We alert you today to a 41-year-old single mother (11,18,22) who has been battling illness. She has a long history of providing for herself and her children by working as a general manager for a major restaurant brand. Last year, doctors diagnosed her with two different types of Lupus. She continued to work full-time until two months ago when she was hospitalized for end-stage renal failure and congestive heart failure stemming from Lupus. She fl ...

We alert you today of a hard-working single mother who has been fighting unstable employment for the past six months. She works as a paralegal and had steady employment until September of last year when her contract with her employer was suddenly stopped. She regained employment almost immediately but at a significant pay cut. She has recently secured a higher-paying position but is now facing eviction. Her rent is within her budget, but an evict ...

We alert you today of a new mom who had a difficult pregnancy followed by a traumatic delivery last year. Because of the complications in delivery, she required several surgeries to repair damage to her body. The third surgery was in December, the worst of the three. She was out of work for surgery and recovery for six weeks. She had short-term disability, but it reduced her salary to half during those weeks. She has been able to pay her bills an ...

We alert you today to a single mother who was injured last week when she fell from seven feet up on a ladder. She was putting her Christmas tree in storage in her garage when she fell from the ladder. When she landed, she shattered a bone in her knee and tore her ACL and meniscus. Adding further to her injuries, the tree then fell and injured her shoulder when landing on her. She provides for herself and her two girls (17,9) by working in an OBGY ...

We alert you today of a young man recently diagnosed with cancer. He has worked his whole life and has a wonderful family and partner. He is incredibly thankful for his life, their love and support. Unfortunately, once the chemo treatments began, he became very sick and did not respond well. Because of this, he had to stop working and is currently in the hospital while the treatments continue. Once the chemo has reduced the mass, they will operat ...

We alert you today of a woman who has cared for herself for many years. She began a new job last year, so she had only accrued 3 days off in November when she came down with the flu. She was out of work for 2 weeks, mostly without pay. Then, in the first week of January, she had to replace her car's battery, alternator, and tire. She could repair the car and pay her rent and bills but had to pay the rent late. This incurred a late fee that she wa ...