About Resources at a Glance:

This page was created in response to an AidMate who has had eye surgery and simply can't tolerate much online search. I'll be adding to the list below, so check back from time to time.

Happy hunting all you advocate AidPagers!

Nichy Links
http://www.nichcy.org/resources/default.asp

Loans for People
http://www.prosper.com/

National United Way
http://national.unitedway.org/

Georgia Dept of Human Services
http://dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site/DHR

Modest Needs
http://www.modestneeds.org

United Health Care Children’s Foundation (grants)
http://www.unitedhealthcarechildrensfoundation.org

Open Directory Project
http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Philanthropy/Organizations/Cheer_and_Support/Wish_Fufillment/

Prescription Assistance for those w/o Insurance
https://www.pparx.org/Intro.php

USDA Rural Development
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/common/program_info.htm#SFH

Operation Breakthrough
http://www.operationbreakthrough.org/about.htm

Free Cycle
http://www.freecycle.org

Micro Giving Community
http://www.microgiving.com

Food at a Discount, w/ or w/o Food Stamps!
http://www.angelfoodministries.com/about.asp

Locate Your Insurance Docs at a Glance
http://www.americaninsurancedepot.com/lost.htm

Non Profit Warehouse
http://www.nonprofitwarehouse.com

Medicine At Little or NO Cost!
http://www.bridgestoaccess.com/

National Transplant Financial Assistance
http://www.transplants.org

Free Medical Camps
http://www.freemedicalcamps.com/index.php

Idilogic , History of and Free Grant Resources
http://www.idilogic.com/about.htm

 Hello,

 Some time ago we committed to deciding to help out families who are in need of financial assistance due to mortgage troubles by using Prosper as a tool.  Unfortunately, before we can begin to help others by lending to them through Prosper.com, we need a little help ourselves -- temporary help, for the months of May and June.  Our situation is as follows: We have a 2 & 1/2 year old son and want him to be happy.  We want to keep our home.  I became unemployed about a year ago and my wife remained working, but during this time we always paid our mortgage on time.  We wanted to hold on to our home. 

We can accept money through Paypal to the address of:  pcvcolin@yahoo.com

The situation became dire when my retirement account and credit cards were depleted; fortunately, at that point, I was offered a job.  Now both me and my wife are working again, both of us with good-paying government jobs (steady income).  With the new income, the mortgage lending company, Citicorp, did allow us to go for a modification to our loan, and while they did review our pay stubs, they gave us a new monthly payment that was so high that there will be no way for us to pay it.  Additionally, Citicorp demanded payment on the 11th of this month instead of waiting to the end of the month and threatened foreclosure (an senseless and mean threat, particularly since they agreed to defer payments for the last couple months and since they agreed to approve my modification; their threat is especially mean-spirited considering I paid them on time for the year when I was unemployed, using my retirement account money).

So, we have realized we will have to leave Citicorp and refinance.  Unfortunately the threat of foreclosure means that we have to pay them on the 11th.  While we have the money to do this we do not have the money for other things, like food, gasoline, and bills.  We ask for your help in whatever you can contribute to get us through the months of May and June; by the end of May we expect to be completely out of Citicorp and refinanced into a better loan, and by the end of June we will have recovered from this debacle.

After June we will begin to set aside money to lend to people through Prosper.com who have had mortgage troubles and who cannot get loans through ordinary lending institutions.  Help us position ourselves to help other people ~ please consider making a small contribution today.

You can see my credit details, photos, and a lender discussion of the Prosper.com that I myself received that helped me a few months ago to save my home when Citicorp first began to threaten our family.   See these details by linking to:  https://www.prosper.com/lend/listing.aspx?listingID=102009

Hello!  I am a very outgoing person who is interested in helping others.  

 I began exploring the world when in 1988 I was invited with a select group of young singers to go to the Dublin Millennium -- the thousandth anniversary of Dublin.  Going abroad to perform really sparked my interest in global affairs, and along with what I had been taught since childhood -- to go forth and help others -- this led to my eventual recruitment, from when I was a student at a University, to join the U.S. Peace Corps. 

After graduation from the University and my entry into the Peace Corps, I initially was given an assignment to the Congo for acquaculture work, but due to civil war I was reassigned to El Salvador, where I lived in the "campo" (rural areas), living and working very closely with the people of that wonderful country.  Together with others I worked extensively on water and sanitation projects and local government formation in a post-war context.  I loved El Salvador, where I met my wonderful wife, who works as a Chronic Disease Prevention Coordinator for the County of Monterey.  We now have a child, Gabriel, who is two years old, and he is incredible, surprising and amazing us as only a child can, every single day.

We now live on the beautiful Central Coast of California.  On March 5, 2007 I began work for a local City as a Neighborhood Services Coordinator, facilitating community meetings, helping to implement goals of the City Council as part of an older Neighborhood Services program quote, "to strengthen the social fabric of neighborhoods."  I absolutely love my job and am really happy to be able to be given a new opportunity to help people in the context of public service.