San Luis Obispo County Drug and Alcohol Services had a diaper drive for Womenade. Paterese Reynolds, from Intensive Outreach Treatment, and her daughter, Karlee, delivered their donations. Grateful!
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Diaper Drive From County Drug and Alcohol Services
San Luis Obispo County Drug and Alcohol Services had a diaper drive for Womenade. Paterese Reynolds, from Intensive Outreach Treatment, and her daughter, Karlee, delivered their donations. Grateful!
What Womenade Shared August 1st - August 15 Thank You!
August 1: Swim passes for parents and 4 children of low income who have been through extreme stress. Referral: Kim Richards, Tidelands Counseling ($94.50) 2940
August 1: Mattress for a mother of 2 children with behavioral issues who has been through many difficulties. Referral: Kim Schwab, Family Treatment Court ($300) 2941
August 1: Emergency car charger outlet for a nebulizer for breathing treatments for an infant who is homeless, living in a car with the baby’s parents. Referral: Rose Levenson-Cooke, CCHH from French Hospital ER ($64.79) 2942
August 2: Partial rent for a domestic violence victim who is working in the fields. Referral: Mariana Garza, LMFT ($300) 2943
August 2: Partial rent in a sober living home for a victim suffering from trauma from living on the streets. Referral: Jennifer Woodward, Drug and Alcohol Services ($300) 2944
August 2: Partial payment for housing for a woman who has been out of work due to health issues. Referral: Jason Flanagan, People’s Self-Help Housing ($300) 2945
August 2: Clothes for a mother and her 3-year-old son escaping domestic violence with no belongings. Referral: Diana Howard, RISE ($200) Debit
August 2: Partial enrollment for preschool for twins in a struggling family. Referral: Yecenia Silvas, Oceano School Readiness ($100) 2946
August 2: Partial enrollment for preschool for a boy with 2 older brothers. Dad is working and mother is looking for work. Referral: Yecenia Silvas, Oceano School Readiness ($100) 2947
August 2: Partial initial rent for a family of 7 who have been homeless since a year ago June. Referral: Melanie Bustamante, CAPSLO ($300) 2948
August 3: Partial rent for a single woman in danger of eviction. Referral: Debbie Beckett, CAPSLO ($300) 2949
August 3: Tires for a family with 5 children. Mother is in the Welfare to Work program and her 3-year-old is being treated for mental health issues. With this repair, mother will be able to take the children to schools, medical appointments, and treatments. Referral: Belinda Benassi and Sandra Jimenez, Child Welfare Services ($300) 2950
August 3: Partial rent for a mother of a small child who is struggling to pay for books for her classes in the Cuesta nursing program. She recently used part of her rent to help with burial costs for a teen who recently drowned at Lake Naciemento. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($400) 2951
August 3: Partial car registration to allow a mother to drive her family to school and appointments. Referral: Amber Balais, LINK ($150) 2952
August 4: Therapeutic Child Care Program fee for a recently adopted child with high needs to ensure continuation of care. Rates were unexpectedly raised. Referral: Mary Teresi and Tomoko, Martha’s Place Children’s Center ($200) 2953
August 4: Partial rent for for a domestic violence victim whose abuser was removed from the home by police. She is unemployed, and her abuser previously paid rent. Referral: Tito Ponce, People’s Self-Help Housing ($300) 2954
August 5: Partial car registration payment for a single parent who recently lost her job. Referral: Emily Zubritsky, Family Care Network ($144) 2955
August 5: Gas card for a student who works full-time and attends Cuesta. Both his parents are deceased, and he is on his own with no other family support. Referral: Andrea Devitt, counselor, Cuesta College ($100) Debit
August 5: Partial rent for a family where the children have been returned to their home on a 30 day trial under the supervision of Child Welfare Services. Monique Hoyos, Department of Social Services ($300) 2956
August 5: Partial payment for car key replacement to allow a woman who is currently homeless to become more self-sufficient. Referral: Maribel Luna, ECHO Shelter ($100) 2957
August 5: Bassinet for a newborn. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($58.20) Debit
