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This one is hard to read: So tonight, you saved a life. I had planned to distro food tomorrow. But because Yasmin called me last night and you were able to give diabetic specific food to both people, I decided to go tonight.
He had been stabbed with a coat hanger by someone in a car playing pranks on homeless people. They offered a dollar, and when they (the homeless) reached in for it, they stabbed them. The others on my route were hurt but looked okay. He didn't.
His arm was hurting, and he was so out of it and stopped trying to find food. It sent his blood sugar plummeting. By the time I found him tonight, he was laying on the ground, barely conscious and in his altered state suicidal.
You gave me proper food for diabetics so I was able to get his blood sugar up with a small carb and then have him eat the balanced meal with a medical protein shake and re-address his blood sugar and get it to normal levels.
I almost didn't go tonight. He has never been suicidal before, but his blood sugar has never been so out of control before. So many things led to my going tonight instead of tomorrow as planned....and it saved his life.
Thank you, J
A woman approached me near the end of the line that winds through the pantry Gus Garcia Rec center each week. She grabbed my hand and said "this pantry is the only thing that has kept us from starving as my disability payment isn't enough for food after I pay the rent."
I Think about what we do and this is so humbling.
Below is Carols Kindness impact for the 1st 6 months of 2025
Kiki shared this with me today. " I helped a young lady name Sarah! She was on the corner of 7th in front of P Terry. 6 months pregnant (well so she thought) and on drugs with a sign saying she was pregnant and needed food. I helped her connect with her family and took her to the doctor and got her on methadone.
She found out she was 8 months had her baby 2 weeks later and is now in Nexus in Dallas healing and getting sober with her baby."
WELCOME HOME.
I cried alot today. I cried relief for the individuals who signed leases today. Some sat in shock mixed with hope that tonight they would have an address and sleep in a new bed. For years, many have slept in places not suitable for living, outdoors, vehicles, and camps! I wept.
I showed up today to cheer them.
Before leaving I passed out bubbles for them to celebrate privately in their new apartments. A reminder to just breathe when anxiety tries to steal their joy.
It will take weeks or months for many to truly feel HOME! Tonight I send BIG love and my virtual JOY bubble machine!!
Love Kim The PFaith House
Stories from four friends this week. One got an ID at DPS after not having one for 27 years: “I feel human again,” she marveled. One says she has suffered because no one will house her when they find out she has mental health problems: “I want a place where I might fit in.” One got housed a week ago: “I spent 3 of the past 7 nights there,” he said, “it’s a big change…it’s very quiet.” And one who wept, recounting a tale of mental abuse and withholding of medical treatment in jail. “You have PTSD,” I told him. “I never knew it had a name,” he replied, tears rolling down his face. The people we serve at Charlie are survivors.
We received the check from your bank and the funds will be used to support a young woman whose name is Brandy. She’s OK with me using her name and she would like to give a testimony about us to you when she gets stabilized in her apartment. We were able to get her car out of impound and repaired and have given her some funding for groceries and supplies for her son so he could go back to school. This is the direct effect of your donation so far.
We received the check from your bank and the funds will be used to support a young woman whose name is Brandy. She’s OK with me using her name and she would like to give a testimony about us to you when she gets stabilized in her apartment. We were able to get her car out of impound and repaired and have given her some funding for groceries and supplies for her son so he could go back to school. This is the direct effect of your donation so far.
Courtney with Survive2thrive
We have found that if any room in a mobile home will go bad, it is the bathroom. Such was the case with a lady from Columbia Falls. She called because she had a leak that required immediate work. When we got there we could see that it would need a do over to get the bathroom back in working order. The pipes were corroded and needed replacing, the vanity with the sink in it needed to be replaced as did the toilet. The flooring was rotted through so we were able to replace the subfloor and install new flooring that was donated to us by Cost Less Carpet. The part you played in this project cost $500.00. Thank you for helping to make this possible.
Sincerely, Jim Atkinson and the
Senior Mobile Home Repair Program Board
Carol & Jerry Rabun at Carol's Kindness Plus have a volunteer Jeff who LOVES to give out donated sandwiches he gets from one of the warehouses. Wednesday he went out. Stopped at a wooded area hollered "anyone in there" a person called out. Turned out he was a one legged homeless man in a wheelchair. With all the rain we have had he couldn't roll out to get food. Jeff gave him sandwiches for that day then pb&j with granola in them for the next few days. It was a great day . They both got a blessing❤
Recently a lady called Senior Mobile Home Repair asking if we could fix her back door that was peeling somewhat. After assessing the situation, we found that the jamb was rotted out, the door casing was bad, she needed a new door which had to be cut to fit and her outside steps were rotted out. Thanks to you and other donors, we were able to get her back entry into livable condition so that now she can be safer in her home. Your contribution to this project was $222.93. Thank you so much for helping make this repair possible.
Sincerely,
Jim Atkinson and the Senior Mobile Home Repair
Dianne (Center) and some of the pantry setup crew. We are having 150 families/individual show up with total in families over 450 EVERY WEEK.
One of our new volunteers told us "this is the first time anyone was nice to us at a pantry, letting us select our own food items and help out. Makes us feel respected. "
"I am so happy to help this morning and be able to help others. Makes me feel valueable. "
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