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Hello everyone,

I am 46 Y/O and I have 2 children. I worked my entire life in the restaurant business both in the corporate offices and as a general manager. I knew something was wrong with me when I started falling allot. The most serious falls were when I fell backwards and broke 4 fingers on one hand. I have fallen flat on my face a few times and I have fallen down stairs and broke my ankle in 3 places turning my foot completely backwards. I haven’t been able to make an income since 2008 and was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2009. I miss working but that is something I have learned to accept over time. My Disability Attorney just informed me I have 6 months left till I will see any kind of Medicare or financial assistance.

I have been living in a extended stay hotel for 6 months now with my family, 2 girls 7 and 11 and my Husband of 11 years who is my care giver. I am at my wits end and when I heard it was going to be another 6 months I thought to myself that I couldn’t make it. I don’t have a car, I don’t have money for most of my medications.

I just moved to Colorado because the Doctors who treat M.S. are the best in the country and maybe the world. My entire left side is almost completely numb. I run a very small business where I sell ceiling fans online. Sometimes we make enough for our hotel bill sometimes we don’t.

In 6 month I will be getting a large check for back pay and I will be on Medicare. Until then my family and I are and have been struggling to say the least. Any help would be greatly appreciated more than you could ever know.

Hello, this is my first time ever blogging, so if I am doing it wrong I apologize.

My name is Faith Lindsey, I am the founder and owner of Misty Creek. I started out as a Thoroughbred Rescue, and as I got these fabulous horses in, I just knew there was something more for them than trying to make a money hungry person happy, only in the end to be just thrown away like the garbage. I am happy to say that I did figure out what these guys are ready for. See these horses, they want so much to please, so much to belong, and so much to love back. Outside the horses, my passion is also in children, I love to help children. Now with these two loves together, I have been reforming Misty Creek into an Equine Therapy center. Yes, you say, there are those around, and yes they have been proven multi-times to be successful in bringing better mobility to children. Well YES you are right, but my center is different. Different in the way that in all these programs out there. I am yet to see one that has offered these services to ANY child, at ABSOLUTELY NO COST, not one red cent. No money, no insurance, nothing but the will for a child to want to ride a horse, and hopefully make ooooodles of progress to their present state. Also what bigger thrill than to know that they are riding a horse that once performed spectacular duties for someone, maybe even a champion horse. You see each one of these horses has it's own story, a story of hurt, and a story of success, well so does each child. Together, I see them making a new story.

Now my center consists of 3.3 acres. Unfortunately I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. As a matter of fact, I prior to starting this project, drove an eighteen wheel truck over the road, that was until I was hit by another one. Now my days are with my horses. 4 to be exact, and one more coming in within the next few weeks. The last few weeks I have designed and have been breaking ground to put this center up. The new construction will consist of a 100'x120' barn, completely and totally handicapped accessible restrooms, riding arena, and benches, a railed track along the ceiling in the arena, to support children so they can not fall off a horse, stalls for a total of 8 horses, and a tack room. With the barn being made temp comforted for horses and guests, as well making it available for therapy any time of the year. Outside I will be placing a path all the way around the property so that children that are able to start riding on their own, can ride the path, also I will be putting up a Handicapped accessible meeting room, play ground, a Koi pond, and very nicely decorated pathways and areas of property so that all guests can enjoy the visit at Misty Creek.

To complete this project I am going to need to obtain sponsors and/or grants to total a cost of $250,000, I have a contractor that can complete all the necessary needs make this project a go. I will not continue to ask for funds on this project once it is completed, but we would accept all donations if someone chooses to keep contributing. Any and all Sponsors will be recognized on a special plaque wall that will be viewed in the barn annually, Uniquely, amounts of money contributed will fall into a level category, and each of these levels will be recognized in the name of a Famous Thoroughbred horse.

