Somerton mother holds car wash to help cover mental health costs for her children
Manoah Tuiasosopo
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – A Somerton mother is fighting to keep her children on the road to recovery by holding a car wash Saturday morning.
The car wash fundraiser took place at the Taco Monster, located at 2198 S. 4th Avenue, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Krystle Zaragoza says both of her teen children are currently in in-patient mental health treatment and after a sudden loss of insurance coverage she’s now struggling to keep them there.
Her son and daughter are both receiving intensive, life-saving mental health treatment.
The family’s new insurance coverage won’t begin until September which leaves the family to cover the entire month of August alone.
Zaragoza says her family held the car wash to help alleviate some of the heavy burden.
“It’s just me so it’s really costly, and I don’t wanna rip them out of the treatment midway because they’ve been in there already part of the time and it’s really important. I just want them to be able to come home mentally prepared and and better,” Zaragoza expressed.
If you missed out on the event, and would like to help the Zaragoza family, you can donate to Zaragoza’s Venmo account: @kay-marie-1220.