URGENT: DISPLACED FAMILIES FROM VIRUS
NEED ASSISTANCE VIA GIFTS & DONATIONS
Most families are single mothers with children that have been temporarily placed in local motels after an eviction or other inability to remain in their homes.
Can you help -- individuals and your friends, clubs & organizations, businesses & agencies -- by providing large or small gifts of basic household items, especially as suggested on the list to the right? Any contribution is most welcomed and appreciated.
DONATIONS MAY BE DROPPED OFF atDover Interfaith Mission for Housing,684 Forest Street, Dover, DE 19904 AT ANY TIME.
Items received in the morning between 8:30 and noon means that someone will be able to deliver them the same day. THANK YOU!
Below DIMH case managers describe some of the situations.
1. Client RL has 5 children and has been laid off due to Covid -19. She and her children are staying at a local hotel with limited supplies to cook and prepare meals. She relied on her place of employment for money to purchase meals daily for her children, and the school lunch program. Since she has no access to those resources her and the children have been some nights with out meals and other resources to live and stay healthy.
2. Client KC has been laid off due to Covid- 19. She has 6 children of which one is disabled since birth requiring special feeding and sterile areas. This has been a struggle with limited access to cleaning supplies. She relied heavily on employment and food programs which has since ended.
3. Client BW has been laid off due to Covid- 19. She has 6 children that are staying with her at a local hotel. They have limited access to food and supplies. BW has an infant child who requires a special formula that she cannot access because of limitations on milk and badly needs asstiance to purchase the milk. She also relied heavily on the school lunch program.
4. Client KJ has been laid off due to Covid- 19. She has 4 children that are staying with her at a local hotel. They have limited access to food and supplies. KJ has a room with a very small refrigerator and a microwave that is nonfunctioning.
5. Client RD has been laid off due to Covid- 19. She has 7 children that are staying with her at a local hotel. They have limited access to food and supplies. She has a disabled child that requires special meal accommodations and she has no access to the meals or medication at this time.
6. Client NR has been laid off due to Covid- 19. She has 3 children that are staying with her at a local hotel. They have limited access to food and supplies.
7. Client SG has been laid off due to Covid- 19. She has 5 children that are staying with her at a local hotel. They have limited access to food and supplies. She has been applying for other asstiance and has been unsuccessful thus far. Also, her hotel voucher will end at the end of the month forcing her and the children back out into the streets.
8. Client AP has been laid off due to Covid- 19. She has 3 children that are staying with her at a local hotel. They have limited access to food and supplies. She is also chronically ill requiring oxygen.
9. Client VF has been laid off due to Covid- 19. She has 6 children that are staying with her at a local hotel. They have limited access to food and supplies. She and her children are victims of Domestic Violence and living under the radar.
10. Client PB has been laid off due to Covid- 19. She has 4 children that are staying with her at a local hotel. They have limited access to food and supplies.
11. Client MR has been laid off due to Covid- 19. She has 7 children that re staying with her at a local hotel. They have limited access to food and supplies. She relied heavily on the school lunch program to provide meals for her children. She also has a disabled child that requires special medical accommodations and meals.
12. Client JM has been laid off due to Covid- 19. She has 3 children. They have limited access to food and supplies. She has a disabled child that has recently been hospitalized and has been unable to leave the other children and be with her son because of funding and transportation. This family needs all resources.
■ Diapers ■ Paper Towels ■ Toilet paper ■ Baby formula ■ Can Food ■ Can openers ■ Water ■ Pads ■ Tampons ■ Laundry Detergent ■ Towels ■Washcloths ■ Microwave ■ Microwave dinners ■ Lysol ■ Lysol Wipes ■ Tissues ■ Masks ■ Gloves ■ Airborne ■ Vitamin C ■ Bleach ■ Bleach cleaner ■ Tylenol ■ Motrin ■ Alcohol ■ Peroxide ■ Children Medication ■ Bread ■ Deodorant ■ Floss ■ Tooth- paste ■ Hand sanitizer ■ Crackers ■ Peanut Butter ■ Jelly ■ Cereal ■ Protein Bars ■ Tooth- brushes ■ Pull-Ups ■ Old cell phones
