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Review for Compassion in Action USA, San Dimas, CA, USA
a little voice said: Hello, This is Barbara Case from Compassion in Action, I understand you need some help. Wow, God is that you? I was dying of SLE (lupus) the worse kind, and Thalasemmia and an entire list of diseases -was denied by social security many times (I mean REALLY? Just how dead do they want me to be before they approve my disability) My husband had stage 4 cancer...He was dying at the VA Hospital. I had both of his daughters living with me as their mother was hospitalized. We were a middle class family that had gone through our life's savings-our pension monies, as we lost our jobs due to illness... AND..EVERY governmental agency failed us. No food stamps (help we are starving...we have minor children and no income)proper proof provided. no. I am desperate for medical for myself and step children...NO. Barbara Case and her husband came by and gave us a big turkey..we ate everything...even boiled the bones!! And got us all of the services we were eligible for: food stamps, medical. She and her husband were at my husbands funeral- and with me in friendship and partnership every day since. Compassion In Action was not only instrumental in my permanent disability,(something a lawyer couldn't get done) but the approving judge sent his distain in a letter to the other judges who passed decline judgements. It was blatant that thier decline decisions were cruel and unjust. The story has a happy ending. I lived to breathe another day, thanks to the selfless, endless work of Compassion in Action.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
2004...10 yrs after my first "Perm Disability" claim-denial after denial.Attorney's could not get this moved forward. My congressman,David Dyer,didn't want to get 'involved'..But a little tiny Woman named Barbara Case, took up the cause and saved my life.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
find funding to keep it going - the people who would most likely contribute to COMPASSION IN ACTION are the sick and dying clients of this organization. We have no funds to help the next person who needs Compassion as most of us die so quickly.
What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
a life time friend in Barbara Case.the opportunity to see other people,sick and beat up by the system- get the benefits promised.COMPASSION IN ACTION is more than just a non profit organization who helps sick and dying people-it is a life line.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
motivated for 'CHANGE' Is the problem the social security system? or the judicial system? or the local congressional involvement?
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
help 'change' the world for sick and dying people who don't have a voice ....they can't hold on any longer.
Ways to make it better...
If miracles and cancer cures had saved my beautiful husband.
In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are...
the people who are effected, the sick and dying - cannot afford the time / physical or mental strength to volunteer for their cause. And money is not available to them which would allow them to "give back" to the next one who needs this life line help
One thing I'd also say is that...
COMPASSION IN ACTION is really a life line to us who are in a dark, deep hole of despair. Sick,dying,afraid,hungry,no medical attention for terminal illness...and the little hand of Barbara Case reaches in and pulls you up to the light. God ? Is that you?
How frequently have you been involved with the organization?
About every six months
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2010
