Story We alert you for the final time this week of a young man we have been work with through one of our local partners for some time now. This young man in need has been deaf since birth. He was born to a drug-addicted mother and never knew his father. He spent most of his young life in desperate poverty until he was rescued by DFCS at the age of 16. He suffers from development issues as a result of his childhood and has experie ...
Story We alert you today of a young man that has made great strides in recovering from his heroin addiction. He has been working with our local partner for some time now and the director at the recovery center expressed to us that he is working harder for his recovery than almost anyone she has ever seen. He has made great progress and recently secured a much better and higher paying job than he has been working up to this point. ...
Story We hope your Monday is off to a great start. We alert you today of a hard working, soon-to-be college student that needs some help. She has been the oldest child in a family that has repeatedly been in and out of homelessness. We have worked with her parents through our local church partner in an effort to keep the family stable for the past year. Even through the instability in her home, she has been able to hold down two ...
Story We alert you today of a 44-year-old wife and mother of three (ages 16,14,4) that is terminally ill with pancreatic cancer. She was diagnosed late last year and the family has been by her side for treatment for the past 6 months. She has now been moved to home hospice and the doctors say that she is expected to pass any day. Although the father works full time, you can imagine the financial stress this has put on the family. ...
Story We alert you today of a 27-year-old young man that is in recovery from Opioid Addiction. Our local partner is working closely with him and he has been sober for 60 days. When he entered recovery, he walked out of a drug house into treatment and left everything he owned behind. There is a level of pain that a recovering addict must go through in their treatment and we are not attempting to get everything he left back to him. ...
Story We alert you today of a single mother with 2 high school aged kids and 2 elementary school aged kids. She has been struggling for several months with employment and financial issues that stem from her battle with depression and anxiety. This family has been homeless in the past and was heading back in that direction until the school social worker and our local partner got involved. Through the persistent encouragement of ...