August 6: School supplies, health screening, lab work, and Lift-test for a woman with no family support who has been accepted to Cuesta’s LVN program. Referral: Laura Gaisie, Transitions-Mental Health, and shopping by Judy Obermeier ($90 and $50 and $93 and $) 2958, 2960, 2966
August 7: Immediate bus ticket purchase so a mental health inpatient can go home to Sacramento. Referral: Kathleen Welles, County Mental Health ($98) 2959
August 8: Port-a-crib for a newborn. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($53.74) Debit
August 8: Clothes for a girl leaving Juvenal Hall to travel to a relative’s home. All she has are jail clothes. Referral: Barbara Turk, Child Welfare Services ($150) Debit
August 8: Insulated grocery bag and ice packs for a youth to keep his food cold/frozen on the bus ride home from the store in the high temperatures of North County. Referral: Linsey Boncquet, Family Care Network, and shopping by Judy Obermeier ($)
August 8: Gas for a family in North County whose baby girl has been in the NICU for 3 weeks so far. They are struggling to visit and keep their jobs. Referral: Sierra Vista social worker ($100) Debit
August 8: Formula for a new baby. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($26.99) Debit
August 9: Bus ticket so a woman who is homeless can go back to family in Napa. Referral: Brenda Vaughn, ARK ($49) 2961
August 9: Partial rent for a man transitioning from a sober living house to a room. He is a past IV user, now clean for 6 months. Referral: Jennifer Woodward, Drug and Alcohol Services ($300) 2963
August 9: 2 safety gates to protect a young baby. Referral: Barbara Turk, Child Welfare Services, and shopping by Judy Obermeier ($)
August 9: Food and travel funds for parents whose newborn baby will be taken by ambulance to Children’s Hospital LA for surgery. The father’s field work ended this month. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($300) Debit
August 10: Car registration for a woman who is homeless so she can get to work. Referral: Maribel Luna, ECHO Shelter ($112) 2964
August 10: Car registration for a woman to independently work more hours. Referral: Maribel Luna, ECHO Shelter ($125) 2965
August 10: Gas and clothing for a single father of 2 children. He recently lost his mother to cancer, and is going through a very difficult time. Referral: Christine Flores, Transitions-Mental Health ($200) Debit
August 11: Partial rent for the single mother of 2 boys; she has undergone several recent traumatic and debilitating events that have temporarily impaired her ability to work. Referral: Johanna Golston, Pacific Psychiatry ($300) 2967
August 11: Food for a young man who broke his leg from a motorcycle accident, and will not be able to work for at least 5 months. Referral: Megan Richert, Central Coast Home Health ($250) Debit
August 11: Bed and linens for a formerly homeless 15-year-old who was a victim of assault, has moved into housing, and is sleeping on the floor. Referral: Detective Suzi Aanrud, San Luis Obispo Police Department, and shopping by Elaine Stewart ($100) 2968
August 11: Backpacks for 2 sisters, aged 4 and 6, who have just joined a Foster family. Referral: Mary Teresi, Martha’s Place Children’s Center, and shopping by Judy Obermeier ($)
August 11: Partial payment for car repair for a 50-year-old woman who is about to move from homelessness to a place in Los Osos. Referral: Kevin Reeder, ECHO Shelter ($300) 2969
August 11: Partial rent for a low income, self-employed gentleman who will be out of work for 6 weeks following surgery. He has no family, lives in a rural area, and is using his limited funds to pay people to drive him to medical appointments and for groceries and medications. Referral: Jenny Rutledge, Central Coast Home Health ($300) 2970
August 12: Partial medical bill payment for a single mother of 2 struggling to keep up with bills and rent. Referral: Jennifer Woodward, County Drug and Alcohol Services ($300) 2971
August 12: Partial medical bill for a single mom in pain after a hit-and-run accident, struggling to care for her 3 children and fiancé, who had a stroke in January. Referral: Valerie Darnell, South Bay Community Center ($300) 2972
August 12: Partial payment for car repair for a single mother of 3, so she can start a new job. Referral: Amber Balais, LINK ($300) 2973
August 12: Newborn diapers and baby carrier for a high risk mom whose husband lost his job when the business burned. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($100) Debit
