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Hammond
Family of
3
ID # 0810-101
date
posted 8/31/10
Mother
2 boys - ages 5 & 8
Originally from
New Orleans, LA
Presently renting
HURRICANE KATRINA
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of my Experience: HI,
I'M KIERA I AM A SINGLE PARENT OF TWO BOYS. WHEN KATRINA
HIT I DIDN'T HAVE IT ALL BUT WHAT WE HAD I WORKED HARD
FOR. NO MORE FRIENDS, PEOPLE I KNEW AND TALKED TO EVERYDAY
HAVEN'T HEARD FROM SINCE. I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK SINCE I ESCAPED
WITH MY LIFE. I SHAKE OF THE THOUGHT OF BIG BODIES OF
WATER. MENTALLY I THINK IT MESSED ME UP. SO I TOOK MY KIDS
TO HOUSTON TO GIVE THEM A NEW START, AND I'M STILL TRYING
TO DO THAT. WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM FAMILY BECAUSE I GREW UP
IN FOSTER HOMES AND GROUP HOMES. I JUST NEED AND CAN
REALLY USE THE HELP WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES, CHRISTMAS GIFTS,
HOME SUPPLIES THANK YOU FOR ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, GOD BLESS Items Needed:
clothing, cook wear, school clothes, school supplies, kids
beds five yr 5-24-05 eight yr 12-04-01 |
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Taylor
Family of 2
ID # 0810-102
date posted 8/31/10Mother -
age 39
1 boy - age 16
Originally from
Long Beach, MS
Presently Long Beach, MS
HURRICANE KATRINA
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of my Experience: My home was severly
damaged. The roof came off. The tree that shaded the back
of my house was split into. Now the electric bill is high.
We still have mold. I had a fema trailor for about 2 years
and it had formaldehyde in it. Since 2005, I have had
numerous upper respiratory and sinus infections and
pneumonia. I was prescribed an inhaler. I can't afford to
see a dr. but still have breathing problems. It is a shame
that I work but still can't afford basic needs. I don't
want a hand out I just need a help up out of this mess.
I don't have internet. I am writing you at work. I
don't want my child to be sad on Christmas morning. Items Needed:
food, clothes, and home repair items |
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Felton
Family of 5
ID # 0810-103
date posted 8/31/10Mother -
age 34
3 girls - ages 4, 10, 16
1 boy - age 4
Originally from
Gretna, LA
HURRICANE KATRINA
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of my Experience: I'm a single parent of four
children my experience the disaster was something I will
never forget I'm still trying to recover from it. My
living conditions are I rent a 3 bedroom at $900.00 a
month its very hard trying still recover. Items Needed:
clothing,
school uniforms, household items, linens, cleaning
supplies. |
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Lynch
Family of 9
ID # 0810-104
date posted 8/31/10Mother -
age 38
4 girls - ages 1, 3, 12, 13
4 boys - ages 5, 11, 17, 19
Originally from
Slidell, LA
Presently staying with family member in
Memphis, TN
HURRICANE KATRINA
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of my Experience: Me
and my kids at the time packed up three days worth of
clothes and evacuated to northern Mississippi and lived
there for a year. Our home and belongings were lost. We
moved back to Slidell, LA
after a year and lived in a FEMA trailer while I looked
for work so we could get our own place again and start
over being able to feel some sort of normalcy. We lived
there for over a year and I could not find work only odd
jobs to help out. I then moved back to Northern MS because
the jobs were more plentiful. I have been here for 2 yrs
and 8 months and was doing good with a job and just
recently got laid off and have been now living with a
friend looking still for work but unable to find it. My
plans are to go back to collage at night while I'm working
in the day to support my family to give them a better
life. We are in need of clothes and bedding, towels and
shoes and dressers for the kids. Anything would be
helpful. God bless you all from this site. I hope one day
to be able to be one adopting and not in need.
Thank you to all who help
those in need. God bless you all
Items Needed:
Clothing, linens, cookware for when we get our own place.
Towels face rags. Shoes. Dressers for kids. Toddler bed. |
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Weisdorffer
Family of 2
ID # 0810-105
date posted 8/31/10Mother -
age 34
1 boy - age 16
Originally from
Metairie, LA
Presently staying with family member in
Metairie, LA
HURRICANE KATRINA
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of my Experience: When Katrina hit, we lost
everything. I
didn't have renter's insurance, I lost my job, and FEMA
gave me nothing due to a clerical error.
