September 14, 2008
Oprah Winfrey Celebrates 22th Season with Car Giveaways
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Television host Oprah Winfrey had a surprise for the 276 members of her studio audience when she opened the latest season of her daytime talk show on Monday — she gave them all new cars. The $7 million giveaway came courtesy of General Motors, which provided the free Pontiac G6 sports sedans, a new line of cars, as part of a promotional deal with Winfrey’s Chicago-based show, a spokeswoman for her Harpo Productions said. The automotive handout introduced a “Wildest Dreams Come True” theme for the 19th season of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” which has reigned as the top daytime talk programs in U.S. syndication since its debut in 1986. “No dream is too wild, no surprise too impossible to pull off,” Winfrey said during the telecast.
The show opened with Winfrey calling 11 members of the audience to the stage and surprising them with the new car. She then handed out gift boxes to the rest of the audience, saying one of them contained the keys to a 12th free car. At the count of three, the boxes were opened all at once, revealing to shrieks of delight that everyone had won a set of keys.
Winfrey then led the ecstatic crowd outside the studio to a parking lot filled with G6s topped with big red bows. Each member of the audience was instructed to contact a Pontiac representative to personally customize the actual cars they will receive, allowing them to choose the color and features that come with a fully loaded model.
“We’ve never done a giveaway like this before,” Harpo spokeswoman Carly Ubersox told Reuters.
She said most members of the audience had been specially selected from letters sent in advance by viewers on behalf of themselves, friends or family who were in need of a new car. But the audience members were kept in the dark about the nature of the show until it was taped.
Winfrey also gave away a four-year college scholarship, $10,000 wardrobe and make-over to a young woman who spent her teen years in foster care and homeless shelters. And a family with eight foster children was presented with a new houseful of furniture and electronics plus a $130,000 check to cover their mortgage and home repairs.
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Sonia Sanchez
05/27/2005 at 5:09 pm
I am 17 and unfoutunantly without a car. A girl my age needs a car for transportation for a night out. My 1988 Automatic BMW is broken. I was told that the transmission slips and it would cost 3,000 dollars to fix it.My father only paid 1,000 for it. The car is not worth fixing because it has rear wheel drive. In Rhode Island thats the worst thing you can have. What i am asking for is a new car,not just any car but my all time favorite car the escalade. Of course it would need spinning rims and a built in TV/DVD system and a navigation system so i don’t get lost on my trip to my dream college.My other top favotite cars are the linchon navigator with body kit and rims and the crystler 300 with rims. These are just far away dreams of mine right now because of the rediculous price it cost. Right now I need to woorry about if i can afford to go to collage or not. I’ve seen that you gave 276 people cars and I would like you to make my dream come true.
Megan
06/04/2005 at 9:41 pm
I think that is sad. I’m a 27 year old mother of four without a vehicle. We live in Las Vegas so walks get HOT! I would give anything to have any type of car just to have one! Asking for rides or taking the bus so my kids can eat or go to school…it sucks! Then you have a 17 year old talking about Escalades so she can hang out! Please…child you need a reality check! Try being a parent with a crappy income and NO car……
chris
06/24/2005 at 2:25 am
hi,
hi oprah…im a 19 year old male from a small town in mississippi called picayune. i’ve always wanted my own car. my mom is single and she is taking car of me and my brother and sister by her self…my father is in jail. we only have one car and its kinda hard b/c she has to work from 3 pm to 11 pm. i also work and i have to ride with friends to work all the time..well i know it probably wouldnt happen but i was wondering if you could help me out..you dont know how much it means to me if you would. you can reach me at 601-799-4903 or 601-799-5788 or 601-749-3935. my name is chris…
thanks,
chris
Heather Rivera
06/24/2005 at 5:13 pm
Hi Oprah, how are you? I’m a 19 year old mom with two kids and it is very hard to get around, asking my parents to take me to the kids’ appointments and my appointments, to school (community college), and even to the store. My boyfriend and I are seperated due to the fact that I want to go to school fulltime and it can’t happen if I stay with him b/c when he gets home, which would be the only time for me to study, it’s “our” time to spend together and I don’t think that’s really fair. There’s also other reasons why I left him, but that’s besides the point. I guess what I’m really trying to say is I wish, hope and pray every night that I will win a car online (you know, on those car sweeps and stuff). But if you can grant me that wish you’d be my angel and I’d be so thankful to you for the rest of my life to come!
Krista Spencer
09/12/2005 at 11:05 pm
Hi! My mom won tickets to your show and she was going to take me. But the problem is I’m 13 years old. But im very mature if you ask me. We got the tickets in the first place because of a raffle that we donated $50 to the hurricane relief. I really want to go.
Angela
12/06/2005 at 6:26 pm
Hi oprah,
My name is angela, and about a year ago before my 17th birthday I got into an accident. My dad told me that he was planning on buying me a car for that birthday but due to the fact I got into an accident he could not afford it. I have taken up a lot of my parents money from the accident, which is still going on today. They have brought me every where I need to go. But my dad still insists that he wants to buy me a car, but I know its hard to afford right now,especially with Christmas coming up. I’ve tried the free car give aways on the internet and all that but theres a million other people applying for those too. So, I’m not trying to sound greedy and ask for a car so I can drive around with my friends all night, I need a car to get back and forth from school and work. I want to lift the burden off my parents shoulders of them having to drive me anywhere. I would really appreciate a car. Thank You!!
Wanda Teal
12/19/2005 at 1:55 am
Hi,I think it is nice and all that people get a free car,they are really blessed.I don’t want to take away from anyones joy but let me tell you my daughters story.She was 25 had a life,truck everything she worked hard for.Then she was raped by a marine had a mental break down and could not pull herself together,lost everything she had worked so hard for,now they say she is schizophrenia.What happened? Well we have been working with her ever since,now she is feeling pretty good and trying to get back to some kind of life,she is going to college on line and needs to have a car to get to school for some classes.But shes not giving up,she saves from her ssa check evry month $50 and a year more maybe she will have enough to buy a cheap car.Belive me with the problem she has if she can do it all of you complaining you did’t get a free car can do it to.I tried to make this short,but there is lots more that I can’t go into not.She says she is blessed so much.She will have her own car again and if you all try you can to.
Sherry Lee Clark
12/19/2005 at 6:55 am
Dear Oprah,
My daughter is a single parent raising a 13 year old daughter alone. She struggles waiting on tables for $2.20 an hour plus tips. Her spouse of 13 Years left her for a younger woman. She is supposed to get child support from her husband who abandoned her and their daughter when their daughter Kayla was 4 months old. Its’ been a hard road for 13 years and now she needs help more than ever before. A used car would make life more tolerable. Could you please help? Thank You
Kelly Eller
12/19/2005 at 6:57 pm
Dear Oprah,
My mother is a single parent raising a 19 year old daughter alone. Its’ been a hard road for me and my mother. I droped out of school, are car got stolen, we lost are home all in the same year. I had to drop out of school not by choice but I had to get a Job to help with me and my mother. She is the best mother anyone could ever have. Now I just lost my job so she is the only one that is working plus I just found out that im pregent at 19 and its killing me but most of all it really hurt my mother and we dont know what to do. We had one car that we shared but just last mo. it blew up because we coundn’t affored to get the oil changed the right way and now she needs help more than ever. A used car would make life alot easier. Could you please help? Thank You
Tyree Jones
12/22/2005 at 10:55 pm
Hello, Ms. Winfrey
My name is Tyree Jones, I am writing to you because I am in need, I am in need of a car. I am 18 years old and I am in the need of a car, Any car. I have always dreamed about talking to you and meeting you oneday. I would love to be a guest on your show. I attend College, and I need transportation to get me back and forth from college to work.It a struggle catch a bus in the cold. I working but I do not have any money for a car. Oprah I will be so GRATEFUL if you bless me with a car. I will forever thank you for the gift. I will be so happy oprah, My parents cant afford a car now, My parents can barely afford to pay for my college we are on a payment plan. Oprah you dont know how much this will mean to me.Please find it in your heart to Bless me,or to help me. With Love Thank you for your time to hear me out.
Brett Martin
01/25/2006 at 3:14 pm
Hi my name is Brett Martin, i am a 23, and i have three kids. Three year old Preston, one year old Sheldon, and a 19 year old foster kid. Me and my wife has always lived pay check to pay check. Well we decided we were not going to live on the bottom forever. so my wife has started back to school and we don’t dream little so she is tring to get a md. i have nothing but love for my family and i bust my back side to make sure everyone has and gets what they need. We are getting in a rough time it seemed like everything is falling apart at the same time. I work night to stay at home with the kids during the day while she is in school and then she goes straight to work from school. we have been just pulling through month to month some times we dont make it and have to take payday loans to cover bills but we seem to always pull through. well with the struck of bad luck are family can threw a rod. and the only other car we have is a jeep that we owe more then it is worth so we are tring to make it around with one car which in no means is a family car it is missing a window and this time of year it is super cold. I would like to leave this with one thing i don’t beleive in hand outs i beleive in returning the favor. If we are able to keep on going down the road we are eventualy we will get ahead and then it will be our turn to help other people. thank you for your time. Thank you Martin Family
charlie landi
03/11/2006 at 9:40 am
Dear Oprah,
I am 19 years old. I am currently driving a 1987 Chrysler Lebaron. It was my grandma’s old car. It held up through the years but it’s on its last limb. It leaks evrything from oil to transmission fluid. The transmission is going too. It jumps and slips on turns. It doesn’t pay to put even more money than i already did and buy a new transmission. I go to college and work. I try to save as much money as i can but it’s hard when your can only work part time and go to college. Also having to frequently by oil and other car needs just to keep the car running. I commute back and forth to college every day to so without a car i am stuck. My dad and mom can’t help me out either because they are both working just to pay off bills and other needs in life. They can’t afford to buy me a car. They feel bad because they know how much a new car would mean to me but their is nothing they can do. I thank you for your time and hope that you can change my car troubles somehow and relieve me of my stress and my parents stress. i dont even need a new one a used car would be fine. thank you
Lara
03/14/2006 at 7:41 pm
Dear Operah,
Hi, I am a 23 year old single mother and I recently lost my job. Since me and my son Hunter who is 5 have been struggling. I still try to give him what he needs, but times are hard. On top of that, I have lost my car in a wreck and it was totaled. Now, my landlord is trying to get me out of our home and it doesn’t look like I will be going back to college this fall either since I can’t afford it. I was just wondering if you could make my dreams come true and help us out in this time of need. God bless and thanks for you time.
Stern
03/15/2006 at 9:35 am
Oprah Winfrey…Negro woman from the south
You people are nuts, do you think she cares about anyone now that she signed up to do XM radio. good luck suckas..
Stern
03/15/2006 at 9:38 am
oh and it helps if you spell her name right when you ask for things..just a tip.
Do you really think she pays for it, she is a sponser whore and doesn’t spend a dime.
John Gedz
03/16/2006 at 12:07 pm
Dear Oprah,
Last year I found out that my dad had cancer, he had been keeping it from me for three years. As soon as I found out I took a leave of absence from my job to take care of him. This all happened at the same time I purchased my first house, very own, house. The house is a fixer upper in a quiet country burrough. I was planning to fix it up and move my dad in with me and take care of him in this setting. He unfortunately decided to keep his illness a secret from me for too long. His days on this earth were less than 120 according to the health care officials, and his condition verified it. On July 8th,2005, my father indicated to me that he was healthy enough for me to go to the house that I purchased to cut the grass and pick up the mail, about a two hour deed. What happened when I returned I never would have imagined in a million years. When I arrived back home to his house both doors were locked and the lights not on. This made me uneasy,since he had a timer for the lights.Upon entering I heard a clicking sound coming from the north end of the house, it was my father sqeezing the trigger of a rifle that I didn’t know he had. It didn’t fire until I called out “DAD”, and he looked starteled at me. Well I was so horrified of what I saw next that I wont say.Because my father committing suicide, none of his insurance paid a dime, I have lost eight and a half months of work from being om mental/behavioral health dissability. I have been living with a twenty foot hole in the front wall of my house all winter along with a roof that isn’t even completely attached. My heat loss this winter has been 72%, your thinking what about his fathers house, well, I was initally accused of shooting my father. The house and his assets have been placed into a frozen state by the state of new york. And I have no desire to live where my father shot himself. Oh, did I mention that the town is forcing me to connect to the new sewer that they just built. I can’t afford to convert and connect to it. I can’t even afford my car,mortgage,insurance, and taxes, let alone repairs to my house. And I still have to cover the bills on my fathers house as well.I am about to file bancruptcy to end it all, if I can afford that.
Mrs. Venis
03/20/2006 at 9:50 am
Sometimes I wonder how different my life would be if I had the wealth that Oprah and all of those like her have. I wonder if I would transform into a ‘ material girl ‘ or if I could keep my head on straight. At this point I would like to think that I would do good things with my blessing of wealth and prosperity. I know that there are many people who do help people and give to charities but also many more who only think of themselves and the fabulous lifestyle that they are able to lead. I think some of the shows on TV only lead us to want more and more and make us crave just a taste of that rich and famous lifestyle. I also wonder how stressful it would be to have that much money and hear all of the hardship stories that others are suffering and not knowing which ones are true or which ones are scams, everyone always wanting something from you…..I mean, Oprah can’t save the world, she can’t buy everyone a car. It’s a nice dream, to think that someone will come along and make things just a bit easier for you…to buy you a much needed car, pay for your childs college tuition or simply just bring you some groceries. Life is hard for a lot of people. Each day I could make a list of things I really NEED and an even longer list of things I WANT…but then, I think of others and how hard their lives are. In some countries, they have no use for a car, their only concern is for food and water. Simply to survive. I think here in America especially, we are spoiled and forget sometimes what is truly important. I also know that the past 6 months have been the hardest of my life and I have no idea what tomorrow holds for me….things could be better or things could get worse. But today, I will do the best I can do, with what I have and be grateful that I am providing for my children and that tonight they do not go to bed hungry. Tomorrow when they wake up, they will put on clean clothes, they will not be designer brands, but they will be clean and when I get in my car, I will not be ashamed that it is not a new car…but I will be thankful that it gets me where I need to go.
