Waiting for Wheels

The following excerpts are taken from pending applications:

A deaf single mother spending six hours a day on busses taking her to and from an eight-hour shift of work. She has been the victim of three lay-offs; the third of which took place just 30 days after she purchased a vehicle. She is thrilled to be working again but sad about not being able to drive her son to school and, more so, about so many hours each day spend commuting that she would prefer to spend helping her son with his homework and eating together.

A 72-year old piano teacher who needs wheels to get to the lessons as they support her and her grown daughter whose serious medical condition does not allow her to walk, let along work. The two are alone in the world.

A single mother riding a bicycle a long distance, on a busy four-lane highway, to her night shift position at Walmart.

A single mother of three who survived her husband's attempt on her life and is left alone to raise her children while he is in prison; she depends on others for rides to work, errands and doctors' appointments.

A working mom whose husband lost his job, daughter attempted to take her life, and father died this year; they have lost their home three times due to financial woes and cannot get to medical appointments without needed car repairs.