DONATE CARS IN LOUISIANA

Cars 4 Christmas has joined efforts with Teams Together, Another not for profit based out of Overland Park, Kansas for a special project. On Dec 21st 2005 the Car Santa Sent 8 vehicles to Houma Louisiana for as special Christmas Presents. Cars were transported by Road Warriors in Omaha, Ne .This project will continue all year as donations come in.

i think that she's need a car is so that she may be able to get to and from work. SHE HAS A CAR BUT SHE HAD A GUY TO FIX IT. HE STILL HAS IT. HE TOLD HER THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT LAST VERY LONG EEN THOUGH HE IS GOING TO TRY AND FIX IT. SHE IS USING HER STEPFATHER'S CAR NOW. SHE HAS HAD IT FOR AT LEAST A MONTH. DECEMBER WILL BE ANOTHER MONTH. WHEN HER CAR WAS RUNNING, SHE COULD NOT DRIVE IT OUT OF TOWN. SHE IS A WINDOWER AND HAS TWO CHILDREN. sHE WORKS VERY HARD, AND SHE IS TYING TO PAY FOR HER HOME.

John lost his car in Katrina.  He is  21 and does not have enough money 
to purchase another.  Fema gave our family  12,000 with which to 
rebuild our lives but that is gone with purchasing a vehicle and living 
expenses.  We are living in a gutted out home. John unable to cope with the 
living conditions, moved in with some friends.  He has no 
transportation to be able to get work.   If he would recieve a car, It would 
definately change his life.  He could work and go to school.

I need a vehicle in order to keep my job to support my children, and go to doctors appointment. I am a single mother going through a divorce, and I am pregnant. My husband took everything we had. The money, the truck, all of our belongings. I am struggling to make ends meet. I have a great job, and a great boss that has been helping me more than I could have imagined, but there is only so much and so long that he is willing to do. Without a car, my children might be taken away, my job will be lost, and I will not be able to support my growing family. With a car, I have hope in keeping my children with me, safe from any threat, warm, fed, and happy. Please help me.

My family lived in St Bernard parish and were devasted by hurricane Katrina My sister lost everything in her apartment and is still waiting on help from fema 5 months after the storm She is working at walmart in Slidell, la but wants to return to St Bernard parish to work , walmart is reopening in St Bernard in Feb. she needs transportation desperately to get on with her life and be independent She is living in my driveway in a camper for now, we are still waiting on help from fema please help her thanks

My mother is in need for a car after hurricane Katrina my mother was on her way to come and see me but her car caught on fire. My mother is a very sweet person and she try to help as many people as she can she really love kids. Having a car would help my mother out a lot because my mother now live in the country and it is very far away from where I live in New Orleans. My mother has four other kids and it is hard getting around with that many kids so can you please help my mother get a car it would mean a lot to my mom.

Hello,
My wife, Marvel and I are displaced victims of hurricane Katrina. We 
lost everything in New Orleans due to the devastation of Katrina 
including the car. Marvel really needs a car to travel from LaPlace to New 
Orleans when she resumes her job in the very near future. LaPlace is about 
an hour away outside New Orleans and LaPlace doesn't offer public 
transit. 

Having a car could change Marvel's life because she would have a sense 
of security knowing that can and will arrive to work on time. A car 
will enrich our lives by being able to visit and check on love ones whom 
we haven't seen since the early onset of hurricane Katrina. Most of all, 
having a car will give my wife, Marvel a sense of normalcy, as we still 
are trying to recover and rebuild our lives.

My Aunt is a very loving and caring person and her and her husband need 
a vehicle because he is the only one who works in the house and he has 
to walk to work. They have to walk everywhere with their three year old 
son. Even though its not their fault they cant afford a car, why should 
their three year old son have to suffer.It could change their lives 
because her husband would be able to get a better job and pay the bills 
with ease and she could get a job too. So they wouldnt have to struggle 
and maybe have some extra money left. Yes she is 41 years old; but she 
has spent almost half  her life taking care of her mother (who was very 
sick). If she is chosen, this car will be her blessing that she has so 
long deserved. She has gone through so much and I just want to see her 
happy.  And to think about it this car would actually turn their whole 
world around.