Milly Rodriguez
03/29/2006 at 9:38 pm
PLEASE HELP ME OPRAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m a single mom of 2 always have struggled to give my babies what the need alone no parent support and no one to give me a hand I dont want to loose my home please help me I dont want my kids to cry no more tears with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FATMA SALIM MATANO
06/18/2006 at 7:35 am
Hi Oprah,
I am 23years old girl, studying medicine in Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy in Russia.I am about to finish my 2nd year general medicine course but unfortunately due to financial unstability I have been stopped from doing my final exams by the institute.
I am a kenyan girl raised by a single parent who does not have a good salary job, my mum owns a small hairdressing salon with which she has managed to educate my brother and I. But now the situation has been really hard for her, since my Tution fees is alot for her to manage.
I am please requesting You to help me,because I am doubting if i will truly manage to finish my course.My mother has reached to a point that she can not do much to help,since she hardly sends me pocket money that at times I even miss some classes.
I hope you will kindly save me from this crisis because i will so much love to finish my career. Medicine is in my blood and i truly love this course, right now I am so confused not knowing what the future holds for me and the worst is I have no one to turn to.
YOU CAN PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS +79027827691, fsdeddy@yahoo.com, 603104, Medical street 5a, Nizhny Novgorod,Russia.
deborah
07/02/2006 at 1:49 pm
Hi, Oprah I have a daughter who is getting married in August. I wish he father could be there and her grandparents becaused they have never claimed her to be theirs. I also have a brother that has been missing for fourty years that I wish could be there. She wants to send me a bus ticket but I told her no I will make it there some how. can you help. There is a lot more that I could say on this story but I do not wish for everyone to read my life sul.
Debra Alexander
07/12/2006 at 3:10 pm
Dear Oprah,my name is debra alexander, i live in lilburn,georgia. my car is a 94 honda civic and for the last 6-months i had to put 2,000.00 dollars in it to get it running. the church help me and a friend and myself. i cannot afford a new car or a payment. it takes all my money just to pay rent,utilitys,food, gas,insurance. i had to drop my full coverage because i could not afford it. 2 days ago i had a accident and it was my fault. my hood and front bumper is crushed. i do not have the money to fix it. i do work 40 hours a week at kroger grocery-770-982-0655. I have a daughter that’s 26 with to grandsons 5 and 11. And she is fixing to lose her house and i cannot help her. my son who is 30 has a learning disability. he does work but not much money. and my step-son was killed may the 20th,2006. he and his girlfriend were going to florida and he lost control of his truck and hit a tree and the truck rolled several times until it was upside down. then there were several explosions and they were burnt to death. his mother was killed when he was 4 years old and he was my ex-husband son. but he was just like my own. i miss him very much but i know God is taking care of him and his Mother was there to greet him. if you know of anyone that can help me get my old car fixed i would appreciate it so very much. i know you get alot of letters but i hope by the grace of God you will consider my need. please i need transportation so i want lose my job. i could tell you my life story but that would be a book. and i know you are a very busy woman. thanks so very much for taking the time to read my help. sincerely, debra alexander–770-972-7804–address–4893 Valley Dale Court, Apartment B, Lilburn, Georgia 30047
Anthran Gray
07/16/2006 at 2:52 pm
Hello Oprah,
My name is Anthran Gray, I’m a 19 year old full time college freshman from
Baltimore,MD. Right now I attend Baltimore City Community College until next year where
I will be taking up Mechanical Engineering at Morgan State University. I live with my mom and little sister. My mother works three jobs while I work 2. Between working, and going to school by bus, its very hard for me to get around by this time and that time, but I’m trying to make it work. I’m replying to you as a struggling student who is trying to make a job into a career. Thank you for allowing me to respond to you.
Whenever you get a chance to read this I hope that you could leave or mail me a response. My E-Mail Anthran.Gray@comcast.net
adress 5210 Midwood Ave. 21212 Baltimore,MD.
Dolce
07/17/2006 at 9:30 pm
Are all you people who actually posted replies to Oprah nuts??
This isnt her site, if u want to leave her msgs why not go to the Oprah site, or write to her.
THICK.
And as for u Sonia Sanchez. Get a grip
Becky
07/20/2006 at 8:54 pm
Wow, I THINK YOU ALL NEED TO FIND GOD AND REALIZE GOD WANTS YOU TO WORK AND BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE!!! OPRAH IS INDEED AN ANGEL BUT JUST BECAUSE SHE IS FAMOUS AND HAS MORE MONEY THAN THE AVERAGE JOE DOESNT MEAN A SAD STORY ENTITLES ANYONE ELSE TO IT.
Ayan
11/21/2006 at 11:39 am
Name: Ayan Isse
D.O.B. 1969 Somalia
Citizenship: Canadian
Current: Residence: Chicago since October 29, 2006
Dear Oprah
My sole reason for coming to Chicago is to seek your help retrieving my children; my husband of 15 years duped me into moving back to Somalia to “visit “ his parents after failing, for a second time, to make a wage satisfactory for me and my nine children. Please understand that in Canada we had a beautiful life. My husband operated a restaurant, we had a beautiful home,our children attended school, were well fed and clothed. When we arrived in Somalia our home ultimately became a blanket in the wild. Living amongst camels and other animals was the only shelter afforded; from the elements we hovered under a tree. We had no fresh water or food. To sustain ourselves we ate rice.
One day my husband went to get a loaf of bread and never returned; three months passed before he called from Canada to tell us he had left to find work so as to purchase a home and tickets for our travel back to Canada. Then when he returned to Somalia, he had a change of heart; he did not want to go back to Canada, furthermore, he wanted the children to stay and learn the Somalian language/ customs. My children and I were literally prisoners in the wild.
One day I feigned illness and convinced my husband I needed to go to a doctor in the city. I took my 2 year-old-daughter and had friends pay our airfare for a return flight to Canada. I sent my daughter to stay with my mother in Seattle, Washington, while I came to Chicago to seek your help. Since coming here, I have learned that my husband has another wife ( in Canada) and a 10-month-old-son. More importantly, my husband plans to marry off my 13 year-old-daughter to a 40 year-old-man after her circumcision. This is all in trade for a few camels.
Imagine the terror, agony, anger and pain that I am experiencing. Lend your ear, your heart to the horror my daughter is facing and she has no one to go to. Please help me. I am horrified by all of this and I need help financially mentally emotionally, but spiritually I am encouraged that this type of injustice will stop IMMEDIATELY, especially with your help.
Please help me save my family
Thank you for your time and attention. I have enclosed two video; one of our life in Canada, the other of our life in Somalia. Also, please find enclosed, a picture of my daughter___ Fatumo Diriyey___ now age 13.
Contact information: Betty Belay
c/o Ayan Isse
5347 North Ravenswood Street
Chicago, Illinois 60640
(773) 615- 6175 or ( 773) 299-0224
betiye82@yahoo.com
Akasha
11/29/2006 at 9:10 pm
hi oprah i jus wanted to know how did u get ur show email me(janai11@nyc.rr.com)
Elizabeth
06/13/2007 at 7:23 am
Hi Oprah
My names is Elizabeth and im 19 years old soon to turn 20 in 4 months, Iam a college student working like 32 hours per week just to pay for school.I just wish i can get a car to take me to work and school so i wont be so tired and i help pick my sisters up for my mom and my mom doesnt have to leave early to pick them up since she works all day .. atleast a used car well if u can help or not thanks for hearing me out.
kathleen young
06/18/2007 at 9:41 pm
dear oprah my name is kathy short for kathleen i am a mother of 5 children and one more i took in when she was 11 years old my kid have been living with me ever sence and they have been though so much in there life in jail out not good jobs so i get into so much dept just to help them out i got my self into so much dept sometimes i just want to cry one of my sons went to jail for three years and i am rasing his kid one i had to get out of forster home the mother was on drugs so i have them and my oldest grandson i went to go get him from his mother in ga. because she needed help with him he has so many problems going on with him he is seven he and my husband try so had to make it but it is so had we never had are own home we pay rent in something we dont own but most of all we are paing for are cars some times we can not even pay for them we are late i just want to pay them off so i do not have two car notes your truly kathleen e. young email youngkathleen@yahoo.com 9808 n. 47th ave glendale az.
Melissa Ward
07/05/2007 at 12:41 pm
MY NAME IS MELISSA AND I HAVE BEEN WISHING FOR ANY RELIABLE CAR FOR A LONG TIME. I DONT CARE IF ITS USED. I JUST NEED A CAR TO GET ME TO AND FROM FROM DOCTOR VISITS AND CLINICS. I LIVE IN OHIO, MANSFIELD. ALL MY DOCTORS ARE FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND IT TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET THERE FROM HOME. I HAVE HAD A LOT OF ILLNESSES IN MY PAST SINCE CHILDHOOD, BUT THE ONE I JUST HAD WAS BREAST CANCER AND A MASECTOMY WITH CHEMO WHICH MADE ME VERY ILL AND HAS AFFECTED MY LIVER. I HAVE TO GO TO THE DOCTORS AT LEAST 2X A MONTH AND HAVE BEEN RELYING ON FAMILY TO GET ME THERE. IT REALLY HURTS KNOWING ALL THESE CARS IN THE WORLD THAT JUST SIT THERE AND COST SO MUCH MONEY. I LIVE ON MY SSI DISABILITY AND CAN NOWAY AFFORD TO BUY A CAR. I AM 36 YEARS OLD AND AM DESPERATE FOR A CAR. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE?
IF SO, I WOULD BE SO VERY THANKFUL AND I KNOW THAT GOD WILL BLESS YOU FOR IT.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS 419-632-6199
MY ADDRESS IS 454 CHERRY STREET MANSFIELD, OHIO 44905
EMAIL IS MJWARD70@GMAIL.COM
robert tirrell
07/22/2007 at 4:53 pm
Hi Oprah, My name is Robert Tirrell,and I live in the small town of Basin Wy. Its your out in the middle of no where courty town,and you need transportation. I live with my girlfriend,and her two childern. Penny has never owned or driven a car,and she loves Walmart. It so happens that the nearest one is 50 miles away,I had just got a used car. I had this car for less then a month,and the engine blew.Ive been with out a job,and right after this car blew I got a good job. I work for a meat processing company for 7.50 an hour,and try to save enough to fix this car. My girlfriend has been paying the bills,and feeding all of us. I feel awfull she been doing so tell now,and cant even take her out of this town. thanks robert
Reality
07/26/2007 at 4:15 am
With all-due-respect, you should all take a deep breath, and find some self-respect. Those lucky audience members are just that, lucky.
Some of them may have needed those cars, others could have most likely done without one. There are literally millions of people, possibly billions, who would like to have a car just appear in front of them- But the fact remains that there is almost no chance someone will provide them with that luxury.
I’m sure you could be in such a terrible situation that life is almost unbearable- Almost. You know what though, your situation is probably not nearly the worst. I’m sure you were born with the opportunity to make something of yourself, whether or not you followed through with it.
If you weren’t, though, too bad. As harsh as that may sound, take into consideration that some of the most prominent Hollywood stars, some of the richest men and women alive, started with almost nothing- What makes you so special?
I’m not posting here to dismiss any of you as not worthy, subhuman, or anything else. I just want you to realize that it’s up to you to make it in life. Don’t rely or expect anyone else to pick up your slack. We all know it can be tough, but there’s no one to blame but… no one. Unless you’re a terminally ill cancer patient, or well into your last years, nothing or no one (Not even your kids) can stop you from being successful.
For two years now, I have been scrooging just enough money to save up for a car. My money isn’t just sitting around, either. I have most of my money in stocks and mutual funds, in an account that allows me to trade for free. I should be done saving in just another year or two. Hopefully, I’ll be able to afford a car that pleases me, I definitely earned it.
The only thing that’s ever been handed to me: an opportunity.
Simon S.,
California
stephanie
05/07/2009 at 1:42 pm
Simon, no one cares about you saving money to buy yourself a car. WHAT MAKE YOU THINK THAT YOU’RE SO SPECIAL? Some people are really feeling the crunch from the economy. and some business are using the economy for an excuse to fire people and to lay off people. so if you still have a job where you are able to save money then I say more power to you, and you should be thanking GOD. Don’t put people down because their going through hard times, because you one day could very well be wearing their shoes. So if some one can help these people to get some of the finer things in life that other wise they could not afford, then who are you to talk against it? For some people opportunity don’t come around everyday.
Brandy
07/28/2007 at 3:25 am
Oprah, Oprah, Oprah! To say the least, I have always wanted to meet you and you inspire my grandmother and I to the upmost, we watch your show daily. Well, I am here to find out when you are having another “BLESSING SHOW”. Thats what we call them. I am a 32 year old woman with 3 children who works very hard for a living. It is sad to say that I have never possessed a newer type vehicle. I have always had a used vehicle with no air or heat and majority of the time their was something wrong with the windows. I also support and take care of my grandmother in which we recently found out as developed cancer. It is very difficult getting her back and forth to the doctor without a reliable vehicle. She’s on oxygen 24/7 and its scary riding down the street in 108 degree weather with two tanks is the back seat. If you happen to have another Blessing Show where you are blessing people with newer reliable vehicles, please consider my family. I can be reached by e-mail mrslady61@yahoo.com. Thank you for your time and consideration. Love your Show
teresa d pierce
08/03/2007 at 1:26 pm
dear.oprah, i am in desperate need of help, it all stated when i lost my home, husband,and childern in one year, i did get my daughter back she’s married now ,well i met a man he’s come so close to hitting me, but thank GOD he hasent he’s back on the drugs and alcohol and has threw me out knowing i have no home,or car,or furnture ,O,H, he’s also moved me up here in P.A. he said he’ll send my dad the money to come get me and take me back to N.C. ,but i’ll be homless,carless,moneyless,and furnitureless,by the way my husband is deceased he was a vetern of the U.S.Navy and very good man. please oprah help me get a car with tags and insurance please i’m not good at begging but i have humbled myself to asking you this THINK YOU
Samantha Fox
08/09/2007 at 8:23 pm
Hi Oprah,
My name is Samantha Fox. I am almost 19 years old and live in College Station, Texas. 5 years ago my mother passed away leaving me with no social security benefits. I lived with my Father at the time who was very abusive in many ways. Finally a good friend helped me get help, by going to the police. I am so Thankful today to be out of that situation. After I left home I went to Foster-Care in New Richmond, Ohio. It was a big change but looking back I learned a lot and appreciate that time of my life now. A year after being in foster care my older sister and her Husband who lived in Texas (where I currently reside) took custody of me. After I turned 18 she no longer could afford to help me with my finances. She just recently started her own family and has a lot of debt herself. Since then Life has really changed for me. I work full-time and am also about to start college again in the Fall. Unfortunately I have to sell my car because I cannot make a payment on it to my sister who was so kind to let me borrow it anyways. I work a lot yes, but I do not have help with bills or school. For some reason I got denied Financial Aid and am now having to pay for that also. I am not going to come out and ask you for a free car but I just want to let you know that the 276 people who received new cars on your show are surely blessed. That is such a wonderful thing you did and I can’t imagine how many people are really Thankful. I was wondering if you know of anything that can help someone like me achieve a car. Even if it is a rust-bucket, I will be happy to drive anything that will get me to work and school. Since you are connected with so many people In this world I was hoping for some “hope”. Would you possibly be having another show in the near future that will be offering a car to someone in my situation?
