Friday, September 16, 2016

What Womenade Shared September 1st - September 15th

September 1:  Bus pass so a client can attend treatment twice a week.  Referral:  Maria Aquino, County Health Agency, and shopping by Edie Kahn ($44)

September 1:  Transportation of a senior Veteran's belongings to his new apartment after many other attempts failed.  Referral:  Jason Flanagan, People's Self-Help Housing ($300) 3005

September 1:  School supplies, including graphing calculators, for 2 high school students living with their mom who is struggling to meet finances required.  Referral:  Danilda Reyes, LINK ($300) Debit

September 1:  Food for a woman who has been laid off.  Referral:  Jennie Nostrum, RISE ($100) Debit

September 1:  Partial payment to repair water damage for a 63-year-old woman raising her granddaughter since her mother died in 2014; they have no other family.  Referral:  Kim Richards, Tidelands Counseling ($300) 3007

September 1:  Partial rent to prevent eviction of a single mother and her 4 children.  Referral:  Flor Ponce, CAPSLO ($300) 3008

September 2:  Clothes, underwear, and shoes for sisters aged 9 and 11 who are homeless with their dad.  Referral:  Ashley Totah,  Emergency Response, Child Welfare Services ($200) Debit

September 2:  Gas card for client who is in dire need of continued services and drives from Arroyo Grande.  Referral:  Magena Ammen,  RISE ($100) Debit

September 2:  Utility payment to prevent shut off for a single father of 5 who has been without a job for the last month.  Referral:  Tito Ponce, People's Self-Help Housing ($234.80) 3009

September 2:  Campsite payment for 2 weeks for a disabled family who has been living the the Oceano Creek bed.  The car they were living in was repossessed recently due to all the tickets they received for sleeping in it.  Referral:  Dee Torres-Hill, SLO Housing Connection ($175) 3010

September 6:  Partial payment for last month's rent for a single, working mother.  Referral:  Elena Chavez, LINK ($250) 3011

September 6:  Trash bags to store washed clothes and linens after a bed bug infestation.  Referral:  Public Health Nurse ($16.14) Debit

September 6:  Partial rent for a family of 6; the father was recently disabled.  Referral:  Ricardo Vazquez, LINK ($300) 3012

September 7:  Radiator repair for a single mom and her son with special needs who are homeless.  Referral:  Robin Kirby, San Luis Obispo County Office of Education ($300) 3013

September 7:  Ensure nutrition shakes for a mother with Stage 4 colon cancer; she and her 13-year-old daughter are living in transitional housing now that the father is incarcerated. Referral:  Will Wallace, Atascadero Middle School ($100) Debit

September 8:  Special clothing for a student who has severe special needs around sensory issues.  The single mother is a full-time student set to graduate in May; she and her 3 children left a domestic violence situation.  Referral:  Mary Teresi, Martha's Place Children's Center ($100) 3014

September 8:  School supplies for a student who has overcome trauma, been accepted to every university to which she applied, and is attending UC Davis on a scholarship.  Referral:  Manuel Barba, San Luis Obispo County Mental Health ($200) 3015

September 8:  Warm clothes for a 6-year-old who is homeless with her mother.  Referral:  Janet Allenspach, CAPSLO ($100) 3016

September 8:  Tools from Home Depot so a man who has suffered drug and alcohol problems can work.  Referral:  Debbie Beckett, CAPSLO ($300) 3017

September 8:  Partial payment for RV repair for a senior citizen couple (He is a Veteran.) who is homeless.  Referral:  Dena Gustafson, CAPSLO ($300) 3018

September 8:  Partial payment for dental crowns for the 11-year-old son of a single, hard-working mom.  Referral:  Sandra Garcia, County Mental Health ($300) 3019

September 8:  Sleeping bags for a mother and her children aged 13, 5, and 2 who are sleeping in a small tent.  Referral:  Mary Teresi, Martha's Place Children's Center ($66.72 and $22.24) Debit

September 8:  Partial rent and food for a young woman who is working part time, but has had several medical bills that required all her funds.  Referral:  Katy Griffin, Highlands Church ($300) 3020

