(updated May 12, 2008)

I have been away from Aidpage, but not completely out of the picture. What I have I been up to?

I had been making many attempts to still get the word out about what I am doing, but I had not been received well at a couple places:

• Myspace kicked me off four times. The fourth time, I managed to keep the page running for a few months, and I logged in only to discover that I was removed once again. I am not sure what their reasoning was. It was a description of how I was helping others. I had helped many families through that page so it was very disappointing, and I lost track of people in line to receive help.
  
• I posted a page on Squidoo.com. and that page, too was removed after receiving a lot of criticism from members there. I wasnt asking for money; only describing how I was helping others. Apparently I seemed a little too good to be true or people just didnt believe me.

I HAVE been accepted with open arms at WishUponAHero.com. I am very active there under the name 'The Empty Hanger' Here is how I have helped and currently help others. To date, I have granted over 20 wishes, and more that is not tallied on the site.

• Sending cards for birthdays, encouragement, friendship, sympathy. That just costs a stamp!
• Offering advice on situations
• Sending books (via media mail)
• Sending spiritual literature (I returned to church in January accepting Jesus into my life)
  
• Sending small packages of clothes
• Sending coupons
• Sending school supplies
  
• Sending my old eyeglass frames to woman who cannot afford new ones. (current)
• Workiing on a HUGE giveaway starting May 1st for WUAH. (shipping covered by anonymous donor)
  

OTHER CHANGES

• 'The Empty Hanger' has been scaled back to a local operation. It was a difficult decision. Aside from what I do above, I still manage to provide packages of good usable clothing to persons in need. I find them at the local food pantry mostly, and word of mouth. Someone will email me at projectemptyhanger@mail2me.com, and we arrange a mutual public meeting place for the person's safety and mine. Its worked out pretty well, and I bypass shipping costs altogether. I do ask a lot of questions beforhand, because my genorisity has been taken advantage of on several occasions, and it is how I screen people. I find that those that are evasive are not being honest with me.
• I am considering turning over 'The Empty Hanger' as an outreach project at my church.

ADVOCACY

• Alzheimer's Awareness My dad passed away from the disease January 21st, 2008. He was diagnosed in 2003, and we watched this independant and strong man fight for a long time until we had to place him in a nursing home in 2006. It wiped us out financially and emotionally. I've currently been put into a position to help my mom who lost his pension (because she was not married to him when he retired). I use his likeness in many ways to help educate others about Alzheimer's. I am beginning an initiative for leglislation so that no other families should be forced into poverty for making the decision to place a totall dependant loved one into long-term care. You can view a video I made by visiting the following link: Alzheimer's Video
• NEW! I also have changed my dad's tribute page to one of an Alzheimer's Awareness subject matter. It is called: Alzheimer's: Know More. I have also created tshirts and other merchandice to raise funds to donate to my local Alzheimer's association.
  
• Go to the tribute page.
  

If your family is affected by this disease and need some advice or just to talk, please email me at projectemptyhanger@mail2me.com, and put 'Alzheimers' in the subject line.

Elaine, for all your help and support to 'The Empty Hanger'

Staff and Admin of Aidpage for your support

Everyone here who reads and takes interest in my little endeavor!

I'm having a rummage sale! (Updated May 12th)

Locally, my mobile home community is having a rummage sale at the beginning of June. I am hoping to raise enough money on my own so that I can use some of the proceeds to send out a few more packages. My family has been busily cleaning out the house and garage, and wow the treasures that we accumulate in a year.

If you live in the Northwest Indiana area, and are interested in learning more about my community's rummage sale, please don't hesistate to ask. I will be offering discounts to my local friends at Wish Upon A Hero, and I am offering the same here on Aidpages. For details, please ask.

I like to do volunteer work and help with children that lack basic needs.  I love children, but have none of my own.  I have helped out several single parent familes around the holidays for the past few years.  I've found that some families need ongoing help all year and not just at the holiday season.  I have been a public school employee for 22 years, and serve on a local church board.  I prefer to help someone directly without going through an organization.  I've done volunteer work before for organizations and was surprised at how much of the donated funding was spent on administrative expenses, and how little went to the recipients.   I really like the concept of Aidpage. 

Please e-mail me direct at..... Troublentaken@msn.com ... thank you!

I am desperately needing boy baby newborn clothes.  My due date is 11/18/2006.  I just lost my job and we are living on a fixed income.  I have 2 other children to feed and clothe.  A girl who will be 4 in Sept. and a boy who will be 3 in Sept.  Please mail the baby clothes to me at:

Myers

106-1/2  2nd Ave. NW

Mandan, ND 58554

Thank you and god bless you all!

I have a GROUND FLOOR GIANT - Georgia Launch Energy De-regulation.

