Story We alert you today of a need for a hard-working and accomplished student. She has done incredibly well in school. She has earned very high grades as well as led the marching band as the drum major. Our local partner is working with the student and her aunt and they need help paying the niece's commitment fee to Emory University in Atlanta, GA. The aunt has raised her biological niece and she supports the two of them thro ...
Story We alert you today of a great opportunity to be a blessing to 4 widows. We are working though one of our local church partners to have the homes of 4 widows pressure washed this spring. Our local church partner supports a widow ministry that is doing a wonderful job of caring for the emotional needs of the widows they serve. They visit with the widows and their children, they hold weekly meetings, and they deliver specia ...
Story We alert you today of an 18 year old young man that has been abused and taken advantage of his entire life. When alerting needs, we typically do not use names to tell the story but we are going to do so with this need. This is a very large Need Alert and we want to be clear on the impact your prayers, advocacy, and donation will have on this young man's life. Eddie started off in the foster system of Alabama at age 5 due ...
Story We alert you today of a 68 year old single woman that needs a little help. She is on a fixed retirement income and has taken some financial hits over the past 6 months. It started with her air conditioning unit breaking late last summer. She was forced to spend $4,800 to get it fixed. Just a few months later she was made aware of a serious septic tank issue at her home. She financed the $1,400 to fix that issue. Last week h ...
Story We alert you today of a family of 4 that is regaining stability after becoming homeless last summer. The father was laid off from his job last year and after running though all of their savings, the family was forced to be homeless. Our local partner was called about the family when their car broke down in a grocery store parking lot. It was soon discovered that the family has been living in their car for quite some time an ...
Story We alert you today for the last time in this very busy week of a woman who has suffered several stokes and is disabled. She receives disability and normally her finances are fixed and stable. At the end of last year her mother and her father passed away just 3 months apart. They did not have insurance of any kind and she used her fixed income to bury them both. She has been behind financially ever since and is now facing e ...
