HGTV can help “Change the World” with everybody’s help

My father and mother are being evicted from their home because the hospital wants to expand. They have lived in their home for over 51 years. My Father is a silver star decorated World War 11 Marine. He had 2 tours in the pacific, On the Marshall Islands he lost eyesight in his right eye by saving the life of a fellow Marine. He served in the South Dakota Sate Legislature 1953-1954. He is a member of the Marine league, V.F.W., American Legion and the Shrine. He loves his home. What wouild be nice is if you could build a smaller 1 floor home like that one they have now with firepalce, beautiful mantel and wood work, with 2 baths and 3 bedrooms and a den to hold his antiques.My dad never talks about his war years. but it would be a tribute to the men and women still living that are the Greatest Generation.

Carter Osterhouse just announced on HGTV (2/07/09)that you are looking for Iraq vets that need help with their home. Please enter our son as he was shot eight time during two tours of duty in the infantry. His name is Andy Madison, his “E” mail is discoddi@msn.com. He lives in warwick Rhode Island. Please help him.

I would like to know how I can nominate someone for a kitchen makeover. About 11 years ago, I married a wonderful man, Troy, who lovingly took in my two daughters as his own. He loves to cook and shop (the perfect man) and I tended to the house and the yard. About 7 years ago, we had our own child via invitro fertilization and were blessed with a beautiful son, Steven. Since giving birth, I have been plagued with a variety of physical and psychological disorders and could not take much part in raising our family. Being the man he is, he jumped in with both feet and took over the household. I spent most of my days in bed and nights laying awake worried that this wonderful man would suddenly realize this was not what he had signed up for…he never did. Finally, after about 5 years, I was finally diagnosed as Bipolar 2 with PTSD. That answered alot of questions but brought on another journey we had to take and we have taken it together. As I said previously, Troy loves to cook and we had a beautiful kitchen in our previous home but had to move to be closer to my doctors and family. Now, he prepares our meals in a narrow, dank and dark kitchen with a patched floor and about 12 feet of counter space. I’m hoping that some will read this and help me give something back to this man who has so unselfishly given to others. Please let me know where I can nominate him…

Hi,My name Mu’minah , My mother relocated to California with her 6 children and gave this women $2,500 dollars to secure an 5br. As I tell you this story I’m crying because she left us to be homeless and Children and Youth was called out on us because where we were the toilets was filled with fecal, urine and all types of bugs and no running water, So we had to literally flee to New Jersey and stay with my grandmother, my Aunt and Mother friend and they all told us we had to leave so we had to go back to Pennsylvania where we had originally had a nice 6br. house and gave it up to go to California. My mother was able to start proceedures to sue this women and she was served by the County Sheriff officers there but because they called Children and Youth on us because of that unsanitary house she haven’t been able to get back there to go to court hard getting back there and now she just seems depressed and we are too we don’t want to be here it’s affecting my 16yr. old sister, she isn’t performing her best in school as for myself I’m in the 12th grade and want to study Marine Biology and foreign relations I’ve been affected because my GPA was lower than it should’ve had been because of my absentees with living from place to place I missed a lot of days but my feel guilty for the scholarship wasn’t able to get and getting into the colleges I would prefer to attend. Wilkes University or NYU. I’m unhappy because a lot of the other Seniors did get accepted and not me and I have a tumor in my breast and I’m so young. My mother truck broke down on her and she uses it to take the children to school. I seems that everything bad is happening to us. My Mom lost my baby brother as a result of this last February, I really wanted to see him.
We are still mourning over him now but I know she hides her sorrow so we won’t see. The children Father’s won’t help her. My sister and I is the oldest we lost our father when we were 2and 3. My mother was a widow at the age of 24 it’s crazy I tell if you only knew our struggle. My mother gained weight which makes me so unhappy because if you see pictures of her she was beautiful in good shape and took care of herself but life happen in a bad way to her. I quote a passage from Phophet Jeremiah when he prayed for help, God sent another Phophet on the other side of the world to give him food that he God HIMSELF said “Prepare a plate for Jeremiah” and the other Phophet said how can I, he’s on the other side of the world he said again prepare a plate for Jeremiah and God had an white animal none like we have ever seen to carry this Phophet to give the food to Jeremiah and when he descended in the place where Jeremiah was at Jeremiah said upon seeing “Have my LORD remembered me” the other Phophet replied “yes your LORD have remembered you” so I tell this great story to ask whom ever eyes read this pray for us. We’re in turmoil but not despair and to help me give my mother some ease, out of an depress and oppress situation that she didn’t forsee but untrustworthy people who would rip off a women with 6 children off. Please Remember us and your Lord is swift in reward to whom ever assist his servants.She loves the members at HGTV they are a God send.We watch this show faithfully and wish they would come rescue us. I sit there and say I wish that they would help my mother cause I can see it in her eyes how much she wants to have you all to help her I believe she wouldn’t be depressed no more. To have an ease is better than being rich. Please let me know where to be nominate my Dear mother. Sincerely Mu’minah

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Hi I would like to volunnteer members of our food pantry at the church of my memebership. I think sometime people look at food pantries as a simple process of just giving away food not really knowing the man power,getting up at 5:a.m.twice during the week to collect food, haul it back and unload and seperate into bag,dealing with multiple personalities and behaviors. Our pantry started out feeding 75 families and now we’re up to 300 families and counting with the same workers from the inception of our program. The pantry is in great need for storage of food and electical work. The kitchen is heavily used and has taken a toll on storage space and electical malfunctions. We have been trying for the last year to have an exit door installed and just given the run-around. I would love to invite HGTV just to come and witness the blessings of feeding families with no complaints from the volunteer staff but just to serve families in need.

Thanks
Wil

Will be very nice if they have a progame that help single mom with four children like me to get a nice home that i never going to have one for my four kid. I am a single mom with four child, has been lay-of work for last two years no income, we live with a friend in two bed room apartment. four of us live in one bed room and my son live in living room. We really need help. We hope something nice will happen on this christmas day. Thank you HGTV for reading our wish for christmas.