"S.O.U.L. has been a sincere loving community of support. I have 2 small children under the age of 6 years old. I am the sole provider for the children. S.O.U.L. has been instrumental in hearing and supporting our needs. Since the economy has not been so thriving, I have had to ask for help wherever I feel support might be had. It's been humbling and healing. Asking has been difficult due to shame feelings and facing embarrassment. S.O.U.L has assisted our family in maintaining our dignity while asking for the assistance we need. My children had Christmas gifts delivered to them that were exactly what i was thinking of but did not convey necessarily. This told me that our hearts are truly connected and that the love and acceptance I have felt through this organization is truly real. I thank S.O.U.L, for their vision in helping us and other families in need." - Sherrel

A few years ago a women, shared with me a way to help others with no limitations on what would be considered at the time of need. I was so impressed by what she was trying to do I said if you ever need any help please just ask! Well, I was asked a few times to help out, and I was able to get that sense of what she wanted to accomplish with this dream of hers. A year later I was going through a not so nice divorce and was taken for almost all of my income by the court system. I had walked away from an 18 year marriage and three beautiful children, with a lot of debt, a lot of unpaid bills and a lot of hurt. The courts came up with their decision and they had left me with nothing to live on. I was working two jobs everyday and still did not have enough to make ends meet, and sinking into a terrible uncomfortable unknown place for me. The word some how made it's way back to S.O.U.L. and within 24 hours someone was reaching out from her organization and the dream she had shared with me only a year ago. A kind understanding compassionate person who was not judging how I had gotten to where I was, but how they could help me make it through it. I was so taken back that I was the one on the receiving end that I did not know how to accept, but the person that contacted me from S.O.U.L made me feel so comfortable that I could not resist her assistance. The donations they have given me do not come close to the love that they have given. The people at S.O.U.L. are willing to do what they can for others and at the same time give them love – I feel we all need that more than everything else. I have not totally over come my hard times but my outlook on the whole thing is so much more positive, just knowing that I have the people from S.O.U.L as a part of my life. – Tim T.