How DFN Helps Those in Need

• Rent
• Medical expenses
• Food (gift card)
• Furniture (used and new)
• New beds
• Household items
• Baby items (crib, car seat, and other items)
• Clothing
• Education costs
• School supplies
• Air conditioning unit
• Linens – bedding and towels
• Snow removal costs
• Laptop
• Gasoline (gift card)

Needs Fulfilled

• Purchased a new bed and bedding for a teenage boy who gave up his bed for his ailing grandfather
• Helped move an older woman into an independent living facility
• Paid a veterinary bill for a beloved service dog
• Obtained a laptop for a woman confined to bed because of a debilitating disease;
• Helped pay rent for a single mother
• Assisted an elderly Holocaust survivor with medical supplies
• Delivered furniture and household items for a single mother who immigrated from Israel
• Negotiated a reduction in fees for another single mother from Israel whose possessions were being held by U.S. Customs
• Purchased contact lenses for a woman whose Medicaid will not cover the cost of the lenses
• Purchased a bicycle so a client without a car had a mode of transportation
• Bought new tires for a single mother so her car was safe to drive
• Purchased an iPad for a disabled woman after her old computer broke
• Purchased gas cards for a woman to travel to doctors’ appointments after surgery
• Purchased a new laptop for a children’s music school in Israel in one of the country’s most dangerous border towns

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