Some
of our recent requests:
Eliza
has four children under 15, and
worked full-time long before her
husband left the family. Her job
a a manufacturing plant was downsized
twice before the holidays, and
then she was laid off in January.
Eliza managed to get by until
the end of the month, when she
came to ICM for help. Her water
had been shut off for a week,
and a kind neighbor was letting
her "borrow" water in
buckets for use by the family.
ICM paid the water bill, gave
her additional funds towards the
electric bill (it was still cold
at that time) and some food and
clothes for the children. Eliza
told us that her biggest fear
was that her daughters would be
embarrassed by having to come
to a food bank.
Jack had worked hard all his life
in construction. But he was no
longer working because of multiple
surgeries for a bad back and knees.
He was raising three grandchildren
by himself, and had a disability
income of $900 a month. Jack came
to ICM as school started last
fall, and needed school supplies
and clothes for the children.
He described it as being "down
on his luck." ICM staff helped
him with food and other basics,
and helped him pick out clothing
for his grandchildren. Jack has
been back since, and tells staff
he "prays for this place."
YOUR
SUPPORT IS NEEDED NOW MORE THAN
EVER!