Stacy's Flood Recovery

$4,110 raised

TARGET $5,000

Please support this cause

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About

We are raising funds to support our friend Stacy Etal whose home has been inundated with flood waters five times in the last three years leaving her exhausted and significantly out of pocket. Any amount you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much,
Suze Pratten and Rachel Hore

You can read Stacy's story in her own words here:
Hi my name is Stacy and I am a survivor of the Hawkesbury NSW floods and have started this campaign to try to raise some funds to help my pets and I recover from the trauma living through five floods in three years has caused us.

When I moved to my home on acreage in Cattai NSW 8 years ago, I thought I had found my dream home. It was the first place I had ever lived where I felt safe and could really call home. I had fantastic landlords who not only allowed but encourage me to fulfil my dream of owning and breeding dairy goats along with allowing me to have two Dalmatian dogs, two cats, breed budgies, as well as a pet ferret and then a rat.
A keen gardener I was also able to grow my own vegetables and was working on becoming self-sufficient. I really didn’t think I would ever leave.
Sadly, in February 2020 after years of drought, it started to rain and didn’t stop
My once safe home was hit by its first flood that came suddenly leaving me only just enough time to evacuate myself and all my animals. The waters rose to within half a meter of the roof and I lost nearly all my possessions and my garden.
My landlords moved my demountable house up to the highest point on the property they could, which hadn’t been flooded, and rebuilt the inside. Unbelievably though, just over a year later in March 2021 flooding again hit the Hawkesbury with water levels much higher than the year before and once again myself and my animals were forced to evacuate to higher ground.
However, this was not the last of it. In March 2022 my home was hit twice within two weeks the second of these floods brought the water level up over the roof of my home!
Then again in July 2022 a 5th flood once again completely engulfed my home.
Surprisingly the house has remained standing but I have suffered greatly from the continued trauma of trying to find places to evacuate myself and my precious pets to, which has not been an easy feat, the devastation of returning to a wet mud caked home and the ongoing fear of not knowing if it will happen again. All of this has left me suffering PTSD symptoms and completely exhausted.
Thus, after the July flood I made the very difficult decision to look for new accommodation.
I have been extremely blessed to have found and moved to a new flood free property still in the Hawkesbury with landlords who, amazingly, were very happy for me to bring all pets, who I just couldn’t bear to live without!
Though my new residence is wonderful it has come with a few costs that I am having difficulty meeting right now including: an increase in rent, the cost of moving especially petrol and the cost of installing new fences and shelters for my pets.
Through this funding campaign I am now asking anyone who can spare even the smallest amount to help me not have to stress about financial issues while I rebuild my life.
Thank you so much for caring enough to visit my page, read my story and donate. It is much appreciated by myself and my pets. Stacy

Fundraising For

Stacy Etal

Funds Banked To

Stacy-Jane Etal


Campaign Creator

Suze Pratten & Rachel Hore

Colo, NSW



Wed, 7 Dec 2022

Anonymous

$ 150
Wed, 7 Dec 2022

Jocelyn Moen

$ 50

All the best Stacy. I hope you and the animals are snug now.

Fri, 2 Dec 2022

Kate Kelly

$ 500

hope this helps x

Fri, 2 Dec 2022

Anonymous

$ 10
Fri, 2 Dec 2022

Jill Hogwood

$ 50

Hope you have a little more light in your life now

Tue, 22 Nov 2022

Anonymous

$ 50
Mon, 21 Nov 2022

Susan and Lesley

$ 500

Great news Stacy, all the best settling in, and taking a deep breath and relaxing we hope, xx

Sun, 20 Nov 2022

Anonymous

$ 100
Sun, 20 Nov 2022

Anonymous

$ 100
Sun, 20 Nov 2022

Juleen Warren

$ 50

Here to help.

SINCE Nov 2022

33 

Donations

$4,110 raised

TARGET $5,000

Please support this cause

$
AUD

Fundraising For

Stacy Etal

Funds Banked To

Stacy-Jane Etal

Campaign Creator

Suze Pratten & Rachel Hore

Colo, NSW

SINCE Nov 2022

33 

Donations