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To The Rescue
Filed Under (New2Need Charity) by admin on 12-10-2010
Tagged Under : chaity, Charitable organization, Disability, homeschooling, MHMR, mortgage, New2Need Charity, severe burns, SSI.cold front, Supplemental Security Income, surgery
New2Need is a small charity that helps people in Tarrant County Texas.
Here are some stories of people the charity has aided.
A woman with two children had some difficulties with utilities a few years ago. Her husband was cooking with a long extension cord and their 18 month old pulled scalding food on top of herself. The baby was burned over 40 % of her body. She is now 5 years old and requires surgery in Galveston twice a week to help her scalp grow. The woman is homeschooling both this child and a 10 year old daughter. The husband had moved out and has been largely unhelpful, giving the mother a few dollars here and there.
The woman became unable to use the truck because she could not keep up the payments. She started taking the children to a church that is very involved in homeschooling. I told her to talk to the pastor at once. We gave her information on legal aid, but she found a lawyer who is helping her file for divorce on her own. We suggested that she go to MHMR to deal with her own depression and to get SSI for herself and the baby. Also we suggested several social agencies for help with rent and other needs. She is moving forward. For information on how to take care of people with severe burns Amazon.com offers “Severe Burns: A Family Guide to Medical and Emotional Recovery” (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book).
One of the first cold fronts of the winter of 2008 came with freezing rain. A man called the charity seeking shelter for the night for himself and his two children. The place they had been staying was out of the question. The man found a woman using drugs in the kitchen and he moved his little family out of there. The day of the impending bad weather the three of them were going to stay in his truck, but the man had an accident in the truck and the person who hit them did not have any money to fix the truck. The man asked to go to a motel for the night. He suggested one he had stayed in years before. The motel did not take credit cards over the phone so I went there and paid for the man to have a room.
A 30-year-old full time student with two daughters aged six and seven and twin boys nine-months-old owed so much rent that she lost her apartment. She had lost her full time job because of illness. She went to a public social service who said they could not help her because she was a full time student. She had gone to her church for help, but they couldn’t help her. She called other services and got a case worker. Then her church told her they found the funds to help her.
A woman who was buying her house had a good job, but had several shoulder surgeries and couldn’t work. The doctors told her it might be 6 months or longer before she could work. She had another surgery four months after she first contacted the charity. She had her mortgage modified, but even with that since she is still disabled, she hasn’t been able to keep up with her payments. We suggested she apply for disability. She is now doing that. For a book on getting your disability you can find this one at Amazon.com. “Federal Disability Law in a Nutshell”, 4th (Nutshell Series).
While New2Need is small, it has made a difference in people’s lives. You can learn more about the charity at New2Need.org.
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