Thanks

My mother have been through so many storms in the last four years, 
divorce, sickness, family disputes.
Since the divorce to my daddy, no one understands the trials she have 
been through, except my other two brothers and I.  I have watched my 
mother help and pray for so many people despite all of her setbacks.  She 
is a nursing student, but cannot finish obtaining her degree due to 
lack of transportation. She misses her doctor's appointments due to lack 
of transportation.  On a daily basis she tries to keep a smile on her 
face, despite the obstacles.  I have a 15 year old brother who have been 
mentally challenged and autistic since birth.  Throughout all the 
things my mother has been through, she still manages to keep us together and 
keep us believing that God will make a way. Trials are here to make us 
strong.
This is my story about my mother, Tara.  A wonderful, God-fearing woman 
who needs someone to care for her like she cares for me.  Thank you

First, of all, thank you for this opportunity!  We are evacuees from 
New Orleans, LA.  We are currently living in a shelter in St. 
Francisville, LA.  I will gladly share my story of the great man in my life, 
Antonio.  We lost everything due to Hurricane Katrina.  Before the storm, we 
were supposed to be moving to a new home and getting married in 
February.  Since the storm, he has no complained once.  He was a hard working 
employee of Tulane University for 10 years and plans on returning back 
ASAP.  He has no vehicle.  He had to walk to work in the rain and 
sunshine.  He never complained once, but his responsibility to his family 
and taking care of his bills would not allow him.  He despitely needs a 
vehicle to move back to New Orleans to get back to work.  He has never 
own a car in his life!!!  And for a man to have never owned that first 
car is hard.  Yet, he never once complained.  This day in age you have 
to have perfect credit to purchase a vehicle.  We are not fortunate
  at this time due to my student loans and trying to pay rent.  Now, we 
have to refurnish our home all over!!  This car will greatly affect his 
life by giving his a sense of accomplishment, peace of mind, and 
self-determination to make it in this world.  Antonio has had the 
responsibility of working since he was 14, but never could afford purchasing his 
car.  Due to Hurricane Katrina, I can't make his dream come true of 
owning a Tahoe or dodge ram, but YOU CAN!  Thank you once again.  Please 
help this young, hard working adult become a man and support our family!

I am writing this on behalf of my friend NeKetta ####### of Eunice, 
Louisiana. Of all gifts she could use this Christmas, a car is at the top 
of the list. She has been working to get a car for many months but has 
experienced several major setbacks. NeKetta was a senior at Xavier 
University of Louisiana majoring in Art with a minor in Psychology. When 
she was not attending class, she worked a part time job to pay her bills 
and save money for a car to replace the one that was slowly falling 
apart. Like thousands of other people, Hurricane Katrina drastically 
changed her life. Although she was able to make it out of New Orleans with 
her life, she lost much of everything else she owned, including her 
vehicle and art supplies. After this setback, NeKetta quickly enrolled in 
another school, McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Not 
long after she had begun to settle down there, Hurricane Rita forced 
her and others to evacuate. As of now, she has been unable to come 
 back to the school although it has recently reopened. Two of the 
dormitories remain closed for repairs brought on by hurricane damages. 
Because she lived in one of the affected dorms, she needs to commute two 
hours (round trip) each day in order to attend classes. Without 
transportation, NeKetta is often unable to make the trip. I think that getting a 
car for Christmas would improve her life in many ways. For someone who 
has recently lost so much, regaining her mobility would greatly improve 
her mood and ability to perform well in school. Also, she has taken on 
many familial responsibilities since she is back in her home town. 
Having her own transportation would help her assist her relatives more 
efficiently. I know that I am financially unable to provide the one thing 
she needs right now, so I am reaching out to an organization that can.

