We alert you, for the last time this week, to a family that is in need because they fell victim to a house rental scam on Craigslist. The family of five (kids are 9,6,4) moved from one state to another so that the husband could attend school to earn his CDL and begin his career driving commercial trucks. They found housing on Craigslist. They visited the rental home and gave the man, that they thought owned the house, their deposit and first mont ...

We alert you today to a mother and her four young children that are in urgent need. I can tell you that this Need Alert will most likely be the first of two that are sent out for this family. The mother is active in one of our local church partners and a stay at home mother to her four children ages 8, 4, 4, 2. Several weeks ago she learned that her husband was gambling and had lost nearly everything they owned. He has lost their rent money gambl ...

We alert you today to a 25-year-old young professional that is at risk of becoming homeless. She was raised in and out of homelessness by a mother and father that both battled debilitating drug addiction. She has not seen her father in years, and she now cares for both her 18-year-old brother and her mother that is mentally ill. Although she works a full-time professional job, she is at risk of becoming homeless. Upon taking on responsibility for ...

We alert you today, for the last time this week, to a new teacher that needs some help. She spent part of her career working as the children's pastor at a local church. She resigned last year because she wanted to be more of a hands-on teacher rather than leading and managing other teachers. She is a single mother of three children ages 11, 10, 8. She has supported herself and her children for the past year by tutoring online and cleaning houses ...

We alert you today to a single mother, of two daughters ages seven and four, that is on the verge of homelessness. She was living with a friend that owned a home, and she was splitting the monthly bills. The friend abruptly kicked her out of the house. She moved to a motel and began making plans to secure an apartment. The father of the children agreed to help by paying every other week of the motel until she could find an apartment. Recently, sh ...

We alert you today to a 4th-grade teacher in danger of being evicted from her apartment. This single mother of a one-year-old son works full time as a teacher. She is also attending graduate school for her masters in education administration and works part-time waitressing on nights and weekends. A few weeks ago she fell asleep on her way home from her waitressing job and hit a telephone pole. She was not injured, but her car was undrivable. The ...