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The Christopher Family Home Page

This page is the start of recreating my web site. The last time I had a web site someone hacked into it and destroyed it. So slowly but surely, I am going to try to rebuild it here.

Since it is going into the holiday season, I have decided to devote this web site to helping people in need. The people I have chosen to help are John Tatum, Daniel Cheuka, and Anne Cheuka. To find out about them, please follow the link at the bottom of this page and go to Daniel's and John's Welcome Page to find out more about them.

I am going to try to create a listing below of items that I think they need or may want (as well as suggestions of where to get the items or other ways they can get them as well as the approximate costs and links to web sites if gift certificates or items are available for them, except for Sunrise Medical which is for product information only). If you can think of other items I should add to the list, please let me know and I will add them to the list. If you are interested in helping please feel free to contact them directly (and please email me so I can remove the item from the list):

John Tatum and Daniel Cheuka
99 Dawson Avenue
Mansfield, Ohio 44906-3201

God bless you,

Eric, DJ, Daniel, Matthew, Johnathan, Michael, David, Patrick, and Peter
The Christopher Family

PS: Please DO NOT let Daniel, John, or Anne know about this website. These items are what I have figured out that they needed, and they never asked for them. So I want this to be a bit of a surprise. If you do help out, please do not mention that I am the source of the information, and please enclose your email address so they can thank you directly (John tends to go on "search and destroy" missions tracking down people to thank them).

PPS: If you can think of anything else I should add to the list, please email me and I will add the items to the list. None of these items have been requested by Daniel, John, or Anne. Most are items that I know that they have a need of or that I think would be nice for them to have. Most are items that they "need", but I have also put in some items that may be "fun" after all this is the Christmas season.

PPPS: If you need size information or any details on anything on the list, please let me know and I will try to get it back to you as soon as possible.

target="_new">http://www.cyberrebate.com that offers different gift items (look for the '100%' tab on the main page) for FREE and they offer free shipping at times. This also will require you to do some "work" to request your rebate. But both places offer a way to help that you can charge to a credit card and get a full rebate shortly thereafter. Gift Card Ideas Here are grocery stores that have Gift Cards that you can buy either online or over the phone; Meijer: 1-800-487-9460 ( http://www.meijer.com ); Kroger: 1-800-576-4377 ( http://www.krogercolumbus.com ); Sam's Club/Walmart: 1-800-925-6278 ( http://www.walmart.com ). The gift cards from Walmart can also be used at Sam's Club. The gift cards from Kroger and Meijer CAN NOT be used at their gas stations. If you want to help with gasoline purchases here is a link to a Gift Card that can help: BP Oil ( http://www.bpprepay.com ). More to come as I get more suggestions from the readers of this web page... Items They Received During the Holliday Season: Nothing Yet Items They Received Since the Holliday Season: Nothing Yet URGENT HELP NEEDED: February is the most expensive month for the Cheuka/Tatum household since that is the month that their natural gas bill is usually the higest and the first half of their property taxes are due. The other half are due 6 months later, in May. So they are in urgent need and are seriously hurting financially right now. I believe their natural gas bill is about $200 in February and their property tax bill is about $700. Time is of the essance since the tax bill arrives toward the end of February and the taxes are due on the first week of March. So if you can help, please send what you can to them directly. Again, as usual, please do not let them know that I am the source of information for their needs. Last year they took a "cash advance" against a credit card toward the beginning of the month, and that severely affected their financial situation throughout 2002. As I update this it is now December 2003, and the other half of their property taxes are due the first week of April. God bless, Eric, DJ, Daniel, Matthew, Johnathan, Michael, David, Patrick, and Peter The Christoper Family FYI-FAQ (Answers to frequently asked questions): Why are you doing this? Back when I was in early medical school, John was my boss. He also was a friend to me as he was with everyone he worked with. He would give all he had to a person in need, and now he is the one who is in need. I owe him my 'Spiritual Life' (otherwise I would have quit the Catholic Church), 'Professional Life' (otherwise I would have been in 'research' instead of 'patient care'), and my 'Married Life' (I had many problems, and he helped me resolve them long before I met and fell in love with DJ). What are the birthdays of Daniel, John, and Anne? Daniel's DOB is 12-February-1957, John's DOB is 22-July-1968, and Anne's DOB is 28-December-1920 What are the disabilities that they have? I would suggest visiting their web page at the link below for those sort of details. They outline it better than I do. But basically Daniel has Cerebral Palsy that affects all four limbs but he can walk. John is an Incomplete Paraplegic and requires crutches and leg braces or a wheelchair to get around. Anne has Alzheimer's Disease. This is all an 'oversimplification', but it gets the basic point across. Again, please visit their own web site for more detailed information. What is their source of income? Daniel gets a small amount of Social Security Disability as well as his 12 hours worth of pay a week at Meijer and John gets Social Security Disability and SSI. Anne gets Social Security Retirement and a very small pension, which now goes to the nursing home she has lived in since August of 2001. Can anyone in the Mansfield area help? I personally have contacted their parish, and other local agencies and have run into 'brick walls' all over the place. If you have better luck, feel free to try. My Favorite Links Angelfire - Easiest Free Home Pages CatholiCity Chat - The Best Chat on the Web Daniel's and John's Welcome Page Email: eric_christopher@catholic.org Awards This Site Has Won The Archdiocese of the Internet Award of Excellence Receive email when this page changes
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The Tatum and Cheuka Christmas List (I have tried to think of things on a wide price range):

