ELLEN I NEED YOUR HELP TO HELP MY MOM :)

Hi Ellen, my name is Sami. I'm writing you about my mom, Christel. Before I explain why, I should tell you a little bit about my mom. She has raised four beautiful, successful daughters by herself for the last 32 years. She has battled cancer, alcoholism, and losing her mother, father, and brother all in the last 15 years. She helps the mentally challenged for a living while also having a 15 year old daughter who has ADHD. She has been the backbone of our family for all this time, and never has time to think of herself. She bought her first house 8 years ago with hopes of making a nice home for her girls to live in. She's tried to make a better home for all of us, but with bills stacking up in the process, unfinished renovations make our house almost restricted for her two grand daughters to come over and play. I watch your show every day, as does my mother, the things you do for people is an inspiration for us all. Please help my mom. She deserves it more than anyone I could ever think of.

Sami Basham, 19
Bethalto, IL

ellen you help alot of people im trying to tell you my story about my sister Donna and cant find the site to tell her story.Donna has breast cancer and she could use some help.She has 3 kids and shes a single mother.she has been thru the pains of hell this past year and now financially she has hit a brick wall.She cant get any help and now may have to move and return to work.she has along way to go with her cancer treatments and i dont know how she will beable to work take care of the kids and put herself on the back burner. she is very proud and strong i love her more than i can express.i would give her my last nickle if it would help but im not in a position to give her the help she needs.she has 2 old cars rents a home my nephew in collage my niece senior and my nephew kevin is 13.please reply and let me no how to tell her story greatly appreciate any help or advice for my sister.she is beautiful inside and out and could use a break the past years have not been kind to her and i would love to see even the littest thing put a smile on her beautiful face.she keeps everything to herself she s so proud but comes a time in ur life when u should share your feelings and except a little help from those who love you.i cant express how much i love my sister it goes beyond words and we are very close like i said anything u can do to help her and the kids beyond what i can do for her would be greatly appreciated. when i told her i was writing to u about being home viewers for the 12 days of xmas shows she laughed so hard called me crazy! i told her wait and see ellen will contact me haha again she laughed but u never no rite! well thanks theres so much more to my sisters story but i think in this little note you can see why im writing to you.ther are many letters i have written you ellen and i wont give up!!!sincercely debbie dudley

Hi Ellen... were do I begin? I am a big fan and love everything that you do for others. You are a angel sent from about... I have been watching your show since the beginning and always cry when I see you do something great for others. I always thought to myself, I should write to Ellen, I could use some help! I am a stay at home mom to 3 beautiful kids, my husband worked with his father and brother in a family business up until 6 months ago and now we are trying to make ends meet. Although we could use the "gold digger" machine right about now... I would much rather you send the "gold digger" to my husbands cousin.

She is a WONDERFUL woman... She would do anything for anyone and that is why I thought maybe I would try and do something nice for her. See, a year ago she lost her 3 and a half year old son. He started out with flu like symptoms and by the time we found out what was really wrong with him I think it was too late. To this day I'm not too clear on all of the details but I know that he died of Ecoli poison and TTP. Their health insurance paid for most of the bills but I know that they also had to pay quite a bit out of pocket. She works part-time as a relator, her husband works full-time but I think he may be losing his job soon, they have two older kids, and have been blessed with a new baby! However, the bills keep piling up for them and I would love it if you could send some good fortune their way. Although my husband and I could use the help, I think they could use the help more.

Anthing you could you do would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks Ellen...
Erica
Warren, NJ

Hi Ellen. I am a Retired Teacher. I taught 22 years 16 years after I broke my neck. I also have had 7 back surgeries.Believe it or not I am still walking. I had been told after the broken neck I would never walk again. My wife and I have always bought clothes,bikes,food,school supplies,and other things children have needed through the years. Last year though I had to purchase copy paper and other supplies for my wife because the school system was cutting back. Now that I am Retired and not getting any raises this sort of hurt our budget. My wife still helps students but this made it where we couldn't do as much. I would like to see your Gold Digger Machine show up to her school and the money to be used by the Classroom Teachers only for needed supplies. We watch your show everyday. We copy it on our DVR and watch it when my wife gets home. Our local station didn't carry your show for a year. My wife had withdrawl and was so happy when we started getting you again.

