SIOUX CITY FAMILY OF 10 MAY BECOME HOMELESS

AN EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO HELP A SIOUX CITY FAMILY OF TEN PEOPLE WHO MAY BECOME HOMELESS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

THE FAMILY OF CHRISTIAN AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS FROM ERITREA IS BEING EVICTED FROM THEIR BUILDING ON PIERCE STREET WHICH IS UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS.

CHRISTINE MCAVOY WORKS FOR G.R. LINDBLADE AND COMPANY, A NEIGHBORING BUSINESS, WHO ARE TRYING TO HELP THE FAMILY FIND A NEW HOME:



THE FAMILY WAS GRANTED EXTRA TIME WEDNESDAY WHEN THEIR EVICTION SUIT WAS DISMISSED IN WOODBURY COUNTY COURT, BUT A NEW EVICTION NOTICE IS EXPECTED TO BE FILED.

MCAVOY SAYS THE SIZE OF THE FAMILY IS PART OF THE ISSUE IN FINDING NEW LIVING QUARTERS:



MCAVOY AND LOU ANN LINDBLADE HAVE CREATED A FACEBOOK PAGE TO HELP CREATE AWARENESS;



THE FATHER, ADISHALEN TSEHAYE, WORKS FOR TYSON AND NEITHER PARENT SPEAKS ENGLISH. THEIR CHILDREN AGES RANGE FROM A FEW MONTHS TO 14.



AN ACCOUNT CALLED FAMILY CRISIS FUND HAS ALSO BEEN SET UP AT FIRST NATIONAL BANK.  YOU MAY ALSO CONTACT G.R. LINDBLADE'S BUSINESS AT 255-4346 FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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