Story We alert you today to a Need that is likely to be the last Need Alert of 2017. This family of five needs our help to get their nine-year-old son dental surgery. The three children are 9, 8, and 5 years old. The five-year-old was diagnosed with High-Grade Inoperable Brain Stem Cancer three years ago. As you can imagine, all of this family's time and resources have been devoted ...

Story We alert you today of a mother of three girls (14,11,9) that was abandoned by her husband last month. She partnered with her husband in providing half the income for the family by working 40 per week in healthcare for the past nine years. He left with no warning and has thrown her and the girl's lives into financial chaos. She has been unable to pay her rent, but the landlord ...

Story We alert you today to a very hard working single mother that needs our help. She worked 49 hours per week at her job that required her to work 13-hour shifts. Her family member let her down when they did not pick up her 2-year-old little girl up from daycare multiple times. The childcare facility did not report this because they know this mother and how hard she was working. ...

Story We alert you today of a family of five that is in need. The mother and the father both work full-time and have a consistent work history. They are both believers and attend one of our local church partners. She has been dealing with a heart issue for quite some time called superventricular tachycardia. These problems have caused her to miss work for several weeks and tomorrow ...

Story We are halfway through this week, and we have already alerted you to two Needs before this Need Alert. It is an unusually busy week. You should know that historically, since 2010, we have alerted approximately 10% of the Needs we work on an annual basis. Most of the needs, about 90%, submitted to us are people in need of rehabilitation and/or development. When that is the cas ...

Story We alert you today of a 29-year-old father of two children ages 4 and 6. In most cases, I try to keep these Need Alerts short and to the point. However, I believe this Need requires a little more explanation. This young father has lived a life of addiction since he was 15 years old. He was addicted to opioids and methamphetamines and severely abused alcohol when his drugs ...