DONATE CARS IN ARIZONA

MY FRIEND EILEEN HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL FRIEND TO ME AND MANY OTHERS I MET HER 34 YEARS AGO. SHE'S 49 YEARS OLD AND THE ONLY FAMILY SHE HAS IS HER 14 YEAR OLD SON WHO SHE HAS RAISED ON HER OWN. HER PARENTS DIED WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG. EILEEN TRY'S TO HELP OTHERS WHEN EVER SHE CAN. I WAS HOMELESS ONCE AND SHE TOOK ME IN UNTIL I FOUND A HOME AND SHE HAS HELPED IN WAYS LIKE BABYSITTING, FEEDING ANYONE WHO WAS HUNGRY ECT. SHE HAS SUCH A BIG HEART. SHE HAS BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR YEARS UNTIL JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE SMALL PAYMENTS ON A CAR THAT I WAS SELLING TO HER FOR $500.00 SHE HAD ONLY 50.00 DOLLARS LEFT TO PAY AND HAD IT EMISSIONS READY TO BE PUT IN HER NAME SO SHE WOULD HAVE A CAR TO GET HER SON TO THE DOCTORS AND HERSELF BECAUSE THEY BOTH SUFFER FROM BAD ASTHMA AND TO TAKE HER SON TO SCHOOL. WELL THE CAR WAS PARKED INFRONT OF HER HOUSE AND A MAN DRIVING A STOLEN TRUCK HIT THE CAR SO HARD IT SPUN IT AROUND AND IT CANT EVER BE FIX IT'S SO BAD. THEY CAUGHT THE G UY AND PUT HIM IN JAIL BUT ELIEEN IS NOW LEFT WITHOUT A CAR ONCE AGAIN. IT'S WAS SO SAD TO SEE HER AND HER SON LOOKING AT THE CRUSHED CAR THAT TOOK HER SO LONG TO SAVE FOR AND TAKEN AWAY SO FAST. PLEASE HELP ELIEEN AND HER SON SHE WOULD BE SO THANKFUL.

hi, my name is ####, i am a 33 years old. my life partner, ########, and i, have been together for 11 years and we are the parents of a 10 year old boy and a 7 year old girl. Enrique and both our children have been diagnosed as bi-polar. ####### and richard are also suffering from various other mental illnesses and are mentally disabled. we live off of their disability and have no car, and cannot afford a car either. we had a car that we paid $300 for, but unfortunately it was not in good shape and did not run so we had to get rid of it because we could not afford the mass amount of repairs it needed. if we were to be given a car it would change all of our lives for the better in so many ways. we would be able to go to pschiciatrist appointments and therapy appointments and such, and we would also be able to attend our childrens school functions. once my family is a little more stable i would like to be able to find a job and try and improve our financial situation, but with n o car that isnt possible. as it is now, we only go to the store once a month to do our shopping because we have to depend on the kindness of others to drive us. we would love to be able to attend church, and drive our kids to the park, and all the little things that we miss out on because we have no car.

Joys husband left her and her 3 kids last year after the hurricane hit 
in Florida. We moved her here to Arizona because she had no money only 
welfare which doesn't help much and the mold and mildew left from 
Katrina made her breathing problems worse.
Her and the kids are all disabled. Her kids are autistic .She needs a 
car with an air conditioner because of her breathing problems. She can 
not get around, We have to do things for her .
So a car would help her and us out very much

I am writing this letter on behalf of my Husband Danny . 
Danny has been sick for may years in 1997 he was diagnosed with a rare 
blood disease called Porphyria Cutanea Tarda. Danny began a series of 
treatments for the disease , but instead of getting better he is getting 
worse. In 1999 Danny was also diagnosed with Hepatitis C and Fibromialga. 
After seeing numerous doctors, in March 1999 we applied for Social 
Security Disability . We were denied on September 1st 1999. We would be 
denied a total of 3 times before being approved October 2000.
This rare blood disease is painful Danny cannot go into the sun without 
being covered from head to toe if he does he gets big blisters, these 
are bad! But what is worse is how it effects him internally. His nervous 
system is also effected.
I myself was declared disabled July 19, 2001 due to a seizure disorder 
and angina. I also have cataracts which keeps me from driving. So I am 
unable to work.
I am writing this in hope that we will be considered for a dependable 
vehicle, so we can function and be able to get ourselves to Doctors 
appointments the grocery store and live a somewhat of a normal life. We 
have a vehicle but it overheats and does not have air conditioning. Danny 
is unable to work on it because of his illness the heat makes him sick 
and due to our limited income we are not able to purchase anything 
suitable. I hope that your foundation will consider our request we would 
not apply if we could get a vehicle any other way.

