Eddie Vedder: Pearl Jam Singer Donates $10,000 To Struggling Family For Christmas
When Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam read about the financial struggles facing Tyshika Britten, a struggling mother of six who posted a plea for help on Craigslist detailing her family’s financial hardships, the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee decided he had to help. The singer says he grew up poor and knows what it’s like to struggle. Vedder took the opportunity to help Tyshika and her children by sending her a check for $10,000 so she could buy them gifts as well as avoid becoming homeless after a likely eviction in the near future. According to the Washington Post, Vedder said the story of Britten’s family reminded him of his own childhood at Christmas when, having grown up poor, he would sometimes receive only used and broken toys from garage sales as gifts.
“I was just so moved by the story and what this mother did for her children,” Vedder said. “I thought those kids must be so proud of their mother for reaching out. That takes a lot of courage.”
With the help of Eddie Vedder and others from direct donations or through contributions to a GoFundMe page that has reached $18,000 as of this writing, Tyshika Britten and her six children were able to have a great Christmas and no longer need to worry as much as they did previously over the uncertainty of having a place to live in the near future. The family’s current landlord wants them to move out and they lacked the funds necessary to find adequate housing. The generosity of strangers is providing a stepping stone for the family to get on track.
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Eddie Vedder: Pearl Jam Singer Donates $10,000 To Struggling Family For Christmas is an article from: The Inquisitr News
