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Starlus  Rose		7/26/2010 11:49:41 AM Giving up is not a Sistah's option. What would/could you do to survive in todays economical crisis? NJ Woman Bakes Cakes to Pay Mortgage New Jersey mom Angela Logan is whipping up a unique way to fight foreclosure on her home: baking cakes. The Teaneck homeowner is trying to sell 100 apple cakes, for $40 each, by July 26th to make a key payment on the home she's lived in for 20 years. Why cakes? It's the only idea for raising money "that my kids didn't laugh at," Logan said. The aroma in Logan's tiny kitchen in Teaneck was sweet as she baked four of her so-called "mortgage apple cakes"...but she's bitter about a home improvement project that went wrong, starting her downward economic spiral. She claims the contractor "messed up about $20,000 worth of plumbing and thousands of dollars worth of other stuff." A year later, the work on her house remains half-done. Several of the actress and standup comedian's paychecks were also frozen when one of her talent agencies shut down. She's since applied for the new federal mortgage program to help homeowners in distress, and figures this is a way to help with the first jumbo payment. Several media outlets reported on her distinct tactics, and now she's well on her way to reaching her goal. "The e-mails are full, the phones are ringing off the hook and we're just grateful and thankful that people have come to our rescue," Logan said. "Now we think we can really make it, because we got enough cakes to bake!" Besides baking, Logan is studying to become a nurse to supplement her acting. She says if she can make that July 26th payment, any other bake sale money will be icing on the cake. LAID OFF LOUISIANA OYSTER WORKER FIND A PERAL OF HOPE One month ago, the Ameripure Oyster Company of Louisiana, which had to close its doors and lay off 43 workers in the shadow of the Gulf oil spill. An outpouring of support from strangers around the country is lifting the spirits of those laid-off workers, with generous donations of food and money to keep them afloat. One such worker, Latoya Wilson, faced the depressing prospect of canceling her one-year-old daughter's birthday party. When letters started arriving, carrying prayers of goodwill, donations arrived as well. Ms. Wilson was able to have a spot of celebration in an otherwise difficult period. Fellow worker Brenda Williams was down to her last 4 dollars, until Dan Gladding of Virginia stepped up by offering thousands of dollars - his entire overtime pay for the last three months - to give every single worker a sizable check. Gladding is quick to turn down praise, saying only that it was what he "needed to do". Even businesses have felt the need to help. Save On Seafood, one of Ameripure's customers in better times, sent a shipment of frozen fish to help feed the families now struggling with little or no income. Ameripure owner Pat Fahey finds hope in the situation. He says, "It tells me the human heart is alive and beating." 100% agree with this post 0% disagree with this post 0 people have marked this as spam You must be logged in to rate this posting Please Wait...