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HI, ELLEN. I WATCH YOUR SHOW AT WORK EVERYDAY DURING MY LUNCH HR. I TRY TO HURRY AND GO TO LUNCH NOT CUZ I'M HUNGRY BUT BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE YOUR SHOW, WHICH I ONLY GET TO WATCH 30 MINS OF CUZ OF THE TIMING THAT I GET TO GO TO LUNCH. I AM A SEPERATED MOTHER OF ONE, MY SON AND ME STAY IN THE LIVING ROOM ON A AIR MATRESS IN MY PARENT'S 3 BEDROOM HOUSE . IN WHICH MY PARENTS, MY SISTER, MY BROTHER-IN-LAW, MY NEPHEW, AND MY BROTHER LIVE IN.
I ACTUALLY WISH I COULD HELP MY PARENTS FIX THE HOUSE, IT'S THE ONLY THING OF MUCH VALUE THAT THEY HAVE AND I WISH I COULD MAKE A FEW REPAIRS TO IT.
PLUS MY 5 MTH NEPHEW (THAT IS IN THE PICTURE) LIVES IN THAT HOUSE AND HE HAS HAD A FEW RESP. PROBLEMS, HE HAS BEEN IN INTESIVE CARE A COUPLE TIMES. HE HAS BEEN ON A VENTILATOR FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND ON OXYGEN EQUIPMENT TWICE SINCE HE WAS BORN,HE IS DOING MUCH BETTER BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO BE IN THE BEST ENVIROMENT POSSIBLE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO AND VISIT HIM IN INTESIVE CARE EVERY DAY AGAIN. MY 65 YEAR OLD DAD WORKS TWO JOBS AND MY MOM BABYSITS MY 4 YR. SON AND MY NEPHEW BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HER TO GET A NORMAL JOB, SHE ISN'T AS STRONG AS BEFORE. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GET A CHANCE TO HELP THEM IN WHAT EVER WAY POSSIBLE BUT SINCE I AM TRYING TO GET ON MY FEET MYSELF IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO WITH MY SALARY, AND MY SCHOOL LOANS AND PAYMENT(S)I BARELY MAKE MY ENDS MEET. SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR ME I'M ASKING FOR A WAY TO HELP THEM....
Dear Ellen, my fiancé and I love you so much, we love watching your show. I wish the gold digger could come to Irvington, NJ but too my house. I love that you love helping people in need because we are very much in need, financial wise. We have a two bedroom apartment for my fiancé, me, and her two little sisters. The rent is a bit much for this apartment but that’s all we can afford. The money we do have goes straight to bills, and we still come up short. Every month it gets harder & harder and we are robbing Peter to Paul. We’ve already had our lights cut off more than once, and one month my fiancé and I went hungry for two weeks just so we can feed the girls. In this economy times are getting harder and we need a blessing, especially now that I’ve lost my job. We’ve been trying to go back to school but can’t afford it and trying to secure employment is fairly pointless. Every morning we wake up praying for a miracle. We hope that you can be the angle that brings us the miracle.
