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Johns Story:

URGENT: A Dollar or more does it for John, PICI Needs to Raise $35,000 to help John acquire Zygomatic Implants.
This is what victimization and assault can do:

Due to multiple assaults to John’s face and Jaw he suffered significant bone loss and has no teeth from the trauma. He does not have enough bone for dentures and traditional implants Zygomatic Implants are longer than traditional implants and are anchored to the cheek bone. . Since he has bone loss in the jaw and no teeth John is in severe facial and jaw pain, has difficulty chewing, swallowing, speaking and struggles with tasks many take for granted. Zygomatic Dental implants will significantly improve John’s daily life as traditional implants are unable to be used that would allow John to live a qualitative life unlike he is currently living. John saved the founder’s life and from being assaulted several times he acquired bone loss that is documented by two dentists and as stated above he needs zygomatic implants, because dentures, or regular implants will not stay in because of his severe bone loss as a result of the assaults. Facial trauma from the assaults have caused bone loss and have caused John to have a problem chewing, swallowing and talking. Zygomatic implants will anchor his teeth to his cheekbone and they will assist him to live a more qualitative Life so he can talk, chew and swallow his foods in a more effective manner.

Mike’s Story

Mike Johnson is a resident of Washington DC and PICI has helped him with various resources because he has been too weak to navigate through the complicated healthcare system. He wanted to jump off of a bridge in Washington DC and Aaron Snyder who is co president spent hours compassionately outreaching by talking him through it to prevent him from jumping off of the bridge. After that he came to Ocean City where Lana Samuels lives and she helped him be sustained.

Aaron’s Story

Aaron Tolliver who is a Somers Point Resident who was too weak to navigate through the complicated healthcare system when Lana met him going door to door. And he deprived himself of insulins and other important medications that he couldn’t afford. He had no advocate/s to give him the support he needed to obtain medications, insulins and other resources that would have sustained his life. The PICI team moved quickly since this was an urgent situation and they found a patient assistance program that helped him to obtain free medication and we helped him with other resources. We found the PPP program that gave his wife a chance to assist him and receive financial support. We also helped him with many other resources to help sustain his life.

Ernestine’s Story

Ernestine Hayward is and was a patient Dr. Sandra Weibel who is co-president of People In Crisis Inc. Ernestine was deteriorating emotionally and physically because she was depriving herself of insulin she couldn’t afford. PICI researched the Sanofi patient connection that is a patient assistance program and this program connect her at no cost with her Lantus and Apidra Insulins. We have also helped her with many other resources to help sustain her life. Ernestine Hayward is a North Philadelphia resident and a patient of Dr. Weibel’s for Several years.

John Power’s Story

John Powers was sleeping under the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ after being discharged from blood clots in his legs. A housing program was not set up after his discharge nor was he given any funding for transportation. He didn’t have any money and was too weak to navigate through the complicated systems in place So he chose to live under the boardwalk in Ocean City. Lana Samuels and the rest of the team in PICI helped connect him with a Food program connected to St. Peter’s Church and the Clothes closet and housing programs. Father Eberly also helped him with resources to sustain his life. We found a motel of John’s choice in Somers Point to live and along with his SSI Checks we also found other financial assistance with donors. Through perseverance we found a more stable place for John to live and have a stable income.

Our Mission

People in Crisis (PICI) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization dedicated to serving all people, regardless of background, who have severe medical and living crises. We have striven to live up to this mission for 17 years.