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Send your donation to: The Time Is Now to Help, PO Box 70, Pell Lake, WI 53157
www.timeisnowtohelp.org
Editor's Note: The following is a letter to The Time Is Now, a private charity serving Walworth County. The founder, who knew poverty as a child, now provides help for those in need. Every penny donated goes to the needy for daily necessities of life. Donors will receive a tax-deductible itemized receipt showing exactly where every penny was spent. We'll publish a letter most weeks.
My dear readers,
When I did a visit today, I noticed the springs in the couch were showing and there was only one twin bed with no blankets that several children were sharing. There was a dire lack of food and many windows needed repair. They had used pieces of wood and cardboard to fill in the broken panes of glass.
After helping there, I moved on to find an elderly widow who did not have much of anything. She barely was keeping the heat going and set at a temperature where she had to wear her coat at all times. No car, no phone, no relatives or friends close by.
When I inquired into who comes to visit she looked at me with tears in her eyes.
"Who would want to visit with me?" she asked. "Why would they want to?"
As she looked away to cover her sadness I reached out, hugged her and said, "Well, I'm here aren't I?"
"You don't know how much this means," she said.
"I think I do, because if you are half as happy as I am for being here, it does mean a lot."
She gripped me even tighter, surprising me with the strength she possessed.
She needed help in most areas so we provided her with the daily necessities of food, rent, utility assistance and some small appliances to make her life easier. She did not even own a can opener and she tried not to burn her bread when she toasted it under the broiler. Those are just a few of the things we often take for granted.
"I feel like a new person," she said after several visits. "God bless everyone for helping."
I met another single mom today. When I arrived I noticed she was crying. I asked her if she had applied for any assistance.
"I did several weeks ago but I was told that I was on the waiting list," she answered.
The waiting list she was on would not provide help and if it did, it would not be for several months. We went into action right away. The children were provided with food, rent assistance, clothing and some Christmas cheer was given to all we met.
It is about 3 a.m. and I finally got home. I am so tired. I am emotionally and physically exhausted. I know after I get some sleep, I will be ready to pour myself, body and soul, into helping the needy again tomorrow.
I do love what I do, but I have to admit emotionally it gets very draining and combined with pushing myself, I can feel the toll these past weeks have taken.
If I could do nothing else but the Time is Now to Help, it would be a dream come true. I feel I am fulfilling my mission in life when I am assisting those in need.
In addition to the long hours, the season also brings our brutal winter to the poverty-stricken. If you do not have money for heat or shelter, or if you have a car that has no heat--or worse yet no car and are required to walk to work--it is especially difficult.
If the poverty-stricken are lucky enough to have a car, probably half of those cars are in need of repairs. The wipers might not work, windows might not operate or might be broken, or batteries that have been jumped for the past year or more need to be replaced. Often they are running on fumes hoping to get where they are going because they do not have money for gas. I often check tires only to find the treads smooth as a tabletop. For the others who do not have a car, they wish they had one of those wrecks.
Along with our generous sharing, there are many more referrals than any time of the year. People are being more conscious of one another and wanting to help. A lot of people help by bringing those in need to our attention. That is what we are here for, to network the people in need to the right assistance. Often these referrals are the most desperate situations. The people often are not aware of the assistance available to them and live in insufferable conditions much longer than necessary.
I thank the Lord and I thank every one of you for your caring and sharing.
Health and happiness,
God bless everyone,
WC
The Bill McEssy's McDonald's Day Fundraiser: The fifth annual event raised $40,380 and another $3,600 from the donation boxes McEssy allowed us to keep in his McDonald's restaurants through the month of December.
A special thank you to: J.D. Development, MLH, Bill and Lois McEssy, Tom and Kathleen Murray, Dick and Jean Honeyager, Steve and Catherine Boho, Jay Ieronimo, Donald and Kim Parker, Brittany Reuss, Jenna Palmer, Donald and Marilyn Ketchpaw, Dennis and Donna Wisniewski, Peter and Ingrid McMasters, Tim and Laura Kolnik, Helen McMasters, Donna Jones, Frank and Donna Scherkenbach, Marvin and Audrey Hersko, Jerry and Thelma Meyer, David Williams, Duane and Evelyn Duesterbeck, Rose Loverde, Dawn Heiser, Phyllis Weeden, Richard and Jane Roman, Dale and Gail Folkers, Thomas and Jean Holloway, Gwen Quincannon, Vera Lawton, Cathie Hoerler, Damian Slaske and Janet Williams.
