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Recession slams single women

Published 12/21/08

Salina Crismond, 26, started the year on her usual tight but manageable budget.

Joshua McKerrow — The Capital Salina Crismond helps her daughter, Jeanina, 7, with her homework in their basement apartment. Ms. Crismond lost her job Tuesday. Now she doesn’t know how she will keep up with bills, much less Christmas presents.
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While her 7-year-old daughter, Jeanina, was in school, Ms. Crismond worked full-time in the training division of an Annapolis real estate company making about $12 an hour. In the evenings and on weekends, she sold Avon cosmetics to pick up the financial slack.

Then this summer her Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. bill went up $100 per month. Her landlord upped the rent for her Arnold basement apartment, and she fell behind on her home telephone bill, which was turned off a few months ago.

The home phone was a lower priority than the...

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Her Craigslist post - December 24, 2008

http://annapolis.craigslist.org/kid/944969246.html. Her email address is provided.

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Salina - December 23, 2008

I want to help you in anyway that I can. No matter how big or small.

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Salina - December 23, 2008

Anne Arundel Community College (Arnold Campus)will be hiring Dining Services Assistants beginning Jsnuary 5th-Cashiers, Deli Staff, etc. We will have another ad running the weekend of the 2nd. Salina can contact us if she has an interest in interviewing on 410 777 2254 or e-mail diningservices@aacc.edu

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contact info - December 22, 2008

I would try maybe calling Social Services or Toys for Tots first?

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Toys - December 22, 2008

What kinds of Hanna Montana stuff do the girls like? The actual doll, accessories, or what? :)

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Contact Information - December 22, 2008

Is there a way to donate directly to any of these families ?

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