out of care, he missed a deadline that temporarily suspended his insurance, and this was the catalyst for a spiral that ended with homelessness and these current health conditions. Since this happened, Dameon has been able to get his insurance restored, and then used his SSDI to secure housing, but he is still struggling to fully recover from such a major set back. Because of his age (24), he no longer qualifies for many services former foster youth are able to receive after leaving care, and because he is single with no dependents, his SSDI makes his ineligible for many other services. His SSDI also restricts his ability to work, but alone it's not enough. We also just learned that he is experiencing 90% heart failure so he needs to be resting and keeping his heart rate down, but he is still pursuing food pantries and other services to help fill his needs that have fallen between the cracks. Dameon would love to be able to go to the grocery store or even have his groceries and medical necessities delivered to him. He is trying his hardest to maintain the low sodium diet his doctor encouraged. We did get him an Amazon Pantry gift card, but unfortunately the area Dameon lives in does not support Amazon Pantry, so he will be using that gift card for other necessities.

Dameon is 29 years old and lives in OH

Dameon is an incredible young man constantly overcoming the odds. Since his time in foster care, he has become a fierce advocate for the foster care community and those who will experience the system after him. He has made a huge contribution and impact on legislation, policy, and services for current and former foster youth in Ohio and nationwide.

The Wish Story

The Tuck and Run Foundation requests this wish for Dameon.

One Simple Wish posts the wish to the website.

Awesome Human grants the wish for Dameon! Thanks Awesome Human.

"Hi Dameon, I am so proud of what a strong person you are. I will be praying for you every day. I hope your health improves soon so that you can go back out into the world and continue to do great things! Lots of love, Christina J."

One Simple Wish sends the gift to the The Tuck and Run Foundation for Dameon.

The Tuck and Run Foundation receives the wish!

Dameon receives the gift from The Tuck and Run Foundation!

"We just received Dameon's giftcard in the mail, and I can't say thank you enough. I'm simply blown away by your generosity. There aren't very many resources for older foster youth, and it's due to generous, awesome humans like you that we are able to grant their wishes too!"

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