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Read below some of the differences "Change for a Dollar" has made in the community. Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-66171209522061010522019-10-28T15:57:00.000-07:002019-10-28T15:57:23.218-07:00Two homeless girls given bicycles – October 26, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A Summerville woman who has had a passion for helping the
poor and homeless in the community is a bus driver for the local schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her route at times takes her to some of the
poorer communities in Summerville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
year on her route was a homeless family, a single Mom with several kids, was
temporarily staying at a friend’s house for a couple of months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The woman got to know the two new girls and
found out that they were homeless and they never had a bicycle of their
own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the other kids in this neighborhood
had bicycles but these girls always were left out of group bike rides with
neighborhood kids. The bus diver known for helping out those in need did not
have the means to assist at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
approached Change for a Dollar for possible assistance and two bicycles were
purchased from Walmart and given to the bus driver to give to the girls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Two girl’s bikes - $196.00 </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-90070471720179351912019-10-28T15:44:00.002-07:002019-10-28T15:44:53.227-07:00Disabled woman forced to move – needed bed – October 22, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A disabled Summerville woman was forced to move from her
neighborhood as a result of gentrification.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The property owner was removing the several rental trailers on the
property to make way for development of new homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The woman had lived in the trailer for many
years and when asked to move out she was blessed to find another rental trailer
only a short distance away in neighboring Lincolnville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the move the bed was left behind as it
was in very poor shape and she began sleeping on an inflatable air
mattress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was very difficult for
her because her disability was related to a bad hip and getting up and down was
very difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a Dollar was
approached for assistance and was able to have a twin mattress and frame
shipped to her new home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Twin bed $219.07 </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-40093191253874568472019-10-19T21:48:00.000-07:002019-10-19T21:48:21.268-07:00Young family sharing a vehicle needed tires – October 14, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A young family in Summerville was working hard to support
their family of five.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They only had one
vehicle between them and both mom and dad worked full time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The couple both work for small businesses and
don’t have large salaries but are doing their best to raise their kids and pay
the bills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have a very busy
schedule with day care and jobs at different locations and are juggling the
sharing of the car and dropping each other off at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had gotten a blow out and were driving
on the “donut” spare when Change for Dollar noticed it and offered to
assist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon inspection of the other tires
it was apparent that the vehicle was in need of two tires as one of the other
tires had very little tread left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change
for a Dollar wanted the family to have good tires for transporting all the kids
around so two tires were purchased for the vehicle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Two tires $118.48 </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-22753812735165131572019-10-19T21:35:00.000-07:002019-10-19T21:35:20.445-07:00Teachers help family victims of a shooting – October 10, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Two local teachers helped out a family that were victims of
a shooting where a student was shot at the end of the summer break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teachers, a husband and wife, took in one
of the family members upon discharge from the hospital to care for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally they took in other family
members that were later released from the hospital as there was too much trauma
for the family to return to their home at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a Dollar was approached to see if
there was some way to help the family with the additional financial burden they
incurred while caring for the family of the student that was shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A food gift card was purchased to help replenish
the family pantry and offset food costs to help with the other costs of housing
the survivors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">BiLo gift card - $100 </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-5674556769811255322019-10-19T21:19:00.000-07:002019-10-19T21:19:45.132-07:00Man struggles to recover from “perfect storm” – October 1, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A local Summerville man who was down on his luck is a friend
of a fellow who attends a small group at Ashley Ridge Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was revealed that he was struggling all
around as several of life’s challenges struck him all at once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of that was he had lost his job in the
midst of it all and was very despondent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The gentleman from the small group works in construction and was aware
through his contacts of a hotel renovation job that was out of state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was able to get this fellow a job, which
was ideal as he was able to stay at the hotel rent free for the duration of the
job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The small group took up a donation
to help with his transportation to the job but he needed some basic tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a Dollar was approached and assisted