Endowments/helping others through your will: For those of you who wish to leave an endowment for the poverty-stricken, we would greatly accept any gifts. Please think of those in desperate need, good people, living in fear of poverty and consider helping them through your will.
ooo
www.timeisnowtohelp.org
Editor's Note: The following is a letter to The Time Is Now, a private charity serving Walworth County. The founder, who knew poverty as a child, now provides help for those in need. Every penny donated goes to the needy for daily necessities of life. Donors will receive a tax-deductible itemized receipt showing exactly where every penny was spent. We'll publish a letter most weeks.
My dear readers,
When I did a visit today, I noticed the springs in the couch were showing and there was only one twin bed with no blankets that several children were sharing. There was a dire lack of food and many windows needed repair. They had used pieces of wood and cardboard to fill in the broken panes of glass.
After helping there, I moved on to find an elderly widow who did not have much of anything. She barely was keeping the heat going and set at a temperature where she had to wear her coat at all times. No car, no phone, no relatives or friends close by.
When I inquired into who comes to visit she looked at me with tears in her eyes.
"Who would want to visit with me?" she asked. "Why would they want to?"
As she looked away to cover her sadness I reached out, hugged her and said, "Well, I'm here aren't I?"
"You don't know how much this means," she said.
"I think I do, because if you are half as happy as I am for being here, it does mean a lot."
She gripped me even tighter, surprising me with the strength she possessed.
She needed help in most areas so we provided her with the daily necessities of food, rent, utility assistance and some small appliances to make her life easier. She did not even own a can opener and she tried not to burn her bread when she toasted it under the broiler. Those are just a few of the things we often take for granted.
"I feel like a new person," she said after several visits. "God bless everyone for helping."
I met another single mom today. When I arrived I noticed she was crying. I asked her if she had applied for any assistance.
"I did several weeks ago but I was told that I was on the waiting list," she answered.
The waiting list she was on would not provide help and if it did, it would not be for several months. We went into action right away. The children were provided with food, rent assistance, clothing and some Christmas cheer was given to all we met.
It is about 3 a.m. and I finally got home. I am so tired. I am emotionally and physically exhausted. I know after I get some sleep, I will be ready to pour myself, body and soul, into helping the needy again tomorrow.
I do love what I do, but I have to admit emotionally it gets very draining and combined with pushing myself, I can feel the toll these past weeks have taken.
If I could do nothing else but the Time is Now to Help, it would be a dream come true. I feel I am fulfilling my mission in life when I am assisting those in need.
In addition to the long hours, the season also brings our brutal winter to the poverty-stricken. If you do not have money for heat or shelter, or if you have a car that has no heat--or worse yet no car and are required to walk to work--it is especially difficult.
If the poverty-stricken are lucky enough to have a car, probably half of those cars are in need of repairs. The wipers might not work, windows might not operate or might be broken, or batteries that have been jumped for the past year or more need to be replaced. Often they are running on fumes hoping to get where they are going because they do not have money for gas. I often check tires only to find the treads smooth as a tabletop. For the others who do not have a car, they wish they had one of those wrecks.
Along with our generous sharing, there are many more referrals than any time of the year. People are being more conscious of one another and wanting to help. A lot of people help by bringing those in need to our attention. That is what we are here for, to network the people in need to the right assistance. Often these referrals are the most desperate situations. The people often are not aware of the assistance available to them and live in insufferable conditions much longer than necessary.
I thank the Lord and I thank every one of you for your caring and sharing.
Health and happiness,
God bless everyone,
WC
The Bill McEssy's McDonald's Day Fundraiser: The fifth annual event raised $40,380 and another $3,600 from the donation boxes McEssy allowed us to keep in his McDonald's restaurants through the month of December.
A special thank you to: J.D. Development, MLH, Bill and Lois McEssy, Tom and Kathleen Murray, Dick and Jean Honeyager, Steve and Catherine Boho, Jay Ieronimo, Donald and Kim Parker, Brittany Reuss, Jenna Palmer, Donald and Marilyn Ketchpaw, Dennis and Donna Wisniewski, Peter and Ingrid McMasters, Tim and Laura Kolnik, Helen McMasters, Donna Jones, Frank and Donna Scherkenbach, Marvin and Audrey Hersko, Jerry and Thelma Meyer, David Williams, Duane and Evelyn Duesterbeck, Rose Loverde, Dawn Heiser, Phyllis Weeden, Richard and Jane Roman, Dale and Gail Folkers, Thomas and Jean Holloway, Gwen Quincannon, Vera Lawton, Cathie Hoerler, Damian Slaske and Janet Williams.
Endowments/helping others through your will: For those of you who wish to leave an endowment for the poverty-stricken, we would greatly accept any gifts. Please think of those in desperate need, good people, living in fear of poverty and consider helping them through your will.
ooo
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