Friday, July 31, 2015

What Womenade Shared from July 16th - July 31st


July 16:  Fruits and vegetables for diabetic homeless woman who has had gastric bypass surgery.  Referral:  Rose Levinson-Cooke, Central Coast Home Health and Hospice, and shopping by Roberta Kassak ($100)

July 16:  Supplemental food for 4 people living together on a rural property, and dealing with physical and mental health issues.  Referral:   Rose Levinson-Cooke, Central Coast Home Health and Hospice, and shopping by Roberta Kassak ($100)

July 16:  Gas card for man to travel to LA for surgery.  Referral:  Stella Medina, Lucia Mar Schools ($100) 2052

July 16:  Haircut and work shoes for a Veteran’s wife to begin work as a CAN.  Referral:  Jeannette Garcia, Goodwill ($100) 2052

July 16:  Partial room rent for a man and his children who are close to homelessness.  Catholic Charities can’t fund room rentals.  Referral:  Mendy Wilson, Catholic Charities ($250) 2053

July 16:  Legal documents so that the 17-year-old daughter in an abused family of 4 at the shelter can attend school.  A local attorney is assisting.  Referral:  Jessica Mondragon, RISE ($300) 2054

July 16:  Tooth extraction for a man in great pain.  Referral:  Cecilia Merrill, CDHC ($115) 2055

July 16:  Partial car repair payment for a woman who can’t drive to treatment until her vehicle is fixed.  Referral:  Elisa Leigan, County Behavioral Health ($250) 2056

July 17:  Payment for brake repair parts for a Veteran sharing custody of his teen daughter.  Referral:  Jason Flanagan, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing ($200) 2057

July 17:  Partial rent for a woman recovering from hip replacement surgery.  Referral:  Amber Grimme and Martha Landells, CAPSLO ($200) 2058

July 17:  Gas for mother to take her son to a geneticist in Madera.  Referral:  School psychologist and Adrienne Lomp, Link Health Navigator ($50) 2059

July 17:  Partial rent for a 63-year-old man in poor health working 2 jobs to keep his apartment.  Referral:  Dee Torres, SLO Housing Connection ($250) 2060

July 20:  Payment for breast cancer testing.  Referral:  Eloisa Medina, Hearst Cancer Resource Center/French Hospital ($95) 2061

July 22:  RTA 31-day bus pass to allow single mom to get to treatment.  Referral:  Paterese Reynolds, County Intensive Outpatient Treatment, and shopping by Roberta Kassak ($44)

July 22:  Food and gas for family of 5.  Mom just got a job over The Grade, but first paycheck is not till August 5th.  Referral: LINK ($250) 2062

July 23:  Partial rent for at-risk woman.  Referral:  Lynn Grizzard, SLO County Mental Health ($250) 2063

July 23:  Gas for man who has a part time minimum wage job he has been unable to get to every day because he can’t fuel his car.  Referral:  Lupe Solis, Goodwill ($100) 2064

July 23:  Partial rent for woman who has missed 2 weeks of work due to her father’s death.  Referral:  Jason Flanagan, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing  ($200) 2065

 July 23:  Children’s Museum entry for mom, so that counselor can help her learn to navigate public places with her 2-year-old.  Referral:  Jill Anderson, Martha’s Place ($8) 2066

July 24:  Gas bill payment to prevent imminent shut off for struggling woman.  Referral:  Eloisa Medina, ECHO ($267.54) 2067

July 24:  Mobile hot spot and Internet card so a mother near death can facilitate custody arrangements for her 12 and 14-year-old daughters. Referral:  Cheri Birchard and Ingrid Pires, Wilshire Hospice ($136.28) 2068

July 27:  Emergency car brake repair for a single mom who works in the fields.  She and her children were victims of domestic violence.  Referral:  Eloisa Medina, ECHO ($196.12) 2069

July 31:  Water bill late fees and partial rent for a hard-working single dad.  Referral:  Steve Devencenzi ($267.08) 2070

Items Donated:   Port-a-crib from Alison Haupt; board books from Roxanne Pryor; calculator from Marcie Lindvall for a homeless man taking a math class; school supplies and monitor from Bette Kulp; microwave from Joanne Frye delivered by Lisa Bertrand; bike from Jim Ellman; North County delivery by Dana Lundy; school supplies and backpacks from Deb Spatafore, Linda Thompson, Blonsley Law , Kathy and Jim apRoberts, Alison Haupt, and Leslie Rotstein; school supplies from Anonymous, Janet Allenspach, Marci Powers, Susan Updegrove, Susan Dressler, and Diane McKeague; tv, cd player, toys, and 100 books from Fred Donati; backpacks from Rob Angela and Anonymous; 14 backpacks and school supplies from Etna Interactive, Ryan Miller, president; 5 hand knit baby blankets from Ruth Nagano; bed frame from Linda Bishop; school supplies from Marsha Alpert; backpacks from Lisa Aquino; school supplies from Anonymous and Laurie Coggen; delivery by Stu and Monica Soren; toiletries from Jayne Auchterlonie and delivery to Grizzly Academy by Kat Tuculet; North County delivery by Colleen Spafford; furniture from Nell Ward; school supplies from Anonymous X 2; refrigerator and stove from Janie Holland; children’s play set and port-a-crib from Estate Sale

Funds Donated:   Sandra Brill, Diane Wettlaufer, Laguna Lake Ladies Golf Club, Mariam Shah, Ingrid Pires, Melaleuca, Darlene Krouse, Anneka Scranton, KW Realty Central Coast, David Blakely to celebrate Linda Olsen’s birthday, Nita La Loggia, Kathy Greer, Anonymous, 

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