I have a mother who is going back to school to get her GED. She is currently looking for a job but is in the process of getting a paid internship. She struggles with mental and physical health issues that has caused finding and keeping a job difficult. She is needing the first month of rent paid.

This is a single parent household. The single father is currently residing with 3 children, ages 19 (boy), and 7 (twins - boy and a girl) in the home. There is another 16 your boy will be returning to the home from a foster care placement. It is the goal to keep the family reunited. All children in the home have some special needs. The family has limited financial resources and the current furniture in the home is very old.
The father asked for assistance with at least one twin or queen bed for the 16 old son and bunk beds for the twins who stills sleeping in small toddler beds. The father also asked for a dresser for his 16-year-old son.

A single mother is needing assistance paying for her child's new cleats and flag football gear.

Hello! I have a single mom with 4 children that was recently rehoused. She has to maintain the yard and is need of a working push mower. She has been approached by her new neighbors about the yard and doesn't have the means to purchase one right now. Her children are teenagers and can help her with the yard work. Can anyone assist with this need?

A single mother, who is trial reunification with her daughter, needs help paying her rent due to having to take time off to adjust with her daughter in her home. This money will be used to support the family and preserve the placement.

Family is in need of two twin sized mattresses, the bed frames and bedding have been secured.

We have a foster family caring for 9 children that had to purchase a new vehicle this weekend. Their van died suddenly and this was not a planned purchase. They had to use most of their funds for the down payment, and are requesting help with groceries for the rest of this month. Please consider funding this need or purchasing a Kroger gift card. This family has three different sibling sets they foster. Thank you, Courtney

One of our members has a washer and dryer to donate. A newly arrived refugee family with a disabled child is in great need of these donated units. We are looking for help from our church to pick up and deliver the washer and dryer. A pick up truck is needed, also volunteers to load, unload and install.

I met a young single mom, yesterday who is facing homelessness. She and her 12 year old daughter currently live in an apartment with her mother and are being evicted on Sunday evening. The grandmother has a place to go but this mom and her 12 year old do not. She is on a list to move in to housing in 4-7 days. She hopes to get a job in the Ruckersville area within walking distance of Food Lion.
GRACE can likely help her with first months rent when she gets in, but cannot help her with both first months rent and a hotel stay until the apartment becomes available. We are seeking nights at a hotel or an available room where she and her daughter can stay until getting the apartment. Please reach out if you can help with this. If different churches pay each church needs to make a different reservation which would be difficult. Current rate is around $140 a night. Let me know how many nights you could cover for her and I will start a reservation with that many nights and ask that you either send funds through GRACE or stop in the hotel and pay cash towards the reservation.

April showers bring May flowers! We’re sowing seeds of hope within the foster care community, connecting with kind and compassionate individuals to help us find safe and affordable housing for Sherry, Kaya, and Kennedy. We’re praying for a harvest soon, as they must be fully moved out of their home by the end of June. Kennedy is preparing to graduate from high school in just a few weeks and is stepping into the next chapter of adulthood. Cameron has been thriving in New York; he's already received a glowing letter of praise from a client for being so helpful! Sherry recently started a new job assisting a senior during the day, and Kaya has been a big help in organizing, packing, and preparing for the upcoming move. If you know of anyone who might have a room available for the girls or for Sherry, please reach out. As always, we are deeply grateful for your continued support each month. Please select “Fund” when donating.