This Need Alert is our second one of the day. We typically try to avoid multiple alerts going out on the same day, but it was unavoidable. So we alert you for the second time today to a family that is in need. The mother and father are very hard workers with a long history of supporting themselves and their two daughters (13 & 10).  In November the father was laid off of his job. Although he diligently began searching, he got caught at the en ...

We alert you this morning to a family in need. The husband has been a gasoline truck driver for the past 25 years. In 2013 his wife became ill with renal failure and pancreatitis and was in a coma for ten days. She has been unable to work since the diagnosis and has been undergoing several surgeries, and the last one was just a few weeks ago. Her illness has devastated them financially over the past four years. They lost their home and got into w ...

We alert you today to a single mother of five children that needs help. The need is simple. She does not get any support from the father of the children, and she was laid off from her job in early February. She has a good work history and secured a new position within two weeks. However, she lives paycheck to paycheck, and the lapse in income has left her unable to make her car payment. She needs $500 to make her car payment and she should be abl ...

We alert you to a woman that is 35 weeks pregnant that is working to secure permanent housing. She is married to a U.S. Marine that has abused her for several years. The abuse became more and more severe over time and during her pregnancy, she was forced to leave her home. She spent several weeks homeless and is now working with one of our local church partners to recover. The husband is charged with four felonies relating to the abuse and discha ...

We alert you to a very hard working international student that needs help. He is originally from Nigeria and is a full-time student in the U.S. He has no family here and supports himself through school working part-time as a driver for a delivery company. He has also served in our local church partner's youth program as a group leader for the past three years. As you can imagine even when things are going smoothly he must stay on budget to make e ...

We alert you today to a woman that is recovering from a severely abusive relationship. The relationship ended approximately four months ago, and she has suffered PTSD for the past few months. She is unable to control the severe depression, dissociation, flashbacks, and anxiety. To give some context without going into specific details that happened to her during the relationship, the ex-boyfriend is in jail for attempted murder on his new girlfrie ...