I watch your show’s almost everyday when I have the time. You help so many people physically and mentally and I really look up to you. People like you do give me hope for the future- to over come such bad situations and be someone so inspiring. I hope that you will keep me in your prayers and Thank You very much for taking the time to read this. If it’s not too much trouble you can contact me at Sj_fox88@yahoo.com
Regards,
Samantha Fox
Caitlin Goettsch
08/26/2007 at 10:03 pm
Dear Oprah,
I am a 18 year old student, who’s been through alot in the past year. On Labor day of 2006, my house was destroyed by a local flood, after thousands of dollars in renovations, my family and i were finally at ease. Then just about three weeks ago, the flood arrived again, this time it was worse, and as i ran out to move the car that i earned the money to pay for and paying for myself on top of school was,completely under water. Now, once again everything that i earned has just fallen apart. Now im stuck with no car and no money to pay for it..i thought i’d give this a try so you could atleast hear my story. I would be more than happy if i could win one of these cars, and finally something to be proud of and have effort shown for that. You are an amazing women, who helps so many people and if you gave me a chance to own one of these great cars, that would be something that i would never forget. You are truley a role model for many women in this world. Thank you
Cathy Herrin
08/26/2007 at 11:04 pm
Dear Oprah,
I think it is truly wonderful all the many things you do for people. I have some friends that I would like to tell you about. My friends, Dale and Darlene, are in desperate need of a vehicle. Dale has end stage liver disease and is waiting for a liver transplant. Right after Dale was diagnosed, the company he was working for closed, which left him with no health insurance. He and Darlene realizing that he would not be able to work for a while, sold the car they had recently bought (no longer being able to afford the payments). For a while someone in the community had loaned them a car that they used to go to medical appointments and local running around for errands. Now, that car has broken down and the owners took it back to fix. Dale and Darlene have not heard back frooom them if they are going to be able to use the car any more after it is fixed. They are also using a little truck that a family member was supposedly selling them, but the air conditioner is broken on it now which makes it very difficult for Dale to ride in. My husband has recently received a liver transplant, so we know it is hard enough for Dale to ride to the appointments that are local, but the transplant center is three hours away. They are not picky people. They are very loving and love to do things for other people. They need some support with a vehicle, can be used, but something that has a working air conditioner and a passenger seat that can recline so that Dale can travel as coomfortable as possible to his medical appointments. If nothing else can you tell me where we might find Dale and Darlene some help. They also have a fund raising account with NTAF to help with medical expense. If you can help my friends, please contact me. I will be glad to give you their last name then. Thank you for being the blessing to others that you truly are. Thanks again for any help or suggestions you can make.
Samantha Wesley
09/06/2007 at 10:22 pm
Dear Oprah, 9/06/07
My name is Samantha Wesley, and I am writing you this letter in hope that you may help me with my situation. On June 27, 2007 my 1991 Oldsmobile was stolen right from in front of my house. I received a knock on my door about 2:30 in the mourning, it was the police asking if I had known were my car was. After they had explain to me that my car was stolen and they had found it, we went to see it. Just as sure as they said it- there it was, my car ran into a light pole, all smashed up with, two flat tires ,and a broken window. I could not believe it. I tried to call a towing company and have it towed to my house until I got a chance to speak with my insurance company, however there wasn’t one open and my car was impounded. It took the insurance adjuster two weeks to go to the pound and get the car. After they finally got the car they told me that it was totaled and would coast more to fix then what it was worth. Okay now the insurance that I have is full-coverage and the policy offered, a rental car for a maximum of 15 days, and a new car. I did not receive any of the things they said I would. All I got was $300.00 dollars and I still have to pay the remaining bill on the car note with no help from the insurance company and still no car. My reason for asking you is because you do so many beautiful things for so many wonderful people I was hoping that you had room for one more. My daughter and I would appreciate any help that you may be able to offer.
Sincerely :
Samantha Wesley
Sonia Larabee
09/07/2007 at 9:34 am
Dear Oprah: Never thought I would be writing for help, but desparate situations takes desparate measures. First I must say I enjoy watching your show when I can see it (at friends hse) because I dont have cable. I have a car that needs help and my son ( who is in bible college) needs a car desparately. With God’s help we are getting by, but we do need a vehicle. Can you help.
Not good with words – thanks & bye
Nancy Munger
09/18/2007 at 4:41 pm
Dear Oprah, My Name is Nancy and I am 44 and disabled with bipolar and ptss..and I have a degenerative spine disease..I have a 16 yr old daughter and a 3 week old grand daughter that lives with me..I live off of $580.00 a month and I cant afford a good car..The one I have now is a death trap..It has bad breaks and the accellerator sticks and it a 1994..I think the head gasket is going bad..I am not asking for a new car, I am just asking if I could please get some help getting a good used car as I worry so much when I have to take the kids to the Drs appointments and such..Please contact me with any information you might have that may help me..Thank -You so much and God Bless You honey..I love You and your show..I try and watch you everyday..Hugz Nancy
TRACI WHYTE
09/22/2007 at 10:52 pm
I HAVE A SISTER IN LAW NAMED TAMMY RAY, SHE HAS HAD A HARD LIFE. SHE HAS MS TO START. SHE MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART.ONLY TO LOOSE HIM AT THE AGE OF 42 TO THE BIG C. SHE HAS NEVER HAD A NICE CAR. SHE DRIVES A BEAT UP FORD TAURUS WHICH IS READY TO DIE. SHE HELPS OTHERS WITH DRIVING TO PLACES. WHEN SHE IS THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO BE DRIVEN. SHE DOESNT COMPLAIN AT ALL AND THINKS THE CAR WILL JUST LAST FOREVER. GOD IS KEEPING THIS CAR GOING,SO PLEASE THINK OF HER WHEN YOU DECIDE TO BE GIVING EVER AGAIN I LOVE HER AND SHE NEEDS THIS BAD. SHE LIVES ON SSI WHICH YOU SHOULD CALL WELFARE CAUSE SHE DOESNT HAVE NO MONEY AFTER SHE PAYS HER BILLS PLEASE HELP HER
Diane Romanisko
09/29/2007 at 1:31 am
Hi Oprah,
My name is Diane Romanisko. I’m having trouble writing this note to you. I have never asked anyone for help before. I am 51 years old and have worked all my life. Anything I ever needed, I worked for. I have raised two daughters and I have been raising my first two grandchildren since birth. Oprah, in 1999-2000 I had a heart attack, died 4 times and came back for more. I applied for disability and was turned down. So, I went out and found a job. I worked 4 years as a telemarketer, Aug. 13th I was laid off and on the way home my transmission burned up on my van and I have been walking ever since. I really need some help, my husband has an abdominal aneurysm and is a last resort for surgery. I need to find another job but can’t since I have no transportation. Could you please help me so I can find a job and make my gd. kids proud.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Diane Romanisko
aaron mcright
10/08/2007 at 6:49 pm
hey there im a 23 year old guy who did not have a car when my son was born i new i would need one but dont make alot of money so i got one for 700 dollers a 76 malibu classic that has no ac or heat and just broke down on me like 45 min ago and is siteing in a parking lot in my town iv got too have a car to take my son where he needs too go and too get me too and from work. so i can take care off him but im all ways having to fix it too keep us on the road he is only 9 months and its just us two from the day he was born.i want a new car so bad for him becouse he needs it more then i do.
Samantha Wesley
10/15/2007 at 4:37 pm
hi ms Oprah how can i be and one of your car giveaways? please i really need a car for my and my daughter she 9 reply thank you samanthawesley
valencia bias
11/27/2007 at 4:53 pm
My mother live with me. I taking care of my mother. .My car is old, with out no air and no heat. I take my mother to her doctor visit. She said the car is very cold. please help. I would love to see a bright day.
lori
12/02/2007 at 9:44 pm
dear oprah,
My daughter a former stay at home mother got the awaking of her life. the father of her children and the sole supporter of the family left her without any notice. in fact they had talked of working everything out, they have been together for 11 years. my grandson has diabetes and has to have insalin daily. he wanted her to stay with the kids and not work and she agreed.
Three days before he left he filled for emercency custidy of the children claiming she was unfit. he and his father are well know in this small town and the judge a freind, she did finally get shared care and is waiting to go for full custody. in the mean time he has tried to have her put in jail for useing his gas card, (before he left she use it) he reported it stolen and never told her he did. he planned everything out. he stopped making her car payments and cancel the insurance, before he left and now he has had the local police stopping her evry time they see her. i was able to get insurance for her, but i work a job that is at minimum wage. i don’t have the funds to help her and i live 1800 miles away.
he has had her evicted from their house, thank God for the help of the social service. But they can’t help with her vehcile. she has come a long way in the past month and a half. She is training for a new job now, but if she looses her car that will be it. she will have no way to go to work or to take her to doctors. they live in a small backward town in pennsylvania.
please if you could just help to get this caught up i would be forever in your debt.
i pray for her nightly, would you pray for her too! thank you for at least reading this.
thank you
lori
Charlene Stapes
03/21/2008 at 11:50 am
Dear Oprah,
I have a son who just had his leg amputated and is very depressed, he never gets out of the house. I go everyday to get his meals and spend some time with him. He is also a brittle diabetic which adds to his problems. He needs so much I wouldn’t even know where to start. If you have any ideas Oprah, share them with me. We live in Des Moines, Ia.
Thank You
Mary
jewell
06/05/2008 at 11:02 pm
DEAR OPRA I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WRITE YOU BUT I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF A VECHICLE. SHE IS25 YR. OLD AND SHE HAS A VERY BAD BACK AND THE DOCTORS DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR HER. SHE NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS. I HAVE TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF HER. SHE HAS HELP US IN CHURCH AND SOMETIMES I DON’T UNDERSTAND THINGS. I WOULD GLADLY TAKE HER PAIN IF I COULD. HER CAR GOT RAN OVER AND TOTALED SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEY HERSUCH A SMAL AMT. WE CAN’T FIND HER A CAR. SHE HAS DOCTORS VISITS SHE MUST KEEP AND HAS A HARD HARD TIME CAUSE SHE HAS BEEN DENIED HER SOC. SEC. AND HAS NO INCOME. SHE HAS IT SO HARD AND WITHOUT ME SHE WOULD OF STARVED TO DEATH OR WORSE. I BROKE MY BACK IN 2006 AND I HAVE NO INCOME BUT 520.00 A MTH. AND I CAN’ BEARLY MAKE IT MYSELF. SO IF TH LORD LAYS IT ON YOUR HEART TO HELP HER I WOULD SO MUCH BE SO GREATFUL. i HAVE PRAYED SO HARD FOR HER AND OTHERS IN NEED. i WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A PERSON LIKE YOU IN MY WHOLE LIFE. YOU ARE WONDERFUL AND SUCH A GREAT GIVING HEART. I PRAY THAT GOD BLESSES YOU BEYOND MEASURE. I SIT AND CRY A LOT WHEN I WATCH YOUR SHOW. THERE IS NONE LIKE IT. PRAY FOR US AND WE ALWAYS PRAY FOR YOU. LOVE YOU LOTS!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU JEWELL
Reality Check
06/06/2008 at 3:25 am
Get a brain, people. Oprah is not scrounging these pages looking for someone who might need a car. She didn’t even buy those cars. Hear me again:
SHE DIDN’T BUY THOSE CARS, PEOPLE.
It’s a good advertisement stunt by Pontiac to move more cars. It’s not a secret except for those who are too blindsided in their own predicament (notice I didn’t say selfishness) that she didn’t buy those cars. She probably profited from them. The cost for Pontiac to bring them on the show (advertisements), and the substantial ratings boost must have surely put a lining on her pocket.
I’m sorry if I hurt anyone’s feelings when I say that this is just pitiful. Post after post… Dear Oprah: I have a sad story to tell you. My . . .
Save it! Write a book. Go study. No one wants to hear it, especially her.
