Hi Elllllllllen! Hope you are doing well.
I'm writing you a letter not because of me is because I have a friend that she's a survivor from Katrina in New Orleans and she moved to Arlington, Texas looking for a better life after loosing everything she had. She started working in the same company that I work for a while and she decided to look for a more challenging job and she did that and it was fine but after all the changes in the Economy she lost her job and she's been struggling trying to find something... now she found a job in Austin, TX and she is in desperate need of help relocating...as you know it's not easy to relocate when you don't have the money...I'm sure there's a way you can help her...Her Name is Janice...she doesn't know that I'm writing you about her situation but I wanted to help her somehow...It's very sad to hear that sometime she doesn't even have the money to pay for her car or her apartment...It's just hard and I wish I can help her more but we all are struggling! Hope and love is the last thing to loose...and there's lot of that...
she's a good person and she loves our dogs and sometime she takes care of them while I'm traveling for work... PLEASE Help Janice! By the way I'm a very good fan or your show! Happy 1000 Shows! Love it!
Thank you!!!
Harry Gonzalez

Dear Ellen,
I love what you do for people! You make us laugh, dance, and feel good about ourselves if even for only an hour a day. I have been going through a very hard time the past 11 months because of an injury that happened at work. I just finished getting my degree in November 2007 and worked as a waitress to help pay my bills while I was in college. It took me many many years to finally stick with school long enough to graduate at 32 years old. I had been sending out several resumes and going on interviews for 7 months. In June of 2008 I hurt my ankle at work. I ended up in the hospital for a few days and out of work for 3 weeks with a blood clot that developed from not being able to move my ankle. I then tried to return to work with restrictions for the next couple of months even though my ankle was the size of my whole leg. Not to mention the pain was so bad all I could do was cry at the end of a shift in which I could only stand to be on it to wait on maybe 4 tables a night total. Needless to say my money had been drasticly cut because of the injury, but I still tried because I need to pay bills and I live alone. After doing as much as I could on my ankle at work it was only getting worse. In October I went to a specialist surgeon who took me completely off work. Turns out I not only got a blood clot but I also tore the right talofibular ligament, completely ruptured the right posterior tibial tendon, and developed aggrevated traumatic arthropathy of the subtalar joint and ankle joint. The company I work for is taking me to hearings and fighting everything the doctors say needs done. My tendon can no longer be reconnected because too much time has past so I now have to have a tendon reconstruction done. The arthropathy has developed so much that I now have to have a joint fusion. I will only allow one joint because with both joints fused I will no longer be able to move my ankle every again. With only the one done I will still be able to move it up and down but not side to side. The company I work for is also saying that I should not be getting any money while I am out of work because they feel "that rewards me for being out of work". They have reduced my payments from workers compensation down to around $600 less a month than what I would be making if I were working. We all know that being a waitress does pay lots to begin with compared to alot of other jobs. My job searching has been put on hold to use my degree this whole time because I need surgery. Plus the fact that with everything wrong with my ankle I can usually only be on it at maybe an hour at a time max before the pain is too bad. I haven't been able to pay as much on my bills as I used to pay so I am starting to fall behind. My student loans have been after me for a few months now but I have no way to make the payments on them. I owe somewhere near $50,000 in school loans alone and about $5,500 in credit cards. Trying to pay those on top of rent, electric, phone, cable, food, and gas to get to the doctors appointments and hearings is really hard. I have had to go to about 10 doctors and about 8 hearings. More than half the doctors and all the hearings are out of town. The company thinks all of this happened during the injury at work because I was born with a club foot, but I had corrective surgery at the age of 2 months old. So the doctors and I don't see how that culd be the cause of the injury 32 years later with no problems in the past. Especially when I clearly hurt my anlke in front of everyone at work. I usually never ask others for help. I am usually the one help others and give friends any extra money I have when they need it. Sometimes it's not even extra money of mine, I go without things in order to help them, but they don't know that I do it that way. I guess what I am asking you is for a little help during this hard time for me. I haven't been able to really walk or anything for 11 months now and surgery still is not approved so who knows how much longer this will go on. I just thank god everyday for what I do have and the wonderful family and friends of mine. I am also thankfull I don't have any children yet because I would not be able to take very good care of them. When this is all over I plan to start really taking controll of my life and starting my professional career and family. I understand if you can't help me out this time because I know others are in tougher harder postions than myself and need more help than I. At the least, I would like to get the message out to people to go for things in life because you never know when things could happen and put your whole life on hold for unknown amounts of time.
I really hope all this makes sense because there are a lot of things to say (sorry) and I get a little upset about the whole thing sometimes. It would be great to hear from you, but like I said I understand if I don't. Keep doing what you do and making our days brighter. Thank you for listening because that helps too. We should all live...laugh...be greatfull!
Thanks~ Crissy