So now I am asking for help with sponsorship. I know times are tight, many have lost homes, jobs, and family. This is a bigger reason why I refuse to charge these families any money at all. Together we can make it possible for these kids to get the help that they need, and at any time, my facility can be visited by contributors to the project. My sponsors are the reason why this will work, and there will never be a time when they are not welcome to take a look at what they have helped become a step outside and dream, and into reality. I am also getting registered with the state of Missouri, working on becoming a member of the Better Business Bureau, and getting hooked up with a 501c3 so that all contributions can be recognized as a tax deduction. I really appreciate the time you took to view my blog. Please feel free at any time to respond to me, Thanks again Faith Lindsey

The weekend is here. I live in Syracuse, NY and 9 out of 10 days it is ugly outside. Cloudy, gloomy or rain. But for me, living upstairs - with no car to go anywheres - haven't been outside for fresh air since last thursday for a trip to the doctors. Having trouble getting around. I don't know if I have ever brought up the problem of my foot that has been rapidly been on a path of being deformed. The bone has slowly been twisting towards the floor. If you see it, it looks like I walk on the side of my ankle. And if you WALKED on it, it feels like stepping on a bottle cap (with the rough edges on the skin). To top it off, I am very overweight. I can't stand long, I can't walk far, and haven't done any shopping in a couple of years. No grocery shopping, no fairs, no christmas shopping . . only on line. Some think I should just get a wheelchair and get on with it, but I am afraid if I get in one, I may never get out. I live with the pain. I take celebrex. I need my own transportation to get out of my house. The longer I am in here, the more depressed I get. I miss my job so much. I feel free when I am on the road. I may not be able to walk, but my world is so much BIGGER.

I work at a school for multiply disabled children, ages 3 to 22.  We service approximately eighty from sixteen school districts.  We are in an old oil company building that is not handicapped accessible.  The entrances are on an upward slope without automatic door openers.  The builing has multiple levels.  We are in deperate need of an appropriate facility, however, automatic door openers would be a tremendous assett.

Greetings everyone! I am new to this but I will try to tell you a bit about myself. I am a disabled, homebound, 53 year old mom/grandma to beautiful 7 and 8 year old boys. They are my grandson's, but I have adopted them to try to give them  a" better life".   I took them under wing at ages of 1 year and 1 week old, relatively. 

Up until now, I have been doing okay by them. I am in the process of getting settled into a rental in Georgia. I came from Michigan, which I now find had much more to offer the disabled or low income family. I moved to Georgia after I found I have to have a leg amputated. I need to be near someone who can take care and nuture my boys during my hospitalization and my recovery. 

However, since moving to Georgia, I have had to give up on many of the benefits I had in Michigan.  I have never experienced this type of poverty before!  Georgia is a state not inclined to help the poor or needy. I do not want to go on, talking about my woes, as most of you have heard so many crying out or have troubles of your own.  If you want to know more, please read my blog.  Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to read this profile page...please keep us in your prayers.                        

warmest regards~

I would like to find assistance in remodelling our house to make it more accessible to my wife.  She has a prosthetic leg on the right and charcot joint on the left (leg in aircast--degenerative bone disease).  She is a Type I diabetic on dialysis from failed kidney transplants and often has to use a wheelchair to get around.  She needs a lot of help in our bathroom because it is cramped and it would be a big help if the doorways were wider.  I built a plywood ramp to get into the house but it gets very slippery when it rains or snows.  She also has trouble getting downstairs to the basement so I do most of the laundry.  I want to redo our small kitchen to make it more accessible to her and so we don't have to eat off tray tables on the couch.  I'm moderately handy with carpentry, but much of what would help her is over my skill level. We have a dog grooming business that's been open a little over a year, but we still don't make nearly enough to pay any of our bills at home.  One big setback we suffered was that we had an employee we caught stealing a lot of money from us and also broke into our shop and stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment.  It would make her very happy if we could make some improvements to the house to help her out.  I'm open to ideas.  I could do a lot with donated materials or labor and probably get a little help from a friend or two who are somewhat handy, schedules permitting.  We live in Kennett Square, PA (about 40 minutes west of Philadelphia and 20 minutes north of Wilmington, DE).  Thanks,

Steve and Lisa Parrish 

I am a 75 year old granfather.handicapped, I have aquired 2boys { Not by choice}

My son lost his job ,the only job he can find is a cook at minimum wage ,working only 26 to 30 hours aweek. he can not afford to pay rent and utilites,He is not lazy .he does anything he can find even yardwork , so they moved in with me, The boys need cloths sizes 7 and 8 and winter cloths and coats,shoes sizes 1 and 2 1/2.