- Reality Check
barbara salters
07/16/2008 at 1:16 am
my name is barbara.im a single disabled mom.i also have 16 yr old twins .the boy twin is disabled to.we live out of a fixed ssi aout $940.00 a month.today my 1998 caravan broke down.i have no moneey to buy a car.im in desperate need of a car because public transportain is not a option for me.im asking for a car.i dont need a expensive car.something like a toyoda camry or a toyada corrolla would be fine for me. please consider helping me get a car its trully need.
my van broke down today 7-15-08
barbara ann martinez
08/07/2008 at 6:21 am
Dear Oprah, Hi to start off you are a blessing for so many people you have the kindest heart I have ever known and ask for nothing in return. Your topics have always been a good point of interest. I see you do episodes in reference to cars. My name is Barbara and I am 52 years old and a single parent of a 16 year old. I returned from Kuwait 2006 and came back to nothing as I left a very good friend in charge of my money that I was trying to save. I made very good money while deployed and it was a blessing for me to be able to go financially. I caught up on my bills and everything and actually gave my daughter things I never could but my friend whom I will not disclose spent everything I sent to her for the savings account, yes I made a mistake of trusting and now I have a problem trusting anyone. I have no real friends anymore as I also got injured and medavaced from Kuwait in Sept 2006 and ended up flying to Fort Eustis, VA to be assigned to a Wounded Warrior Unit. They treat me and my child very well emotionally. I have had surgery to correct the injury I sustained over there. When I returned I had 2500.00 dollars to my name didn’t know it at that time I bought this car. I struggled and actually ended up with no place to stay because my friend treated us so badly when I got back. I was told to sue her and take everything she had but I couldn’t she had nothing herself and a child in special needs and a father dying of cancer who died in 2007. So my heart said I couldn’t do that to her. I really have a heart that can’t hurt anyone. I get used alot these days. I came back to nothing and used what I had to put food in her house and buy a car. After that I was in the same boat when I left for deployment. I have a car paid for and in the last 90 days it has cost me 2000.00 dollars to fix and it still developes problems everyone thinks I can get loans and just buy another car Ms Oprah, I can’t. It takes a down payment which everytime I try to get enough to put down this car I have breaksdown. I am still military and will be MEB out. My daughter asks for nothing. She wants to work at 16 so she can help out can you believe that. I love her so much. But shes involved in activities in school and wants to still work weekends. But I have one car that always breaks down. I drive 40 miles one way to duty and back 5-6 times a week which I know takes it toll on my 2003 KIA. To this day I am still stuggling at times. I am also dealing with issues of depression because I have so many things I want for my daughter and can’t get it or am afraid to do it. If I was able to work but we cannot not have a second job while in this unit as we have so many appointments that are mandatory and work daily. I can’t comlain because I still am getting paid by the army until I am put out. This to me is a blessing but because of my car I have no savings and can’t keep one. I never owned a new car, never they are to expensive. I try to do my best for everyone and I try to help peole where I live by giving clothes and food and my time. This is me. I have the gift of gab but no friends as my trust issue is very bad. My daughter tells me to date and go out by myself but I don’t because there are issues that prevent this. Well I talked enough I would love to go on your show as a spectator at anytime and have tried to find out how but I am unable to find out how maybe someone who reads this can tell me where to get the tickets and where you are at. I haven’t been anywhere for awhile can’t afford it for myself but I try to let my child at least go somewhere if this means one bill doesn’t get paid it don’t get paid until next payday. Like I said before I love your show and it sometimes makes me cry and most of the time I am learning something or at awe. You take care of yourself and be safe, you keep your head high and I really hope your never cancelled. You look so well foryour age also. Your beautiful. Well take care and good-bye. Barbara Martinez
Monica Lynn Slemp
08/08/2008 at 8:16 pm
Dear Oprah,
My name is Monica and I am an 18 year old first generation college student. I was searching for cars on the internet when i came across this website. I remember watching the eposide when it aired on television. I can remember thinking man i wish i was in the audience. When I was in middle school my father was the unfortunante victim of three strokes, with two back surgeries to go along with it. He was in the hospital for about one month and then in Cardinal Hill Rehablitation Center for about three weeks. As you are probably aware of the cost of even staying in a hospital for one day is extremley expensive and doesnt get any cheaper when a family of four has to survive on my mothers soul income as a factory worker. Well, here i am four years later and a high school gradaute. I was involved so much with school and it payed off. I was so lucky and greatful to have been given a full academic scholarship except for books to the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky which is about 2 hours from home. The cost to attend it for one year is around $23,000 dollars. So, i was very lucky, especially being the first person in my family to go to college. The only thing is that I am two weeks away from starting my college career and I am without a car. I have a part time job and save all of my money but I am still unable to afford a car. It doesnt mean i cant go to college but without a car, my parents, sister and myself will only be able to see each other twice a month. I am so close to my family and with my father being ill and going to the doctor still, i will never know when i may have to come home and without a car it will be nearly impossible. I have two weeks to figure something out. What should i do? Do you have any advice? I am in desperate need of help.
Sincerely,
Monica Slemp
mayra ramos
08/13/2008 at 12:51 am
hello my name is mayra ramos. I am 37 years old single mother i have 3 sons ages 20 19 15. i raised them by myself. my oldest son goes to the community college. he really wanted to go away to college to become a chef but i could not afford for him to go away to college. now my other son wants to go away for school but because i dont have good credit he wont be able to go away to school. oprah can you please help my 2 sons so they can go away to college. i would really appreciate if you could help them. i can be reached at 973 956-7017. my email address is miy371@aol.com thank you so much. i hope to hear fromm you soon.
greg
09/15/2008 at 9:34 pm
Wow – her 22th season. Sweet.
Ken Savage
09/20/2008 at 3:55 am
@greg – big fan are ya Greg?
betty gard
09/20/2008 at 4:16 pm
i thought it was great when oprah did the car give away if she ever does this again my daughter candice gard who found out last year was bipolar and postpardom at same time and has suffered alot we got divorced 4 years ago dad and girlfriend moved and no contact as to where im facing bankrupsy from all the help ive giving them her blazer a 1993 is falling apart it has to have gas tank replaced held together by rust she is trying to go to school full time work part time has a 425.00 fine to pay or go to jail and nobody has a way to help her i do work 75 to102 hours a week and its gone from all i have to pay back for the help i gave last year her name is candice gard 13 burton st millbrook il60536 1-630-432-9499 i pay her car ins and both grandmothers take car of baby needs the otherone more than me i work to much and its gone fast she is up a creek soon without paddle even a used car would help thank u for your time
Phil Melendez
09/25/2008 at 2:43 am
Dear Oprah,
My name is Phil Melendez, I am an eighteen year old student. My current automobile is a 1996 Subaru Legacy and it has 250,000 miles on the motor. I’m currently a student with a part time job and not a lot of money. I’ve been looking for a new car for about six months now and still have had no luck. My car isn’t going to hold up much longer I’ve already put 1200 dollars into it and I can’t do anymore. My car dying is going to be a hard thing, I will have no transportation to school and work which will leave me jobless and with no education. So if you could please help me out it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you Oprah,
Your biggest fan.
Debra Alexander
09/26/2008 at 7:14 pm
hell again still needing car i have moved my new address is 298 west wind dr., Lilburn, georgia home no is 678-615-2964 and work is 770-982-0655 ty and God Bless
james
09/29/2008 at 6:03 pm
wow alot of people asking for a car…haha
well
i dont having nothing wrong with me or am i in need
but i
would like a new car too
well id rather my mom get a new car befor me
as hers is unsafe to drive
felisa walters
10/11/2008 at 9:31 pm
Dear Ms. Oprah,
Please help My husaband and i just gotten married on 04-26-08 .
And thought everything was going great we bought a pease of land and a supposable good traler . but did not know they patch up the holes or should i say that they just put tape over them and painted over the tape and the cabnits have no doors and we have no heater. And on top of everything else i my husband Greg found out a few weeks a go help had NASH it is a liver desiase it is noacholic suroses of the liver . And we are in a finacially needing help we are fixing to lose everything i can work no more do to i have hade 3 sezuires back to back and the doctor ordered me not to work but the unemploymen office said i have not work long enough in my life to drow unemployment and ssi said that he make to much what 600.00 every 2 week i have to take 4 types of medication and food that we dont have wew only get 1 eal a day and that is it we are in bad shape we pray that some one will be our gardiun angel and help i am not kidding i feel stuppied for asking we are ain bad shaoe we barley make it . we only have 5.00 dollars to makr it for teh rest of this week till friday and it is saturday and we can ask people because they will talk and i dint know who to ask we supposeabley make to much money for help. i pray to jesus that some one will just come and hep us i am not kidding we dont have winter cloths are nothing no joke and i believe i am pregnant and i do not want to give it up please pray please love ya in jesus name thanks for the prayer in advance and may god bless you and your staff .
thanks in advance love you
Linda Krasner
10/13/2008 at 6:57 pm
Hi Oprah,
Please help me help my friend. Her husband mentally abused her and their 3 young children. SHe is left with out much and struggles daily. She and the kids live in fear that dad will come back. Yesterday she found out that her car could no longer be driven since it was still in her husbands name. She cannot renew the registration and doesn’t have the title. She can no longer get to her job or drive her children anywhere. Please help her. I wish I could.
emkohio
10/24/2008 at 4:23 pm
give me a break folks – oprah did not pay for these cars – gmc did!!! also, when you are given a car, you have to pay taxes on anything won or given to you over $599!!! so to all of you who had to put repairs at a cost of a couple thousand into your cars, you’re better off!!! think of what your taxes would be on a new 2008 car!!! geez, in the past 6 months, my husband put $1500 of repairs on his truck, i put $1200 in preventative maintenance on my car, my son put $500 into his car and my daughter needs new tires – but are we asking for a new car to replace them? hell no, we take care of them (notice preventative maintenance in the sentence). these are vehicles 10 years or older and you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference if you saw them. take care of your cars folks and quit asking for freebies – which are not freebies in the end!!!
Randy Patton
12/05/2008 at 1:12 pm
Hello. I am a Junior in High School and i recently heard a speech about you from another student. We were required to do a speech on someone who helped out our country in some way. Anyways I never realized how much you went through and I think its amazing that you went and made something of yourself despite your hardships. I also would like to say I love what you are doing , honestly i’ll admit i never watch your show but after that speech i’m sure i’ll be a regular viewer.
Keep up the good work ,
Randy
richard driskell
12/06/2008 at 12:03 am
i think she is heaven sent oprah is a great person i get to see her show sometimes in iraq i am doing a tour. with the reserves i have been here for 9 months i got about 3 months left i am home on r&r leave right now. but i go back in a week. oprah is great though i hope she is on the air for a long time to come. she deserves it. i just wish her all the best and a great holidays
thank you and have a great day
SGT Richard Driskell
Erin H.
12/10/2008 at 4:34 am
this is ridiculous. People they can’t give away “free” cars. There is such a thing as gift tax. A lot of those members on the show didnt get a car because they could not afford the gift tax.
dwight levine
12/16/2008 at 9:38 am
Oprah, cares about publicity and feeding her ego. When you have to pay as many taxes as we do in this country and live in poverty, dont think for a minute that anything appearing free or from the heart from some rich person or sponser will not have some devious motive behind it. Wake up people or things will never change.
Eneitha Medlock
12/16/2008 at 3:24 pm
Hi my Name is Eneitha Medlock and am in hardship right know .I have two boys and a single mother trying to make it in life .I know go to school full time and on a fix incom i can’t afford to shop for my kids this Chrismas because i don’t have any money. Idon’t have money to pay my chlid care provider for watching my child but some kind of way god will make it happen for me and my kids. Am 27 years old with know car live with just my two kids. Its so hard trying to get around with no car i have to go buy my food at the store and i will have to carry my bags back by hand or i will have to push the basket home and that is a hard job to do when my two son arewith me. I don’t have any help at all my family is out of town in little Rock Arkansas. if you can it will be nice if i can get a car it will help out a lot.
denise
12/20/2008 at 5:09 pm
please help me oprah .i am a single mom of 2kids i alway haver get a house for me and my kids.i put my kids fist.i get sociaial security for my son. have adh my son want to play sport by i donot have a car the money i get for me and my son it is not enough to buy a car i have a girl she get nothing so i tack my 10yr girl and my 13yr son my po,box 3174 slidell 70459 and call 985 707 44424 oprah marry chiristmas we love you and your show.
barbara
12/20/2008 at 6:00 pm
Hi oprah.I know you here these request everyday, all day 365 days and 24/7.I come to you in honesty.Im the type of person that i will exhaust every means that i have to do the things i need to do for my kids and I.Im a single parent now to twin kids boy/girl that are my sisters children.I raised 3 of my own kids that are grown now..I am disabled now on a fixed income of disability.I have a 1998 dodge caravan.I have spent moneys to fix this truck.I recently had it fixed,but its still cuts off in the streets in traffic.I HAVE NO MORE MONEY TO PUT INTO THIS TRUCK.I have osteoarthritis and some days i can barely walk.i need a car so very bad to get back and forth to the store,to my doctors appointments.To the kids appointments.Please consider buying me a car.I prefer a toyoto corrollo a small car thats good on gas and i know they will last for years and years. thank you.
sheryl newsom
12/25/2008 at 1:12 pm
Ms. oprah please bless me with a car i would appreciate it i wish i would of followed my dreams maybe i wouldn,t be so needy , but eventhough i dont have much and i lost my job and i just found out that my kidneys are failing i still countinue to have a good heart also with out my job i have no medical card so now i dont even go to the doctors i,m on so many medications i,m also about to loose my apartment but i do beleave this that with god all things are possible and he might not come when you need him but he right on time. Oh by the way merry x-mas and may u have a happy new year and may god bless you with the husband you prayed for stay in touch sheryl newsom 4106 burnell rd columbus ohio 43224 write me sometimes your friend sheryl
Jearline Stovall
12/26/2008 at 8:05 pm
Hi! Ms.Winfrey
My name is Jearline Stovall and i’m a single mom of three girls. But i’ve been struggling to find some kind of help to make sure i can provide for my girls.I have very very bad credit and i can’t fix my small two bedroom house nor gat a more roomy vehicle. It’s not that promblem of trying to pay for anything i just can’t get approved with the major major credit problem that i have. I had dreams to back to school to better myself for my kids but i have to work night shift in order to have someone to watch my kids; also i wanted to be a model or professional dancer but i’m shy and can’t afford it. I really need your help if not for me; just for my kids. Ms. Winfrey i don’t want to ask you for much but if your reading this if you don’t help me with anything else; just help me put my oldest girls in some kind of dance or singing program because they like stuff like that but i can’t afford it.Their ages are 5,3,and 7mo.
