We alert you today to a 51-year-old homeless woman undergoing cancer surgery today. Our local church partner has ministered to her for the past ten years while she has been in and out of homelessness. (She currently lives in a tent.) She was recently diagnosed with uterine cancer that has spread to her ovaries and fallopian tubes. We have been tracking her situation with the care pastor from our local church partner, and we were already making pl ...

Today we alert you to a single mother who needs a little help with her young child's tuition. She is caring for the child independently from the father who has given very little help, even though he is court-ordered to cover half the cost of child support. The child completed pre-school, and his instructors confirmed that he was ready for kindergarten. Because of his birthdate, they missed their county’s kindergarten enrollment cut-off date last ...

We alert you today to a 71-year-old man who is battling throat cancer. He is very frail, and the doctors are trying to help him gain weight through a feeding tube before he undergoes surgery in a few weeks. He draws a social security check but still needs to work to make ends meet each month. The feeding tube and pending surgery have taken away his ability to work. He is current on his rent, but he will not be able to pay the $800 rent at the end ...

Today we alert you to a single mother of two children (6, 10 months) suffering from two severe illnesses. This Need Alert, like so many, is a mission of mercy that brings together a heart-rending situation and a significant financial need. This single mother's mom was murdered when she was very young. An older woman adopted her and cared for her, but the elderly adoptive mother passed away while she was still young. The mother has been on her own ...

We alert you today to a woman facing a second major surgery in less than a year. Last spring she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy in April. Unexpected costs associated with her surgery, combined with the loss of work hours during her recovery, put a substantial strain on her finances, and she got behind on her bills. She was recently diagnosed with a pituitary disease that will require surgery in the next 30 days. Her expe ...

We alert you to a mother of three young children who is going through an unwanted divorce. She and her husband have been separated since April of last year. The husband supported the family as a truck driver, and the mother did not work, staying home to care for the children. Last month the husband abruptly stopped paying the household bills. While discussing this situation with her, it came to my attention that he had obtained legal represent ...