My daughter Tanya has gone through a lot in the past two years, to put it short and sweet. Her now ex-husband started cheating on her while she was pregnant with their daughter, my daughters heart was shattered, but she tried with all the love she had to keep her marriage together for the children, but he chose to be with his girlfriend instead. Her ex was in the marine corps and with the divorce she was left with nothing, no place to go or call home she goes back and forth between my apartment and my younger daughters house, she only has a part time job and now is a single mom of three. the car that she does have breaks down all ALL of the time and she is always having to put money into in the last three weeks she spent 500 dollars on it, it has no air conditioner and it reaches 120% out here her oldest son lives with sever migraines wich is triggered by numerous things including the heat, they are so bad he is on codeine when they hit and there are no signs of one coming on. W ith all this plus much more she has yet to give up, she takes everything with stride and pride. I would love for her to receive a dependable car that is safe for her and her children to be in, i my self cannot afford to get one for her, i am on disability. She is a great person she goes out of her way for others, if she only has five dollars and knows that she can get away with giving it to someone who needs it, she does it. She is not a greedy person by all means. PLEASE help my daughter. thank you so much

my family needs a car because of many reasons, my fiancé and son are 
both mentally disabled and we live off disability. the car we have now is 
not in good running condition and is not reliable for us to get back 
and forth to doctor appointments and therapy and such, my fiancé was 
going through electro shock therapy for a short time and getting him there 
was a real problem. we need a dependable car so that we can make it to 
the pschiciatrists when needed and to the pharmacy to get their meds.
if we had a better car, it would change our lives completely, we would 
be able to go where we need to with out being scared of breaking down, 
we would be able to do more out of the home activities as a family. and 
even go to church on a more regular basis. and if we had a better 
running car, my children would love to be able to go camping.

I'm helping my mother who is unable to work and my sister who has sever asthma, and in order to find a job in this area I have to have a car. I have been unable to keep up payments on the one I had due to a long period o unemployment, and in order to return to work I have to have a car. Willcox is about 80 miles away from Tucson, the next largest city in this area.

My daughter has 4 small children Nicholas(7 years) Alexa (4 years) 
Brendon (3 years) and Kylee (5 months) Her present vehicle requires repairs 
weekly if not daily by me a disabled mechanic. Sabrina my daughter has 
no cell phone and severe asthma along with the Arizona heat this is not 
a good situation she is in need of a safe and dependable vehicle. When 
I was recovering from surgery her car broke down and she had to rely on 
the city transit for daycare Nicholas' school and work only to have one 
of the kids almost get hit by a car waiting for the bus. I am really 
concerned for her if something were to happen to me and her car breaks 
down I know she would just take the bus but as in the past she has pushed 
herself getting to the bus and all the walking and rushing and been 
hospitalized as a result of it. This last time really scared us she was in 
the ICU for a week. I would really like to get her into a dependable 
van. Please I would not ask this of anyone but as I am currently
  seeking disability and am no longer able to help her I am desperate 
for a miracle and would even be willing to try to repay any way I can I 
am not asking this for myself I am asking for my daughter who would not 
burden anyone to help Please help my daughter and grandchildren before 
something happens I love them too much to see them go through this and 
would do anything to help. I just came upon this sight and if you or 
anyone know how to help please let me know Bless you people for your kind 
heartedness god bless thank you,    Ron