BRIDGET HAYWORTH
12/29/2008 at 9:00 pm
HI,Ms.Opraha Winfrey
My name is Bridget Hayworth,I’m thirty four years old.I’m a single mother of two girls also i have custody of my neice and nephew.I live in low income housing,pretty much all my life,and allways been a true believer in the Lord but I’ve been living as a christian for two and a half years.I’ve allways joked,to people with a bad car or homeless, telling them that,”I’m going to write Opraha, and tell her your situation”.I happen to stummble across your website.I know your wondering,what do you want or need? Well, I want/need a car,house amongst other things, only the LORD can provide,so I’m not asking for a car or house.What’s the use if I donn’t have the knowledge to keep it.I’ve been drug through hell and mudd and tried every opportunity to have doors slammed in my face.I give to anyone, help and love everybody, prayed and waited. I’ve tried to be a model to trying to start my own cleaning buiness,to foster care,to college, even a regular job.I’m tierd and need prayer and help on what direction to go.I ask because people want to know the secret to success and blessing. THANK YOU
Kerry Slaton
01/11/2009 at 7:21 pm
hello Mrs. Winfrey,
I am a single mother, with one child, his name is Noah. He will be one on valentines day. My pontiac Sunfire needs repaired and I don’t have the money to buy a new one for my son and I. We need a four door, it is hard getting him out of his carseat with a two door. I am living with my friend and I don’t have a job so I use my food stamps to help out with food. I don’t have a job because I can’t afford daycare and my mom has twins who are 2 years old so she can’t watch him that long, she does try to watch him while I go to night class for a couple of hours. I am still in the process of getting my high School Diploma. Thanks for reading this. We would be so greatful if we could have a new car. Noah and I thank you so much. God bless you.
James Falls
01/18/2009 at 5:36 pm
Dear Oprah,
I am an unemployed person who is trying to do better.My current car is too old to justify the repairs it needs.I am going to school to get my truck licenses so I can get a job with a steady income.The school is 107 miles from where I live.My fiance is on disability and after I add my unemployment sometimes there isn’t enough money to go around.My daughter is living with us and she works so it is a struggle to get her to and from work.I’m not looking for a brand new car just one I can depend on so we can get a leg up and be able to do the things we need to do
Sabrina
01/20/2009 at 6:55 pm
Hi Oprah how are you?Its soo Great that you do this..Thanks for giving us all a chance to speak our mind.Well my name is Sabrina ,Im a single mom,wow theres alot of them out there , thats sad well me and my daughter just finally got away from the abusive father ,five years later,im just glad that i was one of those women that were able too.but i did have a car with the money my dad put a lil money in a bank account to grow so when i was older i could buy a car but my ex totalled it so now all i have is a $400 dollar bill from proressive because my name was on the insurance.Well since i left him i live with my 18 year old sister thank god i have her she rides me to the methadone clinic,ive been clean for a year now, to work and to my daughters doctors office etc.. shes helping me until i can save money to get on my feet but with her going to college and work its a really tight schedule Oprah i hope u choose me i dont care what kind of car it is but a car is the only thing that would unstress my whole family.. i would be more independent im a mom i should be but paying progressive and everything else its really hard to save for a car.. please Oprah chose me.but if not i am happy for anyone u choose we all need one.. but me and my daughter really need one ..
ELIZABETH
01/29/2009 at 1:56 am
this is the 4th try for a special request. Oprah,this is not for me. I have a cousin in her 60’s and she has a child with multiple sclorosis. She enjoy’s riding all the time and we take her in the van now for years. This is what she enjoys. She lost her oldest sister Monique Bailey at an early eage of 35 due to varion cancel, it was fast and quickly. Monique worked in Houston with under cared and abused children and she was loved there at the organization, however God took her before we could give her a fair going off. Her mom is a retired school teacher and was the best and now she has to remain home with Moni, she was born this way and she is now 35 ad too heavy to put in the van. Her van is having transmission problems and she need a van with a lift, now that moni is 168 lbS. Her number is 337 233-9159,please consider assisting her. She is a christian at Mt Bethel Baptist Church and I would like for you to meet this beautiful family. Please consider this and call me at 337 233-2033 Elizabeth H Grogan
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E.T.Gloria
02/06/2009 at 9:56 am
hi oprah, NO DREAM IS TOO WILD,NO SURPRISE TOO IMPORSSIBLE TO PULL OFF. i wish this could be possible for me. i am a nigerian who lives in nigeria, i am 29 going on 30 this year. life here is difficult with 70% of the citizens living below the poverty line. growing up was a challenge for me and my siblings, my parent struggled to feed us, and we had to struggle to educate ourselves . i am now married with 3 kids and i wonder if i have to go through what my parents went through in bringing up my children. my parents are looking up to us to help them. how much help can i give when i need help myself. there are alot of people arround me who need help too.so you see i really need a miracle.by the way love what you are doing ,you make people happy. i dont care if its with your money or your sponsors, thanks and God bless you.
Ryan C.
02/20/2009 at 12:05 am
Hey Mrs. Winfrey,
I attend the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, where I am now a senior. I currently plan on attending Millsaps College next year, since I’ve already been accepted there. Both of my parents are retired and they really don’t have the money in these hard times to get a car for me so that I will be able to travel to and from school. My parents and I would really appreciate your generosity.
kirk logan dizzini
02/22/2009 at 3:32 pm
hello oprah, my name is kirk dizzini, i recently became homeless after my dad died in sept,18 2004. im 20 years old and i have a child on the way and i’m trying desperatly to get a job here in florida but all the jobs that i qualify for i need trasportation for. i spent 9 years in foster care and my father gained custody of me in 2000 and then he died of a heart attack in 2004, i only knew my real father for only four years. my real mother is in the state jail because she used to hand cuff me and beat me with 2×4’s and i went into foster care. i’m tryig to get up on my feet and it’s really hard to do that. i do know how to do alot of jobs, so if you can’t help me wioth transportation, i was wondering if you could help me with a jjob at one of your companies. i am a extremley hard woorker and i am never late for work
roberta
02/24/2009 at 3:00 pm
hi oprah my name is roberta im a single mom of three boy. when my youngest son goes to school i want to get my ged he will be two in march,daycare is just so expensive. i live in low income and hopefully when i gat a job i can move to something bigger. a new vehicle would be nice i use my moms car. i need something big something with third row seating, when my family and i go places its hard be cause i have no room in my moms car and we have to take so many other vehicles it would be nice if we all could fit in one vehicle. if there is anyway you can help me i would be and am so thankful.
Tina
03/01/2009 at 2:26 pm
Hi Oprah i had to give my car back because have a disability that is preventing me from being able to work which one is major depression every week i have to go to the doctors office which is a free clinic I have no money am trying to get disability I could uses a car to get back and forth thanks your help and listing
Roxanne
03/24/2009 at 12:34 pm
Hi Oprah and everyone else,
Is there such little love for each other in Canada that no one seems to want to help each other?
I am a divorced Mom of 3 children,2 grown-up and a 16 yr old.I am also a grandmom to 3 awesome children!!.My grand daughter who is a beautiful well mannered child,and 3 yr old twin boys.(they can be such a handful but i love it!).
One grandson was born with a rare heart disease called
Tratology of Fallot,which required him to have open heart surgery.Well not only did he have one surgery,there were complications which led to a second surgery 10 days after the first one.We almost lost him due to his aeorta tearing during the surgery which left him now a para-palegic.They tell us he will never walk now and we have to just deal with it!.What a life altering situation this has been for our family.
His Mom who is single is doing a great job with him and the rest of her children(i do applaud her for this).Anyway i am on disability myself but did manage to put together enough money to buy her a old van to transport herself and her kids.But the van is gone(we couldnt afford to fix it).And with her gone back to college to make a better career for herself to enable her to make a good life for her family she doesnt have money(nor do i) to replace her vehicle.Its getting really hard now as the child is growing(and getting heavier) to make all the appointments,especially as he now has a wheelchair…a podium(stander) a walker..stroller and other things that need to be transported also.Its even hard finding accomodations to fit their needs at a reasonable price.But she manages to keep them housed and fed with no monies left to even think about a vehicle.
I tried calling different places here trying to get a donated car but nothing.I do the best i can to help but i am on disability myself.
I sure hope there’s help out here in peoples hearts and minds.I don’t know where to go anymore to get her the help she needs and deserves for herself and her family.
I hope this note finds everyone in great health in mind,body and soul.
God Bless you all.
Thanks for listening
A concerned Grandmother
amy
04/14/2009 at 1:35 pm
well oprah thank you 4 what u r doing over the world may god bless you !!!
lydia miller
04/14/2009 at 4:48 pm
Hello Opra
I really love ur show. At this time I really don’t know where to begin. You see my problem is I am 54 years old an have always had a car and a place to stay. In october I lost my job and have been having a hard time making ends meet. In march my car broke down and My mother had a stroke. We live in different states and I need to be with her. I asking if there is any way u could help me with a car. It doesn’t have to be a new one a used car would help. It would make a big differance in our lives. I would be able to take my mom back and forth to her dr appointments and it would helpful for me to get a job. Please if possible would you help my family. Thank you if you cannot help us I will understand someone is more needy then me. If you cannot help us could you direct me to someone who can.
Thank you Love and peace
God bless you
Lydia
Jennifer Hagstrom
04/29/2009 at 5:53 pm
Hi – Im a 40 yo mother of three living on my husbands single salaray of under 60K. So far he still has a job which we are most greatful for. But here lies the real problem, recently my van decided it was its time. The repairs were more than what the car was worth with no quarantee on the engine. What were we to do but put it to rest. We thought we would not have a problem getting a loan and getting a car at auction. Well I was wrong. We were approved for only 7k with having to put 6k down. This option did not work as we do not have that much cash on hand. Which is where we came into our problems. We pulled together as much cash as we could with what is in our CD 4k and will have to take out the remainder loan with the bank at a higher percentage rate We have been going to Auctions since the middle of January and we are getting outbid on every car they we have picked out. We arent too picky but do need a vehicle that will hold the family and well our gear, as I am a soccer coach and always have 1-2 extra children on hand. We were looking at used cars with average miles do not want to get to high of mileage and expect mechanical problems. I would think in this market we would get a bargain but from what we are learning, used car prices are going up and up. I am in the process of looking for a job, but with no transportation it makes it a little more difficult. If we at all fit the criteria I would love to have some help. This has been an extremely frustrating time. I am hoping that you might be able to help our family.
Thank you so much for all that you do, you inspire many of us on a daily basis.
God Bless
The Hagstrom Family
JASMINE MYLES
04/30/2009 at 5:44 pm
DEAR OPRAH FOR YEARS I HAVE WATCHED YOUR SHOW, AND ADMIRED ALL YOU DO FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT I’VE ALSO ENYED THOSE YOU’VE HELPED IN SO MANY WAYS, BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS WISHED IT WAS ME. IN 2001 MY MOM WAS DIAGNOSED W/ KIDNEY FAILURE AND UNABLE TO DO MUCH FOR ME SINCE, BUT EVEN W/ THE BATTLE SHE FIGHTS COUNTINES TO TRY TO DO. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SAVE FOR A CAR, BUT W/ MY SON WHO IS 1 AND MYSELF BEING 20 IT HARD TO DO, BECAUSE HE NEEDS THINGS I WILL NEVER LET IM GO W/O. OPRAH SINCERELY I LOVE YOU AND YOUR THE BEST.
Sam
05/02/2009 at 4:18 pm
Hello Oprah,
I have been huge fan of your show for a quite a few years now. I think that you are an inspirational person and not only would I love to meet you but I would also love for you to make my dream come true.I wish I could sit here and just say that I want this and that and that I have no financial problems or anything but that would be a lie. I am not only 18 and dealing with entering Adult Hood but I am also a student in High School, a single mom, a hard worker and a dreamer. I think everyone has a dream but i hope that you think/feel that my dream is significant to you as much as I feel that it is to myself. I am soon getting ready to graduate from High School and I plan to attend college to go into the dental field so that I might be able to take care of my son and myself. I being a strong woman must admit that I can be quite stubborn. I do not feel that I need a man to complete me and to depend on for my support and for my childs. However writing this to you seeming as if I need and am asking for help from you makes me seem very hipacritical. I want to reassure you that If i didn’t need the help than I most certainly wouldn’t be writing this right now. I had my child when I was 16 just a month shy of being 17. I was a junior in high school. His father however has not been in the picture very much since he has been born. Since I had my son I have been trying my best to be able to give him everything he would ever need/ want. However shortly after I had him my parents whom I lived with got a divorce. I of course was already going through a hard time trying to figure out if I was doing what a mother should do and taking on the task of school. My parents were very supportive of me through all of this..but once the divorce was final I had to make a harder decision as of where my child and I would live. I now live with my father. He watches my son throughout the day as I go to school. He has been not only a blessing to me but has also been my rock through all of my hard times. I have recently tried to get a vechicle but I have not heard yet rather or not I have been turned down. Since I am 18 and have a child not having a vehicle makes it a lot harder to get to school/work and to try to take my child to doctor visits…etc., Although I always find a way to those things it would be so much nicer to be able to depend on myself for once and not everyone around me. I ask for you to please take me and my child for consideration. I love my son more than anything on earth ….and I just want to be a good mother and a good influence on him throughout his life. If you choose not to help me or my child. That is fine I understand that there must be millions and millions of people doing and probably writing the same things to you right now. But I would like to thank you for the consideration. I think you are a remarkable person. One that is very caring and loving to the ones around you and even to others that you do not know. I hope to one day be able to meet you and to maybe even get to sit down and talk with you!…Thank You for everything you have done to help people like me and for others that might be in worse shape. Thank you once again for consideration.
Romala Rathnam
05/06/2009 at 3:56 am
I am in need of a car – I lost my job – lost my house – because of this economy I have not been able to secure employment – now my car is broken down and I do not have the money to fix it – the car is a 1984 model saab.
I need help also I am an older person and feel it is due to my age that no one wants to hire me although I can still do a good job for any employer as an administrative assistant or clerical worker.
