Phone Service Funding
Dear [Gene],
Good morning. My initial thoughts on this are as follows:
Is she able to pay her monthly phone bills? In the conversation last night, it sounded like she cannot. Does she have the cheapest possible phone service? Does she spend her money wisely in other areas? Phones and phone service are pretty cheap these days and just about every properly-managed budget can afford them. What I’m trying to say is that I’m not convinced that there’s a true need here that she couldn’t fill herself by cutting spending elsewhere in her finances.
I’ve talked with  [our president]  and she says that we can explore this at the next board meeting but was doubtful that we could help with this expense. Further, [she] is in a nursing home as I understand it. Don’t they provide landline phone service to clients?
Finally, what kind of phone service are you requesting for her? Cell or landline? Cell phones are not necessities, and thus, we probably would not fund a cell phone.
Helping [this lady] with a wheelchair purchase might be possible. However, I’m told that there are state and federal agencies that supply wheelchairs for people “in need.” We’re talking to [Z] about this to get the details. And if there are no other options for [this lady], we might be able to assist. But again, we’ll discuss this at the next board meeting.
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Later,
Tom Hesley