August 13: Movie tickets and treats for a mother coming to town to visit her daughter and who has no money to spend. Referral: Barbara Turk, Child Welfare Services ($28.95) Debit
August 15: Car registration so a single mother and her 5 children have a place to get in out of the sun. Referral: Maribel Luna, ECHO Shelter ($170) 2974
August 15: Rent assistance for a single mother of 4 who works as a motel housekeeper. Referral: Eloisa Medina ($300) 2975
August 15: Bus pass for a man starting a new job. Referral: Trista Ochoa, Transitions-Mental Health, and shopping by Judy Obermeier ($44)
Items Donated: children’s books and cases of diapers from Kathie Hendricks; grocery bags from Janet Allenspach and Genevieve Lidoff; cases of diapers and wipes from County Drug and Alcohol Services delivered by Paterese Reynolds; diapers from Anonymous; refrigerator from Cindy Hahn delivered by Terry Elfrink and Dave Buck-Moyer; twin bed from Judy Riener; trundle bed from Pat Cano: school lunch box from Erin Parsons; notebooks Rosemary Cleaves; school supplies from Dyann Compagna; 2 high chairs from Lynn Heinrich; diapers, formula, and baby clothes from Candace Voss; toddler play yard from Linda Bishop; personal care items from Nancy Norwood; wagon from Debbie Bennett;
Admin Funds: Rita Erwin, Dana Starkovich, Rita Erwin, Leslie Rotstein,
Dana Starkovich, Rita Erwin,
Funds Donated: Jerry Ramos, Lisa Bertrand, Jayne Devencenzi, Jean Steel, Patty Aguilar, Dyann Campagna, Mary Gregory, Jan Jones, Mariam Shah, Nicki Bywater, Joan Rice, Madeline Fay, Mary Anne Morgan, Barbara Deel, Dianne Thompson, Phyllis Bettencourt, Marla Lee Eaton, Madeline Stevenson, Joy Pickell, Barbara Crawford, Lori Sonnabend, Wendy Hallin, Heidi Boatman, Kathie Cohl, Julie Jones, Linda Walker-Hill, Candace Guldeman, Lynn De Leo, Cathy Hughes, Nancy Shearer, Rosemary Cleaves, Margaret Helley, Mark Sullivan in appreciation to Linda Blonsley - Blonsley Law, Zaf and Patrice Iqbal, Anonymous, Sophidion Foundation, Anne Gough and Yarns at the Adobe, Michele Williams, Marilyn Fuller, Gay Groomes, Arlene Versaw, Bonnie Rivera, Tenli Vanrozeboom, Suzanne Balderrama, Diana Henderson, Marcy Owens, Joanne and Phil Ruggles, Gail Sears, Linda Olson, Kathy Long-Norris, Jayne Devencenzi, Kat Tuculet, Wendy Daly, Ros McQuade, Mila Vujovich-La Barre, Diana Foch, Leslie Jones, Naomi Blakely, Marilyn Reasoner, Elaine Gardiner, Karen Horst, Sue Smith, Diane Wettlaufer,
August 1: Mattress for a mother of 2 children with behavioral issues who has been through many difficulties. Referral: Kim Schwab, Family Treatment Court ($300) 2941
August 1: Emergency car charger outlet for a nebulizer for breathing treatments for an infant who is homeless, living in a car with the baby’s parents. Referral: Rose Levenson-Cooke, CCHH from French Hospital ER ($64.79) 2942
August 2: Partial rent for a domestic violence victim who is working in the fields. Referral: Mariana Garza, LMFT ($300) 2943
August 2: Partial rent in a sober living home for a victim suffering from trauma from living on the streets. Referral: Jennifer Woodward, Drug and Alcohol Services ($300) 2944
August 2: Partial payment for housing for a woman who has been out of work due to health issues. Referral: Jason Flanagan, People’s Self-Help Housing ($300) 2945
August 2: Clothes for a mother and her 3-year-old son escaping domestic violence with no belongings. Referral: Diana Howard, RISE ($200) Debit
August 2: Partial enrollment for preschool for twins in a struggling family. Referral: Yecenia Silvas, Oceano School Readiness ($100) 2946
August 2: Partial enrollment for preschool for a boy with 2 older brothers. Dad is working and mother is looking for work. Referral: Yecenia Silvas, Oceano School Readiness ($100) 2947
August 2: Partial initial rent for a family of 7 who have been homeless since a year ago June. Referral: Melanie Bustamante, CAPSLO ($300) 2948
August 3: Partial rent for a single woman in danger of eviction. Referral: Debbie Beckett, CAPSLO ($300) 2949
August 3: Tires for a family with 5 children. Mother is in the Welfare to Work program and her 3-year-old is being treated for mental health issues. With this repair, mother will be able to take the children to schools, medical appointments, and treatments. Referral: Belinda Benassi and Sandra Jimenez, Child Welfare Services ($300) 2950
