July
16: 2 bus tickets for parents from
San Miguel to visit their ill newborn in the NICU. Referral:
Sierra Vista social worker, and ticket purchase and delivery by Lois Crotser
($88) Cash out to July shoppers 6/28
July
16: Partial motel payment for
physically and mentally disabled woman with no transportation. She has been evicted, and the motel
stay will allow time for counselors to find her housing. Referral: Linda Quesenberry, Transitions Mental Health ($300) 1022
July
20: Crib for 10-month-old sleeping
with his mother and crawling out of bed in the night. Referral: PHN
($108)
July
22: Car repair for elderly woman
living on SSA only and caring for her two grandchildren. Referral: Belinda Benassi and Carlos Bustamante, DSS ($300)
July
24: Diapers for twin boys of a
teen mom. Referral: Sierra Vista social worker and shopping
by Roberta Kassak and Lois Crotser ($38.99) Cash out to July shoppers 6/28
July
24: Partial dental surgery payment
for 4-year-old girl. Referral: Dr.
Pedersen ($100) 1025
July
24: Partial payment for childcare
for a 3-year-old, so a mother, a victim of domestic violence, can work and go
to school. Referral: Lisa Martinez, Women’s Shelter of San
Luis ($200) 1026
July
26: Food for a mentally ill
homeless woman staying in a motel.
This provides a week of meals until agency and personal funds are once
again available to help.
Referral: Melanie
Bustamante, Transitions Mental Health, and shopping by Roberta Kassak ($100)
Cash out to July shoppers 6/28 and 1496
July
26: Deposit to move a homeless
gentleman into housing.
Referral: Eloisa Medina,
ECHO Shelter ($280) 1027
July
27: Dental treatment for 3 teen
siblings. Referral: Dr. Tran ($330) 1028
July
30: Propane for a family living in
a trailer at Sierra Vista while their baby is in the NICU. Referral: Sierra Vista social worker, and purchase by Roberta and Frank
Kassak ($72.77) 1496
July
31: Motel stay for woman with
multiple disabilities who has recently lost housing and is on limited
income. Referral: Dan Gross, Homeless Outreach,
Transitions Mental Health ($300) 1029 and 1497
August
1: Gas card for disabled mother
and 3 children, 2 special needs, to drive to Fresno to withdraw their SSA in
order to support themselves locally.
Referral: Kayla Kerrigan
and Belinda Benassi, CSW ($50) 1498
August
7: Gas card for single mother of
3. She needs to make an emergency
trip to Stanford Children’s Hospital because her seriously ill Type 1 Diabetic
son has uncontrolled highs.
Referral: Elena Chavez,
LINK and shopping by Roberta Filadelfia ($100) 1030
August
7: Gas and food for student who is
supporting herself because her mother is putting all her resources into the
parent’s trial defense. Referral:
Andrea Devitt, Cuesta College counselor ($100) 1031
August
8: Partial childcare payment for
working mom on the Coast who is behind in daycare payments because of a
temporary gap in financial assistance.
Referral: Caroline
Halloran, CAPSLO ($300 and $7.09) 1032 and 1496
August
12: Visa card for a mother of 2
little boys to pay for her car registration over the Internet. She is not receiving any child
support. Referral: Lisa Martinez, San Luis Obispo Women’s
Shelter and shopping by Jayne Devencenzi ($)
August
12: Stroller for infant of teen
mom. Referral: PHN, San Luis and shopping by Jayne Devencenzi
($)
August
12: Cell phone payment for terminally
ill mother. Referral: Ivette Felix, LINK ($58) Cash
withdrawal because Metro PC won’t take checks
August
12: Car repair for homeless mother.
