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 ...

We alert you today to a 48-year-old single woman who has tried to work through the entire pandemic. She lost her original employment due to COVID shutdowns and has worked in temporary positions while she looked for full-time employment. She has no family and a long history of providing for herself. She has secured full-time employment and has been in the new position for the past ten days. She is behind on her May rent and now owes for the month ...

We alert you today to a single mother of five children (ages 17,15,14,10,7) who lost her son in a drive-by shooting last year. Her son was gunned down in front of their house as he took the trash out to the curb one morning last November. She has worked full-time for the past 15 years in administration at a prestigious private university. The university gave her some time off immediately after the tragedy, and she returned to work in January. She ...

We alert you, for the last time this week, to a 32-year-old single mother who needs her water turned back on. She works full-time and cares for her 8-year-old daughter. She also has custody of her 17-year-old sister. Her roommate/best friend was contributing to the bills by paying for their utilities. After the water service to the apartment was cut off, she discovered that the water bill had not been paid in months. She was forced to kick her fr ...

We alert you today to a man who is undergoing his second colon cancer surgery. He was first diagnosed with cancer in 2014 and underwent surgery to remove part of his colon at that time. Recently, his doctors discovered that the cancer has returned, and now the only option is to have his entire colon removed. The process for this surgery involves multiple steps which will result in him missing twelve weeks of work. His wife does work and they have ...