September 9:  Food and gas for a 24-year-old mother of a 1-year-old son; she is working part time and going to school part time, but losing hope.  Referral:  Andrea Devitt, Cuesta counselor ($150) 3021

September 9:  Gas so a mother who is a domestic violence victim can get her children to and from school.  Referral: Janett Garcia, RISE ($100) 3022

September 9:  Electricity bill payment to prevent shut off for a mother of 4 whose working hours were cut last month, but will go to full time in October.  Referral:  Elena Chavez, LINK ($169) 3023

September 9:  RV repair so a woman living in the RV can pass smog check, get the vehicle registered, and prevent the impounding of her home.  Referral:  Nicole Zurcher, CAPSLO ($185 and $160) 3024 and 3037

September 10:  Computer donated by Rabobank, Arroyo Grande, for a student headed to UC Davis.  She experience great trauma, is from a family of limited means, was accepted to all colleges to which she applied, and granted a scholarship to Davis. Referral:  Manual Barbara, County Mental Health Services

September 12:  Basketball fees for a student in a family with no extra funds. Referral:  Stella Medina, Lucia Mar Unified Schools ($75) 3025

 September 12:  Partial rent for a family of 4; father left the home, and mother has a minimum wage job.  Referral:  Sonia Greene, LINK ($300) 3026

September 13:  Safe tires for a mother of 2 who just got a new job.  Referral: Belinda Benassi, Child Welfare Services ($256) 3027

September 13:  Partial payment toward purchase of a car for a violence victim living in a safe house who is working very hard to regain her independence.  Referral:  Jessica Mondragon, RISE ($300) 3028

September 13:  Partial payment for rent for a single father in family reunification.  He is short this one time because he got rid of a roommate so that his studio apartment is occupied by himself and his daughters only.  Referral:  Aquila Corley, County Social Services ($300) 3029

September 13:  Safety cupboard latches so a father can keep his toddler safe.  Referral: Public Health Nurse, and shopping by Edie Kahn ($)

September 13: Shoes for 2 middle school students and a 4 year old in a family of 7 children.  Referral:  Amber Balais, LINK ($150) Debit

September 14:  Double stroller for a mother with an infant son and a 2-year-old daughter.  Mother is unemployed and needs to walk to appointments to save gas.  Referral:  Katy Philippe, Family Care Network, and shopping by Dan and Tess Mathews ($)

September 14:  Food and RTA  pass for a woman who arrived here with nothing. Referral:  Elisa Leigan San Luis County Behavioral Health, and shopping by Edie Kahn ($44 and $50) Debit

September 14:  RTA passes for a man who is unemployed and needs to get to treatment twice a week. Referral:  Maria Aquino, San Luis Obispo County Health Dept., and shopping by Edie Kahn ($44)

September 14:  Partial rent for a woman who works in the fields, but hasn't been able to work due to her cancer diagnosis, chemo, and radiation treatments.  Referral:  Eloisa Medina, Hearst Cancer Resource Center ($300) 3030

September 14:  Rent support to prevent eviction of a Veteran and his wife.  Referral:  Michael Ostash, HUD/VASH ($237) 3031

September 14:  Motel stay for a man and his wife - she is in her 70s and suffered a stroke.  Efforts are being made to find housing, but meanwhile they need a safe, warm place.  Referral:  Samantha Crouse, ECHO Shelter ($300) 3032

September 14:  Gas card for a mother living in a SAFE house to get to appointments.  Referral:  Mary Teresi, Martha's Place Children's Center - cards donated by Monday Club

September 15: Partial rent for a man moving from Sober Living to transitional housing.  He just started a job in construction.  Referral:  Jennifer Woodward, DAS County Health Dept.  ($300) 3033

September 15: Partial rent for a mother with 3 children who is going through a separation with her husband and other difficult issues.  Referral: Maribel Rodriguez, LINK ($300) 3034

September 15:  Car registration and smog check for a woman and her 3 children.  After leaving her abusive husband, they are sleeping in the car while working with law enforcement to find a permanent safe place.  Referral:  Brenda Vaughn, ARK ($196 and $45) 3035 and 3036

