by Laurie Sternberg | Jan 30, 2018 | Client Profiles, Donors, Furniture, Spotlight
Andrea has four kids, ages 6, 5, 5 and 8 months. She also has a baby on the way, which means she needs a double stroller sooner rather than later. While she had a double stroller for her older kids, she gave it to her cousin who was pregnant with twins. While Andrea...
by Laurie Sternberg | Nov 20, 2017 | Beds, Client Profiles, Community Needs, FID Fundraisers, Furniture, Giving Tuesday, Spotlight
Linda is battling a rare autoimmune neuromuscular disorder, Myasthenia Gravis. This disease effects less than 1% of the US population. It causes a person great pain and fatigue, and eventual immobility. Linda said that within a few years, she will be confined to a...
by Laurie Sternberg | Oct 3, 2017 | Car Repair, Client Profiles, Spotlight
Paula and her 12-year-old daughter, Fayth, had a hard time of it over the last year as their small family struggled with Paula’s breast cancer diagnosis. Treatment involved removing Paul’s breast. While the good news is that Paula survived the scare, she...
by Laurie Sternberg | Aug 11, 2017 | Client Profiles, Emergency Assistance, Furniture, Thankfulness Thursday
Meet Crystal, a home health care worker for six years with a Certified Nursing Assistant diploma. Crystal, twenty-seven, is mom to six-year old Isaiah, who will be entering first grade this fall. Crystal heard about Friends In Deed (FID) from a friend who referred...
by Laurie Sternberg | Jun 20, 2017 | Beds, Client Profiles, Furniture, Spotlight
Lisa, an amputee, is a single mom with kids, and she’s been looking for a place to live for a long time. Now that she has one, she realized it would take her almost a year to fill it with basic-needs furniture without the help of Friends In Deed. “I really...
by Laurie Sternberg | Jun 20, 2017 | Client Profiles, Emergency Assistance, Spotlight
Jessica is a security officer with two kids, ages 3 and 11. When her rent went up unexpectedly from $192 to $600, her budget took a hit. Things were made worse by the timing because her rent went up after she got paid. When most of her paycheck went to the rent...
