Daughter will give $100 from giveaway to mom for repairs

If you could give $100 to someone in need, who would it be?

We asked, and you sent us your answers.

This holiday season, the Believe Project is giving out $100 every day of December to the recipients you nominate.

Carolyn Gable launched the project five years ago in the Chicago suburbs to give anonymous gifts to people who she felt were in need of a bit of hope. Now, she’s expanding it to Arizona, where she is a part-time resident.

The goal of the project is to pay it forward: You tell us who could use an extra $100, Gable chooses the recipients, and

and azcentral .com provide some administrative help. Then the recipients pass on the gift.

We will announce the recipients throughout December. These are the latest recipients:

Crystal wrote to us about a friend who has helped her in times of need.

The submission:

Laurie plans to use the $100 to help her 83-year-old mother, who she said needs help coming up with the funds to fix up her home.

The submission:

Gina wrote to us about a single mother who works long hours at a low-paying job to support her two kids.

“(She) is one of the kindest people,” Gina wrote. “(She) can use this money to buy Christmas presents for her kids and

Do you know someone in need?

If you know someone who could use $100, go to and click on the story to fill out the online form.

a nice Christmas dinner.” The submission:

Kathy, a real-estate agent, wrote to us about a woman who is caring for three of her grandchildren. as her daughter battles a drug problem.

“She gives herself to these children daily,” Kathy said.

The woman and her husband struggled to keep their house when her husband lost his job, she said.

“They finally got approved for a loan modification, so they stopped the foreclosure,” Kathy said. “They are great people and I know some money will help them over this holiday season.”

The submission:

(She) and her husband are raising three of their grandkids. Her daughter ... has a drug problem and lives in the streets. These kids haven’t seen their mother in years. All three kids have issues and see doctors and therapists.

(She) gives herself to these children daily. Her husband lost his job at one point, and they almost lost their house. They got behind in their mortgage payments and the house was scheduled to go to foreclosure sale. I’m a Realtor, so I was trying to help them with options to keep the house. They finally got approved for a loan modification, so they stopped the foreclosure … They are great people and I know some money will help them over this holiday season. Dec. 2: Juan Adame

Juan, who lives in Tucson, wrote to us about his mother. She left an abusive situation, raised her two children while working minimum-wage jobs and made sure they got an education, he said.

Now, she is dealing with health issues, he said. “What an amazing day it would be if the single

mother who fought the good fight could receive something for raising an outstanding family,” Juan said.

The submission:

If there was a woman who ever needed to be nominated for how hard she’s fought for a peaceful life, it would be my mother. Divorced in 1996, she took two children, myself and my sister, from an abusive situation … and made it here to Tucson.

I was 8 at the time … not the easiest kid in the world to raise. My mom took it on herself to make sure I was healthy and had a roof over my head by taking on jobs she just absolutely despised ….

While she was struggling with a minimum-wage job, she made sure along with my sister that I earned my high school diploma.

One miraculous trait of my mother … she broke a chain of abuse she dealt with as a child. She never hit us or spanked us … It makes me happy to know she is that strong, even though she thinks she isn’t.

She has suffered a lot from her polio case back in the 1950s. She is always landing in the hospital for some reason and she barely has a chance to go out. I know $100 wouldn’t be much but what an amazing day it would be if the single mother who fought the good fight could receive something for raising an outstanding family.