This is a great opportunity to make and save money on your utilities. 

Check it out now:  http://msdlcraig.igniteinc.biz

Thanks and God Bless!!

My children are in desparate need of school clothes and supplys if any one wants to donate used or new items let me know. my 11 year old wears a size 11 regular and my 4 year old wears around a size four. Thankyou for listening and any donations even used would be helpfull.

 My name on here is sadmommy77 and over all I am still a sadmommy, it's my nature. Our life got turned upside down a while back and I never thought we make our way out. Still have doubts sometimes, but hey we got our heads out of the water...finally! After a year of nightmares and heartaches I had my doubts about Christmas. After all nothing else was working out right.

  I  made a post about our story on here, not expecting, hoping but not expecting help. A lovely person took time out to write me and that alone made my eyes smiles. Then she sent me some wonderful things that I know my daughter will love! What she did for me and my child..words can not even explain the act of kindness. She is my angel.

  Anyway, while we are still struggling with some things, we are making it thru this. still looking for a home that will allow my pets. Fingers crossed and big prayers, I think we found one. We was able to get a tree  and bought a couple outfits for my daughter from the missing children's thrift store and SPCA store. So while we got great deals on gently used cloths for my daughter we also helped out those charities by shopping there. I never thought about those places and they have such nice things.

 So I wanted to take my post down asking for help and put this post up. I have some things for young girls, mainly toys, that my daughter don't play with anymore, good to fair condition. They are for anyone who truly needs them. Only thing is you will have to pay for postage. I can not afford to do that.

My name is Francisco Lopez and I currently work as Director of Basketball Operations and Marketing Assistant for Notre Dame High School - Belmont, a private high school in the San Francisco Bay Area. I also occasionally work as a Public Address Announcer and/or Radio/Television Broadcaster for some local sports teams and programs. I have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years and I still believe that the San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most beautiful places in the world, especially San Francisco since I was born here. I truly love San Francisco for its beauty and nostalgia.

Hey  !! My name is Crystal Coleman I am 20 yrs old and I have two twin boys that are Five months old and their names are Trevor & Leland . They are my Life. . To start off. Evey since I was little I was always in a family that did drugs and stayed in trouble I never knew my mom very well because she was in and out of jail, and I finally met my real dad when I turned 18YRS.I grew up with two brothers one is in jail now and has been in jail since he was 16. My little brother in in high school now and it is his senior year. When i was little i was sexual molested by my Uncle.. I felt that i could not tell anyone but when i did i told my Grandparents because they were the one we called mom and dad . When i told them they didnt belive me so the sent me off to live with my aunt here in Texas.. When i moved here i was treated like crap i had to go to school, cook dinner , wash dishes , wash clothes, clean my aunts room and rub her feet in the middle of a a school night . Her thought on school was that it came after what she wanted me to do for her! I belived in school first .. Anyways I finally ran away from her house at the age of 17 , from their i lived from house to house, and went to school. Thats when i met my husband , I fell in love i thought he was the real thing so we got married Oct 28, 2006 , but little did i know that when I said i do i would be put threw Physicaly and Emotional abuse. ( I got married at 18) I just put up with the abuse because i had no family to run to ... When i got married i was still in High School my husband didnt want me to go to school because he thought i would flirt with the boys , and he didnt want me to go on any school trips for all the same reasons.. Well thats when it all strarted the first time he just punched me in the face once and called me many names but I belived that he loved me so I didnt want to leave him.. But i did and when I had no were to turn to or no one to turn to I went back to him ... and the abuse got worse i had just had my gawbladder taken out when he decided to beat me the second time i was on the couch he decided that he wanted me to go to bed with him and i told him i was not ready for bed that i would be in the room in a min , well he didnt like that he followed me to the bath room and beat me in the shower , when he was beating me I went into an asthma attack and and refused to give me my medication. I left him that time for the second time. But as you might know already i went back because i felt in love and i felt that I couldn't live with out him. The third time he beat me he stopped in the middle of the high way and was yelling at me i told him to get out and let me drive because he was driving crazy because a EMS worker waved at me , when he got out of his little blue GMC truck i slidded over to the drivers side and as i was reaching for the door my husband grabed the door and slamed my head and arm in it many times and left me on the side of the road . This time i was determined i was not going back to him my aunt let me move in and while i was at school she also let him move in felt traped so i was with him again.. The Last time he beat me i was pregnate My friend was going to throw a graduation party for me because i had grauated well i was maken glasses for my party that said Senior Class Of 2007 and in the middle of maken a glass my husband asked me a question I didnt understand him so i asked him what he said and he started beating me, little did i know i was pregnant he held me in a conner and beat me and when i tryied to call the cops he took the phone and beat me more and the tore the house phone out of the wall and called his step mom and told her not to let me use the phone... I got out and when i did i went to the hospital and i found out i was pregnant 2 weeks later i was so excited but when i went to the hospital i found out that i was suspost to have triplets but when my husband beat me i lost a child. I was so upset with him, i couldnt figure out why he would beat me so much and just think everything was ok. I stayed away from my husband for 4 months and then i decided i was going to give him one more chance and this time it was not for me it was for the kids.. Well i didnt go threw physical abuse this time it was all emotional abuse this last time and i ended up having my babys earily because of all of stress and stuff he made me do , When i had the kids i thought it would change my kids lived in the hospital for 35 days after they were born i never got to touch my babys when they were born just a little while after they were in the hospital. They had so many cords on them because i had them 2 months earily. I went everyday to see my babys and my husband started getting jelious so i told him he better fix his act because if he didnt that the kids and i was leavin because we didnt have to put up with his crap. When the babys got out it was getting worse he didnt want me to have anything to do with my kids, and remember me telling you that my kids are my world well my kids gave me the strength to leave him for good , I went to a Family Abuse Center for a week now im living with a friend and i am getting a divorce. Every now and then I think mabey I should just go back because it might be easyier to just live with him because I have no car , no money and no house, but you know what  I refuse to go back to him when im breaking down and thinking about going back I listen to music . I Call this a Lesson Learned, and hold my two wonderful boys . Because it was a lesson Learned . I learned the hard way , but alway turn to god even when no one eles is their he is!! God knows what i went threw and he will take care of it at the end!!

