Mountainview Christian Church

Foster mom has anywhere between 3 and 5 teenagers in her home at any given time. She works will all of her placements on independent living skills to include helping them get jobs and extra curriculars. Currently she has a 13 year old and 16 year old girl that would really benefit from bikes. The 16 year old is currently walking about a mile each way for work and a bike would significantly help in maintain this job. Additionally, the 16 year old helps watch the 13 year old over school breaks so a bike for each girl would be used during this time. Their foster mom has paid for them to have a gym membership that is within biking distance but she is not always available to transport them. Thank you!

Youth is working on their independent living skills and is needing a bike so that he can get to and from his summer job. This bike would also improve this child's life by providing transportation to the gym while his kinship providers are at work.

Family is in need of help in the form of a grocery store gift card who is in great need and well deserving! Here is their story: A cousin has been caring for 3 kids on our case, ages 8, 9, and 16. This cousin is also very young, but she has been doing an amazing job caring for these kids for quite some time now. She makes sure they attend school and also monitors the 16-year old's newly diagnosed diabetes. The last few months have been very stressful and difficult, and any help would be greatly appreciated by the family.

This youth was recently placed in a kinship home unexpectedly . The youth's clothing and shoes were disposed of by previous placement. The youth is in need of clothing and shoes. This youth is interested in Nike brand if possible for gift cards, as well as Walmart, Target, Kohls, or Visa Gift Cards. Any support is appreciated.

The youth is waiting for a residential placement. He enjoys reading novels and joke books and would like some books to keep him busy while he waits for placement.

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Kinship provider is maternal grandmother. They are moving into a new home and she needs help with a rug and a dresser for her grandson. He is three years old. I have provided links to items below that would be great, or anything similar. Caseworker is happy to buy the items if a amazon gift card is provided.

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Children are currently place in Kinship care with aunt and uncle who could use some support with these items as they have limited income. The kin family has been able to manage their household expenses without any assistance but now their household size has increased.

Rollaway bed for a 6-year-old boy and a booster chair.

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The mother of 15 year old twins died unexpectedly yesterday. The children are staying with maternal grandmother until the Department can come up with a new placement plan for them. The apartment complex they were staying in with their mother is refusing to let them back into the apartment to get any personal belongings. The Department is trying to contact the apartment complex to gain entry, but in the meantime the children have nothing. Requesting a visa card or walmart/target gift card so the children can get hygiene products and basics such as underwear, socks, clean tshirts, etc.

Navigators are preparing to go out into the community to distribute essential hygiene supplies to homeless families in need. We are currently collecting the following items in bulk:

Deodorant Body wipes Toothbrushes Toothpaste

Your support can make a real difference in someone’s daily life. If you can help by donating these items we would be greatly appreciative. These items can be purchased in bulk at Amazon.

Thank you for standing with us to support our neighbors in need!

A youth I am working with is applying for jobs. He does not have a car or driver's permit at this time. When talking about how he would physically get to his job, he said he planned to use his first paycheck to buy himself a bike. I asked him if I could use CarePortal to request a bike from the community, he said he would think about it. He finally agreed to allow me to make this request! The bike that he is interested in are linked here: Go To Link Go To Link

The youth is 15 years old and average height (under 6 foot tall). He said that he would be so grateful for any bike, even if it is not the ones linked. Thank you!

Single mom who recently became unemployed seeking assistance for a bicycle to use to get to work. She has fallen behind her car payments and reports her car will be repossessed. She hopes to obtain a bike that is "sturdy with good wheels" as she describes needing a bike to support a larger person. I will add a helmet would be useful to ensure safety.

Two children have been recently placed into kinship care with their aunt and cousin. This was unexpected and the aunt is needing assistance with getting groceries stocked for the children.