Will.i.am i.am home fund for struggling families

May 11, 2010 8:22 AM

Filed under

Related tags

s william oprah large Will.i.am i.am home fund for struggling families When two struggling families appeared as guests on The Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about the home foreclosures they were facing, they had no idea a surprise guest would make their problems disappear. [lastfm]Will.i.am[/lastfm], front man of [lastfm]The Black Eyed Peas[/lastfm], showed up to save the day.

The Eller family and the Allgood family shared their stories with Oprah and explained how the national recession took its toll on them. For John Eller, losing his job as a corporate executive forced him to take lower paying jobs in order to support his wife and eight children. He explains, “I’ve been an executive in a major corporation, and I’ve also made doughnuts on a graveyard shift working in a bakery for $10 an hour. I’ve had to do whatever it takes.”

Despite his best efforts, he couldn’t afford the mortgage for their dream home. For single mother Alycia Allgood, buying her first home after years of saving was an accomplishment she could be proud of, but when her company downsized, she too fell months behind on her mortgage payments.

To the surprise of both families, Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am stepped forward to pay the $350,000 owed by the Ellers and the Allgoods, Oprah.com reports.

Will.i.am hopes to continue helping families facing foreclosure. He has created the i.am home fund to collect donations for families struggling with mortgage payments, at risk for losing their homes.

For more information please go to,
http://iamhome.dipdive.com/

Will.i.am i.am home fund for struggling families

susann weeden

this is for help of my family. I am a single mom losing my home i became unemployed and can not affored my house . i could not get any help to save my family home . please help i will be come home less on the 7th of january 2011 need help form will iam and cant contact him or now how.
susann weeden

hi i am susann weeden a single mom lost my job due to health and I am loosing my house january 7th 2011 I am raising two daughters one in college and a sixteen year old. I will be home less and never new this could happen to me . please help me . the will.i.am. foundation. please.
lorena garcia

i am a single mother of two autistic kids. our dream is to have a home of our own. the kids receive disability, i work seasonal jobs to help compensate. we always manage to get by. i awlays give thanks for the blessing we have and pray that one day we will have the security of our own home..if anyone knows how i can make this dream come true for my babies, please let me know
lorena garcia

hello..my name is lorena garcia..im a single mother of two autistic kids..i do not own a home..we rent..and thank God considering so many do not have a bed to lay their heads..i am not looking for a hand out but an oppurtunity..i would like help to buy a home for my children and i..my babies receive disability and i work seasonal jobs in order to compensate..it has been a bumpy road..if anyone can help, i would be so greatful. my biggest fear is that i wont be able to provide my children with the security of owning a home..times are tough for many, i know and give thanks for where we are. i know it could be far worst..please help if you can..even advice and guidance would be greatly received..thank you..take care..and thank you for giving the gift of hope..sometimes hope gets people through the tough times
Brooke Mc

I didn’t know whether this is where is where i should apply, but I’ll give it a go. I’m no mother, But I am the daughter of a beautiful one. My mother has never owned a home, shes a single deaf mother who gave birth to 5 children.. one died from SIDS at the age of 4 months old. Gave birth to two children with Aspergers.One with a sevre case and my twin with a mild case.
We have always rented because my mum alone cant afford it, she doesnt work she does paper rounds to help out.. even when she was with my father they alone had to get food stamps for food. My sister and i were sent to foster care every weekend to help out and my brother jesse was sent to a respite home every fortnight. in 2009 my passed away from an situation that shouldnt of even happened. My Family is putting a lot of time to fight for the rights of his death. I just want her to be happy and feel secure and everyday she worries about herself and her family and where were headed. She wants to buy this house because it holds the most precious memories she has of Jesse. She has just been through a lot, she just deserves something to go right for a change. Thank you
lisamccarthy

hi IM trying to get help my husband had a massive brain bleed 10 months after we bought our home weve been tryin to get our mortage modified weve been payin our modifiation payments for 17 months and now their sayin they wont be able to do it so we are in danger of losin our home we have no money left in the bank because we had to put a ramp in the garage so I can get him in and out to go to the drs it took so long for him to get his diability check we got behind almost 29 thousand dollars please please help usIm hopeing this is the right web site please contact me via e-mail thank u
jean

PLEASE! SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO APPLY FOR THE HOME FUND! I NEED HELP FOR MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON.
Amanda

Hi I’m trying to get help my husband lost his job and we both are now full time students try to find jobs only surviving off our school moneys but with no other income we falling behide we need 3000 to keep our mortgage from forcloure Which will happen April the fifth our home means so much to us my grandfather of whome as passed away did the closing cost on our home and this is like a family neighborhood my mother, sister, brother, and two aunties have homes in my neighborhood so please help me to save my home and help me to stay close to my family
Alhassan abdul aziz

It is incridible because i never see such behave since the adam time. But hope i can enjoy part this funds