Story We alert you today to a hard-working single mother of four children. She had a long history of being self-sustaining but was recently laid off from her job. There were some issues with getting her separation agreement that slowed her ability get her unemployment. However, she has already secured a new position and starts back to work next week and will not need the unemployment after all. This interruption to her income has put her housing ...

Story We alert you today for the second time to "Matt", a homeless man that one of our local church partners is helping to work out of homelessness. The first time was Need 18.15 a few weeks ago. Through that Need Alert, you were able to get him an eye exam and much-needed glasses. He is moving forward with employment, and it is now time to address his dental needs. Our local church partner has been working with one of our area experts in the de ...

Story We alert you today to a single mother, of a seven-year-old boy, that is working to graduate in June from a 2-year program to become a medical assistant. She has been and continues to work full-time while going to school and providing for her son. She is nearing graduation, and all of the final school bills are coming due for her to graduate. The cost is too high, and she has had to throw her budget off in her pursuit to graduate. She alrea ...

Story We alert you today to a single woman in need of a medical device that will help her recover from a severe injury. She was involved in an accident in February that left her with shattered fibula and tibia bones in her leg. She is not recovering at the pace the doctors expected and they are suggesting she use an Exogen Bone Healing System. The issue is that the device costs $470 and she does not have the finances to cover that cost. She is s ...

Story We alert you today to a Need that we have worked for several weeks. In fact, you, the Deeder Community, funded some testing for this six-year-old boy just a few weeks ago through Need Alert 18.19. (to see all past needs go to www.oneneed.org). The family is actively involved with one of our local church partners, and the issue is that the boy was doing fine in math, but struggling with reading. The mother and father have been concerned all ...

Story We alert you today of a young woman that is in danger of becoming homelessness. Our local church partner is working closely with her through this uncertain time. She was evicted from the apartment she was subleasing due to the main tenant going into default on the rent. She works at Chick-fil-a, and we are working to get her stable housing. She needs a few weeks to recover, and we want to support her with two weeks in an extended stay hote ...