Helping john through these tough times

$1,485 donated
Given by 23 generous donors in 3 days

A little help for john and family having a very tough time, a large heart surgery ahead and uncertain times for future

Tahunanui, Nelson

A little about john, hes only 41 years old and always helping everyone else out where he can but we recently found out he needs open heart surgery and will be on life support. As his heart is swollen we have been told its extra high risk surgery, he has a leaky heart valve that needs replaced so is unable to return to work for the foreseeable future. I have unfortunately also just had a historectomy surgery last week and am now unable to drive to visit john or do much at all really which is super hard pysically and emotionally, we also have a 10 year old daughter mikayla (daddy's girl) who i am left to try care for also as well as myself. The taxis to visit john and help with meals etc are getting costly already. As we both were working full time and now can not work it has heavily impacted us financially so are just looking for alittle help to keep us going. We would appreciate any small amount to help us through these tough times. Kind regards the jenkins family.

Claire Jenkins' involvement (page creator)

John and I have been together for 13 years. We have 4 children together blended family married for 8 years and rely on each other morally and mentally.

Use of funds

Travel to see john and be with him in Wellington and Nelson and for medical costs to get us to appointments etc for john and me. Also towards help with mikayla getting to school and trying to keep her world a little normalized

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Created by, and paying to a verified bank account of, Claire Jenkins on behalf of My husband John Jenkins
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This campaign started on 20 Apr 2026 and ends on 20 Oct 2026.