What Womenade Shared From August 1 - August 15

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August 7:  Operation room set up fee for young boy’s oral surgery.  Referral:  Dr. Pedersen ($150) 1464

August 7:  Fee for California ID for a man recently released from custody, so that he can apply for SSI and employment.  Referral:  Marci Powers, One Stop ($8) 1465 

August 7:  Security deposit for a 22-year-old who is working to get her life together after being a ward of the state, homeless, and incarcerated.  Referral:  Andrea Herrera, CAPSLO ($150) 1466

August 7:  Clothes for an elderly woman on low income whose job will end soon, and she needs clothes to look for a new one since she has lost a great deal of weight.  Referral:  Linda Benchman, Department of Rehabilitation ($200) 1467

August 7:  Partial rent for an elderly woman who can only find part-time work.  Referral:  Marina Garza, LMFT ($200) 1468

August 11:  Dental treatment for 18-year-old girl.  Referral:  Dr. Tran ($110) 1469

August 11: Sewing machine for mother of rural family.  Referral:  PHN ($84.91) 1470

August 11:  Partial rent for struggling family whose father has been sick and unable to work for a month.  Referral:  Sonia Greene, LINK ($200) 1471

August 11:  Gas for homeless family to take their child to Cottage Hospital for an appointment, and then back again for surgery.  Referral:  PHN ($100) 1472

April 12:  Bassinet and sheets for homeless newborn coming out of the hospital and into the shelter.  Referral:  Tammee Green, CAPSLO, paid with Merry-Go-Round funds

April 13:  Motel stay for homeless woman whose father just passed away.  This allows her to be sheltered while she is getting connected to placement with Peoples’ Self Help Housing and services with Transitions Mental Health.  Referral:  James Statler, Community Counseling Center  ($300) 1473

April 13:  Dental treatment for senior on fixed income living in subsidized housing.  Referral:  Brittany Carraway, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing ($98) 1474

August 14:  Final AT&T bill for elderly woman whose husband has recently passed away, and she herself is now terminally ill and struggling with mounting medical bills.  Referral:  Lydie Mason, County Mental Health ($149.19) 1475

August 15:  Dental treatment for 11-year-old girl.  Referral:  Dr. Tran ($110) 1476

Items Donated:  school supplies from Linda Thompson; port-a-crib and air mattress with frame from Marylou Lynch; 2 cases of diapers from Kemay Eoyang; items for Pirates’ Closet from Candy Spahr the Los Osos group delivered by Edna Marie Cole; stamps from Mary Bettencourt; co-sleeper from Julie Jones; high chair and school supplies from Susan Updegrove; changing table pad, newborn clothes, and baby items from Jen Holcombe delivered by Jayne Auchterlonie; bouncer, bathtub, and baby clothes from Stephanie Walker-West; blender from Houry Semerdjian; clothing for Pirates’ Closet from Jackie Miller; rug from Tauria Linala; children’s music passes from Heidi Harmon; crib mattress from Doreen Wetzel; toys, clothes, and children’s shoes from BJ Semmes; twin sheets, towels, and pan from Helma Smulder; clothes and shoes for 2 boys from Operation School Bell via Roberta Filadelfia;  towels, sheets, comforter, TVs, microwave and furniture from Leslie Jones; family passes to Boo Boo's music for kids program from Heidi Harmon;

Funds Donated:  

-->Jayne Devencenzi, Vicki McPartland, Vicki Wyne, Mariam Shah, Amy Wagner, Linda Selig Blonsley, Kathleen ApRoberts, Jen Melton, Kathie Hendricks in fond memory of Aggie Goette – Sharynn Chirpich’s mother, Florence and Frank Simon, Marilyn Banducci, Sandi Pardini, Joanne and Phil Ruggles, Barbara Neuman, in appreciation of Roger and Marlene Carver, Donna Ramos, Mary Bettencourt, Debra Wacher, Anonymous, Liz Curren, Vita Miller, Donna Howard, Gwen Infante, Jeannette Powles, Karen O’Grady, Karen Morgan, Meaghan Gilbert, Andrea Wasko, Susan Hood, Carol Devore, Nancy Shearer, Judy Barclay, Darlene Krouse, Marilyn Fuller, Elaine Gardiner, Jackie Miller, Deborah Whitson in memory and honor of Francis De L’Eau – Leslie Jones’s mother, family reunion donation from Tim and Marilyn Banducci, Naomi Blakely, Barbara Evanish, Ruby Klatt, Linda Pax, Heidi Harmon, Kat Tuculet, Kathie Hannula, Wendy Daly, Nancy Hurd, Bette Kulp, Kathy Greer, Diane McKeague, Marcy Owens, Leslie Jones, estate of Frances De L’Eau, Diana Foch, Kathy Long, Karen Blum, Judy Riener, Mona Tucker, Charlie Holdeman, Joanne Smalley,