Directed to The Point at Eastgate(a wonderful place)! - THANKYOU - Bill
I had 4 Social Workers advocating & trying to find me a place to live. I was evicted from a Black Mold-Filled Apt after being Diagnosed with COPD. I WAS AN EXCELLENT TENANT & PAID RENT WELL IN ADVANCE. I did my due diligence with City & County Health Depts. Appropriate Court & Housing departments regarding my untenable and toxic living environment. Adult Services got involved when I was living in my car at my Maple Hts apt. MARY Blinas is my wonderful caseworker from Cuyahoga County Sr. Services. I also had a friend April who is a Social Service worker who worked tirelessly to find me temp housing. My friend Terry Hornikel also an AMAZING Senior Social Service worker (retired) still working ๐ช in her own venture to keep Seniors from falling through the cracks, which I truly was and on a continual basis. Im very sad to report that even the formidable charity organization of my Church did nothing for me. It's an ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE STATE OF AFFAIRS WHEN SOMEONE SUCH AS MYSELF WITH SOME SEVERE, MULTIPLE CONCURRENT DISABILITIES FALLS THRU THE CRACKS. AND THAT SCARES ME! BECAUSE I'M A VERY COMPETENT SHARP WITTED INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD WORKED IN A SOCIAL WORKER CAPACITY (& A MILLION OTHER THINGS) AS a School Administrator for a Non-profit Organization---+ a School for Children with Autism. I can Advocate for myself very well too. So, here I am with All this WONDERFUL HELP AND ZERO RESULTS! NO ROOM AT THE INN FOR APPROPRIATE TEMPORARY HOUSING! I was HOMELESS literally living out of my Car from October 24th thru November 30th@ which time friends got me temporary Housing until December 15th. I then went to Extended Stay South in Beachwood and that's been TEMPORARY HOUSING FROM DECEMBER 15,2025 UNTIL FEBRUARY 19TH 2026. MY GUARDIAN ANGEL WHO ENDED ALL THIS: STACY SCHERR, SR. LIVING ADVOCATE FROM "A PLACE FOR MOM". STACY INTRODUCED ME TO MY PERFECTLY SITUATED SR. COMMUNITY. ITS A DREAM COME TRUE AFTER MANY YEARS OF UNENDING NIGHTMARES IN REAL TIME AND REAL LIFE: I HAD ALSO EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS DUE TO FAMILIAL MALFEASANCE & ABUSE ON FEBRUARY 28TH 2023. IT'S BEEN QUITE AN AMAZING JOURNEY AND GOD HAS BEEN WITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND CARRYING ME. I KEPT COMING ACROSS "A PLACE FOR MOM" ON THE INTERNET AND FINALLY TRIED. ORIGINALLY I DIDN'T THINK YOU FOLKS COULD HELP ME BECAUSE I NEEDED INDEPENDENT SENIOR LIVING. THANKFULLY I WAS MISTAKEN AND STACY SCHERR LED THE WAY FOR ME INTO THE PROMISED LAND. WHEN NO OTHER SOCIAL WORKER (AND THEY WERE EXCELLENT) COULD HELP ME, STACY SCHERR DID AND SHE DID SO IMMEDIATELY! IT TOOK SOME TIME FOR HILLTOP VILLAGE TO GET SUITE READY FOR ME (BURST PIPES AND SUCH). I WAS FINALLY NOTIFIED ON FEBRUARY 12TH IT WAS READY. I SIGNED PAPERS FRIDAY AND PAID PRORATED RENT FOR FEBRUARY. TOOK POSSESSION ON PRESIDENT'S DAY FEB. 16TH 2026. DUE TO GREAT DIFFICULTY FINDING HELP TO MOVE - I GOT SOME LAST SUNDAY ON THE 15TH OF FEB. AND HAD TO TAKE 3 EXTRA DAYS MOVING ALL BY MYSELF AND 3 CARLOADS FROM MY HOTEL. I STAYED IN MY NEW APARTMENT OVERNIGHT ON FEB19TH. I'M TRULY BORN ANEW! IN THE PROMISED LAND IN MY WONDERFUL SENIOR COMMUNITY AT HILLTOP VILLAGE. FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST! THANK GOD I'M FREE AT LAST IN THE PROMISED LAND! PLEASE PRAY FOR ME THAT I GET TO ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR MANY MANY MANY YEARS TO COME! ETERNAL BLESSINGS ๐ UPON STACY SCHERR AND A PLACE FOR MOM. I NEVER COULD HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT YOU! AMEN AMEN ๐ AMEN!