Dear Ellen,
My name is Gina. I am writing to you not for pity or for you to feel sorry for me because I'm not that kind of person. I am writing to take a chance on some help
To tell you about myself would take me writing a biography, so I will hit the high and low points and see what happens.
As a child I lived half with my grandparents and half with my mom. I know who my dad is, but he has not been in my life since I was 2 years old.
At the age of 9 my mom meet a man and married him. From the age of 9 til I was 15 I was sexually abused by this man. At 15 we moved from Michigan to North Carolina. After keeping the secret of sexual abuse for 6 years, I told my school counselor ans was took from the home and placed in foster care that day. I did not see my mom for 13 years. During those years my life was so different.
Going from a private school to a public school, I went wild. I became pregnant at 18 years old and gave birth to my daughter on my 19th birthday. 10 months later I gave birth to my second child a son. 2 years later I gave birth to another son.
When my 3rd child was 6 months old my husband got sent to prison for sexually molesting his niece.
Left with 3 babies to raise all by myself, I was lost. My oldest had club feet(my daughter).She was going through surgery after surgery.
On Easter I met who I thought was my angel. We started dating. He loved my kids as his own. he taught me to trust love and live simple. We were best friends. The first 5 years great. We built a new home and finally everything was great I thought. As the years went on he started to change. We mortgaged the house and things were being sold. After being together 17 years(married 12) he died of a drug over dose July 2007. His brother had been murdered 2 years before that.
After all my kids have seen and been through they are my inspiration.
My oldest is a team leader at a bank. She is going to under go more work on her feet. She has a 2 year old little boy. She pushes herself everyday to be the best mom ever.My middle child is in the Air Force and has served in 2 wars. My youngest works at Wal-Mart.
I had to sell my home because I couldn't afford the mortgage after my husband died, and lost pretty much everything.
Now I have meet a wonderful man. We rent a small trailer. He has a home that needs repairs. We plan to be married but the house has to be fixed first. We are both on disability and cant afford to do it. We can get married unless we don't have to pay rent because they are gonna cut my check when we get married and we won't be able to afford rent.
I'm not asking you for anything. Im just wishing something good could happen to me. I want all my kids( my fieances kids and mine)(6 kids and 1 grand child)to have a big Christmas from me and the house to be livable so we can be married and happy.
If a miracle was to happen, I don't know how I would act....

Love your personality,
Gina Trivette

Hi Ellen! My name's Nikki Hedrick. I'm 14 years old. I live in York PA. And, I am a huge fan of yours, when I come home from school I join my mom at the TV to watch the last couple minutes of your show. It's amazing. But, I was wondering you could please help me, and my family. We're on the verge of losing our home. And, I DO NOT like to see my parents upset, but every night now, they're always yelling about money. And, my mom has cried a couple of times these past couple years. My dad's getting laid off next week, and my mom has no more hope. She's always wanted the best for my sister and I, but now she doesn't know what to do. Earlier this year, I thought nothing bad would go wrong with anything. But, it's all changing. I want my parents to be happy so bad, Ellen. I'm even crying writing this. My parents haven't been happy for about a good two years now. And, I don't want them to put up with any more stress. I wanted only a few things this year for Christmas. I don't anymore, I only want one thing. I want my family to be happy again, I want to have a nice Christmas this year without my parents going over board on money. It would mean the world to me to see a smile on my moms face this Christmas. I can only immagine how happy my mom will be when she finds out you might help us. I'm not going to tell my mom I wrote you. This is going to be her Christmas present.
Please, please help us Ellen.
-Nikki Hedrick.

Hey Ellen, I love and watch your show, the reason I'm writting to you today is, Next week on Thanksgiving day will be my 66th birthday, I made a very big mistake moving to Arizona to live with my daughter and her boyfriend, My daughter came to Florida to drive me back in my car..I've gone threw my savings and checking most of my money went to my daughter and her boyfriend..helping them get a place to live now I dont have a place to Live..{ I cant Live with That boyfriend of her's} On the way here to Arizona the car broke down just as we got into Texas, we drove on in to Arizona without getting the car fixed.I had to spend all the money I had in savings and checking to get us back to Arizona and repair the car as best it could be fixed.I now have no money no home & no car.. My daughters boyfriend is not working and is not the kind of man I would have chosen for my daughter.I need your help in getting a roof over my head and hopefully that roof will be back in Florida where I have a friend or two I can tell my troubles to and laugh with. Ellen I know there are lots of people asking you for help, I am too old to be without a place to live and no food or even a car to keep me out of the cold.Please help me get back to Florida.. LOVE you Ellen for all the nice and good things you do to help others, May God Bless you and yours.

