Sharing the Caring
Helping Hands Grants
The smiles, hope and renewed confidence that result from receiving a Helping Hands Grant is the reason that Care for Others exists. The generosity of our donors, the skilled work provided by our volunteers, and the return to security for our families in need provide the inspiration for a bright future.
The gifts from our donors bridge the gap between independence and need. In turn, the return to independence of our recipients sustains our faith in the power of a simple hand reaching into the darkness of despair and lifting another into the light of hope. This is how we Care for Others.
Take a moment to see how your generosity has helped by clicking a Grant Recipient on the left.
Testimonials
March 2010
I wanted to send a small note to say a HUGE thank you for your assistance with my car repair. I recently got divorced and have fallen upon hard times. Please pass along my thank you to your board as I truly appreciate your support.
God bless you and the work you do.
Sincerely
C.B. Chardon,OH
May 2009
Words can't express how thankful I am for you and yours (organization) help in getting this car fixed. We hear only the bad in people on a daily basis and rarely hear the good intents and favors played out by folks like you. I am truly grateful for your assistance. My Friday has been made ALOT brighter. Me and my family are extremely excited.
Blessings to you and yours, and THANKS again.
P.C. Phoenix,AZ
I just want to let your organization know how much I appreciate you guys helping me out in my time of need...My lights were out and I did not have anyone else to turn to and someone told about care for others...What a wonderful program you have in place to help those in need..I just wanted to extend my gratitude for all your kindness, Thank You so much again I don't know what I would have done if it had not been for care for others.
R. G. H. Willowick , Ohio
April 2009
I would like to thank Care For Others for the payment made on my behalf to fix my car. I really apreciated your assistance. I consider this a blessing since there are many organizations unable to help people in need due to so many hardships being experienced. Without your help I would not be able to work or attend school. With Much Gratitude,
M. M. Painesville, OH
February 2009
I would like to say thanks so much for your help and your time as well. There have been so many hard times in my life and to have someone who cares enough
to do something for me I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. Being disabled and not being able to move around like I use to
and to be in pain all day everyday this was truly a blessing from God himself to have people like Care For Others to care for those
of us in need. Thank you, thank you and thank you. God bless.
D.Y Garfield, OH
November 2008
Dear Care For Others,
Words cannot express the gratitude I have for your agency to assist me in my time of need for me and my daughters. It is a great feeling to know there is still help available in Cleveland for people like me who are working hard and trying to make it.
The B. Family, Euclid OH
Dear Care For Others,
Words really cannot express my appreciation and gratitude for your wonderful grant. For the first time in several months, I may be able to breathe a little easier.
More importantly, I may be able to help provide a decent Christmas for my children. The holidays have frankly been pretty depressing these last several years; this might be one to enjoy, largely because you've given me the breathing space to improve my financial position.
Between your grant and my additional new part-time job, things are starting to look up.
I've called the money a grant, but consider it more a loan. I will repay you somehow, beginning in early 2009.
There is no way to really repay your act of kindness. Money alone cannot do it, so I ask that you call on me if or when you need physical work done. I'm not much of a handyman, but can paint, cut grass, chop wood, etc etc., if you or your clients should ever need those things done.
Thank you once again.
B.J., Chardon, OH
Hello, I would like to thank Care fro Others for their fast response with picking out the refrigerator needed for the space in my kitchen. Care For Others got all the information from me in a matter of 2 days and by the 4th day I knew that we were approved. It was unfortunate that my refrigerator caught on fire but it did and we did not have to go a week without a new one thanks to Care for Others. Since then I have helped a family in need that I have learned about who was in need of food. I went shopping for them and bought the items needed for them to have a Happy Thanksgiving just as I am able to have since the purchase of my new fridge. Again, my children and I thank you very much from the bottom of our hearts and I will continue to spread my blessings as I am able. The T. Family!
October 2008
Words cannot express out graditude and thankfulness for finding you and your helping us in our time of great need. We love to help others and it was very humbling to have to except help and you all were so kind, considerate, and thanks to you we are now caught up on our mortgage.
Believe me we will indeed pass on kindness to others to make up for this. And continue helping others and most especially my dog shelters when I can get back to volunteering.
Thank you once again, this will never be forgotten was a huge deal to us and now is a huge relief.
Sincerely, T&P.D. Hiram, OH
Dear Care For Others
Words cannot describe the deep feeling of gratitude I get when I think of you and your organization. Your organization, my friends and RAM construction brought hope into a hopeless situation.
When my daughter came home from college and told us that she was pregnant I felt as if my world was ripped out from under me. I have been a single mother for 10 years and have worked hard to provide for my family. She was the oldest of my 5 children and I was very excited for her because she received a full scholarship to go to college. She was starting a new and better life for herself. I was going to miss her immensely but I was so happy that she no longer had to live in our small, two bedroom home, that was very congested and, let’s say, well used. She was headed for a bright future, or so I thought.