Since then, I have been put on disability for
depression and had to move in with other people.
Recovery and rebuilding has been one problem after
another. I am
a single mother of a wonderful 16 year old boy and am
currently unable to give him everything he needs.
God bless! Items Needed:
We are in need of clothes, food, and general household
items. |
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Schmidt Family of
3
ID # 0810-106
date posted 8/31/10Mother -
age 42
Father - age 40
1 boy - age 3
Originally from
Arabi, LA
Presently staying
Monroe, LA
HURRICANE KATRINA
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of my Experience: We did not evacuate for the
storm due to our job situations and ended up on a roof a
few houses away. Joe
cannot swim, so I battled not only the water but his fears
as we made our way in the rising water.
We stayed huddled on a rooftop for nearly seven
hours awaiting rescue, were rescued by private citizens
and given temporary shelter by private citizens.
We have relocated to Northern Louisiana where Joe
remains unable to find work.
Thinking that life would return to normal, we
purchased a house and made this our home -- My income
barely supports us both but is too high for us to obtain
federal assistance. We
had a baby in the summer of 2007, and this year in June he
broke his leg. As
I'm sure you can imagine, the financial recovery from the
hurricane has been the hardest and every little problem
sets us so far back. We
try not let our child know how hard everyday things are. We
have gone many years without requesting any assistance but
Seamus' accident this year has really put us in a bind. Items Needed:
Bed linens (queen size beds, pillow cases mostly)
cookware-- skillets and sauce pans.
Food. Yard
tools-- spade edger. |
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Williams Family of
4
ID # 0810-107
date posted 8/31/10Mother -
age 31
3 girls - ages 4, 11, 12
Originally from
New Orleans, LA
Presently staying
Baker, LA
HURRICANE KATRINA
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of my Experience: I am from New Orleans, La
and I was down thee the day of the storm. My kids and I
was stuck on top of a roof from August 29, 2005 -
September 5, 2005. And then taken to the airport for three
more days of "torment". I was then scammed out
of money from people who said that they were sent to help
us; then after the fact of excepting supposed to be help
asked to pay a fee. I lived in a shelter in Baton Rouge
which was Bethany Church for about 3 months; then a Fema
trailer for about 6 months and had too move because my
daughter kept keeping nose bleeds, due to the condition of
the trailer. I have never been n food stamps or welfare,
and I am now in school working on my bachelor degree, and
I still need just a little help to finish my journey to
stand back on my own completely. If
someone can help us, then thanks a lot and if not thank
for caring enough o read our story and God bless you. Items Needed:
clothing, shoes, household items, and if someone could
donate a car for me and my children, because the bus
system is terrible, and work, go to school, and have to
take my kids around town. |
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Battaglia Family of
7
ID # 0810-108
date posted 8/31/10Mother -
age 36
Father - age 39
1 girl - age 16
4 boys - ages 4, 9, 14, 18
Originally from
Long Beach, MS
Presently still staying in shelter
HURRICANE KATRINA
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of my Experience: My family and I lost
everything in Hurricane Katrina
including our sprits and self worth.
I will share my story with any who wish to hear it
but I will not do that now as there was so much after
Katrina that happened to my family and I.
We struggled so much and as result it put a great
deal of stress on us all.
Katrina, as everyone know was on August 29, 2005.
Corinth, MS is where Katrina 'blew' us.
March of 06 my husband and I went to the local Wal-mart
when our children called us crying.....they were home
alone and a tornado struck where we lived.
Not knowing what to do we went to Dallas, TX where
my mother was - April of 06 we were in the deadly flood in
Uptown Dallas. The
stress was unbearable - causing my children to fail that
year and my husband and I divorced in May of 07.
He returned to the coast and I returned to Corinth
with the children. September
of 09 he arrived at my doorstep saying of how he missed
the children and I. He
stayed :)
When things were looking up - finally!!
A flood washed over Corinth and destroyed our home.
It just seems that every time we seem to be doing
'ok' something brings us down.
Not knowing what to do we have now returned to
Gulfport and struggling like never before.
I would like to end on a happy note though.....as
of May 14th, 2010 my husband and I are remarried.
Still stressed more than ever but we we KNOW we
need each other. Items Needed:
At
the moment we need furniture, clothes, kitchen items,
school supplies and lots of prayers. |
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