hi ellen my husband and i love to watch your show together, its the best on t.v. and we love what your doing with your stimulous package for fans so if you feel the need to keep doing it i think look no further knowone truly needs a little help more then my family and i right now because of the econome right now we had to move in with my family i live in a small 3 bed room home with my mother father brother husband daughter who is 5 and son 2 i am having a hard time finding work my husband mark is a painter and well with a bad econome work is slow and i worry we will never be able to get back on top were my children deserve to be we are liveing pay check to pay check and to put a cherry on top we have lost our car which is making getting work harder with your stimuluos help our goal to having our own apartment again will look much brighter please send your gold digger to2069 albright st philadelphia p.a. god bless you for what you do felicia ruggiero luv ya
Dear Ellen,I watch your show every day.I love how you are wanting to help people in need.I am writting you not for myself but for one of my five sisters.She married the love of her life,He was a nurse in the amry.he was sent over to desert storm.When he came back he was different,distant,quiet,always sleeping and could not keep a job.My sister Candy and Timmy have one son,He Is a bright loving boy that has had to grow up fast.A few years back while my sister was the only one working Nick(their son)fell off his bike,he ended up being rushed to Rainbows and Babys Hospital in cleveland.He had to have a part of his skull removed to relieve the pressure from his brain.On an one person income that works in the laundry room at the hospital nearly broke them,If it didnt.My sister Candy also has alot of health issues alot are with her heart and breathing problems,they ended up moving in with our old uncle upstairs in a one bedroom apartment.She is so grateful for the offer but I know Alot of her problems are stress related.I love her so much and If you could go she her for the gold digger and help her just a little would mean so much to her and myself.She just was able to get a van.She is a sweet giggling,loving person that anyone would fall in love with.Thanks for your time.I love you for being you.
Tina Baum
Ps.If you do bless her I would love to be there.
Hello Ellen - it would be so nice if gold digger would come to my house too. My husband is on disability and my daughter and her husband just got orders to move to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. I would love to go see them and my granddaughter. Also my other three grandchildren have been wanting a new swing set for the last few years and can't afford one - I would love to get them one - thanks and keep up the great laughs. Today was the first time I seen the ice cream game - it was really funny. I still like the cracker game - thams again - Mary
hi ellen,
love your show watch it every day. i would love for gold digger to come to my house. i am a school bus driver and my husband works for the mta he works almost 100 hours a week i also have a job on sundays but between 2 kids in collage ( one works full time) there is still not enough money . my downsatairs is in need of new floors the rugs we have down are 17 years old i would love to put tile but it is expensive when my son comes home from college he sleeps sownstairs and is always getting sick from staying down there. can you please help bye the way keep dancing
paula
A former teacher & coach (12 years) and then 23 yrs full time in the insurance/investment field, I began several part time jobs which took me in other directions to the present - working full time at a national building supply company. Other than as a teacher, I personally maintained all of my "benefits" until I secured a part time job providing full benefits. Thank goodness as after 6 months, I was diagnosed w/ breast cancer but ultimately and abruptly was terminated after 18 months--(never before...?? probably because of my costs to their health plan)But, within 4 months I began PT elsewhere then FT as both positions could also provide full benefits. Unfortunately, I've accumulated significant debt late in life and could also use a little help with completing unfinished house projects...I'd like to get to a point to sell & move closer to other family members. I'm single, 62/63, a survivor, hard worker, and a giver to everyone else but won't ask others for help...it would certainly be greatly appreciated. The Gold digger would be a nice opportunity or whatever. Thanks, for listening, Ellen. You're a daily MUST.
HI ELLEN
I AM A 61 YEAR UNEMPLOYED WOMAN. I HAVE NOT WORKED SINCE I WAS ASKED TO RESIGN FROM MY JOB IN NOVEMBER 2007. I AM BEHIND IN MY BILLS AND AT MY WITS END. I AM ABLE TO EAT BECAUSE OF FOOD STAMPS THAT I RECEIVE FROM THE STATE. I APPLIED FOR SSI BECAUSE OF THE OSTEO-ARTHRITIS I HAVE THROUGHOUT MY BODY, AND WAS DENIED. I'M JUST TRYING TO HOLD ON UNTIL MY 62 BIRTHDAY, THEN I WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR SS EARLY RETIREMENT. ELLEN I DON'T LIVE IN A HOUSE, BUT I'M SURE THAT THE GOLD DIGGER TRUCK CAN FIND SPACE IN MY APT. PARKING LOT. PLEASE GIVE ME A CHANCE, AT LEAST ENOUGH SO THAT I CAN PAY MY UTILITY BILLS.
