Help The Cole's Get A Home

Meet The Cole Family, This family has been through so much these past few years you could not even imagine. 2 House Fires, Homelessness and now on November,17th this family lost their home and everything in it when a tornado swept through Gifford Il. This family Donna, Shaun and 7 children 3 of which have autism and behavioral problems and a friend and her 8 month old baby that they only recently took into their home to help her escape a bad domestic situation all now have nothing. They lost their home, all their clothing and belongings and their car. They reached out to the local Red Cross this morning and were told because they were only renting the house that they were in and do not have renters insurance that there is no help available for them to start over. They also contacted their landlord who offered no help either and just told them he was not intending to rebuild and could do nothing to help them. This family has been fortunate to be put up in a hotel the past couple of days but with no money in their pockets as they put everything they had into their home that is now gone. This family is in immediate need of help to find a new home to give them shelter but with no funds and no-one to turn to they find themselves lost. They would like to stay close to the area that they are in now so that her husband can keep his job but if that is not possible they are also open to moving to another area. Right now, they need immediate emergency shelter and funds to provide for that. They need food, restaurant gift cards, they need clothing, tolietries, they need baby items, diapers, formula, water, pajama's warm coats and they need funds to help provide them with a home once again.

This families sizes are-
Donna Cole- 2x stretch pants, 5x shirts
Shawn Cole- 36 by 32 pants 3x shirts in need of size 12.5 work boots
Kayilynn Cole- size 4t or 5t girl clothing
Trey Cole- boys size 8-9
Trip Cole- boys 11 husky pants, 12 shirts
Shawna Cole- pants size Jr Girls 1/2 and Md Tops
Shannon Cole- pants size M/L sweatpants only and tops size XL
Shane Cole- 16 husky pants size XL shirt
Denna Cole womans size 22pants and 2xl shirts
The baby that is also with them is 8 months old and in need of clothing size 12-18 months girl clothing, diapers, bottles, blankets and formula.
All are in need of coats


Before this tragedy happened Denna Cole came to Paying It Forward Wishes and Heroes asking if there was anything we could do to help give her younger brothers and sisters Christmas this year, These Children have not had a Christmas in 2yrs, they have been trying to be extra good so Santa won't skip them this year. I don't know where they will be this year for Christmas, I am praying that people will generously donate to them and they will receive enough assistance to find a home that can become their forever home once and for all. We can still help give them a Christmas though as well, when we bring emergency items down to them to help with their immediate needs we will also bring them down a Christmas Tree, ornaments to decorate it so where ever they may be they can celebrate Christmas. These are some of the things that are on the children's wish list for Christmas if any children deserve to see Santa and have a miracle happen for them right now it is these children.

Their Christmas List-
Denna Cole- books, she is into Twilight and Vampire Diaries, clothes
Shane Cole- DS Games ( he likes black ops games)
Shannon Cole= Game Boy or DS
Shawna Cole- Girly clothes, Princess anything and make up (she is 9)
Trip Cole- games, marvel figures, spiderman
Trey Cole- cars trucks and spiderman
Kayilynn Cole- dora anything, baby dolls, barbies and story books


Again these children have nothing at all as everything they had was lost in this terrible tornado so anything you can give, they will appreciate more than you can ever imagine.
Paying It Forward Wishes and Heroes Inc. has stepped in to take clothing and other donations for this family and is intending to bring it down to them where ever they may be on Sunday, November,24th. This organization is located at 7206 Maryland Ave Hammond Indiana 46323 and more information about their trip down to Help The Cole Family can be found online at https://www.facebook.com/groups/payingitforwardChicagonNWI