Positivity: ModestNeeds.org
What a cool idea (HT Generic Confusion; this post is meant to be a dose of good news, not a request for a contribution):
What is Modest Needs?
Modest Needs is a non-profit organization reaching out to hard-working individuals and families who suddenly find themselves faced with small, emergency expenses that they have no way to afford on their own.
Most persons living paycheck to paycheck earn just barely too much to qualify for any type of conventional assistance. This means they can’t receive the help they need to overcome a short-term crisis - until they’ve already lost everything.
Modest Needs exists because we think there’s a better way to do things. As far as we’re concerned, no hard-working person should ever have to choose between taking a child to the doctor and putting food on the table.
How Modest Needs Works
At Modest Needs, compassionate persons whose lives have been touched by kindness pass that kindness on to hard-working individuals and families struggling with the burden of an unexpected emergency expense.
We do this by helping these persons to afford small, emergency expenses like those we’ve all encountered before: the unexpected car repair, the unanticipated visit to the doctor, the unusually large winter heating bill.
Operating this way since 2002, Modest Needs’ donors - regular people just like you - have kept 1693 individuals and families from entering the cycle of poverty over a small, emergency expense. And in keeping with our philosophy, we never ask for anything in return.
