Sands, LMSW, ACSW

I have found that when a person vollunteers their time in their community, at the local food bank, library, United Way, etc... It is easier to get help getting back on ones feet. Your self esteem increases, and you make great connections. People see that you are a great worker and a great person..Try it......

This site is a great place to vent, and a great place to recieve and give support. At least you know that you are not alone in your struggles. Sands

Thank you for your tip about the free cycle on Yahoo! I had no idea...It is an awesome networking tool for communities to recycle stuff amongst themselves!

please see my latest link- for debt releif- free budget sheets to down load- go to daveramsey site and click on useful tool for free budget sheets down loads Sands

please see my links for info on free and cheep stuff in or near your town-- Usualy household good, cloths for free, and cars ect-- for under $500.00 Sands

Dear sands, i am very happy to meet you at this time of sorrow.i am a prospective student to Mcgill university in canada and actually living in south africa. i would like to communicate with you to learn more about america. thanks

It is very important not to list your personal e-mail address on aid Page. Phishing, and scams are targetting the people on this site. Claims of winning milions, and giving money away have flooded my in box.... These scams are tempting....This is a warning.....THOSE ARE SCAMS-- Sands

I would never put my email in, I know what kind of sick people are in thie world. just look at how you join on these so called listservs and start getting a bunch of porno all of a sudden.....

Hi Sands, I’m glad that it worked out :-). During the installation, in order to receive registration from the server, for both products (Federal Money Retriever and GrantGate) you need to be online. After the successful installation you may use them offline, but I would recommend - at least once a month use them online. Both products are updated automatically over the Internet and they are checking for new updates on the first start every day. So, if you start them at least once a month while you are online, you will be up to date. GrantGate’s database is rather large and only partially on your computer. All the IRS reports are on the server. As I mentioned you may use GG offline, but if you would like to see a particular IRS report you have to be online. And one final suggestion – use both products in conjunction with aidPage. Both products provide easy way to search and manage lists. However, the data on aidPage is updated more frequently. FMR contain all of the government programs and they are updated twice a year, as they are changed by the congress. The actual grants and loans for these programs are updated daily on aidPage (see the first link below). The same thing is true about the IRS reports in GG. Once you identify the list of organization that are of interest for you, I would recommend to find them on aidPage (see the second link below) and to check for latest IRS reports – you may find a newer one online. Good luck!
US Federal Government Grant Opportunities
Foundation Grants, Charity...

What comes around goes around but not if it is something nice and you are waiting for it. Sands