with paying for the purchase of some hand tools to get him started.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Home Depot hand tools - $120.18 </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-35382620689261688702019-10-19T21:05:00.002-07:002019-10-19T21:05:33.423-07:00Chef Jackets for homeless woman – September 24, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A women at the local homeless shelter in Summerville had
been able to secure a better paying job as a chef at a local hotel
kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A significant step up from the
fast food restaurants she had been working.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She was required to wear a chef’s jacket on the job but only had one and
had to wash it every night and it was a bit stained. The shelter has a good
supply of clothing and does get uniform donations at times but no chef jacket
was available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a Dollar offered
to assist by getting her both long sleeve and short sleeve jackets so she now
can have a clean one for work each day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Four Chef jackets - $91.34 </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-15215477794824893032019-10-19T20:54:00.002-07:002019-10-19T20:54:43.673-07:00Application Study bibles for Homeless women – September 23, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Several women from a local homeless shelter have been
attending a weekly bible study facilitated by a local church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The shelter has several bibles that were
donated but were standard bibles without any application notes that the women felt
were not easily readable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a
Dollar was approached to see if we could help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A women’s edition NIV application study bible was found on line and
several were ordered for the ladies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They now fully enjoy participating as they find the application notes
and supplemental material in the text allows them to more fully participate
each week in the study.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Three bibles - $128.28 </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-50798615899565530352019-09-14T08:08:00.001-07:002019-09-14T08:08:31.288-07:00Homeless woman needed uniform for work – August 30, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A local Summerville homeless woman was seeking employment as she
worked to get back on her feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
local homeless shelter she was staying at was able to help her with clothing
but the job she was seeking required that she have specialized clothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was working at a large hotel chain which
required the maintenance and housekeeping staff to wear hospital like scrubs
for the job, something the shelter did not have on hand and no donations of
such were forth coming to the facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Change for a Dollar was approached for assistance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C4$ bought her a pair of black hospital scrubs
for her job.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Uniform /scrubs – $37.41 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-56105289870589864012019-09-14T07:48:00.000-07:002019-09-14T07:55:31.915-07:00Assisted homeless woman return to Connecticut – August 24, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A local Summerville homeless woman was staying at a shelter
upon arrival from Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was
having difficulty staying employed and was looking into other options.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During her 2 month stay in Summerville she
had been communicating with family in Connecticut and had been able to
reconnect with her once estranged father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In discussing options with the family it became possible for her to go
back to Connecticut and stay with her father and stepmother until she found
employment and was able to get a place of her own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She did not have enough funds for the trip up
north so Change for a Dollar was approached for assistance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C4$ was able to get her a train ticket from Charleston
and gave her a few dollars travel money to get to her father’s place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Amtrak ticket and travel money – $67 + $50 = $117</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-38503636531346902382019-09-14T07:38:00.001-07:002019-09-14T07:38:20.210-07:00Disabled woman moving assistance – August 23, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A local Summerville woman who is disabled recently needed to
move from her trailer because the property owner was removing the trailers and selling
the property for development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
receives a regular monthly disability payment but lacked the full amount needed
for the deposit on moving into a new rental property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a Dollar was approached for
assistance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The full deposit was six hundred
dollars and Change for a Dollar was able to assist with a portion of the
deposit which helped her get relocated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She has since moved in and is very appreciative for the help.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Rental Deposit Assistance - $150.00</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-2074111490129158572019-08-11T19:51:00.003-07:002019-08-11T19:51:21.325-07:00Kids in need of uniforms and school supplies – August 3, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A couple of local kids who have been guests of Expanding the
Table and have attended ARC youth program are from families that struggle
greatly financially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the school
year beginning many budgets are stretched thin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An ARC volunteer approached C4$ for possible assistance to help with
school supplies and also the much needed uniforms for the kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The volunteer did some shopping at the local
Walmart for the kids and C4$ was able to reimburse her the cost of supplies and
clothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">School Supplies and clothing - $183.84</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A regular Expanding the Table guest who is disabled broke
her phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had it for many years and
