1/5 Current crammed living conditions for Amanda Brown's family. - Submitted

SALISBURY — Amanda Brown’s family has endured more in the past two years than any family should.

From their home nearly collapsing, to Brown’s personal medical emergency, the family has been hanging on by a thread. After all this time, Brown was hopeful that come Christmas, they would be in a new home, until a last-minute financial hurdle reared its head. Now, Brown is asking the community for help to give her four children the Christmas they deserve.

A doomed addition

The house where Brown and her family had been living was more than just four walls. It was home with a personal touch.

“My parents bought this house like 10 years ago,” Brown said. Since then they had made several improvements themselves, lea

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