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 ...

Today, we alert you to a single mother of two (18,13) who was divorced this past March. Her ex-husband is in jail awaiting trial on charges of molesting their two children. He has given up all parental rights and will not support the family. She works full-time and has been able to make ends meet each month until now. Her car required over $900 in repairs, and she is unable to make her rent payment of $1,300 this month. Her oldest daughter has re ...

Today, we alert you to a young family of a single mother in need of support after a serious car accident. She and her two children moved across the country late last year for an employment opportunity. They were involved in a head-on collision, and all three of them were injured. They do not have much family support to begin with, let alone where they now live in Utah. Their closest relative is the woman's aunt who is a member of one of our local ...

You may have noticed it’s been a busy week for Need Alerts, but this will be the last one for the week. Today, we alert you to a 53-year-old single woman who lost her longstanding employment due to failure in her knee joints. The job required her to stand for hours on end. Last month, she became unable to work when her severe knee pain turned to debilitating swelling, rendering her unable to stand. She is under a doctor's care and may require kne ...

Today, we alert you to a very hard-working 23-year-old young man who has had his hours cut at work. He and his 18-year-old sister were raised in a very tough environment.  They have no family to lean on during hard times. He has a history of providing for himself and continuing to help his sister when he can. He has worked through the entire pandemic, but he began having his hours cut at work last month. He asked for more work, but instead of fir ...