Sincerely,
Romala Rathnam
belinda dunn for robert son
05/20/2009 at 9:44 pm
my name is belinda dunn,my son was in a terriable acciden in 1985 hei is brain victim they gave him no hope for life,the hospital asked me to take him off the feeding tubes and let him go,but i never gave up he is finnally home with me now their is somuuh i could tell you he was vegated for a year but with the grace og god he came out of it he knows his family and need alot of rehap he has to beatiful children i woul like to win a disabled van or goowheel chair for him ibless god to have him here as ihave learned their is not enough help fpr brain vicims and what about or veterns that serve are country as ihave seen their is not enough help for thes people god bless are men that serve or country.andfamily vitmims whave brain victims in whohave suffered the mental anguish like i have
Lexi
05/29/2009 at 12:52 pm
Hi,
My name is Alexis and I have a comment for everyone! I think that right now everybody is going through a tough time but I have learned that if you just believe and NEVER give up on your hopes and dreams, no matter how far away they are, they will come true.
When you fall, get back up and tell yourself that you are better than that and you know you can do it! I know that the light at the end of the tunnel may seem so dull or so far away but atleast you know that there is one and the faster you run the sooner you will get there.
I think that we all have our lives so mapped out to a T that we get let down when things don’t go exactly as planned, but every road has curves: some sharp, some long and some so twisted that we get scared when we get there and we just want to pull over and let someone else take the wheel. We have to just slow down a bit, take control and when we get to those curves tell ourselves that we can do it. It may take weeks, months or years to get around one curve but in the end you know that you made it ok and the next one won’t be so hard.
I know that some of you probably think that this might sound stupid but sometimes words are better than actions.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. I hope these words will give some of you a little encouragement.
Good luck to everyone and please don’t ever give up!
Barbara M Eichhof
05/30/2009 at 6:52 pm
I am a woman of 61 yrs. of age; which is still young enough to live happily for more years, hopfully. My predicament, keeps me from being able to enjoy life, as I could; via, having a car. I am a breast cancer survivor for 11 yrs. now; BUT, my other physicalle problems are getting worse. I am stating my ailments. because it stemms to the reason, that a vehicle of any kind, would improve my life’s quiality, and I have so very much still to offer this world. I am a freelance photographer, and a good one. I do paintings, but at the moment can not afford to paint. I have written a poetry book, which I am hoping soon to get published. MY problem is my degenerating and fractured discs in my back. I am in pain; but I do exersice and do not smoke or drink, just eat very healthy. Having a car, even a used one, I could go so many more places to do my photography, and other things. I do not have access to the bus line, after 5 pm, and live by myself, so I cannot even enjoy getting together with people at bingo, (which I would love to go ,when affordability is there). Well, this is my story. Sad, but true. I AM a lover of life, but I would like to get more out of it, and GIVE more, via vehicle.
Barbara M. E.
05/31/2009 at 11:06 am
I am a woman of 61 yrs. of age, which is still young enough to live a fulfulling life. I have a lot to offer to the world. I love photoghy and painting, and i’ve written a poetry book, not yet published. My dilema is that I would go to the ends of the earth, to get THE picture; but never mind the ozon layer, I can’t make it to the next town; reason being lack of transportion, even bus transp. I am on dissability, because I have a detereating spinal colomn, and more areas of my body are affected, now my feet, and jaw. (I have doctors proof of all my ailments.) So that being said, I could use any kind of vehicle, because I need the speed to photograph as much as I can. I have about all the pictures I could get, from aroun the wooded area around here, where I live. I am on a limited income, and therefor, can not get my own vehicle. I have a number 9 driving record. The best. I could afford my insurance, I would squish it in there, just eating one less fruit a day. Please help me, only if you can see this letter the way I have whole heartedly written it. Thank You for reading it anyways; if worse comes to worse. sincerely, Barbara M. E.
Rosalie
06/04/2009 at 3:57 pm
Hello Oprah,
I’m a stay home mommy of 8 w/a hardworking husband that is struggling every day to make ends meet. We don’t live off the government…because we believe others needed more than we do. My family and I have NEVER taken a vacation because we can’t afford plus to hard for my hubby to get the time off from one of his jobs. I’m blessed w/children who understand that there’s more important things in this world than materialistic things. I want to go back to college when my youngest goes to school full time but I can’t afford it. I wish that my husband can have one job,but we will not be able to afford it because of our mortgage and bills. My parents have been very helpful supporting my family and I. The only hope my family and I to get through it everyday is GOD…we go to church every Sunday because we want to THANK GOD for every blessing he has already blessed us with. I wish one day that we will be able to afford living in this world…..I don’t want to be rich…i just want a paid off home and car…so my kids and I will be able to see their daddy. Which the only time we get to see each other are Sundays because I am on-call on the weekends to work. You’re very blessed that you don’t have to go through struggling to make ends meet. Hopefully one day our Lord will answer my prayer and bless my family and I a financial fortune so my kids and I will be able to spend and see their father more often.One day…I hope.
james wiseman
06/09/2009 at 10:02 pm
dear:Oprah
This is james wiseman and im posting this comment 2 see if i can when a new car im 17 and i have a 200 dollar impala and it is a ghetto ass car i dont have any cash because im currently enemployed and dam its so hard 2 find a good job one day i wana b a program designer and star a buissenes called {spachship planner}its jus an idea thow i would have 2 put so much work into my car i like 2 call my car an ashtray cuz all my friends jus sit in there and do nothing but eat and smoke in it if i get new car i can dump my old ashtray car.so oprah im not lazy but dam i would lov a new car i will pray for u and ill hope i wina a new car.ps i wanna say u r very smart and i respect u thanks alot. plz let me no thanks
Laquell Gregory
06/11/2009 at 2:27 am
Dear Oprah
My name is Laquell and I am lost for words at this every moment because I have always been the person who has helped others no matter what. Now, that I am in need for help it’s very difficult for me. This last past year, I have been face with many obstacles that are placed in my pathway of achieving an education. I am a young women who gave up her apartment and job to move back home so that I could attend nursing school full time. I have not been able in the last three years afford to pay for everyday basic needs but I hold on knowing that this situation will not last forever. I have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for last three years at a local catholic college in nursing. I only having two more semesters before graduation (May 2010). I have an 1998 Ford Escort with 198,000,00 miles which has been jerking, to come find out the engine is going out. I can not afford to get this car fix because I do not have to money to do so. If you know of any sources that I can utilize to have a car donated to me or given. Would you please e-mail myself with the information. It would be greatly appreciated because I can not allow this obstacle to hold me back from the future. Thank you!!!
frances
06/16/2009 at 3:13 pm
hi oprah, its been very hard for me to get around to my doctors and other things i always been a hard working person and like to help people and like to give and past december i had to give up my car because i could not afford at the time. i had a loan that was over my head. and i have been in prayer about some one donatating free car for me.if you can be of any help this would be appreciated right now i dont have the money right to get car. may god bless thank again fran
Jennifer Long
06/20/2009 at 11:07 am
Hi Oprah, I was looking around on the website for agencies or company’s that donate cars to the disabled. I am 42 years old with a mental disability. I suffer from depression and anxiety, and on medication. I have a 8 year old daughter who has gone through hell and back with me because we have little income. We have been homeless off and since 2000. We gotten a few apartments but because of my depression I cam’t hold on to a job or stay situated in an aprtment . I am always unhappy because I think life dealt me the short end of the rope. Sometimes I wish I was dead because I can’t give my child everything she needs. We are in need of a car, to take her to places she wants to go and to my doctor’s appointments. We have been moving around to place to place on foot and public transportation. Sometimes I feel people laugh at me and my daughter because we are struggling and poor. I only receive 650.00 a month disability and a little bit of child support but that is not enough to buy a car. I drink beer to forget about my problems and I think my daughter is ashamed of me because we have nothing. I am moving into an apartment that is far out from stores to far to walk, and I need a car. Public transportation goes there but people tell me It is a bad area and you don’t want to catch the bus at night. So if my child gets sick or we need an emergency I would have to go out at night in a bad area to catch the bus not knowing what to expect. We were blessed to get and apartment even though it is not a good area but me and my daughter need transportation to get around. Please help us Oprah. You could be the angel that the lord is sending our way to bless us God Bless You even if you don’t read our letter. But we could sure use some transportation. I would settle for whatever we can do. You have a blessed day Oprah. With love from Jennifer and my daughter Jordan.
Abbie Richardson
06/30/2009 at 4:54 pm
Hello,
My car is about shot!
I think the Kia Souls are absolutely hot!!!
But I would love any car that I get if I was to get any!!!! I am a very thankful person!
Love ya’ and God bless!
Lacy
07/12/2009 at 8:34 pm
Hi Oprah,
I think its a blessing what your doing.
My mom was blessed with a free car gievaway back in 2005.
And its the only transportation my mom,dad,6 sisters,and i share.
Im 17 yrs of age and 7mnths pregnant. Im due Oct 10 and in need of transportation for my unborn baby and i. Im believing in the Lord
to provide and i would be hornored to be given a a vehicle of my own. Your fan,Lacy!
cassandra hoglund
07/15/2009 at 8:40 pm
I think it is a wonderful idea to give away to those less fortunate. I will like a car any car it doesn’t matter what it looks like. I will appreciate it very much if I can have a car. Thank you.
jocelyn
07/16/2009 at 3:19 am
DEAR OPRAH,
I STARTED THIS WHOLE EXPLOSION OF INDIAN HAIR IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA BACK IN THE 90′S. I HIRED, MENTORED AND TRUSTED A YOUNG GIRL IN 2003 TO RUN MY BUSINESS WHILE I PURSUED THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN ANOTHER STORE. YES BUSINESS WAS GOOD AND RAPIDLY GROWING. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT SHE RIPPED ME OFF SO BAD TO THE POINT THAT I LOST EVERYTHING, MY CAR,MY RESIDENCE, CLIENTS, AND NOW FINALLY MY BUSINESS. I LOST ALL MY FURNITURE AND SOLD PERSONAL VALUBLES IN AN EFFORT TO BUY HAIR TO KEEP THE BUSINESS GOING. WELL, IT FINALLY CAME TO AN END. THE LOCAL POLCE AND DETECTIVES REALLY COULD NOT HELP ME. SHE COMMITTED BANK FRAUD, NUMEROUS COUNTS OF ID THIEFT ON ME AND THE BUSINESS NAME. HAD MY STORE BUGLARIZED 3 TIMES. BROKE OUT MY WINDOWS, INTERCEPTED MY CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE ON THE SIDEWALK BEFORE THEY COULD REACH MY STORE TO SELL HAIR TO THEM FROM HER CAR AND THREATENED MY LIFE. THIS WENT ON FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. IT COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE NOT TO MENTION THE MENTAL TORTURE I WENT THRU WATCHING HER EVERYDAY WALK UP AND DOWN TH STREET WAITING FOR MY CLINTS TO SHOW UP. MY 16 YR OLD SON AND I HAD TO MOVE IN WITH MY MOTHER 83, AND I AM GREATFUL SHE WELCOMED US. I HAVE SINCE BECOME HER CARETAKER, BUT NOW I HAVE NOTHING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HOUSEHOLD. I CAN’T HELP HER THE WAY I USE TO FINANCIALLY. WE LIVE IN A SPANISH STUCCO HOUSE. IT HAS POTENTIAL BUT IT IS VERY OLD AND NEEDS ALOT OF WORK. I AM TRULY DEVASTATED BY ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED. MY MOTHER SUGGESTED I WRITE YOU AND TELL YOU MY STORY. “IT MIGHT MAKE A GREAT SHOW IDEA” SHE SAYS. I ADMIT I HAVE A NEED FOR MY STORY TO BE HEARD. I NEED THE TRUTH TO BE TOLD AND I BELEIVE I WILL BE ABLE TO GET MY CLINTS BACK AGAIN AND I CAN START MY BUSINESS AGAIN AND EARN THE MONEY WE NEED TO REPLACE OUR LOSSES AND DO SOME HOME IMPROVEMENT FOR MY MOM.
keaundra
07/17/2009 at 6:09 pm
I NEED HELP WITH ALOT OF STUFF OPHRY I AM 18 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE NUN TO SHOW FOR MYSELF I NEED MY OWN APARTMENT AND A CAR TO START OFF… COULD U PLEASE HELP ME MY NUMBA IS 870 234 9624….
Jennifer Marsh
07/17/2009 at 10:27 pm
I would like to give my daugther a car for her 18th birthday which is on 09-09-2009. Can you please help me or at least guide me to a way to do this so I can make her wish come true. Please help me make her birthday one she will never forget even if it is a used one.
Stella
07/18/2009 at 3:08 am
Hi Oprah, Like a lot of people I am very much in need for a car, with my income I can not afford to make payments, social security does not go very far. I really would love a Van or SUV so I can haul my gran kids around and family dog. I did have a pretty nice SUV up until last year, I let my son borrow it and he had it for several months in LA, CA and unfortunately he unintentionally let it get towed away and the City of Los Angeles sold it, not only was it parked in a permit area, but he had tons of citations on it. With no funds I could not afford to retrieve my car, it has been towed for about two months before he had the nerve to tell me. I learned a very hard lesson, do not loan your only vehicle to your kids. Oprah your are an amazing lady, I really love what you do for people.
lashawn rutherford
07/22/2009 at 9:59 am
Hi oprah my name is lashawn Iam a mothr of two and grandmother of two iam disabled and not able to work my ssi check does”nt cover much of anything iam also divorce going on 13years but trying to do what is right sometime it is hard to explan to your child that they can”t be in certain sports and attend certain events because mommy does”nt have a car or mommy does:nthave any money but i do my best i just keep telling her things well get better when she ask me mom whyt we don”t g on any vacations she said i know because we don”t have money andwe don”t have a car sometimes it makes me cry but i keep telling myself things well get better just believe God will take care of us ophra you had a show on in the year of 88or early 89 and i think there was three women or four on the show who were dscussing what they uncles had done to them i was 21 yars old and that”s when i relize what i had to go through for 8 years now knowing that this was abuse and was wrong thinks for helping me thank you so much for givin me this time to apply for a chance to receive a car and maybe a vacation for me and my daghter.
Nolan A
08/23/2009 at 6:25 am
Hi,
Is this the LaShawn Rutherford from Southern California who had 2 boys back in 1988 and we dated off and on for over a year – more on than off. See pictures on facebook photo page. Search on facebook for “Nolan Apostle”, become a Fan so you can have full access to view all images. Love to connect with you if same LaShawn.