My mother Evelyn ######## 61, years old was a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana and has been all of her life. Hurricane Katrina destroyed her double home that she own and her 1986 Metro Geo vehicle that she was trying to have repair before the storm. My mother became disabled in August of this year and was diagnosed with Lupas and Sarcordotis. She and my sister evacuated to the Shreveport area. She is currently seeing physicians at LSU for her chronic illness. While my sister whom she is with is a single parent of a five year old is now having transportation problems, my mother is in need of a transportation to get back and forth to the hospital, rehabilitation clinic. My mother also adopted a daughter from birth who is now 19 years who was a freshman at Dillard University. She is now temporarily attending LSU-S. My sister is overburden with trying to find employment and transporting her daughter to school, my sister to college and mother to doctors. Please consider my moth er for transportation to help her in this time of need.

I really need your help.  I am a survivor of Hurricane Katrina. I was 
in New Orleans watching my house being submerged underneath 15 feet of 
water and trapped for four days before being air lifted.  Needless to 
say I've lost everything!  Well, almost everything, I'm still alive, the 
people who were trapped with me(my parents and my daughter) are still 
alive!  My parents are disabled and I have a teenage daughter.  My 
parents are now living with relatives in another town while my daughter and 
I am in another town.  Where I am now living is nothing like being in 
New Orleans where public transportation is avaliable.  Here in East 
Feliciana Parish a car is a necessity!  I'm trying very hard to bring our 
lives somewhat to normal, but it's hard.  I need furniture and a job and 
no way to look for one or have the ability to go to the grocery to buy 
food or to check on my parents.  I wish you could help me!

I am a divorcee and mother of two daughters. My credit has been extremly bad since my divorce. I was fortunate enough to get a car about 2 and a half years ago, but lost it to Hurricane Katrina. I live in New Orleans, I drove my elderly parents car to higher ground and left my car. My car took water to the top of the windows. I have tried to get someone to take a chance on me and give me a loan, but no one was willing. I have $3,000.00 that MetLife gave me for a down payment on a car - but no one gave me a chance. I really need a car because my daughters are living in Shreveport until the end of the school year and I have no transportation to go and see them. If you are able please help us. Thanks

would like a reliable car to travel from Metairie (suburb of New Orleans) to Shreveport at least twice a month. I lost my 2003 car to Hurricane Katrina and I have been unable to get someone to give me a loan. If you are able to assist us, please help us.

My name is Terri and I'm raising my two daughters alone.

My name is Tracy ******, I am writing about my mother, she is a wonderful mother. My Mother has put me and my brother through college working two jobs. She saved her money and bought me my first car along with my brother when he graduated from high school. My mother has never had her own car. She has always had to take a cab to work, or catch a ride with a friend. My mother is also a victim of hurricane Katrina, she started saving her money to buy her a car before the devastation of the hurricane. All the money that she started saving has gone towards fixing her house up, so she can be able to live in a adequate environment. I would be delighted if my mother was one of the lucky people to receive a vehicle so she can get around her community, and continue to be a hard worker that she is. I speak for my mother when I say this deed will be greatly appreciated by her.

I thinks that this young man needs transportation, he always helping out people. He alway helps the elderly if they can't get to a store its because they don't have transportation. He would walk miles to get to his destatination. I think that he needs a car because he is a senior in high school and all of his's friend have a car,but when they see him on the road walking they want even stop to pick him up.

I am married with 5 kids because of hurricane Katrina my family lost our van we had to leave it in new Orleans while our family went up north because it was not in the best of running condition but it was our only means of transportation my wife borrowed a friends truck for us to evacuate I beg you to who it may concern please help me and my family get back on our feet and have a way to get around and me a way to get to and from work.