I am a single mom of 3 boys, ages 13, 14, and my oldest (living in another state with his father), is 22 years old. My x-husband and I were together for 13 years until he was in serious car accident, which left him paralyzed on one side of his body and layed up in the hospital for 8 months and almost a year to recooperate, when he was told he would never walk again. He had hip surgery to repair a shattered hip joint, then he worked night and day to make himself able to get his strength back to walk. All together he suffered a broken neck, shattered hip, and torn tendons. He now wlks with a drop foot from cyatic nerve damage, and wears a brace to prevent tripping over his foot. Insurance money went to his hospitol bills and to keep paying our personal bills but.......he was found 100% responsible for the accident, so you know we were left with alot of extended issues that became overwhelming and unable to keep above water with financial burden and eventually we had to move. THIS IS WHEN MY HUSBAND DECIDED HE WOULDNT BE ABLE TO KEEP US IN A HOME OR AFFORD TO CARE FOR HIS FAMILY LIKE WE WERE USED TO LIVING......SO HE UP AND LEFT US WITH NOT A WORD OF WARNING. He gave me a Mothers day card from him and the kids and he cried because we could not afford a gift like before.....i certainly love my husband and family and only was grateful he was alive no matter how much we had lost or had to live........but he kissed me goodnight, told me he loved me, and walked out the door without a thing in his hands and never came back. I was devastated, my children were still believing he would be back, but not so much of a phone call, he just thought he would hinder us and he hated to see us hurting.. we would rather he come home but now, Ive had to get state help, im in a mental health program,on medication for depression and anxiety, and I NEED TRANSPORTATION, as i thought it would be the last thing we would think about when he couldnt drive, i was always home and didnt want to use the little money we could have to be spent on a car until we got steady income again but, alone I have no money for anything more than my immediate monthly bills. My two teenage sons are good students, and they stopped extra school activities, they cut their lives short of normal teenage things because i am unable to drive them places or pick them up. They are so good about it because seeing me cry over our hard times hurts them. I am so tired of seeing them suffer over our loss, i am desperate to have a car again, so we can get some of our life back together. I would like to get a job too maybe but just am overwhelmed. My sons go to the same schools but we live out of the districts so they take city buses, its scary for me. I have no parents, I have been alone with only one sibling since im 16 years old. Their dad lives with his mom now and does not even call my sons so it is harder on them than they show, but emotionally, I think they could heal if they were able to resume their regular social and academic lives

My daughter is 8 years old and suffers from Sickle Cell disease which 
is a genetic disorder that causes pain in all organs and bones.  She has 
to take medicines daily and visits with three differents doctors to 
maintain her health.....unfortunately I have been able to work only part 
time which leaves us with little money to get by on.  SHe can't walk 
long distances because her kness are bad and her hips.  We basically hold 
her hostage in the summer because it to hot for her to play and without 
a car it is limited activities for her.  It breaks my heart to deny her 
the fun a normal 8year old has because of her disorder.  A car would 
open up alot of playdates to her, new indoor activities that normally 
would be off limits without transportation.

So if you can help a honest and needy family, it would be sincerely 
appreciated.  We can have Xmas in July if need be :) I know my daughter 
would feel lucky.

I REALLY NEED HELP . I STOPPED DRIVING WHEN I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY SON WHEN A DRUNK DRIVER CRASHED INTO US.I WENT ON RAISING MY FOUR KIDS AND WALKING ALWAYS WALKING WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO. OR BEGGING FOR RIDES FROM FAMILY MEMBERS.THEY WERE NOT ALWAYS NICE ABOUT IT. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HARD.MY CHILDREN ARE ALL GROWN AND NOT AROUND TO HELP. I CANNOT AFFORD THE TAXI .I DROVE EVERY NOW AND THEN. BUT NOT OFTEN.AT 32 YEARS OLD I GAINED CUSTODY OF MY OLDEST GRANDCHILD.SHE HAS BEEN MY LIFE MY BEST FRIEND.AS I AM DISABLE MENTALLY AFRAID TO GO OUT OR BE AROUND PEOPLE. IT IS HARD ON HER. I DO WALK HER TO HER GAMES SO SHE WILL BE AROUND KIDS. I HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING IT AS I HAVE BAD HEALTH. IT HURTS TO WALK ANYWHERE. SOMETIME SHE MISSES THE BUS AND EVEN THOUGH I HATE IT I WALK HER WHERE SHE NEEDS TO BE.I AM LESS AND LESS ABLE TO WALK ANY MORE.HELP ME.

I have read some of your stories and Although my story is not as tragic as them I thought that was worth me telling. I'm 42 years old single and after spending 15 years in the State prison system, I have done my best to stay out of trouble when I'm not working I'm helping out at the Church and what ever money I do have I give as I see the need, Both of my Parents are in their mid 60' and on a fixed income, so most of my money goes to help them they live in Denver and so I don't get to see them but once or twice a year when I can afford to bring them down here, Well for the past month I have been out of work and trying to find work, but without a car it is hard to find, but I look everyday. I have never wanted anything special for myself, but I would like to have a car that is senor friendly, for my parents, so when they are down here I will be able to take them to see some of this states Parks and just to be able get them around with out them having to try and catch the bus. t he car would make all the deference to how I can do more for my parents and for my church and community. Even if my story never gets picked as one who is in need I want you to know that I thank God for people who do things like this and wish I could do something like or be a part of it. thank you.