Nolan
rebecca green
08/16/2009 at 2:58 pm
Hi mrs.oprah winfrey um my name is rebecca green and i am18 yrs old my family holds 6 of us kids and they all got a chance to recieve a car by their 16th-18th birthdays and im the youbgest of 6. I am trying to go to college and do something better with mylife but my family cant help me out @ all because of their struggles. and in order to pay the rest of my college funds i have to get me a job and i want to so i can begin my future whileim still young and adventerous but i have a little problem i dont havea carto get me tto and from my job or to my college which is 4 hours away from where i live and ifGod blesses melike he doesat his best i just hope and pray that u can truly help me out. ive never done this before but this was kinda my last option beforei completely fall so ifu could please help me out i would truly spirtually and emotionally appreciate it so God bless u for every thing that u ever do for your family on this earth
julie frasier
08/16/2009 at 11:05 pm
hi oprah, my name is julie. we live in louisiana-east carroll parish, a place called lake providence. this place is the worst parish in the state of louisiana, as far as jobs and good schools. my brother is very much in need of a car. it does not have to be a new one, just something that will get him back and forth to pay his bills and visit our mothers burial site. he is unemployed, but has a wife and 2 sons who are handicapped. they live off of ssi checks which are not much. they also receive food stamps to help them out. i try to help them as much as i can. but we to have a hard time, but have more than they do. my brother has tried to get help, but is turned down each time he files for disability. he too is not healthy. it would answer my prayers if he could receive any kind of help. i have read how you help people in need and it would be so nice if my brother could be one of those people. so please if you can,please help him. i thank you so much for reading this. yours truly julie
tinisha marshall
08/20/2009 at 11:25 am
hi oprah, my name tinisha i live n tallahassee florida im 18 year old n i was thankn could u help me get my own place n get me a car cause witout a car it not easy getn arround esspecial wen u have a job n u allway be late so please help me.i thank u so much for reading dis. yours truly tinisha love u oprah
Ruben Rodriguez
08/26/2009 at 4:06 pm
Hi Oprah, My Name Is Ruben Rodriguez I live In McHenry Illinois. And I”am Wounder If I Can Get Some Help, Well Oprah, Here It Is At 51 Years Old It’s Hard When People Lose Their Job’s, Well I Have Lost My Job. My Caravan Has Took It’s Last Drive To The Junk Yard. Is There Any Way You Can Us With A New Caravan My Family And Myself Would Be So Grateful If You Could Help Us Oprah.Our Address Is 4014 West Kane Ave Apt 1 McHenry Illinois 60050. 1-815-385-4354 Please Consider Our Plea For Help.
God Bless You!!
Thank You, Rodriguez Family
Tameka
08/30/2009 at 9:49 pm
Hi Oprah, I am Tameka Jameson. Ive just turned 20 yrs old on August 11 and since ive been old enough to drive a motor vehicle- my passion for cars began. I attend the University of Miami on a full Track and Field scholarship. Although the first couple of lines of this letter may seem all handy dandy, heres where my lifes gets split in half- I have a twin sister. She also attends the University of Miami on a full Track and Field scholarship. I love her to death, but we both can agree that its not always fun having to split or share things of our own likings. My mom is a single parent of 3 children. My sister and I (20yrs old) and my little brother Lovance (8yrs old). My mother makes below to average income financially for the amount of children she has to raise, although my sister and I resided in miami for the past 2 yrs things still get costly for my mom. My father lives 30mins away from me. He has a stable household with a wonderful girlfriend and their child- my little brother Vincent (7yrsold). My dads family Bar-B-Q shack burned to the ground about 2 yrs ago and since then he hasnt been able to consistently provide for us like he would like to. He had to sell his rims just to buy my sister and I a car that could get us from point A to point B for a while.We agreed to pay insurance on the car since my dad went through the hassel fixinf nicks and nacks on the car and thigns that needed major repair.We are very greatful for what we have but I wish there were other options for my parents and my sibilings and myself. Ive longed for a fancy car I could feel good in and a sport around- that proves my family is stable and I fit in with every other luxury car around miami’s campus. but that just isnt the case. if there is anything you can do to help feel free to email me. thanks oprah, i appreciate you.
Nelda & Fred Martinez
09/02/2009 at 4:19 pm
Hello Ms. Oprah: Both my husband and I are disabled on social security and not really making it, however we are alive because we live in JesusChrist we are new born Christians and the Lord helps us every day. My son is in College in Austin and rides a bike to school he also has financial difficulties. My husband sometimes rides a bike and we ride the bus to get groceries and to doctor and medicines–may the Lord Bless You for all the dontations youve done to all poor people. We are praying to the Lord for a vehicle for us and one for my son and for a computer–right now we took the bus to the community public library in Brownsville, Texas. My address is 1711 S. Indiana FM511 in Brownsville, Texas 78521 and my phone number is 956 2034353. Love in Chirst always.
Shannon Slawson
09/03/2009 at 6:25 pm
“I feel so very all alone like I’ve been left for dead on a deserted Island” I need a rescue crew to find me and save me! Where do I begin? How did I get here? I got divorced and now my bills are more than my pay check every month. I have no way to get ahead to afford a vehicle payment. I borrow my mother’s car to go back and fourth to work on leaving her without a vehicle everyday. She really needs to have a way to go everyday. She has to call me at work to pick her up if something goes wrong with my son. This puts me in a situation where I must leave work to give her the car. I also do not have any credit due to the divorce and getting behind on payments. I can’t even purchase a car or have anyone sign with me. My father fell and this caused a blood clot in his brain. He could no longer work for a while causing my parents to fall into financial ruin. They can barely pay their bills and any extra money I can spare goes to them. I’m in desparate need of a vehicle because my mother’s car broke down yesterday. I found out that it will cost 1000.00 to fix it. I will not be able to ever get that much extra money to have it fixed due to my financial situation. I borrowed a truck today but want be able to borrow it long. I’m basically in a desparate situation and am begging for help getting a vehicle to save my job. If I do not get one soon I want be able to go to work.
Seeking help
Shannon Slawson
Sharon Gibson
09/07/2009 at 9:12 am
Hi Oprah, my name is Sharon. I have never asked for help like this before. I am 51 year old divorced woman with 3 children. One is 27 year old girl named Sam with 2 boys of her own. I have two children still at home with me. One is a junior in high school(Zack) and the other one is in college through financial aide(Nick). I need a car bad. I was trying to get my car fixed and it caught on fire. My older sister which lives next door has been taking me to work for the last month and a half. Which this is getting hard on her. I can not afford payments on a car. I have worked my whold life. Done things for myself. I have my own garden to help with food here, cause boys sure do eat alot. I have alot of bills, which is nobody’s fault but my own. I live paycheck to paycheck. I can never get ahead. I live in Indiana, which you know winters are bad. I live in the country. Sometimes it is really hard keeping things together. But for some reason I don’t seem to get depressed. I keep telling the boys things will get better and I believe they will. My sister next door is on disability, she bought our grandparents house. I bought my our parents house. The house is not in the best of shape, but we get by. This is a good invironment to raise my children. I don’t ask for much try to do things for myself. But I realy need a car. My sister has to take me to work and my son to college. I love my job and do not want to lose it, but I do not know how much longer my sister can do this for us. If nothing comes of this it was good to get it off of my chest.
Thank you
sharon
Angela Dunn
09/14/2009 at 8:05 pm
HI OPRAH
Angela Dunn
09/14/2009 at 8:48 pm
HELLO OPRAH ,I WATCHES YOUR SHOW EVERYDAY AT 4PM IN LOUISBURG NORTH CAROLINA.I WAS TRYING TO ENTER YOUR CAR GIVEAWAY I DIDN’T KNOW HOW.THE REASON IWAS IS BECAUSE I HAVEAN SICK HUSBAND WITH WITH UNCURABLE CANCER.OUR CAR BLEW UP AND IDON’T HAVE ANY MONEY TO BUY ANOTHER.HE WAS GIVEN6 MONTHS TO LIVE .MY IS ANGELA DUNN HIS WIFE HIS SOLE CARE GIVER.HE HAS PANCREA CANCER THAT HAVE SPREAD TO HIS LIVER AND STOMACH.WE ARE IN OF SOME HELP FINIAL AND ALL.IF YOU KNOW OF ANY RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP ME PLEASE LET KNOW.
I ALSO HAS A VERY DAUGTHER ALSO SHE HAS TWO KIDS AND HAS BEEN OUT WORK SHE HAS A CAR THAT HER STUDS KEEPING COMING OFF AND HER TIRE COMES OFF THE SHE DONE HAD IT FIX LIKE 4 TIMES.SHE HAD TWO OPERATIONS IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS SHE IS VERY SICK.MY MOM HAS THE SAME DIEASE AS BERNIE MACK .AND I TRY TO BE THERE FOR THEM ALL .MY GRANDSONS NAME IS TARIQ AND ELIJAH THEY ARE 11 -7.IF YOU CANHELP PLEASE DO.I’M JUST 43 AND FEEL LIKE I’M AN HUNDRED AT TIMES .I SUFFER WITH DIABETES.I NEED YOUR OR SOOMEONE.THIS NOT AWANT THIS IS TRUE NEEDS.GOD BLESS YOU AND THE SHOW . TTHANK YOU ANGELA DUNN MY ADDRESS IS 6423 NC HWY 56 EAST CASTALA, NC 27816 UNTIL OCT, 1,2009 THEN IT WILL BE 152 ROBERT SLEDGE RD BUNN NC27508 MY DAUG.NAME IS TINA MOTHER ANNIE MITCHELL.IM SORRY I WROTE SO MUCH I HAD TO GET IT TO SOMEONE.
angela dunn
12/11/2009 at 9:41 pm
how can i remove my telephone from my first comment and address.thank you if you can.dated sept 9 2008
Janae
09/29/2009 at 2:11 am
Still waiting to visit your show.
Josie Whitmore
10/02/2009 at 9:16 pm
Hi Mrs Oprah my name is Jozie and I live in Utah now. I moved here because i thought it was the best place to raise my children. I was working for a company for almost 11 years years now.I was promised to get transfered when i get to Utah but instead they blow me off. I had Nissan Pathfinder which was perfect for me and my two beautiful girls and i lost it because i couldnt afford it anymore. We got kicked out of our apartment because i couldnt make any payment. My boyfriend has a job now but just enough for us to get by. But we still cant afford to buy a car. I cant get a job right now because i just had a baby and i dont have a car to go anywhere. My kids and I stay home a lot because of not having a vehicle. I didnt think i was going to loose my job after being there for so long. Eventhough i have been looking for a job no one would want to hire me the fact that i dont have any vehicle at all.
All my family and friends are in California. I would love to visit them especiallly one of my friend for 10 years is dying from pancreatic cancer. She just found out couple days ago that she has 6 to 12 months to live. Its really sad for me she was like a mother to me. She treated me like her own daughter. Mrs Oprah as much as i would love to see her i have no way of getting to California. No car and no income coming in it’s just makes it hard for me and my kids.
Sometimes i just ask myself of what im doing wrong. I pray to God that i will hope and find a way to see her before she pass away or i can never forgive myself. I want to make a better living for me and my kids but it’s hard to do that now when i cant find a job.
I heard so much about your show and i thought its unreal but when i start watching your show it amaze me how you can helo so much people in need. You are so good to people and your like heaven sent. God Bless you Mrs oprah
emmanuel
10/04/2009 at 3:46 am
Hi oprah, how are you? I love seeing your shows every day and week. I am 18 years old and just started college at CSUB. I will be studying to become a social worker because I love to help people with any problems whether personal, social, or family. I have recently come into a problem and am in need of a vehicle to get me to college and back. I have been using my moms truck but with our different time schedules its been tough to switch back and forth, i know my mom is doing the best she can to help me and i dont want to continue adding stress on her by asking for a car. I have asked my dad(-not my biological father but he raised me since i was a baby-) if i could use one of his vehicles but he doesn’t help me and tells me that he will find me another car, and he has tried but all the vehicles he finds have major problems and will breakdown the first day i use it. I understand that i am not his biological son and he is not legally resposible for me but all i want a car for is to go to college and make something of my self. I was born in mexico city but my mother wanted better for me and my brother so she sacrificed her self for me and my brother by marrying someone she didnt love and who was 20 years older than her. After ten years of marriage. they divorced and she was left raising me and my brother by herself with no money. my dad had kicked her out on the street with nothing. she, my brother and i lived with a friend of hers for a couple months and then she saved enough to rent a place.she used to be a manager of a restaurant and worked 14 to18 hours a day just so that we could have a decent life. she is currently working part time(3 and a half) for a highschool with special needs and her new husband was laid off a year ago and is now working for a navy base, but money is still short. what has been helping us get by are my stepdads parents. as the days pass by i feel more and more wanting to drop out of school so i dont cause any more stress on my mom by using her vehicle since she has been arriving late for work because i use her truck for school. I really dont know what else i can do, i am at my final options. any advice from you would be a great help.
Judy Burton for Darlene Vaughan
10/08/2009 at 4:34 am
Dear Ms Oprah:
I am writing this email in behalf my sister, Darlene Vaughan who lives in New Plymouth, Idaho. First, I have praying for an opportunity to find a way to bless my sister with a new car. I hope you may be able help. She and her husband are both on social security so money is tight and her husband is not always able to fix her car. This last summer her air conditioner and other repairs on her car were needed, but it was never done. She is involved in her church alot and tries to visit her dad who is 84 yrs old and not well in Boise, Idaho. She has always wanted A Nissan Pathfinder – The name Pathfinder reminds her of the parth to Jesus Christ. She has a car which old and not dependable. I would like her visit dad more and never worry about a car for the rest of life. She has always put others first. She is a great sister and rarely gets any thing new. My prayer is that she will be blessed with a new car. May God Bless You and thank you. Judy
Tanya
10/09/2009 at 9:04 pm
I would be so happy to have a little silver put put!