hi ellen,
my naame is amanda.i live in butte montana
i watch your show ever day.iam a 5th grader iam 10years old.my grandpa loves you trick when you sit down well iam hoping to get an email from you

hey ellen, I just thought I'd email you and tell you that I love your show and how you help all these people out. I've watched you show since I had my son in July of 2007 and you've helped so many people out and I think you are a very special person. I don't know what but I'm 18 and just found out I have type 1 diabetes and my son is only 2 1/2. I'm living with my brother that's about to have a 2nd baby and I was told I can't stay there when his second baby gets here which is in march. I'm trying to go to school and earn my cna and ged but the class is 382$ and I'm just trying to find the right path and right now I'm spinning in circles. I'd look to my mom but she's been gone to heaven since I was 9.

Dear Ellen,
My name is Gina. I am writing to you not for pity or for you to feel sorry for me because I'm not that kind of person. I am writing to take a chance on some help
To tell you about myself would take me writing a biography, so I will hit the high and low points and see what happens.
As a child I lived half with my grandparents and half with my mom. I know who my dad is, but he has not been in my life since I was 2 years old.
At the age of 9 my mom meet a man and married him. From the age of 9 til I was 15 I was sexually abused by this man. At 15 we moved from Michigan to North Carolina. After keeping the secret of sexual abuse for 6 years, I told my school counselor ans was took from the home and placed in foster care that day. I did not see my mom for 13 years. During those years my life was so different.
Going from a private school to a public school, I went wild. I became pregnant at 18 years old and gave birth to my daughter on my 19th birthday. 10 months later I gave birth to my second child a son. 2 years later I gave birth to another son.
When my 3rd child was 6 months old my husband got sent to prison for sexually molesting his niece.
Left with 3 babies to raise all by myself, I was lost. My oldest had club feet(my daughter).She was going through surgery after surgery.
On Easter I met who I thought was my angel. We started dating. He loved my kids as his own. he taught me to trust love and live simple. We were best friends. The first 5 years great. We built a new home and finally everything was great I thought. As the years went on he started to change. We mortgaged the house and things were being sold. After being together 17 years(married 12) he died of a drug over dose July 2007. His brother had been murdered 2 years before that.
After all my kids have seen and been through they are my inspiration.
My oldest is a team leader at a bank. She is going to under go more work on her feet. She has a 2 year old little boy. She pushes herself everyday to be the best mom ever.My middle child is in the Air Force and has served in 2 wars. My youngest works at Wal-Mart.
I had to sell my home because I couldn't afford the mortgage after my husband died, and lost pretty much everything.
Now I have meet a wonderful man. We rent a small trailer. He has a home that needs repairs. We plan to be married but the house has to be fixed first. We are both on disability and cant afford to do it. We can get married unless we don't have to pay rent because they are gonna cut my check when we get married and we won't be able to afford rent.
I'm not asking you for anything. Im just wishing something good could happen to me. I want all my kids( my fieances kids and mine)(6 kids and 1 grand child)to have a big Christmas from me and the house to be livable so we can be married and happy.
If a miracle was to happen, I don't know how I would act....

Love your personality,
Gina Trivette

Hi Ellen - I will continue to send you this email in hopes that I will eventually get a response. My daughter is 16 months old and she has a heart condition and has been on a feeding tube since birth. She has been in and out of the hospital since she was first discharged 6 months after she was born. She has had 2 open heart surgeries and multiple feeding complications. She has reflux issues and still continues to choke and vomit on her own saliva. We have tried to get her into a feeding clinic in hopes to teach her to eat by mouth and tolerate enough calories to thrive. My fiancee and I have a difficult time financially with both of us being laid off from our jobs a few months ago. I was laid off due to needing to be at home to care for my child. My fiancee has been able to find part time employment but I am unfortunately not able to go back to work since my daughter is too critical to go to daycare. The nice thing is that even though I am jobless , my former employer did continue the health insurance coverage for my daughter. We started Ava at a feeding clinic in Omaha , NE and although we got an approval from the insurance company initially, they denied the coverage after receiving the first bill. Ava has an opportunity to attend a feeding clinic in Los Altos, CA that guarantees to get kids off of their feeding tubes by the end of 6 weeks. The cost of the treatment is $25,000. With me out of work and my fiancee working part time and us having 2 other kids to support , this is not feasible for us. The insurance company refuses to cover this treatment and no other insurance will cover Ava since she has a pre existing condition. In addition , my fiancee and I were planning on getting married on Oct 11, 2009 in California. 2 weeks before we were set to take off , my fiancee was hit by an underage drunk driver and our jeep was totaled. The cost of repairs was $2500.00. That was exactly what we had set aside for our wedding. Needless to say , we pushed our wedding back yet again to take care of our only mode of transportation. We are now driving an 89 Taurus and the transmission is slipping. Last year was a rough one all the way around. I gave birth to Ava who was put on monitors the moment she was born and was in a medical induced coma for 2 months following. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and my dad had a stroke. This is the first time I have revealed all of this to anyone and I am not one who begs for charity however this is not for me, this is for my child and to ensure that she gets the best care possible and a fair chance to live like a normal , healthy child. The only reason I am sending this to you as opposed to anyone else is because I watch your show as often as my kids allow me to and I see how giving you are and how you help those in need. I am telling you that Ava needs you. Thank you for your time and reading my comment. I hope to hear from you soon. Jaimie