Large Crucifix (Anne is very 'anti-Catholic', and John mentioned half-joking one time to get the largest good quality Crucifix they could find and put it over the fireplace. They make ones out of wood with a bronze colored metal corpus that look quite nice) (~$200)
Clothing (Sears, Meijer,JC Penney, Kauffmans, Lazarus Are All Near Them) (As Much as They Can Get)
Indoor/Outdoor Carpeting for Their Front and Back Porches (They Have a Home Depot and a LOWES Nearby, Not Sure About Availability of Gift Certificates at Home Depot, but Lowes sells them on their web site) (~$300 for Carpet and Supplies to Install it)
Paint and Paint Supplies For Their Home (Sears Gift Certificate?) (Exterior Painting~$150/Interior Painting~$500)
Christmas Decorations (A tree - auch as a fiber optic tree, deocorations, all the trimmings, etc.) (Amount Open)
Donations Toward Household Expenses (Mortgage, Utilities, Payment Toward Furnace Payment) (Mortgage~$400 p/mo, Furnace~$150 p/mo, Utilities-Unknown) (UPDATE: They refinanced the mortgage they had in October of 1999 in December of 1999, and the furnace was been rolled into it. The mortgage is now about $600 a month)
Book Gift Certificates (Daniel and John have a 'Bookstore' Page on Their Web site With Amazon and Barnes & Noble Links, Where They Would Get a Commission From Purchases, Including Gift Certificates) (Amount Open)
Music Gift Certificates (Daniel and John have CDNow and MusicBoulevard Links on Their 'Bookstore' Page on Their Web site, Where They Would Get a Commission From Purchases, Including Gift Certificates) (Amount Open)
Adult Tricycle/Quadcycle (Daniel's disability, cerebral palsy, is so severe he could only operate a 3 or 4 wheel bike, and John's disability has progressed that this is the only sort of bike that John may be able to operate. You may want to search the web for other options, but I have found one at http://zapbikes.com/powertrike.html they have a link to Rhodes 4 wheel bikes on their website bookstore page that I mentioned above, on the second page). (~$1000, plus helmet and lock)
Automobile Items (John received a car in his grandmother's will in about 1999, and it is a basic car with not much in it. He has the hand controls installed to drive it, but he perhaps could use a CB or a Phone for emergencies, a nice radio or CD player such as a Car Diskman from Sony, an automobile "emergency kit" in case the car breaks down, etc.) (Amount Open)
Quickie GPV Ti Titanium Wheelchair (This is something that is strong and lightweight, and definately not covered by Medicare. For details please visit the Sunrise Medical web site and type in the product name in the search.) (~$4500.00) and you can purchase it from: (I took the HTML code from Daniel's and John's website so they would earn a commission on the sale, so this would be a double gift). If you want to do this, please contact me and I will instruct you on how to "configure" this chair since it is more than just the "base cost", things like size, wheel options, and other important parts double the cost in a hury, the price quoted is a totally "configured" price.
Jay Active Wheelchair Seat Cushion (Overfilled Fluid Option) (This is a cushion that prevents skin ulcers, due to John's weight the gel fluid should have the "overfill" option. For details please visit the Sunrise Medical web site and type in the product name in the search.) (~$450)
