Story We alert you today to a woman that has been unable to work and is in the process of obtaining her disability income. She has diabetes and recently had all of the toes on her left foot amputated. There have also been some complications with the healing, and she is unable to work. We are working with her closely through our local church partner through this transition. The disability income process has taken months, and as a result, the woma ...

Story We alert you today of a man that has suffered a stroke. He and his wife have a family run retail business, and the wife and son are working long hours to keep the company running. The husband/father is in need of nearly constant home care and that pressure, combined with keeping the small family business running, is proving to be too much. We are working with the family closely and want to provide some relief for them in the form of some h ...

Story We alert you today to a 26-year-old single mother in need. She has two children ages 8 and 2 and does not have any other family support. She has been working for a temp agency on odd jobs for quite some time and recently secured a new permanent position with a nationally recognized company. During the employment transition, she experienced an unavoidable lapse in income to make the jump from temp to permanent employment. We are excited abo ...

Story We alert you today to a Need that we were involved with before in 2016. It was Need Alert 16.31, and it was to help a then high school freshman girl that had been adopted at a young age. You can read the entire original Alert by clicking the link above.  She was awarded a scholarship to a private high school, and the mother could not afford the additional cost of field trips and other activities that go along with student life at the sc ...

Story We alert you today to a single mother of three young children that is in a tremendous amount of dental pain. She broke a tooth that exposed the nerve a week ago. She must see an oral surgeon to get the tooth pulled, and the cost is $550. She does not have the money, but can not continue to deal with the pain. We want to help her get the tooth extracted. ...

Story We alert you today to a single woman that is very sick and in need. She is a faithful member of one of our local church partners, and we have helped her before (Need 17.69). She has stage four kidney failure and goes to dialysis three times per week. She was once a successful businesswoman but has been forced to live on disability for several years. She has lost her home and no longer has any retirement or savings of any kind. Her budget i ...