Jeffrey Ake Fund(bumped)

Lilana Ake’s church has started a fund to try and help her avoid having to sell their home. Via John Byrne at the Post Tribune:

Carl Galloway, pastor of LaPorte Missionary Church, said the congregation decided to ramp up its fund-raising efforts after learning Ake had put her home on the market.

Ake's husband, Jeffrey, has been missing in Iraq since April 2005, when he was abducted by gunmen near Baghdad.

"We have been supporting Lilly since Jeff was kidnapped," Galloway said. "It's a strange situation, because Lilly can't draw any of Jeff's benefits since nobody knows what has happened to him."

Ake, the mother of four young children, recently started bankruptcy proceedings for Equipment Express, the Rolling Prairie water bottling company Jeffrey Ake founded and ran until he was kidnapped.

She also put her LaPorte home on the market, saying she could not afford to stay there.

Ake recently earned her Realtor's license and got a job, Galloway said.

"The objective isn't to get her rich," Galloway said. "The goal is to get Lilly through the next few months, get her on her feet, until some money starts coming in."

Below I have the address where you can send donations. Further contact information at the Post Tribune.

Tax-deductible contributions can be sent to.

LaPorte Missionary Church :Jeffrey Ake Fund

LaPorte Missionary Church
Attn: Carl Galloway
104 E. 18th St., LaPorte, IN 46350

Please spread the information around your blog, church bulletins, Mosques, Synagogues, gas stations and favorite greasy spoons. Please do what you can. No matter how small your donation is they all add up.

Our Jeffrey Ake Archive here.

Update: Bumped, originally posted 01/13/07. Just to remind myself to send my paltry sum this week. Have you send your paltry sum yet? My paltry sum added to your paltry sum an make a differnce. I was able to get the word to three churches too, hopefully that will help. Keep your findgers crossed. I’ve added an amazon Pay Box dedicated to accepting online donations to help Lilana below the fold. It’s not tax-deductible but if you want to remain anonymous or send small amounts online it's there.

It’s my first time trying to raise money like this, so we’ll see how it goes.

As I’ve followed this story I’ve seen some pictures of downtown Laporte. To me, it looks very familiar. So that’s part of the reason that Jeff’s story interests me so much.

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