it was a basic flip phone but it had seen better days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cell phones are practically a necessity these
days especially in the poor and homeless communities as it is a life line to
their world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This guest asked a
volunteer with ETT if there was a way to get a new phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was not looking for a Smartphone, but
just a regular replacement for her old phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Change for a Dollar checked with Walmart and they had a pay as you go
phone that was very similar to her old phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>C4$ picked up the phone and two monthly payment cards for unlimited talk
and text.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Phone and two phone cards - $76.94<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">An elderly Summerville woman who is homeless was dropped off
at the local woman’s shelter by the police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They were concerned as she was hungry and in need of a shower and had no
family or friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The shelter was full but
even so she was not appropriate as she was on social security and was not
interested in working full time, one of the shelter’s requirements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The police didn’t know what to do with her
and the staff at the shelter had tried to get her placed elsewhere but it was
getting late in the day and nothing was working out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a Dollar was approached to see if
we could assist in some manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C4$ was
able to put her up in a local hotel for two nights to allow her time to make
some calls and make more permanent arrangements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Two night’s hotel - $150<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This time of the year when the weather starts to get hot
many folks living in very modest conditions often suffer in the heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many live in homes with inoperative Air Conditioning
units or they may have moved into a place without one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several volunteers in the Expanding The Table mission over
the course of the past week were approached by guests with stories of having no
AC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One had moved to a new place without
it, another had their unit fail during a power surge during a lightning storm and
another had been without one for a couple of years and was asking if we could
possibly assist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully Change for a
Dollar had not had a request for assistance in a couple of weeks and there was
just enough funds to cover the three units. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The air conditioners were delivered to folks
at the meal serving site and several of the other guests offered to assist with their installations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lowes – 3 single room ACs - $642.64</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-17371137225120270992019-06-30T20:54:00.001-07:002019-06-30T20:57:30.002-07:00A homeless woman a wanted bible– June 21, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A woman who is homeless was able to be placed in the new
women’s homeless shelter in town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
shelter is a faith based shelter and will always have bibles on hand to share
with the guests if they desire one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was one guest at the facility who was feeling very blessed to have
a place to sort out her issues and had begun taking an interest in church
worship and bible studies and had requested a bible. The translation of the
bible she was reading was presenting some challenges for her given her reading
level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A volunteer had suggested the
NIrV translation, which is an early reader’s version, which is well suited for
youth and easy to read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While it was a youth
bible the woman was very excited to be able to easily read the chapters and
verses and was thrilled that the Word was coming alive for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also has two middle school children that
she thought when she visited with them they could read it together and
when she was ready for a different translation she planned to pass it on to her
kids.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">NIrV bible – $32.88</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A woman who visited Doty Park in Summerville had recently
become homeless and asked an Expanding the Table volunteer for help. The woman
who was a resident of Summerville left town a few weeks earlier to go to
another state with a boyfriend in hopes of a new start. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a few weeks there the boyfriend kicked
her out and she got on a bus to come back to the Lowcountry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had hoped to stay with her parents in Summerville
but upon return that was not an option.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ETT volunteer offered to put her up in a local
hotel for a couple of nights as the women’s homeless shelter was still a week
or so away from opening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The volunteer
asked if Change for a Dollar could help as well and we were able to extend her
stay for a few extra days to allow her time to try to make arrangements. We
paid for her three night stay at the local hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Economy Inn Hotel – 3 nights - $195.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A single mom who is a regular guest at the Expanding the
Table dinner has an autistic adult male son she cares for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a large young man who is prone to having
violent outbursts when he gets agitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His mother is able in part to keep him calm by allowing him to listen to
Gospel music on her cell phone but it is often problematic when she gets a call
or needs the phone herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a
Dollar was asking the folks at the serving site if there was anything we could
do to assist the mother to help with the son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In discussions it came up that the mother could afford to pay for
additional minutes on a phone plan but didn’t have enough money to purchase her
son his own phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a Dollar
