We alert you today to a college student that needs help to get a medical procedure. She is very active in her community and is also involved in both the student ministry and the young adult ministry at her local church. However, for a few months, she has been in significant pain that has prevented daily activity. At her most recent doctor's appointment, she discovered that she most likely has endometriosis. To find out for sure and to make it bet ...

A brief statement before explaining this Need Alert to you: This Need Alert is for legal fees for a woman that is going through a divorce. When you get a Need Alert from us, it represents 10-12 other Needs that we have worked that do not get Alerted to you. That is because they do not fall into the relief category; they fall into the rehabilitation or development category. In those situations, we work to help the person but do not feel it is app ...

We alert you today to a single mother that needs help with child care. She fled an abusive relationship and moved to the adjacent state, where she has some level of a support network through friends; she has no living family. She has been able to find employment but is struggling with the first month of child care payments totaling $1,100. We see this often with single mothers. Child care and their ability to work often collide. It can be a vicio ...

We alert you today to a mother of two forced from her home. She and her husband have been married for eight years, and they have two children together ages 7 and 3. The husband/father is using methamphetamine, abusing alcohol, and has been unfaithful to his wife. To protect her children, she left home with the children two weeks ago. A judge granted her full temporary custody of the children last Thursday, and she and the children are staying in ...

We alert you to an 80-year-old man that is in need due to his part-time work shutting down for COVID-19. He has spent 45 years providing for himself and his family tuning industrial boiler and furnaces. He was laid off four years ago and has continued to provide for himself by working part-time jobs and combining that income with his social security. Due to the COVID-19 shutdown, he has been unable to work his part-time jobs since March. He has b ...