How We Care
When an individual or family comes to us we review with them all the necessary information required to provide assistance. Then we offer to provide a care counselor if they desire one. We can help people with almost any issue: depression, divorce, alcohol and drug addiction, grief, pregnancy, relationships, motivation, health, children, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, or isolation. Much of the care counselor’s job is just listening with compassion.
We also assist in finding resources to help with their situations. S.O.U.L provides food, clothing and household items as needed. We have applications to the pharmaceutical companies that offer free or discounted prescriptions to the needy. We can help them find health care that is either donated or discounted. We can assist with jobs, transportation, and looking for a home or shelter
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A S.O.U.L. Story of Transformation
Keeping a family together and safe at home
In one of our S.O.U. L. families, the father lost his job and was having difficulty replacing it. They came to us several months after the job loss. The bill collectors were calling on a regular basis, there was barely any food for the eight children and the threat of foreclosure on their house was just around the corner. S.O.U.L. stepped in by providing food and clothes for the family, Christmas gifts for the kids, resources to aid them in paying their bills, and treated the mother to a donated massage and a detoxifying foot bath treatment to ease some of her stress. Caring people were there to listen, comfort and provide research assistance. After the father found a new job, S.O.U.L. helped out for another month until they got a little more stable with finances. S.O.U.L. assisted this family for almost four months during their difficult transition time. They have now been financially stable for a year.
Helping in this way can be the difference in keeping a family in their home avoiding the fall into homelessness and poverty.
Hope and Remission
An elderly woman came to us in the summer of 2006. She was battling breast cancer and undergoing chemotherapy and radiation. The medical bills had taken their toll on her and her husband. The husband worked a low income job. They were borrowing money for rent and eating very little. S.O.U.L. stepped in by providing food and clothes and any household goods that were needed. Food and gift baskets were delivered for the holidays also. The money they didn’t have to spend on food could then be used for rent, household bills and medical bills. We also provided her with applications to pharmaceutical companies that donate prescriptions to those in need.
Birthday Wishes Come True
After leaving a physically abusive alcoholic husband, a woman and her three children needed help. She could not receive mandatory child support because she was married in the Muslim tradition which is not considered legal in the United States. Her husband refuses to give any financial help. She found a temporary location to live and is in a safe environment for her kids. S.O.U.L. has provided her with furniture, clothes, food, holiday gifts, household goods and assistance in locating a job and car. One of our business contributors has adopted them and will be creating memorable birthdays for each of the kids this year. We are continuing to help her until she can afford a place of her own and can financially support her family.