offered to get the young man his own phone thereby allowing the mother to keep
her phone and in turn she could help control her son’s behavior/ outbursts by
him having his own phone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Walmart “pay as you go phone” and data plan cards. - $184.82</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A woman, who was acting as a Good Samaritan, contacted one
of the ARC volunteers she knew regarding a homeless woman she encountered at an
Interstate I26 rest stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The woman who was a resident of Texas for some
unknown reason got on a bus headed to the Lowcountry in hopes of finding a
place to stay and a job. The Good Samaritan woman brought her to the local Summerville
Community Resource Center in hopes of finding help for her. The ARC volunteer
asked if Change for a Dollar could help with a few days hotel stay for the
woman to help her have a place to try to come up with a plan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a Dollar assisted by paying for her
three nights stay in a hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Economy Inn - $195.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A Summerville woman who is a guest at Expanding the Table
recently became ill. The illnesses developed into serious chest congestion
where she wanted to go to the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She contacted one of the volunteers from the ETT ministry for a ride to
the hospital. Upon being seen in the ER she was diagnosed with pneumonia and
discharged with a couple of prescriptions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She has very limited income from a piece work job and she wasn’t able to
afford the medication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a
Dollar was asked to assist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We paid for
her three prescriptions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Publix Pharmacy - $31.61<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Ashley Ridge Church - Change for a Dollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11474914801380525051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164966077227561734.post-25211443149826597052019-04-24T18:02:00.001-07:002019-04-24T18:02:26.076-07:00Homeless man needed new tires on vehicle– April 13, 2019<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A man who is a guest at a local homeless has a vehicle for transportation
to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tires were in poor
condition and he got a flat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he
went for the spare it was dry rot and almost flat as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was stranded without two of the tires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully he was just down the road from the
shelter and limped home of the near flat spare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Change for a Dollar assisted him with the purchase of two new tires so
he could get back on the road and resume his job.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Walmart tires - $110.00</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A local Summerville man receives a small disability
check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He does have the ability to do
some minor physical labor and would supplement often his income by doing light
yard work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would do trimming and
edging for people but recently his weed wacker broke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a Dollar assisted in getting him a
new weed wacker and some gas so he go back to earning a few extra dollars <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lowe's weed wacker <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- $186.57</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A local Summerville woman who is living in a camper behind a
garage in a commercial area was in need of some food assistance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She often gets food items from food pantries
but never has opportunity to get fresh fruits and vegetables or dairy
items.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Outreach volunteers from Ashley
Ridge Church took her grocery shopping for some of the perishable items to
round out her weekly menu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Mr K’s grocery - $80.00</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A woman who regularly visits the ETT food truck on Saturdays
often gets a ride home from a volunteer because her bicycle was broken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C4$ checked out the bicycle, it needed new
tire tubes and a basket would be helpful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>New tire tubes were installed and new baskets were put on which helped
her transporting items. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A family that was living in a tent city in the woods on the
other side of Interstate I26 came to the ETT Food Truck for dinner one
night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a small family that was
living in a make shift tents. Several of the volunteers felt the calling to assist
and on their own got them a new tent and other basic needs to make life a
little bit better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They approached
Change for a Dollar to see if they could help as well and we were able to
provide funds for two cots and two sleeping bags to keep the folks off the
ground and warm in the evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sleeping bags and cots - $150</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A woman who occasionally attended Ashley Ridge Church has
been struggling with some serious health issues that were costing her a lot in
prescription co pays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a regular
job but with a young child in day care it really was putting a strain on the
budget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She reluctantly reached out to
church staff for where she may be able to get assistance with her rent that was
due.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a Dollar typically doesn’t
have the funds to assist with rent but had very few requests in the past
month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Change for a Dollar happened to
have just enough to help her out (God does work in wonderful ways)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C4$ paid a partial payment to her landlord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Rent assist - $500</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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