Calvary Baptist Church

I am working with a biological mother of five children. Mom is compliant with services and recognizes she needs help achieving sobriety. Mom has agreed to go to medical detox followed by inpatient care. Mom has identified past due rent as a barrier that would postpone or potentially prevent her from going to detox and inpatient care. Mom's monthly rent is just below $200 a month and she is behind by three months. Mom is currently looking for employment in order to pay the past due balance but could prioritize her sobriety and postpone job seeking if there was no past due balance.

The request is for a kinship resource home and will assist in helping to preserve the placement of the two children. The family is struggling at this time to pay a gas bill, which is a bill for two months. The amount due is $448.26, but any amount will help keep the service from being disconnected.

Family is in need of one full mattress and one twin mattress. This family has now taken 5 children into their home as a kinship foster placement in the past ten months to avoid those children from being placed in traditional foster care, which brings the total amount of children they are financially providing 100% for to 6. They have been able to secure most items for the children including bed frames, but they are not able to afford new mattresses for the two children who were placed in their home two weeks ago.

This family has three teenage children who have outgrown their beds. This family is at poverty level and can not provide additional funds for beds. The teens beds are falling apart and are in not good shape. They also have poor quality heat and air as it is an older home. One of the children's rooms gets so hot in the summer they can't utilize it in the summer. They requested a window unit.

After a long wait, living in cramped quarters with extended family, a single mother of a 2-year-old boy, 3-year-old girl, and a baby boy on the way, just got approved for a new apartment. She's currently in between jobs and would appreciate help with the deposit and first month's rent to expedite her move.

A mother of five was in a domestic violence situation. She has made sure her and her five children are safe but has no means to wash or dry clothes other than going to laundry mat. She does have washer and dryer hookups. The laundry continues to pile up. The family does not care if the washer/dryer is used.

Foster home is looking for outdoor activities for the children. The kids have picked out a riding toy called movimiento zigzag wiggle ride on car. They are also looking for a volleyball net or any other ideas for children ages 3-10 to help exert energy and stimulate the sensory play.

Foster home needs a stroller after taking on an additional newborn. Foster mom has been looking for the stroller at garage sales but has not been able to find a used one like she is wanting that will grow with the baby and be adjustable for multiple ages of children.

The family is needing help with cleaning up their home. They have had multiple animals in the home resulting in roaches entering the home. They need their home sprayed for bugs so it does not turn into a health issue for the two children in the home. The family breeds and sales dogs and needs a outside kennel to get the dogs outside the home to keep them from using the bathroom on the floor.

I have a dad whose children have recently come into custody. He is needing an out of state birth certificate. We are requesting the funds to order the birth certificate so that he can obtain ID which he does not currently have. Without id, he cannot get a job or access services.

I have a single mother of four children whose van is currently not drivable due to two bad tires! She has had the tires patched and aired up several times, but she now has one tire that has gone completely flat and one that the spare tire is being used on! Receiving help with getting new tires would help her out tremendously to be able to transport her four children to and from appointments and activities!

A foster child in your area is needing assistance with insuring that she has enough clothes for summer. She is a preteen and hoping to attend summer camp this year. Having clothing that is weather-appropriate will be vital to making sure that she is comfortable. By assisting this family, you will also be taking financial weight off of a devoted and caring single foster mom, who not only is caring for a foster child, but also for her own three children. Your help would be very much appreciated!