Hey Ellen,
Im writing you in regards to your gold digger :) we watch your show everyday. My mom has recently had triple bypass surgery, and she has been out of work for a month and a half now. she is staying with me so that my husband and i can take care of her. we would love for you to come to Alabama and give my mom a little gold digger love, to help with her med bills and her prescriptions. on the days i have to work, she is here with my niece and dog, my dog is grandmas shadow when she is here alone. PLEASE ELLEN, Help my mom out in this diffcult time.

thanks for your time,
candra morris

p.s. YOU ROCK!!!

Hey Ellen! I am actually writing for my daughter Lindsey. She has decided she wants to go back to school and become a teacher. I am a retired teacher, and it is such a rewarding career. I would love to see her follow in my footsteps! She graduated with a degree in communications, and my husband and I were able to help her through college. Due to the economy, we are unable to help her now. She has to take prerequesite classes and can't qualify for student loans until she begins work on her masters degree in education. She has been working two jobs and has a lot of bills. The gold digger machine would pay for most of her classes and books! PLEASE HELP HER!!

Sincerely,
Debbie Rich

Hello Ellen, My name is Laurene. Last year my dad lost his job due to the economy and my mom has been picking up jobs here and there. I have two little brothers and though my parents don't really talk about it, I know that times are tough for the family now. They are even thinking about selling our house to move to a smaller place. I'd be happy if you can bring your gold digger machine to my house.
Fan,
Laurene

Hey Hey Ellen,
My name is Deana Hannan.I'm writting you for the chance to play Gold Digger. I'm 23 years old and I live in Garden City South Carolina. About 3 years ago I was dignosed with chronic hereditary pancreatitus. The process of getting dignosed was extrealy difficult and expensive on me and my family. I went to several doctors trying fo find out what was wrong with me but none helped. Now I'm left with a few thousand dollars worth of medical and hospital bills. I'm in college for physical thearpy right now but I have had to take several loans to pay for my school. I live with my mom and we basically live paycheck to paycheck. I'm on daily medications which also are expensive. I love your show and you(I've been a fan for years.)I know you love animal's and I have 4. All of them were saved from either animal shelters or we found them and nursed them back to heath. I know there are alot of people trying to get the Gold Digger and I want to say thank you for doing what you can to help everybody. watching your show is the 1 time of the day i truely enjoy. Thanks again Ellen,you rock!

Ellen,
I love your show and am writing you today to ask you to please bring the gold digger machine to my house. I'm 27 years old and trying to go to community college and work . I've been fighting medical problems and have started falling behind in bills. My family is in no condition to help for they are all struggling financially and if you brought the machine it would really help all of us out. Thanks for your time. Love your show and thanks for all you do for the animals.

Dear Ellen,
Hi Ellen, I am 13 and my name is Autumn. I love your show. You are amazing. You just inspire me. But i was asking you if you could bring the gold digger truck to my house in Bellevue Michigan for mothers day. I want to help my mom all i can (money wise). Rite now she is having a lot of issues with money. Her husband just got arrested, And she is having the hardest time paying the bills on her own. I cant help her that much because i don't have a job and i don't ever get money. And it hurts me to see my mom like this. So i wish you could bring the gold digger truck to my house in Bellevue.
Thank You.
Sincerely,
Autumn Whitney

Hi Ellen! My name is Dean and I'm writing this with my partner Shannon. We along with our 3 children run a large and small animal rescue. We rely on community donations and with the economy over the last two years, living in a small town, losing our largest corporate sponsors and taking in a huge influx of animals we've come very close to shutting down our non profit a number of times. But I'm glad to say we're still here and working harder then ever! We love your show! Our favorite moment from you 1000 episodes is your wedding day video! Words can't describe how you made us feel! The Joshua Radin song...AMAZING! You two looked radiant! You inspired us to tie the knot, but we did not make it in time before the reversal. A stimulus boost would definitely lift our spirits! If you pass us by, at least we have our daily Ellen fix of laugher, dance, games and your love of animals to help us continue to keep our dream alive!