I am retired and handicapped and had stomach cancer .I can not make extra money

all I ask for For your used cloths and shoes for the boys .I need bunk beds and dressers for their cloths

If you can help  my e-mail jimsdesk2@comcast.net

santiago martinez

My address is 8993 carpenter rd

Milan mi. 48160

I woulds appreciate any thing you can spare

I do not ask for new only what you do not need

Thank you

I have a friend who has a handicapped adult child.  she is a single parent and needs to buy a van that can be furnished with a wheelchair lift.  She has a van now but one of the doors won't open and one of the windows won't roll down so it is  not very safe for her daughter.

My family is going to be homeless; our life has been shattered.  We are terrified by what is happening to us.  Everything we've ever worked for is lost except for our three beautiful, bright children - who used to be happy and are now so very sad, withdrawn and terrified.  All we ever truly wanted is to have a "family", and now the reality that we may lose each other is so profound that it's hard to even breathe.  My husband has suffered from a series of strokes over the years, and has a heart condition as well.  Our youngest is 100% handicapped, having been born with an extremely rare congenital defect.  Without her life-sustaining medication 3x per day, she will lapse rapidly into adrenal failure. We are ashamed, humiliated and so afraid of what comes next, there are no words to properly express the dimensions of fear that we are experiencing.  I can't understand how everything just fell apart.  Our home and health was lost to catastrophic mold with the responsible party (HVAC Contractor) walking away while we tried to keep going, and we did keep going for a number of years but we have reached bottom now.  No money, no emotional safety net or support - "friends" disappear quickly - it's as though our economic plight has the cast of contagion, as though we are untouchable.  We are an incredibly hard-working team, my husband and I, without a blemish on our moral compass - really.  We've worked all our lives and have been committed to setting a seat for Elijah at our table. Everyone in this house knows what our favorite four-letter word is: be "kind".  A touch of kindness, an unexpected gesture can lift one's spirits so effortlessly. I would so like to right this little ship of ours so that we can carry on - the five of us together.  We want and need work so badly and continue to make every possible effort to find our way.  There is just no work to be found.  We've become invisible.  Applying for job after job only to hear that we are overqualified or underskilled or without the words being said outright...too old.  It's 50 degrees in the house right now, there isn't enough food or even toilet paper to go around.  We have a small old car that doesn't fit five of us to begin with, let alone try to live in it in a very cold climate. Today is my daughter's 13th birthday, on her way to becoming a woman.  She needs underwear - my hot tears are burning my cheeks as I write this because I am unable to provide the most basic of life's needs to my sweet and very smart middle child.  Is there anything we can do for someone, an organization or community out there that may accept our efforts to participate in a productive, giving - forward thinking project, task, job?  While finances are certainly of tantamount importance - the need to feel useful to others weighs evenly on the scale.  We can't afford to lose each other, I won't be able to persevere.  I want to provide for and take tender care of them, they are far too young to watch their parents wasting, fading slowly away.  Please, can anyone offer a leg-up, guidance, a "spark of life" - or send us all a smidge of hope?  I'll do almost anything to keep our boat afloat.  I'm educated, strong and healthy, brutally honest and yes, "kind", in spite of the all emcompassing fear.  Can anyone help me find the peddals to my bike?  Please, please help - send a thought, a prayer - a fresh wind of good fortune our way.  - Thank you very much for taking the time to read this, I hope to rise out of this trauma to do good things for others.  I feel like Alice in Wonderland, remember when she falls down the hole....Here's to hoping that we will find our way out of this chasm.  Best Regards and warmest wishes to all, especially those who found this site as I did this evening... by googling the two words... "Almost Homeless". 