I paid a lot of money to help my Pakistani Husband to come to America. He came here and didn’t want to pay a penny to get me out of debt. I ended up losing the car I co-sign for him and my car because I couldn’t keep the payments. After the divorce, my ex husband left the country and left me with his debt and I ended up filing bankrupty. I have no car and no car dealership will not deal with me. Help me and my 11 year old son, because we seriously need a ride! Thanks for your support and consideration in advance.
It is too far to walk to work and school.
tina
10/15/2009 at 1:33 pm
dear Mrs. Oprah,
i know you get these letters and emails daily and i am not even sure you get to read it. i have followed your show for years and thought many times of asking you for help. i am not actually asking for myself but for my husband.
he i a soldier with the 101st airborne in Ft.Campbell,KY. you been here a few years ago and gave away stuff for babies and pregnant women..lol
anyways, we bought a house and i guess we got over our head with it. now we lost our car bc we cannot afford to get it repaired, yes there is AER(army emergency relief), but we had already used it 3 month ago to get the transmission fixed. i will be losing my job if we cannot get transportation… is there anywaythat you would be able to help us out?
thank you
tina blackwell
Donna Walker
10/15/2009 at 9:08 pm
Dear Oprah,
I am a 48 Year old Woman who has been struggling since My tragic Semi wreck in 99, I have lost my only child to my ex husband in a child custody battle, a Divorce, Burnt over 40% of my body. I have Lost my Independence and had to move back in with My Father in 2007, Since then I have not got out much, due to I can not afford to get a Car, I have been trying to get a Geo Tracker on the road, but with Limited funds, and Oklahoma Child Support taking it out of my soul Income of SSDI, I am left with barely a little over $600.00 a month that it’s…
I am grateful that I have a home to live in with my Father, if it not been for Him. I seriously Do not know where I would be, I mainly stay in my bedroom so I am not in His way a lot. I would be grateful to You and Your Help with a Vehicle to get me out to at least go shopping.
Thank You ,
Stranded in Pa
Chris Rueter
10/26/2009 at 1:01 am
Hi Oprah. I am 20 years old. I have a fiance and a 4 month old son and we just moved to Califronia from Missouri. I dont make much money and we are in dire need of a car! It does’nt even matter what kind it is, just something to take my son to his appointments and to go shopping and maybe go to the park with my family! We’ve been in California for about 3 weeks now and have’nt been abel to do anything because we dont have a vehicle. It would be really sweet of you to help us out!
Sincerely, Chris Rueter
Sherry Clark
10/27/2009 at 3:01 am
Dear Oprah,
I want the American dream, for my daughter Kayla. I have made my fair share of mistakes in my life and I finally I got it right. Today, I have a 17 year old daughter who is graduating from High School soon and wants to go to college. I cannot help her. I am almost 9 months pregnant, am in poor health and on Medicaid. I have no home of my own and I am the product of bad choices for many years. I turned my life around but I want my daughter to have a chance to do a better job of her life than I did with mine. If it weren’t for my Mom who never gave up on me, I wouldn’t be writing you today. Please consider some kind of help for Kayla and Thank You for listening to me. Sincerely Sherry Clark
Vanessa
12/10/2009 at 8:32 am
Hey, I just wanted to share my story. I am a 31 year old single mother of 2 boys ages 10 and 2. I have been unemployed since Feb 09. I have searched for employment and nothing. I had to let all my bills go and I am so far behind but my biggest struggle was to keep a roof over their heads. I got a low income apartment now and doing what I can to make ends meat. Still can’t find employment but have been able to do odd and ends stuff to get the basics. We are really in need of a realiable vehicle, I currently have a 92 nissian sentra that is on its last leg, it has over 300,000 miles and needs a new transmission. I can’t afford to have it fixed and can’t go get another one. My credit is now shot from not being able to pay my bills. I would liketo ask if you would be able to donate a reliable vehicle for myself and my kids. With reliable transportation I can look for employment in other locations. I really need this, I am used to being able to take care of myself and my kids and not having a relaible vehicle and a job I am failing as a mother. I can’t believe times have got this hard for us all. If you can’t help with a vehicle, it ok! If you have some work I can do from home or any info on work at home jobs that would help also. If you have any information on grants on starting your own business or any helpful information that might help me get on my feet and provide for my family again, I am open to any suggestions and helpful info and above all I accept ALL PRAYERS!!GOD BLESS!!!
Sonya Linn
12/11/2009 at 4:10 am
Hi Oprah. I have struggled the past two years and have suffered a job loss after having to pay so much on my own when my soon-to-be ex-husband wasn’t working and hardly looking for a job. I had to pay child care, rent, utilities, car note, car insurance, food, gas and other necessities all on my own which was totally impossible. This struggle has caused me and my family to be evicted and later have my car repossessed. Now I’m trying to find a way to go back to work without a car and this seems almost impossible. I feel stuck in a situation with no way out. Can you help!?
marshall ochieng
12/13/2009 at 3:17 pm
mom am delighted at the humility and the depth of youre benevolence.Am a kenyan living in Botswana and am requesting you for a car to manage easily my family in our two different carriers between me and my wife.God bless you so much mom .
Shirley
12/14/2009 at 5:30 am
Hello Oprah. I am a 60 year old female on disability living on $937.00 social security. My monthly bills is 600.00 a month. I have a life threatening disease (HIV) bad lungs, kidney problems, very little use of my right hand. By the time I have to pay co payments to the doctor, buy food and household products and my rent, lights gas water and sewer and phone. I have very little left. I walk to the grocery store for food and have to walk back six blocks up steep hills with bags of grocery and have to stop every block to breathe. I also watch my seven year old nephew who walks with me and tell me when he grows up he is going to buy a car and come take me to the store I am in desperate need for a car so I can maintain my life. It is only with gods help that I am still alive and I thank him every day for giving me the strength to survive. I know you hear so many people with problems all the time. I am not looking for a hand out but I seriously could use a helping hand. I hope you can find it in your heart to help me. If not I will understand.
Amy Riley
12/14/2009 at 8:42 pm
I would like to apply for the free car giveaway. I am 24 years old and a single mom of a 7 year old boy. I
work fulltime and go to school at night. I just need some help with a vehicle. I don’t make enough money for a car payment. I live pay check to paycheck. Please please please enter me in the contest for a free car thanks Amy
june tubbs
12/15/2009 at 1:35 am
hello oprah, my name is june and iam in really need bad luck started when i got a phone call from a sheriff office letting me know that my dauhgter was in a seriuos accident, they could not tell me much more on the phone , when i got to the hosptial they told me steve didnt make it and my daughter is in emergency surgery trying to save her life, well i had to move my grand daughter back home with me and her mother in a wheel chair , the wheel chair will not fit in my old car but we made it work because we had nothing else well now my car is broke down and they say its a blown motor and iam disabled my self and my daughter is in the harborview hosptialtrying to save her leg but oprah i dont have a car to pick her up from the hosptial , and it takes three hours to take the bus to the tramua center is there ant thing you can do for my daughter and granddaughter they have nothing and we are trying to deal with the loss of steve the best man i have ever know. if you can help me i will take a car that smokes or looks ugly so i can get her out of the hospital. when she ready to come home she never got to attend steves furneral.
Shelley Forst
12/19/2009 at 11:52 pm
You are the greatest. You have helped so many people in so many ways all over the world. I watch your show daily and you are just wonderfull. Sad to hear you will be retireing but happy for you at the same time. I am a struggling single Mom of two. God bless
michelle knauer
12/21/2009 at 12:48 pm
hi oprah how r u happy hoilday first i want to say thank u for every thing u done for people all over the world ur a true angel my name is michelle knauer i live in sunrise fl an yes i would love to win one of ur car give away but i know that wouldnt never happen im not luck i live off of wishing it wasnt me but they never cometrue im not going to prentend or lie we all have many different problem i wont give my i believe in god an he will work it out for me an all im just trying like other it i do win i would b very happy an gratefull but if some one worst then me need it please give them ok thank u for all u done an take care one love michelle
Alicia Robinson
12/21/2009 at 11:31 pm
Hi Oprah
I pray this letter finds you well.I know you’ve touched alot of lives and brought alot of happiness to alot of people.I have always been able to take care of my self and family but this year I have been challenaged and know how it feels to not have.My husband lossed his job and works for less money through an agency.I lost my job in the beginning of the year but got another one to loose it because I was injuried on the job.Thank God for our President passing the bill to help home owners from looseing thier homes our mortgage was lowered but since I’m getting workmens comp we’ve fallen behind.I’m a positive person and I know God is good .On 12/9/09 I started my Van in the gargage and the house and Van burned without killing us please help.God love yah Thanks Alicia
Joyce
12/22/2009 at 6:04 am
Hi Oprah, my name is Joyce and i am a 36 year old divorced mother of 3 boys but i have 3 more boys that i took in to my home i am disabled i have osteo-athritis in both knees and i have to have them replaced. currently i am not working due to my disability i am awaiting a decision from ssi hopefully i am approved, but i have been trying to make it by the grace of god but it is hard. My 13 year old just came home from the hospital having the 3rd surgery on his legs and is in a wheel chair. I am worried because my lights and water will be turned off any day and i can’t get any help and my car is not running properly to get my son to the doctor. I don’t know god doesn’t give you more than you can bear but i don’t know this time.Like my grandmother used to say i have to laugh to keep from crying.
quenita brooks
12/28/2009 at 3:17 am
hello oprah my name is quenita brooks im 25 years old divorced mother 2 girls i have to take the bus everwhere i go and it is hard for me.
Dan Cooper
01/21/2010 at 9:53 pm
Hello Oprah,
My name is Dan Cooper and I am 25 years old. I come from a 7 child family so having my very own car has never been an option for me. Recently, my father lost everything we own including our house in a bankruptcy lawsuit. Times have been extremely tough and we struggle daily to put food on our table. I have been forced to quit college and work two jobs just so I can afford rent with my other brother who takes me to and from work everyday. And with his busy schedule as an attorney it has become a serious inconvenience. If I had my own car I would be able to enroll in school and still keep my two jobs. Although my family has lost everything, I remain optimistic that good things will happen, and this opportunity would mean so much to me and my family. I continue to help support my family but it is tough without a reliable means of transportation. Please help me Oprah, i see what wonderful things you do, which is why I am trying to become a paramedic so that I too can help others.
Terry Fleming
02/04/2010 at 11:17 pm
Hi Oprah
Well I will start off by saying I thank God for using you to
to help so many people get things they would never be able
to get on their own.
My story is that I am getting ready to retire and this is probably the
only way of getting a car that will have to last me for the rest of my life. No the fortunate one that will retire with lots of money.
Only give this if God gives you the heart to do this so I guess I will
pray that I am one of the chosen ones to get a new car.
Thanks for the opportunity to possibley get one.
Terry Fleming
gloria
02/24/2010 at 8:43 pm
hi my name is gloria, and i live in cincinnati ohio, it is hard live here,i am 55 year old,and i cant get help from no,i have work all my life,and i have payed taxes,but still i cant help,every time i tri to get a car,no one will lit me get a loan,or thay want a big down payment that i down,i cant keep a job becouse i cant a car,i have a 88year old morther who i take care of,she along and she look fo me every day,now i cant have that time with her,i no that every one where is havein a hard time,and i hope that thing get batter for every one,i sat up for a week trying to keep tham from takeing my car,but i fell a sleep one night and thay got my car,i was makeing payment,a little at a time,but thay wanted all of my money,thay wanted two payment at once, now i have no jod and soon i will not have a home,what happen love careing and understanding,all heart’s is going cold,why
Amber Nicholson
03/08/2010 at 10:06 pm
Hi Oprah,
My name is Amber Nicholson. This is my story. I am a 26 year old mother of 5 children. I have no car and it is difficult for me to make it to my childrens doctors appointments with no transportation. My oldest son is Jordan, he is 7, he is in school and whenever he misses the bus, i have no way to take him to school. If he gets sick at school I have no transportation to take to pick him up from school. My next child is Triston. He is 4. He has been diagnosed as being bi-polar as well as having ADHD. He needs to be seen monthly to recieve his medication and I often have to reschedule his appointments because I have no transportation and the bus system does not run to where his doctor is located. It is very hard for Triston to function without his medication and sometimes he lapses from taking his medication because i have missed his appointment because of transportation issues. My third child is Destinee, she is 3. Where i live there is nothing for my children to do and destinee loves to be outside. Without transportation i can not take my children to the park like the other children and it makes them very sad. My fourth child is Madison she is another special needs child that i have. Madison was born at 27 weeks and weighed 1 pound and 12 ounces. She has 7 different doctors that she sees monthly and it would help tremendously to have transportation to do so. After I had Madison I had the Niverna ring put in place, but that did not stop me from concieving once again with my fifth child Hayden. Hayden was also born preemie and has failed his hearing test twice. I am going to have to have the test retaken to see if he passes this time. The only income that I have is Madisons SSI check this is barely enough to pay my rent and I have no money left over to set aside to buy a car. I have lost two homes in the past and 2 cars as well. I was buying a car from a person who called theirself my “friend” and when I was not able to make the payment as we agreed she took the car back. I really want to get a car to accomadate my childrens needs and get them to their doctor appointments. I have currently lived in my apartment for 2 years. I would like to work but with no transportation and with having special needs children SSI has told me that i can not work due to Madisons’ condition. I would greatly appreciate your consideration for helping me. Thank you Sincerely Amber Nicholson, 678-651-4391. Thank you for taking the time to read my story.
Barbara Gonzalez
03/14/2010 at 9:29 am
Hi Oprah,
I am a single parent and a full-time student. I have been striving to make a better live for my sons and myself for about three years now. I graduated from the junior college in the spring with m;y family watching me and I now travel over three hours away to get to the college I need to learn to be a counselor. I hope some day to help other people the way that I was helped when things looked so dark and gloomy. The problem is my car died and I now am relying on my families cars to get to school. I am hoping that you might be able to help me because my sons and I live on such a tight income because I am disabled. I was recently diagnosed with MS and I know if I am going to help people it will be through listening and talking to them because I am losing mobility. Thank you so much for caring about people and helping them.