September 15:  Gas card for a mother to travel to Ventura and back to pick up her son from a hospital.  Referral:  Laura Gaisie, Transitions-Mental Health ($75) 3039

September 15:  Pots and pans for a client moving to housing.  Referral:  Laura Gaisie, Transitions-Mental Health ($100) 3039

September 15:   Underwear, clothes, and shoes for a boy with encopresis.  He has 3 siblings, and his mother has had to reduce her work hours to care for him.  Referral:  Mary Teresi, Martha's Place Children's Center ($200) 3040

Items donated:  tent from Maggie Maly; sleeping bags from Barrie Dubois and Liz Johnston; dishes from Myra Akel; linens and towels from Rebecca Larson; quilt fabric from Linda Jankay; 3 bags of yarn from Ladonna Rinn; toys and cases of diapers from Kathie Hendricks; 30 new stuffed animals from Meg Spierling; 2 cases of diapers from Kemay Eoyang; laptop computer for a high school student from Cleo Bonneville; diapers from Barbara Ramsdell and Central Coast Circle of Friends; gift cards for UC Davis student from Norine Piccardo-Gibbons, Frankie Irvine, Lauren Ruda and Reese Galido, Marylou Gooden, Jane Broshears, Dorothy Mauger, Jutta Jacobs, Elise Caraway, and Frank Nerli, Nanette Madding, Jacque Wheeler, Beckie Geddes, and Jodie Steele, and a laptop computer from Arroyo Grande Rabobank (Thanks Dan Snowden and Michele Starling!); Los Osos Middle School Backpack program food donations from Morro Bay Quota Club, Vita Miller, Lainie Wachter, Melodianne Duffy; gas cards from Monday Club Members; Laguna Backpack Program food from Andrea Devitt and Trader Joe's-San Luis Obispo:

Admin funds donated:  Dana Starkovich, Rita Erwin, Leslie Rotstein, Dana Starkovich,

Funds donated: Patty Aguilar, Fred Donati, Ann McMahon, Ann Noriega, Carol Tickner, Jean Steel, Jayne Devencenzi, Lisa Bertrand, donation to honor Lesa Smith on her birthday by Sandy Richardson, Michele Williams, Phyllis Martinelli, Marilyn Reasoner, Phil and Joanne Ruggels, Zaf and Patrice Iqbal, Anonymous, Mary Parker, Diane Ludin, Monday Club Members, Kate Stulberg, Vicki Carroll, Debbie Collins, Jeanne Little, Jane Fairbairn, Fran Norris, Betty Scully, Donna Leach, Sharon Con, Jo Anne Painter, Patti Reed, Dorothy Mauger, Jamie Herbon, Nancy Schwager, Rand Becker, Ellen Polinsky, Sharon Thacker, Leslie Bennett, Carol Cape, Nancy Trudeau, Carolyn Tenney, Gretchen Hartsook, Sharee Howell, Kathleen Harvey, Vicki Wyne, Paula Malone, Marjorie Lane-Mangogna, Freddi Quin, Julie Edmonson, Joan Wagner, Evi Alford, Lorraine Weitz, Anna Currie, Rhonda Richard, Mary Eister, Nancy Bayliss, De Hampton, Beth Ladin, Trina Robbins, Toni Mahoney, Claudia Sorensen, Susan Zweig, Sharon Con, Marcia Traversaro, Cheryl Briskey, Jane Mouw, Marie Kyle, Rita Walls, Linda Smith, Margaret O'Donnell, Cynthia Maddy, Linda Cholloner-Holmes, Sandra Merrill, Patricia Hunt, Marjorie Lawrence, Gayle Nix, Julie Holland, Yvonne Williams, Linda Adams, Cynthia Grenz, Carole Kraiss, Elizabeth Steen, Claire Granbery, Liz Murray, Diane Johnson, Bonnie Keller, Rhonda Madden, Nancy Kraus, Anonymous, Linda Murray, Nita Bramwell La Loggia, Karen Horst, Sue Smith,

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