Jay Xtreme Back Wheelchair Back Cushion (Replaces back of wheelchair seat, and offers greater support. For details please visit the Sunrise Medical web site and type in the product name in the search.) (~$400) (it is also available from the spinlife website)
Jay Protector Cushion ("strap on" cushion that prevents pressure sores when not in wheelchair, such as going up and down stairs on his rear end) (~$300)
Faucet & Shower Kit for Claw Foot Tub (their tub is an old cast iron claw foot tub and the faucet leaks badly and needs to be replaced. They use a plastic "dog shower" hooked to the faucet to bathe, so a "shower kit" which is a faucet with a tube going up to a shower head, and it also has a support frame for shower curtains for the entire tub, this is a "special order" item at a hardware store so I do not know the exact cost) (~$200?)
Sink & Vanity Set (When I was in Mansfield checking on John's medical condition after Thanksgiving [He was in the hospital just before Thanksgiving, and he hates hospitals and he went willingly], I saw a narrow vanity/sink/medicine cabinet kit for $99 plus tax. It includes everything except the faucet and the drain pipes, which would be another $50. These items are available at LOWES) (~$175)
Music from OCP or GIA Music (You can purchase them at Oregon Catholic Press (OCP) home of the new "Celtic Mass" CD and GIA Music home of Marty Haugen creater of the "Mass of Creation" they do not have any CD's from either of these companies) (Amount about $15.95 per CD plus shipping)
Loftstrand Forearm Crutches (Tall Adult) (Available directly from the manufacturer, Harvy Surgical Supply Corporation 1-800-221-0142, ask for "Lofstrand Forearm Crutches, Tall Adult" or "extra tall" if they have them; I forget what is the tallest they sell) (Amount ~$100)
Webcertificates (A way to purchase a "Mastercharge Cash Card" sort of gift certificate, it is able to be used anyplace that a Mastercharge is able to be used, they take many different credit cards ) They are located at http://www.webcertificate.com (Amount Open)
MSN Gift Certificates (A way to purchase a "Visa Cash Card" sort of gift certificate, it is able to be used anyplace that a Visa is able to be used, they take many different credit cards ) They are located at http://giftcertificates.msn.com (Amount Open)
Cash Donations by Credit Card (If you would like to make a cash donation, you can use PayPal [run by x.com which was the web division of First Western National Bank, an FDIC insured bank, and is now owned by eBay], if you are not a member click on the logo to join and you can send a payment using your credit card. I have asked Daniel Cheuka to set up an account so that I can send them money quickly when I can afford to. If you want to send a payment to them you need to use their "joint" email address of JBT-DMC@worldnet.att.net and the money will be instantly deposited into their PayPal account for immediate withdrawl. I also modified this link so that they will get the $5 "referal fee" from PayPal if you sign up during their "referal fee" period which I hear is ending very soon [I took my link and subsituted their email address for my address in the link code.] (amount open)
FREE CLOTHING & FREE OTHER ITEMS I have found two websites, that offer free clothing and free household type items. You may ask what is the catch, it is that the company gives you a REBATE the first place is http://www.urbanq.com that offers clothing with a 100% rebate and free shipping. The other place is called