August 3: Partial rent for a mother of a small child who is struggling to pay for books for her classes in the Cuesta nursing program. She recently used part of her rent to help with burial costs for a teen who recently drowned at Lake Naciemento. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($400) 2951
August 3: Partial car registration to allow a mother to drive her family to school and appointments. Referral: Amber Balais, LINK ($150) 2952
August 4: Therapeutic Child Care Program fee for a recently adopted child with high needs to ensure continuation of care. Rates were unexpectedly raised. Referral: Mary Teresi and Tomoko, Martha’s Place Children’s Center ($200) 2953
August 4: Partial rent for for a domestic violence victim whose abuser was removed from the home by police. She is unemployed, and her abuser previously paid rent. Referral: Tito Ponce, People’s Self-Help Housing ($300) 2954
August 5: Partial car registration payment for a single parent who recently lost her job. Referral: Emily Zubritsky, Family Care Network ($144) 2955
August 5: Gas card for a student who works full-time and attends Cuesta. Both his parents are deceased, and he is on his own with no other family support. Referral: Andrea Devitt, counselor, Cuesta College ($100) Debit
August 5: Partial rent for a family where the children have been returned to their home on a 30 day trial under the supervision of Child Welfare Services. Monique Hoyos, Department of Social Services ($300) 2956
August 5: Partial payment for car key replacement to allow a woman who is currently homeless to become more self-sufficient. Referral: Maribel Luna, ECHO Shelter ($100) 2957
August 5: Bassinet for a newborn. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($58.20) Debit
August 6: School supplies, health screening, lab work, and Lift-test for a woman with no family support who has been accepted to Cuesta’s LVN program. Referral: Laura Gaisie, Transitions-Mental Health, and shopping by Judy Obermeier ($90 and $50 and $93 and $) 2958, 2960, 2966
August 7: Immediate bus ticket purchase so a mental health inpatient can go home to Sacramento. Referral: Kathleen Welles, County Mental Health ($98) 2959
August 8: Port-a-crib for a newborn. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($53.74) Debit
August 8: Clothes for a girl leaving Juvenal Hall to travel to a relative’s home. All she has are jail clothes. Referral: Barbara Turk, Child Welfare Services ($150) Debit
August 8: Insulated grocery bag and ice packs for a youth to keep his food cold/frozen on the bus ride home from the store in the high temperatures of North County. Referral: Linsey Boncquet, Family Care Network, and shopping by Judy Obermeier ($)
August 8: Gas for a family in North County whose baby girl has been in the NICU for 3 weeks so far. They are struggling to visit and keep their jobs. Referral: Sierra Vista social worker ($100) Debit
August 8: Formula for a new baby. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($26.99) Debit
August 9: Bus ticket so a woman who is homeless can go back to family in Napa. Referral: Brenda Vaughn, ARK ($49) 2961
August 9: Partial rent for a man transitioning from a sober living house to a room. He is a past IV user, now clean for 6 months. Referral: Jennifer Woodward, Drug and Alcohol Services ($300) 2963
August 9: 2 safety gates to protect a young baby. Referral: Barbara Turk, Child Welfare Services, and shopping by Judy Obermeier ($)
August 9: Food and travel funds for parents whose newborn baby will be taken by ambulance to Children’s Hospital LA for surgery. The father’s field work ended this month. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($300) Debit
August 10: Car registration for a woman who is homeless so she can get to work. Referral: Maribel Luna, ECHO Shelter ($112) 2964
August 10: Car registration for a woman to independently work more hours. Referral: Maribel Luna, ECHO Shelter ($125) 2965
August 10: Gas and clothing for a single father of 2 children. He recently lost his mother to cancer, and is going through a very difficult time. Referral: Christine Flores, Transitions-Mental Health ($200) Debit
August 11: Partial rent for the single mother of 2 boys; she has undergone several recent traumatic and debilitating events that have temporarily impaired her ability to work. Referral: Johanna Golston, Pacific Psychiatry ($300) 2967
