Ellen:
I love your show and tape it every day and watch it when I get home. You are the very best talk show host ever, and so compassionate, honest, funny, informative - I could go on and on. You are the greatest!!
I have a very important request: I recentlymet a gentleman locally here in Metairie, LA. His story is so sad, and this man really needs help. I am asking you to please help him. I will try to make this concise. He served 2 years in Viet Nam, was shot in the head, left for dead and even had the tag on his toe and waiting for the black bag to be zipped up and left for dead, waiting for his heart to stop. Well, his heart never stopped, so the military doctors finally took him into surgery. He went through many surgeries and many rehabilitations to learn to walk again. But he cannot use his left hand at all. He is alive now after many many operations and rehabilitation. He was shot in the right side of his brain, and has lost all use of his left arm and limps. But the spunk and toughness that this man has is incredible. Anyway, he was married about 22 years. He had his own band, doing very well, and he plays the keyboard with one hand, and his wife Iat the time) sang in the band. After 22 years of marriage, his wife left him for his drummer, who was his very best friend. Alpha was totally unaware what was going on, and was totally devastated. although all members of the band knew. In April of 2005 they separated and divorced. In August 2006, he lost EVERYTHING he ever owned in Katrina in Chalmette, LA. Everything including all of his band equipment, keyboards, speakers, micrphones, etc, - just lost it all. Not only did he lose his wife, and then the band disbanded because of this awful disgrace and deceitfulness, and let down by all of his band members, he lost his only income, as well as his wife's income, having lost his band members and all equipment. His 3 children went to live with him, at their wishes, and he has been struggling financially ever since. He is buying a very run-down house in Metairie/Kenner, La., and is stuggling to keep up with the bills and feed his children, the youngest of which is still in high school. I met this very nice gentleman about 1 1/2 months ago. He is one of the nicest, kindest, good-hearted, and uplifting person I have ever met in my entire life. Yes, we all lost something in Katrina (I lost my husband), but this man lost absolutely everything, and is struggling so bad to make it day to day and month to month. Hardly enough money to buy food, pay the house note, and other necessities. The house needs so much work, the carpets are filthy, actually too bad to be cleaned, needs painting, sheetrock falling down - but he says he has a roof over his head and has a good attitude. Since I met him, I have been his very good friend, and have been basically feeding he and his family and helping out whenever and wherever I can. On top of all of this, he has a "homeless" 31-year old guy staying with him because he has no place to go. He told me tonight he got road home money in amount of $124,000, but after the attorneys got their money, he wound up with 24,000 only. This man hardly has any clothes, 2 pairs of very old and wet shoes, still wearing clothes that were given to him during Katrina. He has the bare necessities. Ellen, I am asking you to please help this man in any way you can as soon as possible. He is so worried that his children will not have a Christmas. He is a wonderful father. He is an injured and handicapped Viet Nam Veteran, but through it all, he has a sense of humor and goes with the flow. But I know he worries inside. I am helping him as much as I possibly can. I lost my husband, and had 2 inches of water in my home, but I'm okay now. I was laid off in February but I am making it and dont need help. Alpha needs help. I ask you so much to find it in your hear to help Alpha DeRouen financially as much as you can, and somehow help him get those old dirty carpets that went through Katrina out of that house. They are living in mold and mildew and filthy carpets. I am going to go vacuum his carpets and attempt to steam clean them until he can afford to buy new carpets. (The carpets are deplorable, I'm not sure they can be cleaned at all.) I do know he is a very loving and great father to his children, and his children come first. That's why Alpha is doing without. Alpha cooks with one hand, chops seasoning with one hand, he plants and gardens with one hand, he cleans and mops floors with one hand. He is amazing and probably the best and most humble and honest gentleman I have every met.
Since we met, he loves to just go riding around Metairie, and Kenner and Uptown, just to see our beautiful City Of New Orleans coming back slowly.
Ellen, Please find it in your heart to help Alpha renovate his home, or in some way help him financially. He is presently trying to get another band together. He has his "plate full"!! It takes me meeting Alpha to realize just how lucky I am. I can only help with groceries and cooking.
Please feel in your heart to help Alpha. He needs help so much. He does not know I am writing to you. You are the first person I thought of to ask him for help. Please open your heart to Alpha and his family.
Thanking you so much for listening to Alpha's story and I look forward to hearing from you.
Alpha does not know I have written this letter, No one knows except me and you.
Thank you Ellen for whatever you can do for Alpha DeRouen.
Thanks, and love and God Bless You!
Elaine ans

