A family in the jiu-jitsu community is trying to get back on their feet after their house caught fire on Christmas day this year.
Armando Meneses, his wife Becca Duross, and their three-and-a-half-year-old son are now asking for help after their beloved home in Pennsylvania was destroyed by the fire. Though everyone is safe, the family lost virtually all of their belongings.
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Meneses is a two-stripe purple belt under Thiago and Daniel Tavares at the SAS Affiliate House of Arts Jiu Jitsu in Drexel Hill, PA. He’s been training for five and a half years and says that his son has been going to practices and competitions with him since he was just weeks old.
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Anyone wishing to make donations to help the family get back on their feet can do so via Venmo (@Rebecca-Duross) or PayPal (rscamail@gmail.com). Physical donations are paused for the moment as the family searches for more permanent housing, but they will soon be setting up a wishlist on Amazon to cover what they need.