THANKS ELLEN AND GOD BLESS
MARY E. BILLINGS
Hi Ellen:
My name is Vivian and I am 64. I am working two jobs is take care of myself,my daughter and grand daughter(5). We just lost are home and are car is on it way out. I have to drive 50 miles a day to go to my two jobs. My daughter can't work do to medical reason. We just make are rent.
Dear Ellen DeGeneres
My name is Dave i just lost my
job and my wife Amy only works
1 day a week.We sure can use
the gold digger we are behine
on some of our bills.we have
to ask our perents for food
when we i get upset when we ask
they said it's ok but keep looking
for jobs i hope you will pick us
we allways watch your show you
now how to keep ust in a grat mode
thanks for listing to me God Bluse
you
Hello Ellen! I watch your show as much as I can. With two boys runnin around I hardly have enough time to think LOL!! I just wanted to let you and everyone that helps run your show I get a kick out of your show it makes me laugh all the time! I need as much laughter as I can get. I hope you all have a GREAT week! Remember one minute of unhappiness is a minute of happiness you can nver get back so always remember to be happy in everything ya do!! Take care!!
Laughter is a blessing and you Ellen certainly know how to spread that around like dandeloin fuzz! One of my favorites would have to be when whats his name grabbed your boobie and you took it for the cause...thatta girl! I will not delude myself into thinking that my family deserves the gold digger more than my neighbor but if you need me to pitch you a selling point here goes. We would simply use that money to move out of the house we live in. It has been in my husbands family for a few generations now and was built in the late 1800's and is literally falling down around us. The foundation and siding are so deteriorated and with the mold we really need to move out this summer. Pretty tough to do when you live check to check and struggle to even buy groceries. That is why i would love to see the gold digger come rolling down our dusty country road.
Hi Ellen,
I am writing for a visit from the gold-digger for a newly furnished house. I have lived in my little cape cod for 16 years and have never had new furniture-everything we own was once someone elses throw aways-all of it second hand, some of it 3rd or 4th(like my living room set)!! My husband works for the local paper and recently took a paycut, but never the less, he still has a job-thank God!! That could change at any time, as there are papers closing daily accross the nation. I clean houses for people who have everything(including a cleaning lady-myself!) It would just be so nice to come home to a house like the ones that I clean!!) I have three children ages 19, 13, and 12!They are fantastic kids. My oldest is Miranda, who is going to Cincinnati State on student loans, and I have two boys in middle school who both make straight A's.With three recent family deaths and the loss of our beloved 14 year old dog, our family has had more than its share of misfortune, but we will not give up hope!! Maybe you could be the light for us in the darkness. I love to watch your show-I am not fortunate enough to get to see it everyday, but when I do, you make me laugh so hard out loud. Laughter is certainly the best medicine!! God Bless you and Thanks!! Love, Bern
Hi Ellen,
I am writing for a visit from the gold-digger for a newly furnished house. I have lived in my little cape cod for 16 years and have never had new furniture-everything we own was once someone elses throw aways-all of it second hand, some of it 3rd or 4th(like my living room set)!! My husband works for the local paper and recently took a paycut, but never the less, he still has a job-thank God!! That could change at any time, as there are papers closing daily accross the nation. I clean houses for people who have everything(including a cleaning lady-myself!) It would just be so nice to come home to a house like the ones that I clean!!) I have three children ages 19, 13, and 12!They are fantastic kids. My oldest is Miranda, who is going to Cincinnati State on student loans, and I have two boys in middle school who both make straight A's.With three recent family deaths and the loss of our beloved 14 year old dog, our family has had more than its share of misfortune, but we will not give up hope!! Maybe you could be the light for us in the darkness. I love to watch your show-I am not fortunate enough to get to see it everyday, but when I do, you make me laugh so hard out loud. Laughter is certainly the best medicine!! God Bless you and Thanks!! Love, Bern
Hi ellen,
im writing this so the gold digger could come here to keystone height Fl. because my family is really struggling. my mom just quit her job and trying to collect unemployment.plus we have my step dad living here working as much as he can to get some money and does ebay on his days off to earn soome extra cash.my older brother lives here and works at a retirnment community in the kitchen brining in as much as he can but only pays rent and help when my mom has enough courage to ask him, because he is trying to move out.then our friend mikey live here in the same room as my bro cause there is only three rooms in iur house.then i live here and i am 19 and unemployed and looking very hard for a job but is very difficult to do in a town full of high school students that already have jobs and no job oppurtunities. I would be going into other towns around us but our car is supposed to be repoed and if that happens we are out of a car till mikey or my brother gets home. i gave my moms work number if u call because our phones got shut off and soon our electric and cable. my mom always watches ur show wanting to be on it so i decided to sign up for the gold digger thing.thnx for listening and i wish to c u soon.
