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Community Raises Nearly $11K For Summit Family On Brink Of Eviction
After canceling their beloved Talking Pumpkin Show due to financial hardships, the Summit community rallied around the struggling family.
SUMMIT, NJ — After a Summit family canceled their annual Talking Pumpkin Show due to financial hardships, the community rallied together to raise funds that would ultimate save the family from eviction.
The community has raised nearly $11,000 for the family on a GoFundMe created by James Kralovich — the event-runner who is facing a myriad of financial struggles.
Kralovich told Patch that he was forced to cancel his beloved Halloween event, where pumpkins sing songs and come to life in an elaborate display on his front lawn, after his fiancée lost her job and is now experiencing health issues.
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"We are blown away with the support from our amazing community," Kralovich wrote on the GoFundMe page. "Many residents have reached out showing love, unity, faith and an enormous desire to help, in which we we are eternally grateful.
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"Asking for help is very difficult; it's uncomfortable, awkward and embarrassing, but we have have exhausted all options at this point," Kralovich wrote.
He said due to unforeseen circumstances the family has been battling these health, career and financial issues since May. They currently owe six months rent, totaling $11,058, that the family needs to pay by Nov. 1 to avoid eviction.
"This has been a deeply humbling experience to say the least," Kralovich wrote. "Coming from a family that was financially stable with great careers, savings accounts and all we could have asked for — to ending up in a financial crisis, prioritizing certain expenses to keep us afloat. Asking ourselves whether to pay our rent or buy groceries is something we never thought we would face, but knowing so many wonderful people are in our corner has given us a sense of relief, security and overwhelming motivation."
All donations to the Kralovich family will go toward keeping the family in Summit, as well as helping pay for their four-year-old son's preschool.
You can check out the GoFundMe page here.
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