by UMSI Team | Jan 21, 2020 | Car Repair, Client Profiles
Marilynn works as a home health aide, a job that is very dependent on having a reliable source of transportation. She has been experiencing car trouble for years, and eventually, her car broke down completely. In fear of losing her job, she reached out to us for help....
by Laurie Sternberg | Feb 15, 2019 | Car Repair, Emergency Assistance, Spotlight, Volunteer & Staff News
We’ve been through the ringer with one client, who received a car from us only to have a part go bad that was recalled in other models. Our caseworker, Ola Saad, got to work and managed to put together a financial package with other agencies in the community to...
by Laurie Sternberg | Jan 4, 2019 | Car Repair, Cars, Community Needs, Emergency Assistance, Spotlight
Our Direct Assistance Helpline — utility prevention, car repair assistance, etc. — has new extended hours. It will now be open 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM, Monday through Friday. It is our hope that this will give people a bigger window in which to call us. Note:...
by Laurie Sternberg | Oct 3, 2017 | Car Repair, Client Profiles, Spotlight
Paula and her 12-year-old daughter, Fayth, had a hard time of it over the last year as their small family struggled with Paula’s breast cancer diagnosis. Treatment involved removing Paul’s breast. While the good news is that Paula survived the scare, she...
by Laurie Sternberg | Dec 12, 2016 | Car Repair, Cars, Grants Received, Spotlight, Thankfulness Thursday
First Congregational Church of Ann Arbor has been a long-time friend to Friends In Deed. In fact, we have received grant monies from them every year since 2001. In 2016, the $1,000 in grant monies we received helped five working or medically fragile households with...
by Laurie Sternberg | Oct 6, 2015 | Car Repair, Client Profiles
Diane has faced difficult challenges – she spent time up north with her father as he died of cancer and then returned to have to seek shelter from an abusive situation, all while caring for a teenage son and an older, disabled daughter. Then her car, which was...
