When Xaviera Contreras López learned that Leticia Escobar and her husband were sick with COVID – 19, and unable to generate income for her four children, she decided to open an account for them on the fundraising site GoFundMe. However, seeing that donations were falling very slowly, it occurred to him to make a raffle for $ 500.
“In 24 hours, I sold 47 tickets from a $ 10 each through Facebook. The raffle was made by Facebook Live in view of all. The last six numbers were the winners s. ”
Xaviera raffled off a women’s bag worth $ 398 dollars that she had won in another draw. “Goods serve to do another good,” she remembers saying to herself.
At the same time a friend moved by the story of Leticia, gave him another new women’s bag for the raffle, and they added to the drawing 4 gift certificates worth $ 25 each. “In total, we raffled 6 gifts to benefit Leticia’s family.”
For Xaviera, support Leticia during this period in which She and her husband have become ill with COVID and cannot work or receive government benefits, it is something that comes to her a lot.
“I had COVID in May and I was hospitalized 13 days. It got worse because I have lupus. When I returned home and I was still on oxygen, Leticia brought me food. ”
Her father-in-law and a brother of her father also died. husband. “ I know very well what one goes through when COVD hits. Leticia’s family does not receive any help for being undocumented ”.
Raffle to help families sick with COVID – 19 and unable to work. (Courtesy Xaviera Contreras) Oralia Rebolledo, Deputy Mayor of the city of Commerce where Leticia lives, regretted that many undocumented families who are left without work when they fall ill with coronavirus or due to layoffs due to the pandemic, are practically living at the mercy of charity.
“T a people are holding raffles and collections to help them pay their rent and their bills because there is not enough government support. Many are resorting to selling cookies, snow, which can n ”.
In the case of Commerce, pointed out that the city’s revenues have plummeted due to the on-site casino not working and bringing them income. “We are planning to create a fund to help families impacted by COVID – 19 with the assistance of the Cannabis businesses established in the city ”, he explained.
Leticia Escobar from 46 years old, she has been ill with COVID for 4 weeks. When Real America News spoke for a few minutes with her on the phone, she took off for a moment the oxygen to talk about her situation, but at times the dry and strong cough interrupted her.
“It is the third time that I test positive for COVID ”, says Leticia, who suffers from diabetes. “He grabbed me weak. Last July I had surgery for peritonitis, and I was still recovering. ”
Her husband from 47 years also fell ill with COVID and has not been able to go to work in a factory, so his economic situation is complicated. Her twins of 15 years they also contracted the disease. “Only my children of 16 and 18 years were not positive ” .
Xaviera said that for the 15 will deliver to Leticia the $ 500 dollars from the raffle, and what was collected on the GoFundMe account.
If you want to help the family of Leticia, visit the site:
https: //www.gofundme.com/f/familia-escobar?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet5089 .
A patient infected with the coronavirus at the LAC + USC Medical Center . (Heidi de Marco / California Healthline) Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reports as of Jan. 7, 8, 090 people hospitalized for COVID, 20% in intensive care rooms . Since the pandemic began they have died 10. 936 people in the county, 5, 611 have been Latino.
Because of COVID – 19 spreads throughout the county in an alarming way, Public Health reminded businesses that they have an obligation to protect their employees and customers, as much as they can with protective measures to prevent transmission.
From December 6 to January 3 there have been 143 fines to businesses that fail to comply with health orders such as restaurants, gyms, salons, barber shops, places of religious worship and shopping centers.
“Everyone in Los Angeles County, businesses and residents need to comply with the rules to see if there is a chance to get out of this rally at the end of the month.” said Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles County Director of Public Health.
She implored Angelenos to stay home as long as they can. “They should go out alone to buy food and medicine, and not mix with others to avoid risk. There are many people spreading the virus, many sick and hospitalized, and each person who dies is too much. ”