Deep Well pays energy bills when property-tax bill overwhelms woman, 77

Marie, 77, has an income of just under $500 a month and found herself short of money when her $304 property-tax bill arrived.

That left her unable to pay her propane bill of $185 and her electric bill of $181. On top of that, Deep Well discovered that her sewer lines were backed up.

The nonprofit agency covered the bills and also paid $125 to unclog the lines.

Deep Well provides a broad range of social services for poor working families, the disabled, the sick and the elderly.

TO CONTRIBUTE P.O. Box 5543 Hilton Head Island SC 29938 80 Capital Drive Hilton Head, SC 29926 or go to deepwellproject.org

CONTRIBUTIONS

Anonymous: $500, $200, $100

Renee Bernheim: $100

Mildred Frosch: $100

Marian Green: $100

William Hinds and Helen Johnson: $500

Joan Israel: $300

F. Carl Joyner: $250

In memory of Col. Robert J. Kriwanek: $200

RP and Janet McEachern: $100

John and Dorothy McHugh: $200

John Morgan: $300

Joel and Karen Mostrom: $1,000

Marilyn Owen: $100

In memory of Bob Piwko and Ed Bullard: $100

Walter and Catherine Richard: $150

Joseph and Angela Sommers: $250

Thomas and Joan Stepke: $150

Robert and Judith Wiederhorn: $31

TOTAL TO DATE: $10,965

This story was originally published December 3, 2015 at 2:59 PM with the headline "Deep Well pays energy bills when property-tax bill overwhelms woman, 77."