Elderly Couple Shamed by Neighbor for Unpainted Home Receives $43,000 in Donations

Elderly Couple Shamed by Neighbor for Unpainted Home Receives $43,000 in Donations
Courtesy of Michelle Baran
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Jimmy and Marilyn Curcuru have lived together in their house in the Portuguese Hill area of Gloucester, Massachusetts, for more than 50 years. They raised their three children there and previously owned a small business in the community.

But in late July, the couple received an anonymous note, purportedly from a neighbor, in their mailbox. “Please paint me!” the note said, calling their house an “eyesore.”