What Womenade Shared From Jan. 16th - Jan. 31st

January 16:  California ID to allow man to get a job.  Referral:  Marci Powers, SLO County Anti-Gang Commission ($28) 1687

January 19:  Bouncer and co-sleeper for young family.  Referral:  PHN, shopping by Carol Tickner, and North County delivery by Dee Lacey ($164.08) 1723

January 19:  Potty chairs for children in 2 families.  Referral:  PHN, shopping by Carol Tickner, and North County delivery by Dee Lacey ($26) 1723

January 19:  Partial deposit to allow single woman to move into a room.  Referral:  Eloisa Medina ($230) 1688

January 19: 2 nights in a motel and a bus ticket to family in Missouri for medically fragile homeless man.  Referral:  Sierra Vista social worker ($100 and $206) 1689 and 1690

January 21:  Professional clothes for mother transitioning back to work after completing graduate school.  Referral:  Sandra Bourbon, HASLO ($300) 1691

January 21:  Clothes, gas, and food for a family with 3 children.  Referral:  Jenn Foss, nurse, San Luis Coastal ($300) 1692

January 21:  Electric bill and reconnect fee for family with a 5-year-old.  Mother is partially paralyzed.  Referral:  Belinda Benassi, Child Welfare Services ($277.19) 1693

January 21:  Formula for 12-month-old San Luis Obispo baby who is 100% dependent on G-Tube feedings.  After age 1, insurance will no long cover formula.  Referral:  Alyssa Canada, Pediatric GI social worker, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital ($300.24) 1694

January 21:  Baby bouncer for young child.  Referral:  PHN, shopping by Carol Tickner, and delivery by Joy Sostrin ($25.92) 1723

January 21:  Car repair to allow man to look for work.  Referral:  Debbie Beckett, CAPSLO ($114 and $242.82) 1695 and 1696

January 22:  Partial deposit for single veteran mother who is a victim of domestic violence.  Referral:  Romi Ramirez, CAPSLO ($300) 1697

January 23:  Basketball warm up for hard-working student with good grades.  Dad was recently laid off.  Referral:  Daniel Rodriguez, LINK ($25) 1698

January 23:  Dorm-size refrigerator and hot plate for single, working mother and her 3 children who are moving long-term to a motel.  Referral:  Daniel Rodriguez, and shopping by Carol Tickner ($181.42) 1723

January 23:  Home gas bill payment to prevent shut off for widow and her children who are currently at Stanford’s Children’s Hospital where her 11-year-old daughter has just has brain surgery.  Referral:  Karen at Jack’s Helping Hand ($187.88) 1699

January 23:  Car repair to allow a senior citizen on a very low fixed income remain independent.  Referral:  Brittany Carraway, People’s Self-Help Housing ($300) 1700

January 23:  Rent for a mother with a crisis in her family.  Referral:  Elena Chavez, LINK ($375) 1701

January 25:  Diapers for baby in struggling family.  Referral:  PHN ($36.70) 1702

January 26:  Partial rent for family of 4; the father did not receive full time hours this week.  Referral:  Sonia Greene, LINK ($300) 1703

January 28:  Bus passes for a student previously a ward of the court, and now doing her best to make it on her own in order to become a science teacher.  Referral:  Andrea Devitt, counselor, Cuesta College ($78) 1704

January 28:  Gas card and seminar fee for a guardian to travel to Orange County to learn strategies to help her emotionally disturbed granddaughter.  Referral:  Autumn Martin, teacher, Morro Bay High School, and shopping by Carol Tickner ($100 and $65) 1723 and 1705

January 28:  Backpack for college-bound youth in foster care.  Referral:  Pieter Neethling, Family Care Network, and shopping by Carol Tickner ($35.61) 1723

January 28:  Partial rent for family with 2 children.  Father has recently been diagnosed with a serious heart problem; mother has requested extra shifts at work.  Referral: Yecenia Silvas, Oceano School Readiness ($300) 1706

January 28:  Motorcycle repair for homeless man’s only source of transportation.  Referral:  Eloisa Medina, ECHO ($347.50) 1707

January 28:  Partial rent for disabled veteran who used rent money to repair her car which broke down while she was driving it.  Referral:  Shannon Pacaoan, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing ($200) 1708

January 28:  Eye exam for homeless child.  Referral:  Eloisa Medina, ECHO ($60) 1709

January 28:  Partial rent for homeless gentleman who has found a room.  Referral:  Eloisa Medina, ECHO ($300) 1710

January 28:  Partial rent for a homeless man who has found an apartment.  Referral:  Eloisa Medina, ECHO ($300) 1711

January 29:  After school activities for a young child needing extra experiences, and appropriate shoes for the activities.  Referral:  Marlie Schmidt, Los Ranchos principal and Mary Kay Stratton, Los Ranchos school counselor ($180 and $60 and $25) 1712 and 1713 and 1722

January 29:  Storage fee for the belongings of a young single mother and her 2 daughters who have just gone homeless.  Referral:  Ivette Felix, LINK ($300) 1714

January 29:  Car repair for man who is struggling.  Referral:  Lydie Mason, County Behavioral Mental Health ($241.91) 1715

January 29:  Womenade liability insurance.  Paid by volunteers.  ($1,400) 1716

January 29:  Car repair and car insurance for homeless woman living on $172 a month.  Referral:  Melanie Bustamante, Transitions-Mental Health Homeless Outreach ($148.80 and $165.75) 1717 and 1719

January 29:  Partial payment for cremation of young homeless child killed in an auto accident.  Referral:  Robin Kirby, County Office of Education ($300) 1718

January 30:  Partial rent for single mom and her son.  The father was lost in a car accident.  They have finally found a small studio in which to live.  Referral:  Jose Olivera, LINK ($300) 1720

January 30:  Partial San Francisco school trip payment for 6 middle school students:  Referral:  Daniel Rodriguez, LINK ($600) 1721

Items Donated:   items for Pirates’ Closet from Andrea Wasko and Meaghan Gilbert; clothes for young children from Anonymous; double jogging stroller for developmentally delayed siblings from Darcie Thille; diapers from Lesa Smith; toiletries and baby safety items from Doreen Wetzel; double stroller donated by Darcie Thille and delivered to North County by Bill and Roberta Filadelfia; swing, pack-n-play with bassinet from Darcie Thille; 4 backpacks from Susan Malmgren; cases of t-shirts from Debbie Melton to Pirates’ Closet; diapers, onesies, and toiletries from KeMay Eoyang; 

Funds Donated:    Diane Wettlaufer, iGive, Leslie Jones, Julie Schultz, Michele Williams, Ingrid Pires, Melaleuca, Peti Johnson in memory of her mother, Leona Johnson,  Judy Riener, Kathy Greer, Roberta and Bill Filadelfia, Candace Guldeman,