Where do I start? I have been without a car now for quite sometime. I have always been a giving person to those less fortunate and tried to help a friend overcome his depression. I gave and gave money and time until I put myself into a financial bind. I am a single parent and did all that I could. My friend ended his life in July of 2003. A week before Christmas of 2004 Someone stole my car and totaled it. Leaving me in more of a financial bind. I am the first known case of vitamin D resistant rickets in the US . I had over 10 surgeries on my legs at the University of Illinois institute of medical research. I have never asked for any assistance in my life and have worked for barely over minimum wage for several years. I do have a job but can't afford to buy a car now or in the near future. My legs ache and hips hurt but I still walk 3 miles to get to the bus to go to work each day. I do thank God that I have the ability to walk but it is a struggle. I would be so very appreciative for assistance from your organization. It would allow me to attend classes and get to work in less than 3 hrs each day.I would be able to get more rest, so I can be an assest to my family and community. Please consider my application for help. Thank You

Here Goes.....My daughter Khalia is a beautiful 7year old with a rare genetic blood disorder. She has SCD-Sickle Cell Disease, her disorder is basically this, her blood cells are not round like normal ones therefore hers are"s ickled" shaped kind of like the letter"C". They then in turn clogged up in the tiny blood vessels in various places in her body. Due to her many doctors visits and sick days home I have not been able to maintain consistent employment which leaves us to survive on $700 a month and about 280 in food stamps. Some how we have made it but it breaks my heart not have transportation to get her around during the 100 plus degree days. Her knees are weak and she can barely walk around the grocery store without and breaks. In addition her spleen is dying off because of her disorder. She actually has a CT scan coming up to determine if the spleen is to be removed. Last year my child missed a total of 35 days of first grade so she needs actual tutoring which requires transport....I could go on but my faith tells me that someone will hear our cry and assist as needed:)! Sincerely, Kimyacta

Our family needs a car. My daughter is starting school and we need a reliable car. at stroke is very common here. After My Mama passed away at only 48 from kidney failure due to diabetes it has been very hard as we all lived together to make it financially as well as emotionally, She was my best friend. We were together my whole life! We need a car desperately because I now have my own daughter to raise and life is very hard without a reliable car.I want to give her the world. So it brakes my heart to have to live this way.I would deeply appreciate if we were to recieve a car.Then I would feel like a good Mama providing and setting a good example for my girl. Thank You so much for listening to my story, God Bless You All, Love,

My name is William Lee.I am married to a disabled wife and we have two 
disabled sons.My car died by fire 3 months ago and because of not 
having car I lost my job so now I am unemployed but can get another job or 
the same one back if I have a car.My family means everything to me and 
I have a really big problem getting them to the doctors psychologist and 
counselors appts getting food boxes and other resourses available to 
those who has transpotation. And Phx Az is not a good place for someone 
who does not have a car.The heat here is almost unbearably when carrying 
a back pack full of food on foot and the nearest store is a mile and a 
half.I have to caring my 78 lbs son 5 miles on my shoulder one time 
back from the hospital after leaving my wife there over night. The 
ambulance driver said he would take us to the hospital but you have to get a 
cab back and we had no money.
Thank you so much in advance for your help should you decide to do so.