Daisymae

  I am a Christian single woman who has disabilities, and has a very hard time finding work. I try very hard to find a job that I can do and there just has been nothing available. I have been having to go to the food pantry, and worrying about checks bouncing. I never married and never had kids, so it is just myself and my cats that I need to support. I live a very simple life. I don't ask for much in life. I'm mosely a homebody. I don't go to movies or clubs, etc. I don't even have cable television because I cannot afford it. I have what is called basic minimal cable tv, where you get a few channels only. That's ok because I am not a big tv watcher. I do enjoy the internet though. It's my biggest form of entertainment otherwise I would be very bored. I am very limited to what I can do because I have Lupus, Chron's, arthritis, IBS, bi-polar disorder, anxiety disorder, and other things too beside. I am on about 10 prescription medications a day, but cannot afford the co-pays for them, so I have to do without them. I live in a tiny trailor 550 sq. ft. and am cramped. But it is all I can afford. I cannot afford my counseling co-pay, so I have to do without. I used to write Oprah and hope she would help me but she probably never got my email because so many people email her. I have no parents or relatives . My parents died years ago of terminal illnesses. I do not like living like this. I do not have enough money to pay my bills on. It's just so depressing. It's a very unpleasant way to live. If any one can help me out, my PayPal address is OKTuffyrascal@aol.com   If you have any questions for me, I will answer them if I can, and I will be honest. It is not easy to beg for help like this. I am desperate. I cannot afford to put an ad in the newspaper to find a job because I don't have any money to pay for the ad. I have put ads free online but have received no responses. Meanwhile, my utilities need to be paid, my cats need to eat, the food pantry does not provide cat food, and I am worried and depressed, and doing without my medicine. Please have compassion and empathy for a disabled woman who really needs help at this particular time in her life and do what you can. I cannot see myself going on like this much longer. Please, please help me. Please care! I know someone out there was meant to help me! Thanks!

I am an adult married male, physically handicapped with Cerebral Palsy in Fayetteville, North Carolina.  Some times I need some assistance around the housein maintenance and upkeep.  Is there anyone who can purchase some replacement windows for my house?  I am trying hard to keep the house nice and save money on energy.  Big projects such as windows I need some assistance in purchasing windows to save money on my utilities.

 Thank you.

Lonnie

Fayetteville, NC

email: NCChairman@aol.com

I am a 33 yld father of two beautiful girls.  I live with them and my fiance' in a very old house that we purchased a few years ago.  My oldest daughter has cerebral Palsy and is in a wheelchair about 80% of the time.  We have been so loaded with medical bills and extra expences in the past that we have not been able to get our house wheelchair accessable.  This spring our foundation has started to crumble underneath our house and the floors are all uneven and cracking.  We just want to be able to give our children the things they need and sometimes want.  We both work but have gotten so far behind that I just don't know what else to do but give up.  But that is not an option when it comes to our children.  I have been trying to do all of the work on our house because we can't afford to hire anyone.  we are not able to pay some of our main bills and are faced with possibly loosing the only reliable car that we have because we are behind on the payments.  We were told by someone that there is a possibility that we may qualify for a grant but we don't know where to start.  We are not able to get a loan so we don't know where else to turn.  If there is anyone out there that would have any information at all could you please let us know.  Thank you very much for listening to our story,

To All That Read This,

            My name is Michael and I wish to start a non-profit organzation that would enrich the lives of those physically handicapped. However since I have never done this before, I truly don't know where to start. In fact I have never "posted" anything in my life. 

             The premise behind my non-profit organzation would be horse riding. The benefits of horse riding are both psychological and physiological. The program I wish to develop would build confidence and self esteem. It would help in developing coordination and balance; affords freedom of mobility not usually available to the handicapped. It would offer outdoor or indoor fun and a sense of accomplishment. It would further allow able-bodied and disabled people in the community to work together, as well it would allow riders to develop some sort of independence not readily available to them.

            I realize this endeavor is a mighty one. My wife to be grew up around horses and has managed a horse ranch herself for a number of years in Maryland. We have contacted horse trainers in our area and realitors who have shown interest in this project. It's just getting the ball rolling. Who do we have to see, what exactly do we have to do, what forms are neccessary etc. This is where we are at a lost. I started here with this posting in hopes of being guided in the right direction. Any help in our endeavor/dream, is most welcomed and deeply appreciated.

              We would be happy to answer any questions to those who are interested in helping us achieve this endeavor. Thank-you for reading this!

Sincerely,

Michael & Tracy

Email Address: unimpressednow@msn.com

UPDATE as of 10/24/07:

                                    I have discovered the world of 501c3 and 1023 forms...and that incorporation is the way to proceed. And that to receive any monies through fund raising I first have to be a non-profit. I have already composed a "statement of purpose"...so my next step is to contact an attorney, an attorney that would consider doing it pro bona? Obviously this would be of immense help! However, I'm beginning to think that pro bona means "fat chance" in Latin. We will continue to persevere.

                                   Again, thank-you for reading!

Michael & Tracy

unimpressednow@msn.com