We alert you today to an incredibly hard-working and dedicated husband and father. He is an accountant who lost his job in 2020 during the pandemic and struggled to find work in his field. Determined to provide for his wife and three children (9, 8, 2), he took a job as a security guard from 5 am to 5 pm daily. In addition, he secured a second job at a local grocery store every evening until 1 am. This left him with less than four hours of sleep ...

Today, we alert you to a single mother that was laid off in late May. She was the director of a children's learning center and has been continuously employed for the past twenty years. She has spent her career in childhood education, and the timing of the layoff could not have been worse. After spending the summer applying for teaching positions, that all have a start date in early August due to the summer break, she has secured employment with a ...

We alert you today to a single mother forced to move due to toxic mold. She works to support herself and her ten-year-old son but does not have sufficient savings to cover the expenses of this unexpected move. She is working with several other agencies and will have new permanent housing next week. However, she needs help paying for a hotel for this week. The rate is $110 per night, and we want to provide her with seven nights. ...

We alert you today to a family in need after the father underwent a liver transplant. He is a self-employed painting contractor who works hard to provide for his family. He has been in and out of the hospital for ten months while his liver began to fail. He told us that the last year has been an extremely difficult and frustrating process. Thankfully, he was blessed to receive a transplant in the last two weeks. After recovering in the ICU, he wa ...

We alert you today to a young woman who has become stronger in spite of cancer. She entered the hospital in March with what she believed was appendicitis. To her shock, she was diagnosed with cancer and began chemotherapy treatments immediately. Those treatments continued for the past six months, along with hospitalizations, doctor visits, and sickness from the chemo. She has used all her vacation and sick leave from her job as an administrator i ...

Today we alert you to a family trying to recover from the shock and grief of losing their teenage son. Late in the spring, one of their sons was playing basketball with friends when he suddenly went into cardiac arrest. The father arrived on the scene just after the paramedics and watched from a distance as they tried to revive him. After several days in the hospital, he was declared brain dead and taken off life support. A few weeks before th ...