Funding the fight in Lee County

FOX 4 and the E.W. Scripps Company donates to non-profits in SWFL.

SAUL’S NOW FACING CHARGES OFRECKLESS ENDANGERMENT OF ANOTHERPERSON AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT.THIS TIME IN OUR LIVES REQUIRTHE HANDS OF MANY TO HELP GETFOOD AND RESOURCES TO PEOPLE WHNEED THEM.

IT’S TAKEN THE WORKOF DEDICATED GROUPS,ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.TONIGHT...FOX 4’S ROCHELLEALLEYNE BRINGS YOU THE STORY OFONE WOMAN’S DEDICATION TO OURCOMMUNITY...AND HOW WE *ALL CANHELP.:15-:201:08-1:PLAYTIME IN THE PARK...IS SOMETHING MOST PARENTSPROBABLY TAKE FOR GRANTED...BUT FOR KATIE ADAMS WHO JUST GOTHER FOUR-YEAR-OLD BACK...AFTERSPENDING MONTHS SLEEPING IN APARK...IT’S EVERYTHING.((Katie Adams//Recentlystruggled with homelessness))"We just recently got off thestreet to the Salvation Army offof Edison."DURING HER TIME OF NEED...KATIETELLS US...THIS WOMAN...RAMONAMILLER...PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE INHELPING HER WITH THETANGIBLES...((Katie Adams//Recentlystruggled with homelessness))"She’ll bring out hygiene stuffand she’s fighting forresources."AND THE THINGS YOU CAN’T QUITETOUCH...((Katie Adams//Recentlystruggled with homelessness))"When you feel like you don’thave a voice and you don’t havehope, she’s that for you andthat’s very important to giveyou hope because it’s very easyto feel like nothing’s going tohappen out here."((walk and talk shot totransition to new location))FOR THE LAST 15YEARS....MILLER’S NON-PROFITCALLED "A VOICE IN THEWILDERNESS EMPOWERMENTCENTER"...HAS BEEN WORKING TOMEET THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.MILLER SAYS IT ALL STARTED WHILESHE WAS WORKING TO GET PEOPLETESTED FOR H-I-V...FOLLOWING ASPIKE IN LOCAL NUMBERS IN THEEARLY 2000’S((Ramona Miller//A Voice in theWilderness Empowerment CenterInc))"Part of the questionnaire, theyask you ’How many sexualpartners have you had?’ And thenyou find out that they’ve hadmore than one or two, a day!Then it makes you ask ’Wait aminute, what’s going on?’THAT QUESTIONNAIRE HELPED MILLERIDENTIFY AND RESCUE MANY HUMANTRAFFICKING SURVIVORS AND PEOPLESTRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION...AND AFTER DOING THAT WORK ...SHESAYS SHE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT*THIS WAS THE UNDERLYING ISSUEBEHIND A LOT OF WHAT SHE WASSEEING...((Ramona Miller//A Voice in theWilderness Empowerment CenterInc))"I found that homelessness wasthe foundation of all of theproblems that I was trying toeradicate."MILLER SAYS SHE’S BEEN ACHAMPION FOR THE HOMELESS EVERSINCE...AND FOR YEARS SHE’SRELIED ON DONATIONS...ANDSOMETIMES HER OWN CHECKBOOK...TO GET FOLKS HOUSED AND PLUGGEDINTO THE SERVICES THEY NEED.{nats of clappin}AND THAT WORK...HAS LED US TOTHIS MOMENT.AFTER HEARING ABOUT MILLER...FOX4 HAS DECIDED TO DONATE5-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HERCAUSE...IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OURPARENT COMPANY E-W SCRIPPS ANDTHE SCRIPPS HOWARD FOUNDATION.IF YOU WANT TO DONATE TOO...THEINFORMATION IS RIGHT ON YOURSCREEN.AND IF YOU NEED HELP...MILLERSAYS YOU SHOULD DOTHIS...WITHOUT HESITATION...((Ramona Miller//A Voice in theWilderness Empowerment CenterInc)"Call me at 239-810-6648.IN FORT MYERS, ROCHELLE ALLEYNE,FOX 4.TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORKTHAT THE SCRIPSS HOWA