This story is of a young woman of 23 years of age, soon to be 24 in May, by the name of, Lisa, and her newly turned 6 year old child, in March, by the name of, Destiny. I first met Lisa over the phone in December of 2002, and shortly thereafter in person, met with both her and her daughter, Destiny. We created a friendship that led into a relationship between the three of us, together. Just previously to meeting her for the first time, Lisa had undergone an operation to remove her uterus due to complications from a disease she had acquired called, adenomyosis, which is endometrial tissue that grows out from within the uterine walls, and implants itself, & invades other surrounding tissue in those areas, & grows onto them in benign form, often causing at many times during the period of a day, severe, harrowing, & excrutiatingly paralyzing pain. This was known as, and the cause of endometriosys, that had also developed, additionally. This episode had followed six laparoscopy procedures for uterine wall lining exam & scrapings, they also found materialization of interior abdominal adhesions, & endometrial tumors growing on her ovaries, which they tried to remove in several different fasions, including the laser. Due also to all this (in which it also affects), and to the previous work she had done in the medical care field as an uncertified nursing assistant, she had also developed a very uncomfortable case of sciatica, in which at times she finds it very painful to sit or stand. These numerous and symptomatic problems causing great complication, have had the effect of leaving her unemployed, suspended out of her college courses, in which she was seeking a nursing degree, & unable to seek & maintain gainful employment. All this with the added responsibility and obligation of having see to getting her daughter, Destiny, to attend her first year of public school kindergarten classes. She had gotten an 1986 Chevy Cavalier from her aunt a few years previously, which began to become a money pit for her, & by this particular time due to her current unfortunate medical, employment, & financial travesty, she could no longer afford to keep it well maintained in running order, insured, registered, & just basically on the road to provide her the independence she so desperately requires to transport her 6 year old child to & from school. And all the other adult & motherly, family, & personal needs, as well. Living in an extremely remote desert area outside the metropolitan Phoenix area, with no public transportation established nor available yet, it has just caused insult to her injuries, illness, & need to provide for her daughter, her family, & herself! Over the year & a half we stayed together, I have helped with as much in the way of transportation & the financing toward trips to the emergency room, doctors offices, pharmacy, & community assistance agencies, to try to help provide & promote her health & wellness, & overall well-being, as I could, & as was in my power to continue to do so, for the great love & friendship I have for her and for Destiny. But, to my dismay, not having enough income, & running out of saved resources, & no abundance of personal connections, if any, from being newly "transplanted" here in the Arizona desert from the mid-atlantic region of the east coast, my job offerings, local work history, & time I had available to devote to ongoing acquisition of new positions, (if at all immediately & substantially available, & close enough to the remote northwest valley outskirts where we live, for gainful employment), were limited, due to my most paramount importance. The love, concern, devotion, to my number one focus, my number one goal, first, to my #1 life-long love, soulmate, & wife-to-be. To assist Lisa in finding a fast & final cure by way of investigating and searching for the best and most proper, competent doctors & medical care personnel. We were just so limited by not being able to personally afford to search for these resources outside & away from her financially assisted limitations, that eve rything in our lives became very frustrating & confusing, & way overcomplicated. Especially due to my need to find the source to "save" her from her plight, & be her "superhero" in her life, and not being able to successfully accomplish that effectively, nor efficiently enough. You see, I have never been in love, found a love that I felt so deeply for, and had such helpless frustration with any other person, or at any other time in comparison to this one time in my life! Consequently, these frustrations & complications put us more frequently at odds with each other, & led our recent, and most unfortunate splitting separation apart from one another, in which I am beside myself about. If only I could have just seen the "light at the end of the tunnel", or the "forest for the trees", and just taken things more lightly at times that seemed so traumatic for us all. Though, now am able to see it all so much more clearly, I am in such great lowly sorrow for my greatest loss, of her, of them, of Lisa, and Destiny! For such a great love’s loss, all the beauty, emotion & friendship we created, discovered, and enjoyed together. Then allowed myself to let it untether, float off, far and away from any semblance of wence we came. To let wither away, as a desert oasis becomes sun burnt, shrivels into rubble, and is driven away by the desert sandstorm. If at all possible, if it belay in the Lord's will, and it be in your ability to accomplish, please, find resources necessary to provide the assistance for Lisa & Destiny to become blessed with their own reliable transportation to complete their life's mission and journey of health & happiness!!! It would be the answer to all of our prayers & wishes, and as well, I would be forever, & eternally greatful, for a lifetime to come!!! Please, Help!!! :) Thanking you, in advance, for your most gracious & blessed genourosity, and thoughtful kindness!!! God Bless You, Always!!! Marc N.

I am submitting this because my mom has raised been raising three of her grandkids. She is 54 years old and is still dealing with changing diapers, Taking to doctor appointments , Dental appointments. She has broken down and has had to walk quite a distance to get to a phone w/ all the kids. My father was the one that used to drive and keep cars in driving order. But when he passed away she has had to do all of the driving. She has no mechanical background so she is having a difficult time with a reliable transportation. Thanks.

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