Texas-based Charity Helps Single Mother Move Forward Through Financial Hardship

DALLAS, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Petya I. Edwards Foundation is an organization that provides aid to Texas families and individuals in need. Instead of offering a simple hand-out, the Foundation distinguishes itself by offering educational opportunities in addition to financial help. This unique combination of compassion, monetary resources, and the teaching of life-changing skills enables families and individuals to benefit not only from immediate aid, but from the ability to become once again self-sufficient and successful.

Petya I. Edwards Foundation helps a variety of impoverished and underprivileged families, but its main focus is on families who are experiencing a temporarily difficult financial state due to illness, death, a lack of available employment, or equally stressful circumstances.

Recently, the Petya I. Edwards Foundation began working with a young single mother who has had a bit of financial difficulty but is determined to stay afloat. Christina Mollson* is grateful for the help and looks forward to the day when she can once again pay her bills confidently.

"I have always worked hard to provide for my children. I've had multiple jobs and have always been driven to do the best I can. Recently, an onslaught of bills has caused me to fall behind. My car needed repairs, my children and I desperately needed dental work that cannot be put off, and my oldest child just turned 18, so his child support is no longer a source of income for our family," Christina said. "I don't want a hand-out, I don't want someone to support me. I want to take full responsibility for my family, I just need a little help getting to the point where I can."

Petya Edwards, the founder of the Petya I. Edwards Foundation, is optimistic about Christina's future and has plans to help her and her children become self-sufficient once again. "Christina is a wonderful mother and I am certain that we can help her through this tough time," Petya said with a smile. "In six months or so she will be independent again. Our Foundation develops programs specific to the needs of those we help and I am sure that the program we have developed for Christina and her children will prove to be a great resource for her."

For more information about the Petya I. Edwards Foundation visit www.pedwards.org, where you will find information about the Foundation, its efforts in the Dallas/Fort Worth Community, and ways that you can contribute to the cause.

You can also call Petya Edwards at (214) 864-7574 or send her an email at [email protected].

*Name has been changed to respect the privacy of the individual and her children.

SOURCE Petya I. Edwards Foundation