Story We alert you today of a single mother of one teen boy that is currently without power. She is a first generation immigrant from Senegal in West Africa. She works and normally receives child support, but has not received the support in 5 months. We are working with her and feel like she will be okay if she can just get the power reconnected. We would like to help her get the power turned back on for them. ...

Story We alert you on this awesome Monday of a 60 year old newly widowed woman in need. She lost her husband on December 10th and spent all of her savings ($2,400) to bury him. She was fine financially until she realized that she, by law, would have to send his social security check back to the US Treasury and wait for her widow pension. Well, this is not a quick process and now she is in a tight spot financially. She will be fin ...

Story We alert you today of a man that we are working with closely to get into a better spot. He is autistic and lives on his own. He works two part-time jobs and volunteers at the local bike co-op building bikes for people in need. We are working with him to find him a full-time position making a little more money. He is also having issues with his car that we are working to resolve and may need to send another Need Alert out in ...

Story We alert you today of a 29 year old single mother that was forced to separate from her husband 1 year ago. Her husband and the father of her 5 year old boy is suffering from severe drug addiction and that addiction led him to severely beat her during arguments on more than one occasion. Prior to the domestic violence she was a stay-at-home mother, but all of that has changed. She is currently a full-time student studying ...

Story We alert you today of single woman that had a seizure in November and a mild heart attack in December. As a result of these two health issues she lost some hours at work and had to come out of pocket to pay for a few prescriptions. Now she is a little short on rent and needs a little help. She has been gainfully employed for 16 years and we are confident that your help will be put to good use and get her back on track ...

Story We alert you today of a single mother of 2 children (8 and 7 years old) that have been abandoned by their father. The mother and the father of the children were divorced in 2014. As the father of the children he had been supporting them with $1,700 per month in child support. In October of last year he stopped paying child support and quit his job. He is showing all of the signs of addiction gaining a tighter grip on his li ...