Today, we alert you to a single father of two children who spent 51 days in the hospital after contracting the COVID-19 virus. This 49-year-old father has full custody of his 14-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter. He caught the virus last summer and went to the hospital. While there, his health continued to decline, and he fell into a three-and-a-half-week coma. He was kept alive by a ventilator, but he lost over 100 pounds. He eventually reco ...

We alert you today to a man who has been on our radar for over two years through one of our local church partners. In his own words, "Two years ago, I got on my knees and cried out to God for help. Two days later, I was in a six-month sobriety program." Several years earlier, his wife asked for a divorce, and his now nine-year-old daughter went to live with her mother. He spent the next four years in severe alcohol addiction which eventually led ...

We alert you today to an 80-year-old woman who needs help. She is on a fixed income and has been suffering from Trigeminal Neuralgia is a condition often described as the most excruciating pain known to humanity. The pain typically involves the lower face and jaw, although sometimes it affects the area around the nose and above the eye. This intense, stabbing, electric shock-like pain is caused by irritation of the trigeminal nerve which sends br ...

We alert you today to a woman with a long history in charity work with children. She has dedicated her career to helping children who are victims of trafficking and abandonment. This past May, funding was cut for her program, and she lost her job. She is working hard to regain employment while living off her savings. She can’t pay her rent this month and needs $1,500 to make ends meet. Very promising job opportunities are in front of her, and we ...

We alert you today to a 50-year-old single woman caring for her disabled mother (72) who needs a wheelchair ramp. The need is straightforward, but let me give you a little back story about what this woman has been through in the past few years. Her husband suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2017, which meant that she became his primary caregiver while also caring for her aging mother. Late last year, her husband filed for divorce after 34 years ...

Today's Need Alert is a little different. This will be the second and last phase of helping a woman get out of the financial trap of living in a pay-by-the-week motel. Many of you helped fund the first phase through Need Alert 21.24 which I copied below: We alert you to a single woman who needs help getting out of the pay-by-the-week motel cycle. I am almost certain we will send two separate Need Alerts on her behalf. This first Need Alert has ...