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EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Injury on job strains family resources

Colorado Springs Gazette — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:07:00 +0000

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 double-whammy…

EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Family escapes fire, loses home

Colorado Springs Gazette — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:18:00 +0000

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 his…

EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Peak Vista takes patient that docs wouldn’t

Colorado Springs Gazette — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:15:00 +0000

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 move….

EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Charity helps woman out of IRS bind

Colorado Springs Gazette — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:33:00 +0000

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 Germany….

Neighborhoods in the trees

Colorado Springs Gazette — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:04:00 +0000

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 water…