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Did you know,every day the people of Pasco County, and the Bay Area are falling into a deep sense of despair. You can help

 

Did you know that right now, as you are reading this, there is a scared mother worrying how she will feed her children?

Did you know 20,000 people go hungry in Pasco County every day?

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Did you know that Pasco ranks near the top in Florida for illegal pill crime?

Right now another mother is wondering how she will get her next illegal pill or methamphetamine fix.

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Right now a family is getting a phone call that a loved one has died of an illegal drug-related death.  

Did you know every day in Florida seven people die of an overdose from illegal prescription pill and drugs?

Right now there is a teenage girl deciding where to “cut” her body where no one would see it. Right now there is group of teens writing hurtful and slanderous lies about another teen that will soon be on the Internet for all to see.

Did you know right now 13 families in Pasco and Hernando counties are still feeling the hurt from losing a teen to suicide?

Did you know that we lost 12 children and teens from 2011 to 2012 and one boy took his life already in 2013? He was 12.

Right now there is a father losing his job.

Did you know the unemployment rate in Pasco County is nearly 9 percent?

Right now there is an elementary teacher concerned about the welfare of a young child in her class.

Did you know there are 7,000 families in Pasco living in cars, 4,000 Pasco children live in cars and weekly motels.

Right now there is a wife wondering how she can be a better wife after a long night of domestic abuse.

Right now there are a countless number of people in Pasco contemplating suicide.

Did you know in 2012, 107 people completed suicide in Pasco County?

Right now there is young boy believing he is worthless, unloved and not wanted, believing that suicide will fix his pain.

Right now there is a mentally ill person that needs help but will end up in jail.

Did you know that right now you could help make a real difference in our community?

Did you know that right now you have the power to transform a life, maybe even yours?

Log on to www.crazy8freedom.org to learn how.

God Bless,

Christopher Mahan

Cofounder, crazy8freedom.org

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