Friday, August 14, 2015

What Womenade Shared From August 1st - August 15th

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August 4:  Food and gas for a mother of 3 who is working out a plan to escape domestic violence.  Referral:  Sandra Garcia, San Luis Obispo County Mental Health ($200) 2071

August 4:  Hospital and anesthesiology payments for a 30-year-old breast cancer victim with a young son.  Referral:  Gloria Caine, Hearst Cancer Resource Center ($100 and $100) 2072 and 2073

August 6:  Gas card for mother with a severely handicapped toddler and a newborn in the hospital for an extended time.  Referral:  Sierra Vista social worker ($100) 2074

August 6:  Shoes/underwear for 3 children.  Referral:  Julia Mercado, Childcare provider ($100) 2074

August 6:  Safe childcare for the youngest child of a single dad.  The family is recovering from a crisis that has left them in a fragile state.  Referral:  Yecenia Silvas, Oceano School Readiness ($200) 2075

August 6:  Computer from Exploration Station for a 13-year-old to use for homework and school communication.  Referral:  David Lichti, therapist ($25) 2076

August 6:  Partial payment for an MRI for a 34-year-old mother of 3 who has a possible brain tumor.  Referral:  Sonia Greene, LINK ($250) 2077

August 6:  Tires for 65-year-old homeless woman living in her car.  Referral:  Miriam Castillo, Transitions Mental Health ($305.95) 2078

August 6:  Textbooks for full-time Cuesta student and single mother of 2 children who has just been laid off from her job.  She is looking for new employment.  Referral:  Andrea Devitt, Cuesta counselor ($105.95) 2078

Aug 7:  Partial rent for single mother who has had her work hours cut.  Catholic Charities can’t fund subleases.  Referral:  Mendy Wilson, Catholic Charities ($200) 2079

Aug 7:  Car insurance past due payment for woman working hard to find employment.  Referral:  Mendy Wilson, Catholic Charities ($64.67) 2080

August 11:  Gas card for family of hospitalized man.  Referral:  Drew Washer, French Hospital social worker ($50) 2081

August 12:  Clothes for a 53-year-old woman who has lost a great deal of weight fighting ovarian cancer.  Referral:  Barbara Putman, and shopping by Cyndy Later ($100)

August 12:  Partial utility payment for woman whose power has been shut off.  Salvation Army is paying part, as well.  Referral:  Belinda Benassi, Child Welfare Services ($200) 2082

August 12:  Cleaning supplies and insect foggers for a counselor and health navigator to use with a family moving to housing.  Referral:  Yecenia Silvas, Oceano School Readiness ($100) 2083

August 12:  Food for a woman who has had a lumpectomy as well as back surgeries from injuries sustained from carrying her dying father.  Referral:  Rose Levinson-Cooke, Central Coast Home Health ($100) 2083

August 13:  Clothes for a college student who has gained a great deal of weight due to breaking both feet.  Referral:  Janice Chagoya, University of La Verne ($82.79) 2084

August 13:  Partial rent to prevent eviction for a family that is short funds due to recent surgery.  Referral:  Mendy Wilson, Catholic Charities ($200) 2085

August 13:  Tooth extraction at CHC for a single mother of 3 who works in the fields.  Referral:  Eloisa Medina, ECHO ($140) 2086
 
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August 14:  Blood test at CHC for senior citizen who doesn’t work; her daughter works housekeeping in a motel.  Referral:  Eloisa Medina, ECHO ($232) 2087

Items Donated:  
-->board books, children’s clothes and shoes, and changing pad from Roxanne Pryor; school backpacks and supplies from 2 Anonymous donors; school supplies from Rabobank via Michele Starling; clothes from Leslie Cosgrove and Tina Dodd-Wilson; shelf and toys from John Hostetter;  printer for a student getting a computer from Exploration Station from Emily Boule; printer for a foster family from Chuck and Lois Crotser; 4 fans for babies living in unsafely hot places from Susie Miner/Miner’s Ace Hardware and 1 from Linda Jankay and 1 from Anonymous; queen futon from Heather Thomas for mom moving to housing and getting to see her children weekends; backpacks from Baxter & Moerman Jewelry; children’s clothes, diapers, backpack, and pack-n-play from Mariam Shah; blanket from Ellis and Nate Turner; diapers and wipes from Kathie Hendricks; school supplies for 3 teens in one family and 2 elementary students and a middle school student in another from Anonymous; diapers from Central Coast Circle of Friends; high chairs from Lynn Heinrich (2) and Phyllis Bettencourt; formula and towels from Laura Fulton; baby bath tub and high chair from Bianca Botha; school supplies from Lori Sonnabend, Lynn DeLeo, Nell Quijano, and Rosemary Cleaves; toiletries from Grace Nagel; diapers from Anonymous via Amazon delivery; backpacks for 2 brothers from Kathy apRoberts and 3 extra backpacks; baby swing for mom to use for newborn when she is busy with her severely handicapped 2-year-old from Alison Haupt with shopping by Kathy apRoberts; crib/toddler bed from Hossein Akhavan; bike from Olivia Glidden, age 11; clothes for a newborn from Gwen Stewart using her Womenade necklace funds; 100 t-shirts from the Food Bank for the Women’s Honor Farm to turn into grocery bags for the Nipomo Food Distribution and The Food Bank’s Children’s Farmers’ Markets; twin bed for young girl from Nara Clark; 

Funds Donated: 
--> Lisa Bertrand, Patty Aguilar, Mary Parker, Roberta and Frank Kassak, Marylou Gooden, Anne Tiber, Marilyn Fuller, Diane McKeague, Bev Cohen, Carol Misson, Marsha Alpert, Rose McQuade, Judy Riener, Elaine Gardiner, Diana Foch, Jayne Devencenzi, Marty Kessler, Elisa Feingold, Naomi Blakely, Karen Blum, Vicki McPartland, Marcy Owens, Bette Kulp, Nita La Loggia, Kathy apRoberts, Teri Block, Leslie Jones, Judy Eisenhard, Mariam Shah, Judy Schaefer, Malka Kutner, Marla Lee Eaton, Tina Doherty, Lynn De Leo, Barbara Deel, Mary Weeks, Madeline Fay, Mary Anne Morgan, Ginny Kenny, Madeline Stevenson, Lori Sonnabend, Candace Guldeman, Katie Perez, Joy Pickell, Barbara Crawford, Janice Chagoya, Nell Quijano, Rosemary Cleaves, Arlene Versaw, Bonnie Rivera, Grace Nagel, Sari Dworkin, Joanne and Phil Ruggles, Judy Barclay, Teresa Mortilla, Fred Donati, Mariaelena Jarson in honor of Marylou Gooden, Tim and Marilyn Banducci, Susan Demma, Steve and Cathy Francis, 

Admin Funds Donated:    
-->Rita Erwin, Dana Starkovich, Wendy Daly, Leslie Rotstein, Rita Erwin, Katie Perez,

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