Ronnie Jackson, one of the voices for the 47 families who are being uprooted from their longtime home, Wellington Mobile Home Park, said recently, “Triangle Family Services is doing a good job so far. It is still going to be a challenge to find new places for people to live. The churches are helping tremendously.”
There are about 30 families still at Wellington, and Jackson said they will need every dollar that has been raised so far through the GoFundMe page that ONE Wake, another voice for the families, has set up in partnership with the NC Congress of Latino Organizations. The families will receive the $375,000 pledged by the developer which is purchasing the property, but $375,000 divided 47 ways means each family will receive about $8,000, not enough to move a mobile home.
The GoFundMe page below was set up with a goal of $40,000; only $7,235 has been raised so far.
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