Funds Donated 3rd Quarter: $21,482.01
Shared 3rd Quarter: $17,178.51
Donated since April, 2003: $375,886.34
September 16: Partial rent for a homeless senior citizen with very advanced liver failure. Doctors will not start Interferon until he is housed because of the side effects of the quimotherapy. Referral: Eloisa Media, ECHO ($300) 1512
Shared 3rd Quarter: $17,178.51
Donated since April, 2003: $375,886.34
September 16: Partial rent for a homeless senior citizen with very advanced liver failure. Doctors will not start Interferon until he is housed because of the side effects of the quimotherapy. Referral: Eloisa Media, ECHO ($300) 1512
September 16: Restoring
PG&E service to a family reuniting with their teen and working on their
relationship on a limited income.
Referral: Jenna Wolfson,
Family Care Network ($227.20) 1513
September 16: Food for a
disabled man living on $886 Social Security who had this month’s amount
mistakenly cut by $260. Referral: Brittany Carraway, People’s Self Help
Housing ($155.95) 1514
September 17: Team
volleyball sweatshirts for 3 girls.
One girl’s family has just moved to housing after being homeless for a
year; the other 2 are in families that are struggling financially. Referral: Daniel Rodriguez, LINK, Cambria Schools ($75) 1515
September 17: Partial
rent for single mother returning soon to work after difficulties at the end of
pregnancy, post-partum stress, and car problems that took up much of her saved
money. Referral: PHN ($300) 1516
September 17: Initial eye
specialist appointment for teen.
Once this payment is met, CCS can cover treatment. Referral: PHN ($250) 1517
September 18: Gas card
for rural family to continue to drive daily from rural area of the county to
see their baby in the NICU. Referral:
Sierra Vista social worker with delivery by Colleen Spafford ($100) 1518
September 18: Child
front/back carrier pack for mother of little boy. Referral: PHN,
and purchase by Tess Mathews with Merry-Go-Round scrip ($21.60 value)
September 18: Partial car
registration for homeless woman whose disability prevents her from using public
transportation. She needs
her car to live in, as well as to look for housing and get to medical
appointments. She is paying $65
toward this fee. Referral: Debbie Beckett, CAPSLO ($300) 1519
September 18: Storage
unit payment to protect homeless woman from losing everything she owns. Referral: Eloisa Medina, ECHO
($164) 1520
September 23: Partial
payment for single, homeless mom to get the ashes of her baby boy, who died
this month, back from the crematory. Referral:
Eloisa Medina, ECHO ($300) 1521
September 24: Fast food
cards for grandmother taking care of her grandchildren while recovering from
major surgery. The mother is
receiving mental health services at a treatment facility in another city. Referral: Stella Medina, Lucia Mar Schools ($105.95) 1522
September 24: Partial
rent for single, hardworking mom who has had a difficult month. Referral: Ivette Felix, LINK ($300) 1523
September 24: Swim
lessons for 7-year-old girl who has recently experienced the traumatic loss of
her mother. In the past, being in
the water has been a soothing experience for her. Referral: Kim
Richards, counselor, Tidelands Counseling ($350) 1524
September 26: 2 nights
motel stay for homeless family with children age 3 and 8 who now have a
newborn. The father will start a
new job on the 13th of October. Referral:
Sierra Vista NICU social worker ($275.58) Cash
September 26: 2 nights
motel stay for homeless family with a 2-year-old who now have a newborn. The father is looking for work. Referral: Sierra Vista NICU social worker ($241.98) Cash
September 26: Partial
rent for single mom; her son’s father left, and she has had no luck asking
family to help. Referral: Romi Ramirez, LINK ($250) 1525
September 24: Partial
PG&E payment for a family living with another family who suddenly moved out
without paying. Partnering with
Salvation Army for this bill. Referral:
Romi Ramirez, LINK ($236) 1526
September 29: Partial
rent for single mom currently living on $399 a month in child support while she
waits for disability clearance.
She has already been helped by Salvation Army and Catholic
Charities. Referral: Katy Griffin, Pastor of
Missions/Pastoral Care, Highlands Church ($300) 1527
September 29: Crib for
baby whose current sleeping space is too small. Referral: PHN,
Shopping by Tess Mathews with Merry-Go-Round scrip ($75) Cash
September 29: Stroller
for single mom who walks as her only transportation. Referral: PHN,
shopping by Tess Mathews with Merry-Go-Round scrip ($5) Cash
September 30: Training
diapers, gas, and food for struggling family. Referral: Sonia
Greene, LINK ($246.65) Cash
September 30: Partial
rental deposit for abused mom who has 2 school-age children. She works a modest job and has $300 of
her own to apply toward this deposit.
Referral: Lisa Martinez,
Women’s Shelter, San Luis ($300) 1528
September 30: Partial
deposit for mother of 2 moving to a SAFE house. She just got a full-time job, and will receive her first
paycheck soon. She is
contributing $300 toward the deposit.
Referral: Lisa Martinez,
Women’s Shelter, San Luis ($300) 1529
September 30: Partial
rent for single mom and her 18-month-old now moving to housing. Referral: Eloisa Medina, ECHO ($300) 1530
September 30: Childcare
for a mom catching up on high school credits at Independent Studies in
Atascadero. She is on the wait
list for childcare, and needs this support or she will be dropped from the
program. Referral: Jannine Saldana, CAPSLO ($100) 1531
September 30: Partial rent for struggling family with 3 children
living in a small studio behind a main house. Referral:
Daniel Rodriguez ($300) 1532
September 30: Dental
treatment for 34-year-old woman and 14-year-old girl. Referral: Dr.
Tran ($220) 1533
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Items Donated: toys and clothes from Kate Mavis; items to Pirates’ Closet from Andrea
Wasko; pack-n-play from Hope Chest; delivery by Jayne Auchterlonie; toiletries
and bags from Jayne Auchterlonie; car booster seat from Bette Kulp; hygiene items to Pirates' Closet by Edna Marie Cole; 10 handmade
blankets from Katie Perez; 2 cases of diapers and 1 case of wipes from Kathie
Hendricks; glassware from Judy Rutter; twin bed, book shelf, and night stand from Laurie DeSchryver; diapers,
diaper bag, baby clothes from Nipomo Kiwanis; a bounty of food for family
living in a campsite from Kathy apRoberts and from Anonymous; 4 hand knit baby
blankets from Ruth Nagano; North County delivery by Colleen Spafford; South County delivery by Monica Soren; doll house and many toys from John
Hostetter; double bed from Roz Phillips; 3rd Quarter Total: $6,897.17
Funds Donated:
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Roy and Linda Rawlings, Susan Salmeri, Judy and Ken Riener, Diane
Wettlaufer, Tom and Kathy McLaughlin, Melaleuca, Kathy Long in appreciation for
computer repair from David Blakely; Tess Mathews. 3rd Quarter Total: $21,482.01
