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Living On A Prayer D onna is a praying woman. In her daily conversations with the Lord, she seeks understanding, guidance, and comfort. She listens and recognizes the remarkable ways by which her prayers are answered. For Donna, CAP feels like an answered prayer.
“It’s the Lord. The Lord sees my needs and hears my prayers,” Donna affirms. “When the first caseworkers from CAP came to visit me shortly after my stroke, I knew the Lord was in it and had a purpose for it.” In 1999, Donna was praying to find a job. She had worked in restaurants, a few factories, and had even spent some time volunteering at the local welfare office in McCreary County. It was in this volunteer role that she learned the skills to operate in an office setting, so when she came across an ad in the local paper for a position with CAP’s program for people with disabilities , it appeared to be the right job opportunity at the right time. It felt like an answered prayer. Donna explains, “When I saw the listing in the paper for the job, it felt like it was written for me. As someone 6
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with a knowledge of advocacy and having raised a son with disabilities, it seemed like a perfect fit.”
“AFTER I PRAYED, THESE LADIES IN THE CAP VOLUNTEER PROGRAM ARRIVED AND ASKED IF I’D MIND IF THEY BUILT A RAMP FOR MY PORCH."
Donna served for more than a decade in what was then called the CAPRICE Program, which provided advocacy and support to individuals with disabilities. After leaving CAP in 2012, Donna suffered a stroke. Homebound and confined to a wheelchair, Donna was in need of support. Being able to participate in CAP’s Elderly Services Program felt like another answered prayer. As she tells it, “I found myself in a situation where I had very little help and I hated to ask for help from the volunteers at CAP because they had already done so