My name is Robert Burroughs, I have three children, Micah 9, Noah7 and Olivia4. My problem is this, four years ago I had to have almost 30 pieces of  titainiom put in my back from a accedent. I am reciving 772.00 a month on disability. We do not recive any help from the state because of my ex-wife. Please help us.     My number is 231-357-2508

hi my name is Francesca Johnson and i just got my 1st apartment. i am a single partent with 2 kids and 1 on the way. i got laid off my job that i had for 8 months. nobody wants to higher me because i am pregnant. i have no money to pay my bills and i just moved in my new place 2 months ago. please help me.

`I'AM A MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN MY DAUGHTER IS 16, MY YOUNGEST SON IS 1YEARS THE NEXT ONE IS FOUR YEARS AND THE OLDEST IS 13. I T'S BEEN KINDA ROUGH SINCE THEIR FATHER LEFT, WE WERE NOT GETTING ALONG  BUT WE STILL TRY TO TALK BECAUSE OF THE KIDS ALSO I'M NOT ABLE TO WORK AT THE PRESENT TIME BECAUSE I NEED TO HAVE A KNEE REPLACEMENT SO THEREFOR I CANNOT STAND FOR LONG HOURS AND TO TOP IT OFF I CAN'T SIT FOR A LONG TIME EITHER BECAUSE OF MY BACK I SUFFERING WITH A VERY SERIOUS BACK PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE LAST BABY SO IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO WORK I DONOT WANT TO COLLECT AND DISABILITY I'M ONLY 38 YEARS OF AGE I'M KEEPING THE FAITH I KNOW I WILL GET BETTER SO THAT I CAN PROVIDE FOR ME AND MY CHILDREN I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE IE FOR ALL OF US ALSO, I NEED TO MOVE IN A MUCH BIGGER PLACE SINCE MY FAMILY HAS GROWN BUT, EVEN THAT'S HARD WITHOUT WORKING YOU NEED TO HAVE MONEY TO MOVE THESE DAYS FOR 1ST MONTH AND LAST MONTH RENTS ALSO SECURITY AND THE AREA THAT I LIVE IN IS NOT QUITE THE BEST FOR MY CHILDREN ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT THE WORST, SO PLEASE IF YOU CAN HELP US THIS YEAR IT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

C. V.

I want to overcome a hardship. I'm a hardworking individual. I need clothes for me and my son. It difficult living for paycheck to paycheck.

How are  all u wonderful people. God Bless you all. I am in a financial bind. My 16 yr old daughter is going threw cervical cancer and is having surgery monday. All the money I did have is going toward her surgery. It's just about summer time and I don't even have the money to buy airconditioners for my kids. My trailor was hit in hurricane Katrina and our floors are falling in. I never have enough money to pay bills and no money to buy summer clothes for my kids. will someone please contact me with help.

p.o. box 254

dekalb, ms. 39328

Sabrina Clark

Hello my name is Patrice and I need Christmas Help for my 5 kids,I am a working mother to try to support my kids.I want nothing but the best for my children, but I am unable to get them toys , clothes for Christmas.If there is anyone who can help my I really do appreciate it with all mine heart.