Advertiser Christmas Fund
King-size bed tops couple's wish list

By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer

"It was hard before, now it's harder than that," said R.G., who was born in San Francisco, raised in American Samoa and moved to Hawai'i in 1999.

The family receives a monthly $712 welfare check and $265 in food stamps. There is no other source of income. They are awaiting word on Social Security supplemental assistance because of A.G.'s disability, his wife said.

A two-bedroom apartment in Waipahu costs them $550 a month and they spend an additional $85-$100 on utilities.

The struggle is compounded by the fact they cannot even rest comfortably at night.

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A king-size bed with headboard is R.G.'s biggest wish for Christmas.

"What I really want for Christmas," she said smiling, "is to sleep on a soft bed instead of the floor."

A bed would make it easier for her to get A.G. into his wheelchair, she said. "Standing him up from the floor is very difficult," she said.

The family cannot afford to buy a bed. "We're still paying for his wheelchair and canes," R.G. said.

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