Dean Paris & Shannon Miranda
Fortuna, CA

Dear Ellen,
Golddigger to come to our house to pay bills.
My mother Dorothy works two jobs.In end of March of these year my father and her husband of 41 years Richard pass away. My mother is great mom have 4 children. When we were in the hospital with him we watch your show it made us laugh.In times we were the hospital watching the Ellen show help us. My dad really like Who want to be a Millionaire but he loves us so much he let us watch Ellen SHOW.My mother and us miss him.Our dog Molly watches too. I just want to said to every child to american to hug your mother and said I love you mom. Thank you Ellen for making my family laugh. From April.

Dear Ellen,
Recently High School hasn't been so great, or at least as great as i thought it was going to be. My name is Caitlin Frech and i am a freshman at a school called Waubonsie, in Aurora Illinois. I absolutely love your show, so much to the fact that i have to watch them in order and if i dont i scream, i also record every show...just a little addicted! But its ok cause i absolutely love you, when I am having a bad day i look to you to cheer me up. But recently things in my house haven't been going so well. Last December my dad got fired from his job with TCF bank. Now i didn't realize how hard it would hit me until i saw that our family would be living off of my mom's preschool social working salery. We have just enough, but could not last. All im asking for is a little bit of help to help out my family in this hard economic time. Thanks a bunch.
Peace out!
Caitlin

Hey Ellen my name is James Hajduk i live in Oak Ridge, TN. My girlfriends family are suffering because of the economy and she is now living with one of her friends and she hasnt got to see her parents in weeks! They lost there house because the owner they were renting from put it up for sale and the real estate company bought it and raised the rent so they had to move out and her parents moved in with a friend she moved in with one of her friends and her brother is living with his aunt so i would really appriciate it if you could bring gold digger to my house or where hewr parents are living so they could try and get back on tract with some of the money they win in gold digger i would really appriciate it and i get im home schooled so u could come by here at anytime of the day and her parents are on dissability so there always home to i dnt the adress for where they live bt i love on 108 1/2 mason ln. in Oak Ridge, TN please try and bring gold digger here thanks ellen bye :)!!!

Hey Ellen,
This is Aaron and I am 13 years old from Girardville, PA, and I really want to see my mom,Anita play this game. My mom recently just had surgery and is going back next month to get gaul stones removed. And my dad just had a heart attack and is now looking for unemployment. I live with my mom, dad, 5 brothers and sister. I also have 5 dogs. We cannot afford a computer so now I am at my nanas using hers. So Ellen, please bring gold digger to my neighborhood.

Aaron

hi ellen! my name is rhiannon brown i am 16 years old, and i live in south bend indiana and i am writing on behalf of my best friend bekka and her family. bekka is my best friend we stand by each other and do whatever we can for each other, which is why i need your help! recently bekkas family has been hit hard by the economy, her mom has had to take up more than one job and they have simultaneoulsy raising money for a missions trip to honduras. they are always trying to help people in need even when they need helping themselves.well last week things took a turn for the worse, their septic backed up and they have to go into major debt to pay for it. it would be a blessing if you could send the gold digger machine their way. thank you so much and hope to be hearing from you soon.

love rhiannon

p.s. i just love how much you love life and you are truely a splendid person!!!

Hi!! I am Carolyn Nappa! I would really love to play Gold Digger!! I am from the Garden State New jersey. My husband and I will be married for a year. I am a nanny of 3 and we are struggling to get by. Usually when people our age I am 37 my husband is 38, we should be looking at homes to buy. This day and age especially hard of course in NJ you cant even touch a touch a home. So Ellen please send Gold digger to New jersey It would really help us out. So Ellen please send the machine over here we could really get a head start we our and future. Oh, I should tell you we live in my parents basement that just shows you how it is tough times. So keep me in mind when you choose...

