Nomination Story:

Cheryl Anne is dealing with very tragic life circumstances, none of which are as a result of her doing. She is a divorced single mother of two daughters, and receives no support from her ex-husband.

She is in her mid 50's and has sadly been dealing with cancer for 20 years. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer 20 years ago and at the time the oncologist only gave her one radiation treatment instead of the usual protocol of two. As a result a number of years later her cancer recurred and has metastasized to her back, spine, chest, breast, and hip. Her job as a domestic cleaner is now impossible to carry out as she is in excruciating amounts of pain all the time and is unable to do any physical labour.

When Cheryl Anne was healthy she would unselfishly drop everything on the fly to help anyone in need in her circle of friends and family. She would often help family and friends financially even with her limited financial means. She would cook and bake for people and take them food when they were sick and often cooked large feasts for her church. Sadly none of the many people that she had helped over the years had come to her assistance in her time of need.

Cheryl Anne has always been been self employed, so while sick and unable to work she has no income whatsoever, has no benefits coverage and has burned through her limited life savings.

Cheryl Anne has never been on government disability or unemployment and because she earned a measly $21 too much to quality for keeping CERB, the Government clawed back the full $10,000 from her, forcing her to use her credit cards to pay back the government, and putting her into significant debt.

She has a used vehicle that she bought a few years ago to get her to work. The vehicle, which she now needs in order to get to and from her cancer treatments, is in need of repair, however she can't afford to repair it so is thinking of selling it. She lives in a very modest basement apartment and has always lived well within her means.

All of these unfortunate and extremely sad circumstances have left her in a horrible emotional, physical and financial state. Considering she has always been the first one to step up and help people, it's her turn to be given a hand up during this difficult time. The $10,000 would go a long way for Cheryl Anne and would alleviate some undue stress during an extremely stressful time in her life.

Everyone deserves a hand up during trying circumstances, especially when they've been the one to step up for others all of their life. Cheryl Anne LaBorde is a classic example of this. She has always been kind, caring, unselfish and the first to help anyone in a pinch. Now that her life has tragically become extremely challenging due to health and financial problems, it would be only too appropriate to reward a good soul like Cheryl Anne with the Brokers Who Care Grant in order to help alleviate the burdens and suffering that she is facing.