Dear Ellen,
First and foremost my love and best wishes to you and portia wish you all the happiness in the world.Ellen i admire you for all you do for breast cancer but there is something i would like to bring to your attention which tore my world apart,I have been a very hard working woman and my children are my world 2 sons and a daughter who i love very dearly i was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome a year ago and was put on meds but it got worse i begged the doctor to send me to a GI but having no insurance it was put off so instead i was sent to a gynecologist and i explained every thing to her and she heard my cry and admitted me in hospital for a hysterectomy after biopsy,s of my uterus and found a cyste, she admitted me 2 days prior to run more tests i had MRI,CT,and colonoscopy and my worse fears hit the doctors told me i was in the last stage of colon cancer an it had travelled to my liver and that was a nightmare and like someone pulled the rug from right under me i have been a caregiver for 26yrs and being on the other side of the bed was a new lesson, I had my colon surgery on the 1st of november and started my chemo on 5th of december it,s been a hard road but watching u everyday it give me hope.You have been through alot an you give so much to everybody the sad thing is my sons had nothing for christmas and my daugther has grandparents here my boys never received a card from their dad or child support since 2000 so i have been both mom and dad to them i have tried to get the 12 days but no luck.I just hope you can put this out and alert the wonderful people about the things they take for granted i just want people to appreciate what they have and i know what i have is hope and faith and my children who make me want to live we have put in for medicaid as my husband has to take time off to take me for appointments so far things are not going well financially we are hurting our house got repossed and my car too we are renting now we can,t even make payment but the state doesn,t even helped knowing i am in stage 4 and terminal.Well all i would like to ask you is to make my sons day they work hard and are putting themselves through college i feel so helpless right now and all they ask is for my to live for them, please Ellen make my voice heard and live each day to the full god bless everyone and you keep up the good work and love to you
love and hugs jj

Just want to thank you for the autograph I got from you and was so exited to see you , i was on cloud nine all day, and all the people I told about you weresooooo jealous thank you again I hope to see you arround God Bless You

I am a Non-Profit Shelter- Walpole Animal Care, Inc. who takes in many cats who are UNPLACEABLE ferral or sick. I have been doing this for over 18 years. I keep them housed, fed and tend to their medical needs Spay/Nuter, sickness etc. I am asking for any donations that may be within your reach to help provide for these cats and senior dogs too. I could use help with providing them quality foods. I have a Fed Tax ID# to show that I am a non-profit agency and just trying to help this very necessary cause.

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hi ellen.my name is jennifer and i live in nigeria.i love to watch your show but it is always shown late in nigeria{i watched day 8 of your twelve days of giveaways lastweek and i'll probably see today's show in september next year}.i plan to get my university education in the u.s.if you get to see this,please visit nigeria soon.it is really nice especially the city called abuja.hugs and kisses..

I think it's great what you are doing, I'm 38 and had breat cancer and had a double mastectomy, and i have gone through the reconstruct surgery, and i"m done with it all, i went through chemo and i finished that. well i recently had blood test done and a catscan and i am cancer free and i hope it will stay that way. my mom had it when she was younger and she is cancer free, my sister had ovarian cancer when she was in her 30's and she passed away at age 34. i just want to thank you for doing this and i love your show and god bless everyone and my prayers are with you. i can tell u this when i was sick with my chemo i always had a smile when i watched your show, i will never forget the one when u had jeff corwin on, i laughed so hard that i thought my stitches ripped out. well take care and god bless u. kathy

I watch your show daily and cancer is such a big thing in my life right now. My mother was diagnosed in Jan.07 and had a mastectomy and now Sept.07 my father has stage 3 lung cancer. Our family is having a hard time with this, we are all very close and live side by side. We are praying for a miracle. We are very worried about mother, they have been married 57 years, and I know we are lucky but it is still so hard. The disease is so terrible to so many, my dream is good people like you can make a difference. We need to find a cure for cancer instead of alot of other things our money is spent for, to keep other family's from the pain of watching their loved ones suffer.
Thank you Ellen for making me laugh,you are a kind person.
Susanna

Dear Ellen,
Breast Cancer is a huge deal, but why is there no colon cancer month or liver cancer month where people walk or have big fundraiser. Everyone needs to be aware of these too. My mother in law has had both colon (the first time) and Liver (the second time)cancer. She has had over half her liver removed and given a less then one percent survior rate. She is now what is known as clinically cured. I do however support the cause for breast cancer as we have a family member going through it. Thank You For All Your Support.

I know that all of us, including Ellen are huge animal lovers. I want so much for cancer to be cured,and I hope that for all the animals that we are testing chemicals on,we can push for humane research methods. ( we want to cure the very disease that we have brought on ourselves by eating hormonal dairy and meat products)Anyway---the alternative methods that do not use animals are designed to detect harm in humans much better than the old fashion inhumane animal testing done. Please take note of this and be aware that there are alternative humane methods. For more info on this go to info@animalearn.org or call 1 800 SAY AAVS.
Get rid of cancer but not at the animals expense.
Thanks yall,
Leisa Clark
Austin Texas