Dear ellen love the show i try and watch everyday and i would like the gold digger to come to florence arizona and give my family and i a little help my wife is epiliptic and unable to work and i got hurt at work and i am on workers comp and doing the best i can to raise my 3 kids and 2 grandkids who all live with me and my wife and i am the only one bringing in income which is only 1650 a month and with my house payment and other bills we are barely makin ends meet so if u can help i would appreciate it thx ellen harlan hayes
Ellen, You are the greatest. I have been trying for a year and 9 months to send you pictures. I wvwn have apicture of Katie holding a picture of your cards to send you for your birthday with Katie holding it. Ah looks alot like you probably when you were about 9 years old. Ths omly problem I cannot E-mail it, because I can"t get sent to you. I am so frustrated is has made my bleeding ulcers worse. Please help ME!!! Problem is, I do not know if you will ever get this.... HELP!!!!! Love ya, I hope to god I will be able to get through to you someday.. Your loveing and most trying almost crazy fan..Love y, Leep in keeping on, You're good at it
Ellen luv the show. I watch every day before work. I would love the gold digger to head my way. My husband and I are in the process of purchasing our first home. I'm 47 and this will be the first home I've ever owned. There's alot of things you have to do before and alot of costs before you ever get in. Congrats on your wedding. Keep dancing
Hey Ms Ellen, First off I want to start with saying I love your show! I watch you daily. I am 30yrs old from Abbeville, Louisiana. I am happily married with a 4yr old boy. I am a new,small business owner of a medical spa. I love my job and struggle to make it but its worth it. My dad who was a fire capt for 36yrs past away going on 3yrs. We moved in with him and my mom to help care for him and never left. We so want to move next door or remodel their home, enlarge for OUR PRIVACY!! We so need it! I hate to see mom struggle with her bills. Please send the gold digger this way! It would help us all out. I never win anything nor never choosen for anything but please let me represent your home state! It would mean so much just to get a little ahead. Please. Thank you Ms. Ellen for your time. Have a good one!
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Hi Ellen, I am A 45 year old lady....and very down on my luck looking for a job. I watch your show every day monday throu friday faithfully...and love it...well to begin my parents died when I was 16...I have 3 younger sibling and we all moved in with our older brother and his family back in 1981 when my parents passed....which I've been bounced around to I met a man and married in 1991 and later divorced...and now on my second marriage to a wonderfully man (his name is david)...who is a great caring man...and helps a lot of people in need when he can...and I asked him the other night If you had a wish for someone to help you out...what would u ask for....HIS REPLY...A 26 Foot Boat With A Cabin....He said it does not even have to be brand new a new used one would work. Ellen he does have a good job..not the best but good he's paying all the bills and house payment...by the end of the month we are living on his visa card ( which is up there) he would never ask for anything from anyone..But Ellen..I'm asking for your help...My husband goes above and beyond for so many people..To me he deserves his wish (A Boat).....Ellen I'm asking for your help for his wish to come true thanks so much kim slaybaugh (his wife) email addy davidslaybaugh113@msn.com
Posted by kim slaybaugh | April 3, 2009 11:02 PM