August 11: Food for a young man who broke his leg from a motorcycle accident, and will not be able to work for at least 5 months. Referral: Megan Richert, Central Coast Home Health ($250) Debit
August 11: Bed and linens for a formerly homeless 15-year-old who was a victim of assault, has moved into housing, and is sleeping on the floor. Referral: Detective Suzi Aanrud, San Luis Obispo Police Department, and shopping by Elaine Stewart ($100) 2968
August 11: Backpacks for 2 sisters, aged 4 and 6, who have just joined a Foster family. Referral: Mary Teresi, Martha’s Place Children’s Center, and shopping by Judy Obermeier ($)
August 11: Partial payment for car repair for a 50-year-old woman who is about to move from homelessness to a place in Los Osos. Referral: Kevin Reeder, ECHO Shelter ($300) 2969
August 11: Partial rent for a low income, self-employed gentleman who will be out of work for 6 weeks following surgery. He has no family, lives in a rural area, and is using his limited funds to pay people to drive him to medical appointments and for groceries and medications. Referral: Jenny Rutledge, Central Coast Home Health ($300) 2970
August 12: Partial medical bill payment for a single mother of 2 struggling to keep up with bills and rent. Referral: Jennifer Woodward, County Drug and Alcohol Services ($300) 2971
August 12: Partial medical bill for a single mom in pain after a hit-and-run accident, struggling to care for her 3 children and fiancé, who had a stroke in January. Referral: Valerie Darnell, South Bay Community Center ($300) 2972
August 12: Partial payment for car repair for a single mother of 3, so she can start a new job. Referral: Amber Balais, LINK ($300) 2973
August 12: Newborn diapers and baby carrier for a high risk mom whose husband lost his job when the business burned. Referral: Public Health Nurse ($100) Debit
August 13: Movie tickets and treats for a mother coming to town to visit her daughter and who has no money to spend. Referral: Barbara Turk, Child Welfare Services ($28.95) Debit
August 15: Car registration so a single mother and her 5 children have a place to get in out of the sun. Referral: Maribel Luna, ECHO Shelter ($170) 2974
August 15: Rent assistance for a single mother of 4 who works as a motel housekeeper. Referral: Eloisa Medina ($300) 2975
August 15: Bus pass for a man starting a new job. Referral: Trista Ochoa, Transitions-Mental Health, and shopping by Judy Obermeier ($44)
Items Donated: children’s books and cases of diapers from Kathie Hendricks; grocery bags from Janet Allenspach and Genevieve Lidoff; cases of diapers and wipes from County Drug and Alcohol Services delivered by Paterese Reynolds; diapers from Anonymous; refrigerator from Cindy Hahn delivered by Terry Elfrink and Dave Buck-Moyer; twin bed from Judy Riener; trundle bed from Pat Cano: school lunch box from Erin Parsons; notebooks Rosemary Cleaves; school supplies from Dyann Compagna; 2 high chairs from Lynn Heinrich; diapers, formula, and baby clothes from Candace Voss; toddler play yard from Linda Bishop; personal care items from Nancy Norwood; wagon from Debbie Bennett;
Admin Funds: Rita Erwin, Dana Starkovich, Rita Erwin, Leslie Rotstein,
Dana Starkovich, Rita Erwin,
Funds Donated: Jerry Ramos, Lisa Bertrand, Jayne Devencenzi, Jean Steel, Patty Aguilar, Dyann Campagna, Mary Gregory, Jan Jones, Mariam Shah, Nicki Bywater, Joan Rice, Madeline Fay, Mary Anne Morgan, Barbara Deel, Dianne Thompson, Phyllis Bettencourt, Marla Lee Eaton, Madeline Stevenson, Joy Pickell, Barbara Crawford, Lori Sonnabend, Wendy Hallin, Heidi Boatman, Kathie Cohl, Julie Jones, Linda Walker-Hill, Candace Guldeman, Lynn De Leo, Cathy Hughes, Nancy Shearer, Rosemary Cleaves, Margaret Helley, Mark Sullivan in appreciation to Linda Blonsley - Blonsley Law, Zaf and Patrice Iqbal, Anonymous, Sophidion Foundation, Anne Gough and Yarns at the Adobe, Michele Williams, Marilyn Fuller, Gay Groomes, Arlene Versaw, Bonnie Rivera, Tenli Vanrozeboom, Suzanne Balderrama, Diana Henderson, Marcy Owens, Joanne and Phil Ruggles, Gail Sears, Linda Olson, Kathy Long-Norris, Jayne Devencenzi, Kat Tuculet, Wendy Daly, Ros McQuade, Mila Vujovich-La Barre, Diana Foch, Leslie Jones, Naomi Blakely, Marilyn Reasoner, Elaine Gardiner, Karen Horst, Sue Smith, Diane Wettlaufer,
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
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