Meals For The Roark Family
Mattie, Barbara, Michael, and Olivia Warren
The Roark Family needs help with meals and groceries. We suggest meals like casseroles and prepackaged frozen meals, or grocery store items such as sandwich meats, bread, salad fixings, frozen chicken tenders, frozen waffles, etc.).
Any contribution is greatly appreciated – a homecooked meal, a store bought meal, restaurant meal, a digital gift card for a restaurant or grocery store, a digital gift card to a delivery service for restaurants or grocery stores, and / or monetary donations to be used towards meals. With your help, we can help ease the financial burden for the Roarke Family during this difficult time. Thank you, in advance, to everyone who can support this family!
Impact The LIGHT Of This Local Family
Hello, my name is Samantha Roark. I am a single mother to 3 beautiful children ages 10, 6, and almost 3. Carter, my youngest, has a non-correctable form of heart disease. He has spent most of his little life in and out of the four walls of a hospital room. Even on his best days, the simplest of tasks are incredibly hard. His quality of life has never been that of what a typical 3-year-old should be. His team and I recently made the most heartbreaking decision to stop all further interventions and medications. We do not know how much time we have left with our Carter; we are spending every new day that we are given with him making memories together and making sure he feels nothing but love. My brother and his wife have taken my children and I in during this difficult time so that we are surrounded by family during the best and hardest moments of this journey. I generally have difficulty asking and receiving help; however, I have realized that I am in the middle of a walk no mother or parent should ever have to face and I cannot do it alone.
Sadly, Carter passed April 21, 2024.
#MealsForFamiliesInCrisis
Please contribute to meals for the Roark Family. Do you love to cook? Perhaps you excel at ordering meals to go. Volunteer for one of the days available on the Meals Calendar. Be sure to include the details of the meal. The recipient information includes important details like the drop-off location, any food allergies or dietary restrictions, the number of people the meals will be for, and other special instructions. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the recipient (family) or the organizer (Ellie’s Elves) using the contact information listed below. If you would like to support the family, but don’t have the time or the resources to cook or buy and deliver a meal, there are several other ways you can help. Provide support to this family with a digital gift card. Monetary donations can be sent to the family by adding the value you wish to donate next to “Add a donation for Ellie’s Elves”. Any contribution will help the family, whether it is $25 or $2,500. The Roark family appreciates all the love and support you are able to provide.
Together, we can let it shine and show them how much the community cares.
Thank you to everyone who can support this family!
Your generosity allows us to make a meaningful difference in the lives of locals in our community. Thank you!
Ellie’s Elves is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Fredericksburg, Virginia. All donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
Recipient
Organizer
Meals can be homemade, store bought or delivered from a restaurant. We also offer the option of purchasing a digital gift card so the recipient can choose a meal and accept monetary donations for the family’s meal if that is easiest for you. Please read the recipient information carefully as it includes important details like the drop-off location, any food allergies or dietary restrictions, the number of people the meal will be for, and other special instructions. Volunteer for one of the dates available on the meals calendar. For digital gift cards, see the family’s gift card request section below.
If you prefer to donate money to be used towards meals, but you don’t want to bother with the meals calendar, use the “Donate To The Family” button to send a donation and Ellie’s Elves will make sure these funds are used for one of the available dates on the calendar.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the recipient (family) or the organizer (Ellie’s Elves).
Calendar For Meals For The Roark Family
Volunteer to provide help.
Volunteer for one of the available dates on the Meal Calendar above. Please read the Recpient Information carefully as it includes important details like the drop-off location, any food allergies or dietary restrictions, the number of people the meal will be for, and other special instructions.
Monetary donations can be sent to the family by adding the value you wish to donate next to “Add a donation for Ellie’s Elves.”
We suggest meals like casseroles and prepackaged frozen meals, or grocery store items such as sandwich meats, bread, salad fixings, frozen chicken tenders, frozen waffles, etc).
Donations
Donations for the Roark Family
If you would like to support this family, but don’t have the time or the resources to cook or buy and/or deliver a meal, monetary donations are also being accepted. We appreciate every donation. Thank you for your support.