HELP Young Man

I am posting this with the hope that we can help Reny Cabral, a young California man with schizophrenia and quadriplegia.

Date:   1/14/2008 2:02:20 PM   ( 16 y ) ... viewed 1602 times

I first read about Reny in the Los Angeles Times in December 7, 2007, and was both moved and angered--moved because of the determination of Reny and his family for his recovery, and angered because of the suffering Reny and his family have had to endure because of California's failed mental health and penal systems.

I am asking you to do the following:

Please read the Los Angeles Times story about Reny in it's entirety:

Shutting door to treatment

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-reny7dec07,0,5971765.story


If you are unable to access this article, I have posted it in its entirety on my other blog:
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1083915


If reading Reny's story moves you as it did me, I am asking you to consider doing the following:

--Pray for Reny Cabral and his family--for Reny's continuing recovery, for the family's continuing fortitude, and for a positive legal resolution for Reny.

--Make a donation to Reny's legal defense fund.  You can send a donation made out to either "Arturo Cabral" or "Rosa Cabral", Reny's parents, and request that the money be deposited in the account the family has opened for Reny's legal fees: #055302893. 

The bank's address is:   Tri Counties Bank, 100 East Walker St., Orland, CA 95963

1-530-865-5524  M-TH 9-5pm  Fri 9-6pm

--Forward this post to anyone you feel may be interested in helping Reny. Post this on your blogs, your Facebook or MySpace accounts, and anywhere else you can think of.



Thank you and bless you for caring.

Love, Liora




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UPDATE: What Reny's situation is now:

I wrote to the LA Times reporters to find out how Reny is doing since the original article was posted. Lee Romney replied that Reny had a court date where the family hoped a settlement could be reached around a reduced plea, but that the District Attorney's office is pressing ahead with the attempted murder charges.

Reny's family wrote that "Reny is doing very well considering everything that is swirling around him. He is currently going to therapy on an outpatient basis and working hard everyday. Reny would like to say thank you for taking the time to care for a stranger
god bless you."





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If you would like more information on California's mental health care system, read the entire Los Angeles Times series: "Breakdown: A Times Special Report: For California's estimated one million people with mental illness, life is a daily struggle. Times reporters Scott Gold, Lee Romney and others are chronicling their lives and the strained system meant to serve them."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-breakdown-sg,0,64526.storygallery


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