12/16/15- Dear Skip, I work with a young lady named Skylaar Clark, but we all call her Sky. She is 27 years-old with a 5 year-old daughter. She has a heart of gold, and would do anything for anyone if she could. She also helps take care of her mother who had a stroke back […]
12/9/15- Dear Tom, My Christmas wish is for my son and me. This will be our third Christmas with no Christmas tree and no gifts. I’m a single mom, and the last few years have been very tough for me and my 14 year-old son. He is a home schooled because I don’t have a […]
12/02/15- Dear Tom, I am a single mother of 2 daughters and I can say, it has been tough raising them on my own. Right now, I work 2 jobs and go to school at night. I have to pay my own tuition because I cannot get financial aid anymore. When I get home at […]
11/25/15- Dear Tom, I am sending this request to grant a Christmas wish for my 8 year-old son, Aramis. Things have really been rough for us this year. We lost my grandmother and thus lost the home we lived in with her. I am a single parent that is trying to survive and provide for […]
11/18/15- Dear Tom, My name is Pat McGee and I am a deputy sheriff at cook county sheriff’s department in Chicago, Illinois. Twenty-five years ago, I co-founded a charity organization, Monday night with the kids to help children from Chicago’s underprivileged areas by providing exciting experiences with positive role models. On December 18th, Monday night […]
11/11/15- Dear Tom, My husband and I have a 5 year-old daughter and a 3 year-old son. We both work full-time and have to put our youngest in childcare. My son has delays and has been through physical therapy, occupational therapy and still receives speech therapy. He has made progress, but continues to be behind other […]
11/04/15- Dear Tom, My name is Elizabeth Simpson and I am a senior who will graduate this fall from Alabama A&M University. I would like to nominate my father, Carl Simpson, for the Christmas Wish. Three years ago, my dad began to suffer with a heart condition and sought medical care between our local hospital […]
10/28/15- Dear Tom, I am asking for a Christmas wish for my niece, Zhay’naya Mcnary – as she struggles to assist her grieving dad support her three younger siblings, after losing their mother in a fatal car accident. In early august, a drunk driver recklessly blew through a red light—forever changing their lives. My sister, […]
10/21/15- Dear Tom, I am a 51 year-old single parent of a 16 year-old boy who is autistic. I am also a school teacher for one of the countries dangerous high schools, Chester high. It is in one of Pennsylvania’s poorest school districts and recently they were unable to make payroll due to budget debt. […]
10/14/15- Dear Tom, My husband Jay and I are the proud parents of 6 beautiful children. We recently decided to have one more child and we were ecstatic when we found out I was expecting. At our second doctor visit, we learned that we were expecting twins! We were shocked to say the least, but […]
10/07/15- Dear Tom, I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in July 2014. Because of my young age (41) and type of cancer I was given aggressive treatment which consisted of chemotherapy, double mastectomy, complete hysterectomy and radiation. During this process I found that the resources for women of color in my area are limited so […]
9/30/15- Dear Tom, Sixteen months ago, my 32 year-old daughter went to the hospital for outpatient surgery on her foot. She never came home as she passed away while the hospital was administering the anesthesia. She left behind a husband and an 8 month-old little girl, Lailah Renee. My son-in-law was having issues with my […]
