Connecting Seniors With Help

People know a lot of old peopleneed help."TONIGHT ... THE STORY OF ANELDERLY WOMAN IN WASHINGTONCOUNTY... WHO NEEDS HELP AFTER ASTORM.AND WHILE THIS TIME IT'S WINDDAMAGE... SHE SAYS SOME SENIORCITIZENS NEED HELP IN MANY OTHERWAYS.2NEWS OKLAHOMA PROBLEM SOLVERPETE KTNUSON... SAT DOWN TO TALKWITH HER.THE WINDSTORM BLEW THRUDURING THE DARK OF NIGHT."I was inside my house..."AND WHEN NIGHT TURNED TODAY ....THE SUN ROSE TO SHOWNEVA JO MILLER WHAT SHE WOULDSTRUGGLE TO SEE.... HUGE LIMBS... BIG BRANCHES.... DANGLINGDNGAEROUSLY CLOSE TO HER THEPORCH ON HER SMALL... COUNTRYHOME."All the limbs you see overthere, I cut those myselfyesterday and drug them overthere."AT 89 YEARS OF AGE ... GOINGBLIND IN BOTH EYES .... AND ONTHE MEND FROM A FRACTUREDPELVIS... NEVA KNEW SHE COULDN'THANDLE THE RTES OF THE DAMAGEALONE.... BUT NEVA FEELS ALONE."It's hard to deal with life ifyou're not able to do foryourself."WITH NO FAMILY ... NEVAFEELS ISOLATED ... IN HER RURALWASHINGTON CONTYU HOME ... NEARRAMONA."So you're pretty well forgot."WITH PRECIOUS LITTLE MONEYTO HER NAME ... NEVA HOPES FORHELP..

EVEN FROM A STRANGER.SHE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TOHELP THOSE IN ENED.NE VASAYS SHE'S BEEN AVOLUNTEER FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS.... GIVING HER TIME ... SHOWINGHER CARE... SHARING HR ECONCERN.A HUG HERE ... A GOOD DEEDTHERE ... A KIND WORD TO THOESNI DESPAIR."It makes you feel really goodto do kindness for someone."IN MANY WAYS ... FOR THOSE 7DECADES ... NEVA HAS BEEN PAYINGIT FORWARD.NOW ... SOME MAY BELIEVE ...IT'S TIME F ORNEVA... TO HAVE ITPAID BACK."I was at my wit's end, who elsemight help me, might listen tome ,because there are a wholelot of people just like me outthere."SO AS HER EYESIGHT FADES ...AND HER BODY STRUGGLES TOMEND.... NEVA HOPES FOLKSREMEMBER THOSE IN THE SUNSET OFTHEIR LIVES.FOR HER... IT WOULD BE APRAYER ... ANSWERED."It would be God's blessing."As soon as we heard Neva'sstory ... we started searchingfor groups or organizations thatmay be able to help.We'll let you know what happens.But in the meanwhile ... Nevawants to tell others ... to taketime to watch out for your