Application 139034: Single Dad Needs Furnace Repair

Current Status: Paid

On 2010-03-24, Modest Needs sent payment via Check in the amount of $1,020.00 to New Comfort on behalf of this deserving individual.

This request for help was funded at the recommendation and through the support of the friends and partners of Modest Needs Foundation.

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This application has 100% of the points it needs to receive a Modest Needs grant.

This application has been fully funded. To see the thank you note left by the person who placed this application, scroll down this page to 'Testimonial'

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Application Details

Single Dad Needs Furnace Repair | Cost to fully fund this application: 1,326.00 Modest Needs Points

The figure above includes the cost of fulfillment.

I am a divorced single father whose daughter lives with me part-time. I am a full-time student at a local college. I also work part-time as a school bus driver. I stay current in my child support payments and mortgage. When the furnace went out, I only anticipated a bill of $200 or so. It has mushroomed into a bill of over $1000, and it still isn't finished. As I am in school full-time, that limits the amount of time available for employment. There are fewer and fewer full-time jobs left here anyway. Education was the only sensible way out of the rut after I was laid off.

I can keep up with my usual budget, but none of my usual bills come anywhere close to the unanticipated bill for the furnace repair. Since I have to charge more of this type of expense, like for my car, I am trying to keep my head above water so I may finish school. I do not want to get behind on the mortgage or the child support. Since this bill is also from the company that I buy fuel from, it becomes doubly important for me to stay in good credit standing with them, lest they drop me as a customer. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated, given that it is the middle of the wintertime.

Applicant Profile

This application for our Self-Sufficiency grant comes to Modest Needs from a household of 1 adults and 1 children.
This household earns 96.23% of its household income.

This applicant lives above the poverty line and probably won't qualify for other types of help.
This household has received state or federal assistance in the past 30 days.

Notes from the Modest Needs Staff

This applicant has applied for help from Modest Needs in the past.

This applicant has never received assistance from Modest Needs before.

Testimonial

This person has left the following thank you note:

This is a letter I didn't know if I'd ever get to write. My application came down to the last few days before expiration, so while I knew it was close, it would only be by the grace of Heaven that the donors would consider my application out of the many that Modest Needs receives. I'm in a state of amazement as I write this, since I also did my taxes yesterday, and the refund won't amount to even less than half of the amount I need for the total furnace bill. The miserable tax refund situation makes your donations that much more of a blessing. I don't need to mention how rough this winter has been, since the whole country knows that. Your donations are a true blessing to honest, hard-working people determined to make it out of a rut. I especially want all of you to know that your kindness won't be forgotten. Where I won't ever know who any of you are, I do want you to realize I aspire to be one of you someday. The employment picture around the Midwest is pretty bleak, and I know the manufacturing environment that my longtime job was in is gone forever. My only hope is make the best of what I can with the education I'm striving so hard for now. While a great paycheck in the future is only pure speculation now, I want you to know I will do what I can to someday be able to help bring positive change to a person's life, just as you did for me. Thank you donors, and Thank You, Modest Needs.