Hi Ellen,

I love your show...so funny and entertaining. I usually watch your show when i'm preparing supper. But i noticed lately, that you are walking alittle stiff, and heard that you hurt your back. I hope you feel better soon, take it easy, take it slow and pamper your back as much as possible. I hurt my back 13 yrs ago, and i never took care of it. And now i'm disabled because of it. So take my word, please take care of your back.

Take Care and keep up the great work.

Carole Billard

Hi ellen I love watching your show and I love the way you make me laugh I have a story to share with you hoping I could be one of the lucky one's who you pick to help during the month of november I am a single mom of 3 adult kid's and a grandma of 3 my life has not been easy since high school I seemed liked I was alway's the girl everyone laughed at but now as the year's go one It seem's to have affected me in more way's then one especially emotionaly I had my first child at the age of 18 and was on my own the father was a loser and I was trying to work and take care of my kid's now I'm not able to work and I can't get any assistance from the goverment and I have been waiting five year's for SSI and they say I have to wait another 2 year's to even hear from them now I think it is rediculous how they make people wait I have been struggling to pay my bills and to keep food on the table I own everybody that has tryed to help but the way the economy is no one can help for long but anyway I don't have alot of time because I'm at the library but I hope you read my comment and send me some imput back I love your show you make me laugh on my bad day's especially when you catch people in the restroom's I liked the one with jim carry and I can't remember the young lady but she fell on the floor when you scared her It was right around halloween. well take care ellen and I watch your show tommow your fan Victoria

Hi Ellen - I will continue to send you this email in hopes that I will eventually get a response. My daughter is 16 months old and she has a heart condition and has been on a feeding tube since birth. She has been in and out of the hospital since she was first discharged 6 months after she was born. She has had 2 open heart surgeries and multiple feeding complications. She has reflux issues and still continues to choke and vomit on her own saliva. We have tried to get her into a feeding clinic in hopes to teach her to eat by mouth and tolerate enough calories to thrive. My fiancee and I have a difficult time financially with both of us being laid off from our jobs a few months ago. I was laid off due to needing to be at home to care for my child. My fiancee has been able to find part time employment but I am unfortunately not able to go back to work since my daughter is too critical to go to daycare. The nice thing is that even though I am jobless , my former employer did continue the health insurance coverage for my daughter. We started Ava at a feeding clinic in Omaha , NE and although we got an approval from the insurance company initially, they denied the coverage after receiving the first bill. Ava has an opportunity to attend a feeding clinic in Los Altos, CA that guarantees to get kids off of their feeding tubes by the end of 6 weeks. The cost of the treatment is $25,000. With me out of work and my fiancee working part time and us having 2 other kids to support , this is not feasible for us. The insurance company refuses to cover this treatment and no other insurance will cover Ava since she has a pre existing condition. In addition , my fiancee and I were planning on getting married on Oct 11, 2009 in California. 2 weeks before we were set to take off , my fiancee was hit by an underage drunk driver and our jeep was totalled. The cost of repairs was $2500.00. That was exactly what we had set aside for our wedding. Needless to say , we pushed our wedding back yet again to take care of our only mode of transportation. We are now driving an 89 Taurus and the transmission is slipping. Last year was a rough one all the way around. I gave birth to Ava who was put on monitors the moment she was born and was in a medical induced coma for 2 months following. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and my dad had a stroke. This is the first time I have revealed all of this to anyone and I am not one who begs for charity however this is not for me, this is for my child and to ensure that she gets the best care possible and a fair chance to live like a normal , healthy child. The only reason I am sending this to you as opposed to anyone else is because I watch your show as often as my kids allow me to and I see how giving you are and how you help those in need. I am telling you that Ava needs you. Thank you for your time and reading my comment. I hope to hear from you soon. Jaimie