I would like to tell you my daughter's story. My daughter started out as a young mother right out of high school. She did graduate and had a dream of becoming a nurse. Having a baby put that dream on hold. These past two years have been tough for my daughter. I had to watch her experience a terrible divorce with a person who does not help her support her daughter. She is truly doing it alone. She now attends college to out-live her dream of becoming a nurse. She also participates in all of my grand daughter's activities. She works full time and she helps her father and I. She is truly a deserving person. I cannot help her financially. After the loss of her vehicle in hurricane Katrina, my daughter needs help in finding a dependable vehicle. Please help in any way you can.

To whom it may concern really need a vehicle get around to take of my handicap aunt dr. visits personal needs. she is blind in one eye and also deaf. i also work. my life would be little better if i had a vehicle. iam living shelter to shelter. i cannot get out doing something that needs to done. lost vehicle in hurrciane Katrina did have liability ins. but could not afford full coverage. model of car 1992 honda civic dx 4dr sedan.

My sister Susan and her small family have been through a lot this year. Even though they had a rough rough beginning with their automobile constantly breaking down, Little to no work, and an amazing 2 year old to provide for; they still managed to volunteer and give 100 dollars a week to help the Katrina victims. On September 23, 2005 the town that she resides in (Lake Charles, Louisiana) was hit by Hurricane Rita. They're town and homes were left in ruins. She's always giving and joking and she stayed smiling through the whole dreadful event. I was amazed because though she lost a lot of valuable items she saw the positive and didn't get upset or sad. However, when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans she cried and cried. She watched tragedy after tragedy and gave what she could anonymously. She didn't tell anyone what she and her family was doing. She smiles and befriends everyone she meets. Though she won't admit it she deserves a car for Christmas. (All she ever asks is that she has a tree and special decorations--This year I would like her to have a little more.) Thank you for your time Sheila

Hi: My name is Jennifer and I'm writing regarding my niece Charonda. Charonda is a 21 year old young lady who graduate in the top of her class. Charonda have had it hard throughout of life. When she was a baby her mother left her and her sister at a young age, and never returned. She had no support from her mother side of the family and haven't heard from her mother in 17 years. She don't know if her mother dead or alive. She have wrote Maury and different talk show host to help her locate her mother. After graduation she attended University of Louisiana Lafayette and got pregnant her first year, she owes the school $700.00 and don't have the money to pay them so now she have to commute. She's living with her aunt who have three children an struggling on her own. She have no transportation to take her child to his doctor appointments, and he suffer with asthma real bad. Charonda would also like to return to school, but don't have the transportation to get to and from school,or transportation to bring her child to daycare when she return to school. I would really love to see Charonda graduate from college and be able to provide for her and her baby without depending on the government to take care of her. She's smart, attended college(Upward Bound) while she was still in high school. No one in her family could afford to help her purchase a car or help her get to school. She can't work, because she have no one to take care of her baby for her. I know the state provide childcare, but she still don't have transportation to get him to daycare, work or school. If anyone could help Charonda, I would truly appreciate it. I just hate to see her life go down hill at such a young age. Thank You, Jennifer Louisiana

I'm writing on behalf on my daughter. Her family has had there share of bad luck two years ago their oldest was diagnosed with Leukemia , then ADD, then Sensori Nuero Damage which is permanent. There four years old son was diagnosed that same year with Bi- Polar disorder, ADHD, And Chronic Bronchiole Asthma. They also have a two year old daughter how has begun to have trouble with Asthma recently . And last but not least there's the little one he just turning one and a cute little thing. Since the Diagnoses of Leukemia there world seems to just keep falling apart they can't get ahead. Every vehicle they manage to get falls apart right now they have two , but one isn't working these a brake leak that they can't seem to solve plus a electrical short in the fuse panel. So her means of transportation for doctors, pharmacy pick ups, and just going to the store is gone. She has to get up and get the kids up at 5:30 am to take me to work so she can have a way to go to doctor a ppt. The vehicle her husband drives is old and starting to have problems of it's own but they have no means or credit to get any thing . So I was wondering if you could help. Thank You