Our Weirton office received a desperate call from a single father who was trying to make ends meet since being laid off from his job with the oil and gas industry. A few months ago he was making great money, paying off debt, and supporting his son independently through that income. Unfortunately, as frequently happens with the oil and gas …
A Forever Home
“Thank you so much for coming today. Our adoption would not have happened without you. You saved this boy, and I will never forget that. You also listened to me complain throughout the whole process, which I will also never forget. Seriously you are what every CASA should strive for.” This was the adoptive father for a 12 year old …
“She could no longer lift her arms to wash and comb her hair.”
Ms. B, I02 years old, lives alone in a senior high rise. She had someone coming twice a month to clean for her and paid her $50 each time for about 4 hours of cleaning per day. She received home delivered lunches from our nutrition program. The person she had cleaning has stopped coming, because she needed more hours of …
“A client’s family home was slipping away from them inches at a time.”
In April 2018 a client’s family home was slipping away from them inches at a time. The hillside where the house sits was sliding, and the foundation walls and basement floors were cracking. The house was deemed unsafe to live, but there was no one who could assist the family in moving out of the home. The insurance company stated …
When Insurance Doesn’t Cover The Costs
On a cold December 2018 morning, we received a call that a family’s home caught fire and the family needed assistance. DAT (Disaster Action Team – a group of volunteers on call 24 hours a day) responded and met with the family. The head of household, at first, was not willing to accept the assistance as he felt embarrassed. Then …
“My life has been affected by addiction.”
“My life has been affected by addiction. I am currently facing felony drug convictions. I am living without my children. I even get treated differently at the hospitals because I have substance use disorder. My mother has taken on the role of full-time grandma, and cares for my four children. My children are growing up without me right now, and …
“My friend had a bad reaction to a syringe of heroin and died in the car…”
“I was 16 when I started smoking pot with my friends. It quickly escalated from pot to different drugs. I tried cocaine and didn’t like it, but pain pills and heroin (now there is a drug) were more my speed. Pain pills are easy to get without much trouble, heroin is a little harder (only a little) to get. So …
Before Care Program
“One family that uses our Before-Care service is a teacher for Marshall County Schools, and her husband works the midnight shift. They have two children that attend Before-Care, so Mom can make it on time to do morning duty at her school, while Dad is finishing up the night shift. The mother commented that the program is really helpful on …
Mentoring
“Breezie and her sister, Kabreya were matched with their mentor, Vania in April 2014. They were 10 and 8 years old, respectively. The girls lived with two older sisters and their grandmother, Beverly, who was raising them. At the time of the match, the girls’ mother was not in a position to keep them and their father was incarcerated. Beverly …
Out of His Shell
“A parent came to me before the program and stated she didn’t have enough money to allow her child to participate in my program but informed me her son could really use a program like this, she informed me her son had very low self-esteem, was overweight, and had a very hard time in school making friends, not to mention …