Ellen,

My husband was laid off at the end of April, so our health insurance went bye with his job. He just started a new job Monday making a lot less than he was making, and his insurance won't start until a month after he's worked there.

Saturday night, the unthinkable happened. My seventeen year old son had a seizure. We took him to the ER and he was admitted to the hospital. He was diagnosed with AVM, a condition in his brain he was born with, but we were unaware of it, and it has started growing. He needs emergency gamma ray surgery to prevent sudden death.

He's such a wonderfully talented person who feeds homeless kitties and who, when he was little, stopped opening his Christmas presents because he had seen a show about homeless kids, and he said he got too much and they got nothing. He's got a good heart.

I know you can't help everybody, but maybe you could direct us to some foundations that can. I'm afraid my husband's new insurance will deny coverage of this life threatening event because it was diagnosed before the insurance kicks in.

We live in Columbus, Ga. and the surgery will have to be done at Emery Hospital in Atlanta. It is such a rare condition that it's not even offered here in Columbus. I'm terrified but he's trying to act like he's not scared. Any suggestions would really be appreciated.

Thanks Ellen.

Ellen I was recently in a accident, where a drunkm driver T-boned my 1994 bronco,shortly after that I was fired from my job, I got a small settlement but not enough to pay bills and get a car I'm trying to get the door on the Bronco fixed ,it waqs totaled out so it's kind of a hassle,needless to say if I needed anyone's help it would be now please come to Spokane with the goldedigger I would be so grateful.I still wake up with a smile on my face but it would sure be great to have something to really smile about.Thank you !!!Patricia

Hi, I'm 12 years old and my best friends family is going through a really hard time. Her name is Rachel and she has an younger brother and four dogs. One of her dogs just died of cancer. She has the same thing for lunch every day and her family is trying to save money so instead of paying for after school they walk a couple of miles home and her parents have stopped buying milk. Her parents are having a hard time paying the bills and she almost never gets new clothes for school even. Also every year at school we go to an overnight but I'm afraid she might not be able to go because of the cost. She could barley go last year. She's a great friend and I love her like a sister. I hope you can help her.

Dear Ellen, my daughter & I are praying we will be one of the lucky ones chosen for your gold digger march. We are struggling with finances & health issues right now. My payments are 2 months behind due to multiple mechanical problems with my truck. I am disabled & need to be able to get back and forth to my doctors. This is a problem, however we have a bigger one. My main water drain is plugged up with tree roots from our apple tree. My bath tub won't drain unless I bail it out. My daughter refuses to take a shower in there. My washer backs up water all over the floor both wash & rinse cycles, which means I'm mopping it up every time I do laundry. With my arthritis I am sore & drained, unlike my washer. My basement also leaks & will not drain for a long time, causing moldy odors which I am very allergic to. The only way to fix it is to dig up the yard, cut the main pipe, auger it out then put a outside flow chamber. I am taking allegra d, singulair,flovent,nasonex,mucinex,advair,albuterol& benedryl just so I can breathe & help with my coughing. We know there are a lot of desperate people out there, I feel bad for all of us that are sooooooooo stuck. I pray you can help us before the winter months hit, where I will have to close all the windows, leaving not way to air the basement out. God Bless You! PLEASE HELP US !!!!!

Ellen, watching your show and loving and enjoying it is a given. I really respect your joy of entertaining and your giving nature. I've written several times before to explain my finacial situation and to ask for a really, really big favor. In past letters I explained my need for replacement of 31 year old pots and pans and other household items. I've also written about our 16 year old van that has over 200,000 miles on it and needs frequent repairs. But my real concern is for our cat Sandy that needs extensive dental surgery. Both my husband and I are retired and he does not get a pension. We do have Social Security but we use that for other essentials. Besides bad teeth, Sandy has a thyroid condition and a urinary problem. She takes medication twice daily for the thyroid and needs special foods for the urine tract and it has to be soft for her teeth. We really do not have the money to get her the surgery. I'm depending on your love of animals to help us out with this situation. Please Ellen, help us pay for the extraction of her bad teeth before she gives up eating because of the pain. I actually feel bad about asking for money for an animal when there are humans with much greater needs. However, she has brought us much joy and we don't want to see her suffer any longer.

would be nice if the gold digger machine would visit CALHOUN, GA