Work at Home Moms Talk Radio

Update Below!

I’ve become aware of a fellow Work at Home Mom going through a major crisis and I feel moved to do what I can to help. I wonder if you will help me help her?

Alaina Frederick (@alainafrederick on Twitter) of Dinker and Giggles and her husband Marty have three children aged 5, 3, 1 years old. Alaina has been working to build a home business income for the last couple of years while Marty worked full time in an industrial supply warehouse. Altogether, they were doing ok.

This month everything changed – Marty’s back gave out with a pop and visits to the doctor revealed that he will need to have serious back surgery. He’s currently looking at 3-6 months to recover and then another 3-6 months of light duty which will prevent him from returning to his regular job.

Meanwhile – they are left trying to survive on Alaina’s very part-time income from her work as a blog content manager. Rent expenses have risen at the same time putting them in a desperate financial situation.

Alaina is working diligently to seek assistance and work to try to make ends meet but as of today the family is in a deep money quandary. They need to pay $600 in rent on the first of March plus they have utility/insurance bills due in the amount of $200.

At different times in the past I have shared about a WAHM’s financial struggle in a similar way. We raised over $1300 for a single mom and we raised over $800 for a mom who needed a new computer. I’ve been amazed at how wonderfully generous our community can be – and today I’m coming to you again, looking for another amazing act of kindness.

Would you dig deep and send Alaina and her family a cash gift to help them through this difficult time?

I have a personal goal of raising $800 for them by this weekend. If we could raise more than that to take pressure off of next month as well, that would be fantastic – we’ll just see how generous our wonderful work at home community can be – even in a tough economy :)

Please make your PayPal donation directly to alaina@dinkerandgiggles.com

Anyone who gives a gift of $75 or more can claim an hour of one on one coaching with me. (Just email me a copy of your PayPal receipt to kelly@kellymccausey.com.)

• Added! Lynette Chandler of Tech Based Marketing will give anyone who gives $75 or more one free hour of consulting (on techonology or business).


• Added! Shannon Cherry of Be Heard Solutions will give anyone who gives $75 or more a 1/2 hour Publicity Breakthrough session! (These laser coaching sessions help to develop at least 6 months of Publicity, and also focuses on developing free marketing strategies.)


• Added! Laurie Ayers of Scentsy is going to send a Scentsy Car Candle to anyone who gives a gift of $20 or more :)


• Added! Elena Verlee of PR in Your Pajamas is giving a free copy of her ebook to everyone who donates any amount.


• Added! Martha Matthews is giving a three month membership to her Keeping Up With Keeping Your Home site to everyone who donates $75 or more.


• Added! Tara Burner will send a free 5g sifter jar (shade of their choice) of mineral makeup from Affordable Mineral Makeup to anyone who donates $20 or more

Thank you in advance for whatever you can do. I’ll post updates here on the blog as our effort progresses.

Update (Thursday, 12:30pm): Alaina has received donations so far totaling $940.00!

Another Update (Friday, 12:30am): Our total is up to $1105!

Another Update (Friday, 9:30pm): Our total us up to $1275!

If you’ve made a donation that qualifies for any of the bonus items above, please watch for an email from us on Monday – we’ll be collecting your contact info and forwarding to the business owners that have promised something as a thank you :)