Give an Hour

Give an Hour™ is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), founded in September 2005 by Dr. Barbara V. Romberg, a psychologist in the Washington, D.C., area. The organization’s mission is to develop national networks of volunteers capable of responding to both acute and chronic conditions that arise within our society.

Currently, GAH is dedicated to meeting the mental health needs of the troops and families affected by the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. We provide counseling to individuals, couples and families, and children and adolescents. We offer treatment for anxiety, depression, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, sexual health and intimacy concerns, and loss and grieving.

GAH has been featured and Dr. Romberg has been interviewed in countless articles, television segments, and radio casts in the last few months, as the mental health needs of the troops have become strikingly apparent.

Corporate Angel Network

Corporate Angel Network is the only charitable organization in the USA whose sole mission is to ease the emotional stress, physical discomfort and financial burden of travel for cancer patients by arranging free flights to treatment centers, using the empty seats on corporate aircraft flying on routine business.



Based in White Plains, NY, Corporate Angel Network occupies an office donated by the Westchester County Airport. 50 part-time volunteers and five paid staff work with patients, physicians, corporations, flight departments and leading treatment facilities to arrange 2,500 flights a year.

Eligibility to participate in our program is open to all cancer patients, bone marrow donors, and bone marrow recipients who are ambulatory and not in need of medical support while traveling. Eligibility is not based on financial need, and patients may travel as often as necessary.

Thanks to the generous cooperation of 500 of America’s top corporations, including 56 of the top 100 in the Fortune 500, Corporate Angel Network has coordinated more than 25,000 flights since it’s founding in 1981. The program offers an obvious and meaningful benefit to cancer patients along with the opportunity for companies with corporate aircraft to provide a wonderful community service by merging business.

House of Charity

Healing Home

Since 1997, The House of Charity has housed the children we sponsor for medical care at local hospitals and clinics in apartments, hotel rooms and volunteers’ homes. In April of 2002 the board of directors of The House of Charity decided to move forward with its plan of purchasing a home that would be a permanent location to house these children providing:

We searched Houston for the perfect location and found a duplex in West Houston in the Walnut Bend subdivision. This home is more than just a place to stay for these children. We are providing a safe and comfortable environment for these children to not only heal physically but also heal the mental wounds they have received from a life of special challenges, neglect and ridicule. We are helping them grow confidence and self reliance by teaching them the necessary skills to survive this world. Just over three weeks after we closed on the property we were able to move the children from the apartment to The House of Charity Healing Home.

Healing Home

This home is more than just a place to stay for these children. It is a safe and comfortable environment for these children to not only heal physically, but to also heal the mental and emotional wounds they have received over years of difficult struggle, facing challenges, neglect, ridicule, and turmoil.

The most beautiful part about the Healing Home is that it brings children from different areas and backgrounds together to come and live under one roof, just like a family. We would love for all of you to come and visit the home, so whenever you have time, please call and arrange to come and spend some time with the children and take a glimpse of the magic that takes place in the Healing Home every single day.

The home can accommodate 25 children at a time, who are constantly under the care and supervision of a registered nurse and dedicated volunteers. All local children travel with one parent and 90% of the international children travel with an escort and stay in our healing home. Their stays can range from 6 months to 9 months to full one year, and most children require multiple surgeries

Wheels Appeal

Wheels Appeal

In Monmouth County, public transportation does not meet the needs of the poor, who solely rely on it to get to and from work. Through the Needs Assessment Survey, the United Way of Monmouth County has identified that the third most crucial need in our county is transportation. The Wheels Appeal program is designed to help with these transportation needs. The program has two components:

* Donated vehicles are received, assessed, and repaired if necessary and appropriate. In 2007, Wheels Appeal gave vehicles worth $33,390 to qualified applicants.
* Vehicles are re-donated to qualified applicants in Monmouth County.

A law passed in 2004 changed the tax-deduction policy. However, the IRS still allows a fair market value write-off for a vehicle that is donated and re-donated to a needy person. If a vehicle is not appropriate for re-donation, the vehicle may be sold. Love INC has the ability to receive cars to be sold from most parts of the continental United States. The proceeds are used to repair other vehicles or to support the various programs of Love INC.

To donate a vehicle or apply for a used vehicle, please call 732-542-7012, ext. 206.

Medical Transportation Reimbursement Fund

The MOTOR Fund has been created to assist individuals who need to travel a significant distance to receive medical care. The fund has been established to lessen the financial burden on individuals and families that can result from obtaining medical care that is sometimes far away from home.



Please review these eligibility requirements to see if you qualify for reimbursement of travel expenses from the MOTOR Fund. If you feel that you qualify, please fill out and send in the Recipient Form. If you are uncertain whether or not you qualify, please send in the information. Applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.





MILEAGE



The first requirement of eligibility for support from the MOTOR Fund is mileage traveled to and from the medical facility where your care is obtained. Currently, this distance is set at 250 miles or greater, or 500 miles round trip or greater.



DISTANCE = 250 MILES or greater (500 MILES ROUND-TRIP or greater)



This distance traveled will be verified by MapQuest or a similar program and is from your home (or similar location) to the designated care facility. The distance of side trips to visit a relative, Disneyland, sight-seeing, etc will not be covered by the MOTOR Fund and may not be included in this distance. You can verify this distance by selecting the link to MapQuest and entering the required information. (Submission of a printout of this confirmation of mileage with your Recipient Form is highly recommended.)



Mileage traveled by vehicle will be covered at $0.14 cents (USD) per mile, or actual expenses incurred (cost of fuel), whichever is requested by the recipient. (If cost of fuel is requested, receipts of these expenses must accompany the Recipient Form.)



If travel is obtained by airfare, train, bus, or other means, please submit this receipt and all additional expenses (travel to the airport, taxi, shuttle, rental car, parking fees, etc).