Carolyn Nappa

Congratulations Ellen! =) You're reaching your 1000th episode today, and I'm definitely going to watch it. Since there's only about six or seven channels in this house, you're just about the only thing there is to watch on television, but you're the best thing to watch compared to paid advertisements, so feel special.

Anyway, I would like to nominate my mom (who probably never watches your show, haha) to have fun with the Gold Digger machine. She's been a single mother for years now, working on getting a divorce with her 'ex'-husband (a child molester, someone she doesn't want to be tied down to) and raising four kids. Of course, me and my brother are old enough to be out of the house, but now she's raising my sister with autism and an almost three year old sister.

We've been through a lot of struggles, living with low income since the day I was born and going through many obstacles. On Valentine's Day a few years ago, we went through a house fire and lost the place. Thankfully, we were given a trailer for free in this trailer park, but the place is starting to crumble. The ground is uneven, and it's going to cost a bit to level the place. If not, she doesn't have any place to go, since she is unable to work and going through the process of disability.

It would be great if you could surprise her with the Gold Digger machine (since she'd never expect it) to help her level the ground to make it safe for her, my autistic sister, and my very little sister to live. =) I would appreciate it so much. The worst I could say is that if you didn't do it, I wouldn't watch your show; but that's never gonna happen since I'm pregnant, have nowhere to go, and remain having only the six/seven channels to watch, lol. Thank you for taking the time to read this!

I hope to hear from you!
~ Thanks.

Hi Ellen my name is Katrina Evens and im 14 years old. I'm obviously not writing in for myself but for my mother who just loves your show ( I mean loves your show she has all her favorite episodes of your show recorded). The reason why im writing in is because at end of last year times got hard my father was out of work and my grandmother was very ill with cancer. We were all pitching in to help my twin sister and I being the oldest helped with the 3 younger kids,the cooking, and the cleaning while my parents stayed in their room to keep an eye on my grandmother. Well at the beginning of the year my father was slowly getting work back (maybe once a week, twice if he was lucky) and right when things started to pick up just a little my grandmother passed away. It was very hard on my mother and father. She was trying everything to cheer him up and get things back to the way they were. Money is still tight and the economy is at a rough stage which is why im not asking you to take this as a sob story but as a chance to get get my family back on it's feet.

------sincerely-------
Katrina Evens

hi ellen, i think it so great that you are helping people, especially now that so many need help. I just wanted to share my story real quick. I had to quit my job as a cross country truck driver for health reasons and haven't had any luck finding a local driving job, and i'm supposed to be getting married next year but because work has been so slow for the both of us we haven't been able to save any money for our wedding. I hope you will consider coming to where i live so i can be so fortunate as to play gold digger, it would help so much. Thank you for your time and consideration.

thank you and god bless
trisha conner

p.s. your show is the best it always puts a smile on my face.

Hi Ellen! I would like to tell you about my daughter, Karrie. She is a very strong woman with 4 children ages 4 to 16. She has MS but keeps a good attitide. She is no longer able to work and her husband does not make enough to pay the bills. They had to move again and found a cute little house to rent. My daughter has been trying to get disability but it is taking time going thru all the government paperwork and appeals. They could really use a little extra cash to pay rent and some bills. It would be so fantastic if she could be in the Gold Digger!! You have helped so many people and have a great show! Congrats on your 1000th show tomorrow!!! May you have many many more!!!

Dear Ellen.
My mom is the most amazing woman in the world. She has been a single mom all my life, as well as my brother's life. We live in a low income apartment in Logan, Utah. Last year, my mom went through a terrible divorce with my step-dad. That hurt us money wise, but we remained family. My mom is very stressed much of the time. Trying to figure out our money situation.
I believe that if she had a little break, things can become normal again. I know that you never get over something, you just learn to live with it. And that is what are doing. We are learning to cope with the divorce. My brother will be going off to college next year. I know he is worried about it too. So please Ellen, Gold Digger is just what we need. A little break. I hope that you choose us. Thank you for being such a wonderful role model.
Makenna