Dec
24
2010
24
2010
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EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Injury on job strains family resources
When Tina’s husband was injured on the job while driving tow trucks in Texas, it caused a series of bad-luck turns that nearly left the family homeless.
Texas doesn’t require businesses to carry workers compensation insurance so the ...
Dec
23
2010
23
2010
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EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Family escapes fire, loses home
The fire came in the dead of night and robbed a Palmer Lake family of its home, three weeks before Christmas.
“We got out of the house with the three kids and that’s the most important thing,” said Nazario, who is being identified by only ...
Dec
19
2010
19
2010
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EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Peak Vista takes patient that docs wouldn’t
It didn’t matter how many doctors Kathryn took her “medically fragile” 4-year-old daughter to, no one would take her difficult case.
Lilly suffered a severe brain injury from an illness when she was an infant and now she can’t speak or ...
Nov
29
2010
29
2010
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EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Charity helps woman out of IRS bind
Stories involving the Internal Revenue Service rarely have a happy ending.
But Patricia’s, with help from the Ecumenical Social Ministries, does.
Patricia, a Nigerian native, came to America in 1998 with her husband, who she had met in ...
Jan
30
2010
30
2010
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Neighborhoods in the trees
In the time it takes to drive from Powers Boulevard to Manitou Springs and back again, Michelle Mead will still be waiting in line for a shower at Ecumenical Social Ministries.
Some days, Mead waits for two hours so she can stand under the warm ...