Referral: Sierra Vista
social workers ($172.59) 1033
August
12: Emergency water bill payment
to prevent loss of services for a mother of 2 who is not receiving child
support and is struggling to make ends meet. Referral: Belinda
Benassi and Tim Sullivan, DSS ($314) 1034
August
15: Home gas bill payment for
struggling family. Referral: Karla Quiroga, Aids Support Network
($90.08) 1035
August
15: Phone minutes for mother in a
rural area to use for emergencies after the birth of her baby. Referral: PHN, First Time Mother’s Program, and shopping by Roberta Filadelfia
($47.49) 1036
August
15: Dental treatment for teen
boy. Referral: Dr. Tran ($110) 1037
Items Donated:
shirts for 5 field workers from Jayne Auchterlonie, Judy Barclay, and
Kitty Rice; toiletries from Kitty Rice and Anonymous; bouncer from Mariam Shah;
children’s clothes from Jennifer Stokes; quilt fabric from Gini Ortiz; excersaucer
from Nancy Shearer; delivery of shirts and stroller to North County by Joy Sostrin;
toiletries from Anonymous; children’s clothes from Elaine Stewart and Lisa
Aquino; grocery bags from Jayne Auterlonie; clothes and diapers from Beckie
Geddes; backpacks and school supplies for foster and special needs children
cared for by Family Care Network from Cloud Star, Inc., Elaine Gardiner, Lainie
Wachter, Beckie Geddes, Terry Kurczewski, Cindy and Dick Blankenburg, Judy
Alvarez, Becky Ebeling, Kathie Hendricks and her granddaughter Olivia, Katie
Perez, Madeline Fay, Mia Page, Rosemary Cleaves, and Anonymous; twin bed from
Michele Starling; school paper supplies from Bill and Eileen Wield; potties and
highchair seat from Gail Sears; 101 children’s books from Lynn De Leo’s
farewell party (We miss you, Lynn!); 20 children’s books in Spanish from
Rosemary Cleaves; toiletries from Judy Riener; quilts from the Womenade Sewing
Group; port-a-crib from Anonymous; stroller from Cindy Mayr, 3 hand knit baby
blankets from Ruth Nagano; baby quilts and blankets from Kathleen Dautremont,
Judy Cunningham, and Joanne La Plante; fabric from Vicki Wynn, Jane Fairbain,
Carolyn Moceri, and Joanne La Plante; children’s clothes and shoes from Mariam
Shah; SAT books from Debbie Jones; children’s clothes from Jackie Corsiglia;
pack-and–play and high chair from Pattie Bottorff; diapers from Anonymous;
toiletries For Morro Bay High School’s Pirates’ Closet from Coast Womenade;
microwave and silverware from Donna Howard; children’s books from Liz Curren
and Diane Christenson; gas cards from Kat Tuculet; toiletries from Karen
Baylor; diapers and school supplies from Joann Stevens; children’s books from
Griselda Ramirez; baby wipes from Arlene Versaw; baby clothes from Susan
Updegrove, Hospice Partners’ Hope Chest; diapers from Jayne Stednitz;
Funds Donated: Naomi Blakely in honor of friend, Betty’s, birthday, Melaleuca, Barbara
Bell, Roger and Bonnie Allen, Ingrid Pires, Marylou Gooden, Marilyn Fuller, Mary
Parker, Lisa Bertrand, donation in memory of Marcie Lindvall’s mother, Jack and
Sandy Brill in honor of all the friends who helped her during a recent surgery,
Joan Drake, Kathy Stewart, Elisa Feingold, Robin Letters, Barbara Evanish,
Naomi Blakely, Gail Sears, Judy Williamson, Jayne Devencenzi, Kat Tuculet,
Roberta Filadelfia, Diana Foch, Wendy Daly, Nancy Hurd, Leslie Jones, Judy
Riener, Judy Barclay, Diana Henderson, Ros McQuade, Los Osos Calendars,
Anonymous, Linda Williams, Liz Curren, Maribeth Peterson, Marianita Borgstrom,
Lainie Wachter, Linda Mueller, Donna Howard, Anne Tiber, Karen Morgan, Linda
Holland, Jean De Bruyn, Carole Miller, Jeannette Powles, Ann Martel, Carol
Devore, Anonymous, Shelby West, Carol Kueny, Betty Symons, Arlene Versaw,
Bonnie Rivera, Margaret Helley, Barbara Lambertson, Rosemary Cleaves, Katie
Perez, Amy Hedges, Linda Souza, Vicki Wyne, Jane Fairbairn, Judy Earnest, Joann
Stevens, Mia Page, Janice Chagoya, Donna Nisbet, Barbara Crawford, Joy Pickell,
Lola Zybura, Cheryl Graham, Kathleen Dautremont, Priscilla Alquist, Mary
Squellati, Kathy Veder, Carol Taylor, Joanne La Plante, Mariam Shah, Madeline
Stevenson, Barbara Deel, Sharynn Chirpich, Nell Quijano, Madeline Fay, Leslie
Jones, Diane Wettlaufer,
