Shaughna was living with her son, and it had become a domestic violence situation. Unlike many, Shaughna didn’t believe she would have any trouble leaving – she knew she had the skills to get a well-paying job. She walked out of the abusive situation in Las Vegas, and came to Pasadena for a fresh start. …
Joan, a single woman in her mid-50s, reached out to our Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance (EPRA) program when she entered a local sober living facility in Pasadena. Recovering from substance abuse and mental health issues, Joan was afraid that, with limited income, she risked being kicked out of the facility and becoming homeless again. …
Mark is a single father in his early thirties with a son in fifth grade. Recovering from a death in the immediate family left Mark unemployed for several months and he fell behind on his rent. By the time he reached out to FID’s Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance (EPRA) program to apply for assistance, …
On September 11, 2001, in the early morning, Dr. Corine Yee was already up and ready for her day. She had the television on and the screen caught her eye in time to watch in horror as the second plane hit the Twin Towers. She went to church to pray, and emerged with the conviction …
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Our Street Outreach Team’s Family Specialist, Michael Jaimes, has a strong reason to identify with some of the families he works with – one recent family in particular. The couple was originally from Colombia and had a baby on the way and no resources to fall back on. Michael was able to get them first …
Bonnie and Rose are a mother and daughter team who have been volunteering together at Friends In Deed for about four months. They had been looking for a way to give back to the community and had tried a number of places, but felt that the fit wasn’t right and they weren’t really needed. Then …
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Claudia has been volunteering on and off at the Friends In Deed Food Pantry since 2015! She was living nearby and noticing the buzz of activity around our building, so she googled the address to find out what we do, and the rest is history. Even after moving away to Michigan for a year, she …
Kyle bumped into a member of our Street Outreach team while they were buying a taco, and he recognized our logo on their hoodie. Kyle was helped by our Eviction Prevention and Rental Assistance team a while back – we were able to tide him over a difficult period by helping him with a deposit …
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Tammy was living with her daughter until her daughter got a Section 8 voucher to help with housing costs, which meant that she could no longer have a sub-tenant. Tammy relies on her own earnings to make ends meet – she has been denied Social Security – and those earnings are not enough to pay …
Not all Friends In Deed stories have neat and happy endings. Sometimes the best we can hope for is “happier than it might have been.” Our Substance Abuse Specialist, Olivia, had lost track of one of her clients – something that can easily happen with the sector of the population she works with. So when …