Many discussion and tears resulted in her choosing to quit school and come home to have the baby. This was the only decision she felt that she could live with and so, as her mother, I supported her. In my head I was screaming, “what do you mean come home to have the baby, WHERE!” I have slept on the couch for the past 10 years so that my children could share the bedrooms. Where would we put a baby? There was NO room. I was distraught.
I shared these feeling with my friend. She kept saying to me, “Please call my husband, he can help.” So after much thought I called her husband and he came out to the house. This was the day life changed for my family. We have never known a man that could be so understanding and giving. I told him my limited budget and the need for adding on a room for the baby. I thought that we could transform the garage, but he had other ideas.
Thanks to the loving kindness of Care for Others, my friend and her husband, and RAM Construction my family has hope of a better life. We are now in the process of adding on 3 bedrooms and a bathroom to our house. This is a miracle and you are the miracle workers. I could never have dreamed this would happen to me, but it is and I feel like the luckiest woman in the world. My children are sooo excited to have friends come and sleep over for the first time in their lives. I can’t thank you enough for transforming my house into a home.
I am humbled at the generosity and compassion of Care for Others, our friends and all of the wonderful workers from RAM construction. You are my faith brought to life. I cannot thank you enough for what you have done for my family. My promise is to pass on this spirit of generosity to others wherever I can. Not only have you changed my living environment, but also because of your immense kindness and caring, you have changed who I am as a person. I know that it is not enough, but thank you, thank you, and thank you.
You are forever in my prayers,
Northeast, OH
September 2008
On behalf of my family and myself, we would like to thank you very much for assisting us in our time of need. It is nice to know that during these trying times, people still care. A simple thanks is not even close to expressing our gratitude but we will try it anyway. Thanks.
B.E., East Cleveland, OH
September 2008
Thank you does not cover my gratitude and my heartfelt thanks. My prayers were answered without question by very generous people. Thanks for giving us heat and hope. This has been a humbling life lesson to be on the receiving end--opens up ones eyes a little wider--once again when we get back on our feet I will be the giver with new respect for the receiver. Thanks again. God bless you all. L.C. Middlefield, OH
August 2008
I would like to thank Care for Others with assistance in paying my electric bill. I fell into some hard times and running across there website was a God send. It has been such a blessing this month to finally not worry about how the electric bill was going to get paid. I am now getting back on track with my finances. I would like to especially thank Laura for being so patient and kind to me while we were getting everything handled. God Bless yall and hopefully one day I will be able to give back. Keep doing the work of the Lord and blessing those who are going through a rough spot and need to know that people out there do care. Thanks again! T.M., Texas
Thank, from the bottom of my heart, you for responding so quickly to my need for help, may God continue to bless your work. I didn't know what I was going to do, You all are angels. Thank You.
I cannot adequately express my thanks to you for your generous help. I appreciate what you have done for me beyond what words can express. I will pray for you and your families and your ministry. May you be blessed (and continue to help many others) God moved mountains in a weeks time and you were part of the moving.
Thanks for helping pay my mortgage so I wouldn't fall behind!
Dear Caring for others,
Thank you so much for your generosity. You helped me fix my car and pay my rent, both of which had to happen and I had no where else to turn. This was also the first time I realized I had to change something even if it meant I had to start over, which is what I chose to do. I know it will be difficult, but doable. You gave me hope when I had NONE! From my 12 year old son and myself, I thank you. God Bless you all! We need organizations such as yours that help people so they don't lose it all or need to rely on the government.
I would like to express my appreciation for your assistance and that of Care For Others in helping me find suitable housing. I would have tried to do this on my own, if it was during warmer weather, since I was without heat and electricity. The reasons for being without heat and electricity are complicated due to dependence on state monies for training, which was halted during my schooling. It has been difficult to recover from such a financial loss. I am making positive progress but it is slow. As warmer weather approaches I believe that things will get better. Once again, thank you.
M.S., Newbury, OH
The B. family would like to thank Care For Others for being such a blessing to our family in our time of financial hardship. Last December, 2007 Care For Others helped us with some heating oil that we so desperately needed. Thank you so much for helping us and I would like to say a great big God Bless to Laura for all the extra time she spent on our circumstances. Thank you. God Bless. The B. Family, Chardon, OH **When we receive our taxes we will try to make a love offering to help someone else out.
We would like to thank you for your assistance. We have since caught up the bills and my husband is back to 40+ hours a week. We still live week to week so to speak but are doing better. We are looking for a new used car and have money put away for that, Thanks to your help .we still have a roof over our heads and my two boys, with your help and toys for tots and a friend that did secret Santa for us had a nice holiday. I am looking for better employment, something with more hours. Thanks again, we are doing ok. Because you were there we are able to be here. N.T. Painesville, OH
