SARET client in need of help

We are seeking help from the Elmhurst person who found a Chase envelope with $650 that belonged to our client.

This was the last check she was going to earn for a while and it was to be handed over to her landlord Oct. 6.

My client was hit by a drunken driver two weeks ago. This was the fourth accident for the offender, demolishing the beautiful red mini van we gave her in May. This young mom of two waited two years to get this car from us. Furthermore, the car donor paid for the transmission repair making it almost as good as new. This car was given to this young working mom two days before she started the best paying job she has ever had in an Oak Park hospital.

Because of this accident, our client has suffered a concussion, neck and craniosacral damage, knee injury and it is hard for her to walk let alone work. She is a certified nurses aid and began working at a good job two days after we donated the car to her. Her work gave her a three-week break pending recovery.

She later called, saying the envelope with her rent money was missing. The envelope must have fallen out of her packed handbag. She called the police to inform them about the situation.

Because of her injury and no car to get around and because there is a debate whether the driver's insurance will cover anything in this case, she will be unable to work for at least another month. She is now behind, not just on her September rent, but on her October rent, which we were going to try and raise.

We are desperately seeking more car donations for this mom and for several more of our clients. Anyone who can help with this situation, please contact us at SARET Charitable Fund, 630-842-8876, 630-790-4602 or www.saretcharitablefund.org

Chana Bernstein

president, SARET Charitable Fund