Hello,

I’ve recently lost my mother and due to my loss, I’m struggling mentally and financially.  I’m asking for assistance with costs associated with my mother’s celebration of life, which includes flowers, food and paying the church staff for their services.

Secondly, I recently found out that something decided to make holes in the suit pants that I was going to wear to the memorial service.  Due to this, I don’t have a complete suit to wear to the memorial service or celebration of life.  At this time, I’m not able to afford a new suit or rent one, so I’m asking for assistance with this as well.

Third, I’m asking for assistance with utilities, HOA fees, groceries and other items that I desperately need for my place which I can’t afford right now.  The other items that I’m referring to are knives, dinnerware, and a vacuum.

Lastly, I’m asking for assistance with a new desk, television, bedroom furniture, lamps and dining furniture.

Any amount that you can give is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Tim K.

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I’m 65, disabled, and homebound (14 yrs). Being a shut-in wreaks havoc on my mental health. Four years ago, I was evicted from my home of 20 years. To keep me off the streets my family took me in. I never know how long I can sit, stand, walk, or bend before pain takes over. I lay down most of the day to relieve pain. I was stuck in between four walls. My solution to being a shut-in is simple, join a community of vanlife nomads. Vanlife solves many issues but mostly I can go anywhere if my bed is with me. Getting help will not only keep me off the streets it’ll completely change the quality of my life. I sold everything and saved. I purchased a van and found an affordable builder (⅓ less than others). He installed the floor, insulation, and covered the ugly roof in fabric. I was gifted a solar system, bed platform, seat with table, and reflectix for the windows. I was also gifted a barely-used Tempur-pedic mattress. To finish my van I need $4000.

I am now living in my van and would like this to be my home for at least 10/15 years. Please help  finish making my van into a comfortable home, for both my physical comfort and more importantly, for my mental well-being. I am hoping for enough funds to pay for the following: cover the walls in an easy to clean vinyl and to have cabinets built for organization. My van build is more than halfway there, but it is taking me five years to get this far. To finish my van without help would take another 4+ years; at that time, I will be 69+ years old.  BTW, Currently I am saving to have an emergency travel fund of  $3500.

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Hello,

I’m a 43-year-old guy currently living in California. I recently have been evicted from my apartment in San Francisco for falling behind on rent. I fell behind on payments after being let go from a well-paying job. I was let go for not wanting to take the required Covid shots. After some time, I was able to find another job but it was one that paid significantly less which is how I fell behind on rent and bills. I did the best I could to keep the place. I applied to city and state programs to help with rent but was denied by all. They wouldn’t even approve me for SNAP benefits.

After being evicted I had to leave San Francisco to live with some family in central California. I had to leave the job also. The commute is too far and I don’t have a car. Where I am now, there is no work and my savings are drying up. The unemployment benefits ran out months ago. My family is helping me out a lot with giving me a place to stay but they aren’t rich people and I feel I’ve taken up enough of their space and time.

I’m trying to gather $10,000 to pay off my current debts and move out to Texas where I will have a better chance of finding work. The $10,000 will cover the remaining back rent I still have to pay; the taxes I owe; the moving cost of shipping my stuff from California to Texas and enough left over to survive in Texas until I can find steady work. I plan on staying at an Budget Suites for about two months while keeping my stuff in storage. The Budget Suites has rooms set up for extended-stay that they market to transplants like me. I can probably get a decent used scooter to get around and do app gigs as well. Texas is definitely cheaper living than California. I should be able to get myself settled in no time.

Anything you can give will be greatly appreciated. 2024 has been a crazy and anxiety-filled year so far. I’m doing the best I can to stay positive and am truly grateful for what I have already. I just need some help getting to the next stage in life. This will help a lot.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and hearing my story.

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My name is Grady Morris,

It is with a heavy heart that I write this letter to you – coupled with a desperate request for your help during what has been a really trying time.

I’m a 100% disabled service-connected retired veteran and my wife and I are being forced to consider bankruptcy at this time. We’re waiting on a Social Security disability decision, which we filed back in Oct. and Nov. of 2023 not expecting that it would take up to a year for a decision. We cannot survive this waiting period.

Trying to get some footing, I have been setting up an online appeal business but the costs of advertising and subscriptions to web hosting services and other fee-based services that are required to even take on this endeavor, have been such that it looks as if we can never get anywhere in this venture, at least not in the near future.

Additionally, we’ve been selling our personal possessions as well just to try to make it through to the end of the month, when I receive my pay from my pension and VA disability which all goes to RV and Vehicle bills and utilities, leaving around 250-500 dollars a month as to buy food and other necessities such as medical bills, medical co-pays, phones, internet service and some streaming services just to numb the pain.

To add to this financial strain, the prices of the basic amenities have gone up by approximately 40% in just the past few months. Suddenly, it has become almost impossible for us to manage our expenditure. We are now faced with debts on the credit cards, and the high rates of interest are adding to our problems.

Also, with fuel prices soaring to astronomical levels, it’s become increasingly difficult since we started living in are RV full-time (that’s right, we are house less, and our RV is our home and our mode of transportation is a Jeep), and the nightly charges at RV parks (which are skyrocketing to second-mortgage price levels) have made that even more difficult.

Now we are in a situation where we need support to get back on our feet and out of debt. Any help you can give us will be much appreciated and help us to rebuild our financial stability and independence.

Thank you for considering our situation. Please accept our gratitude in this time of great need. Please let me know if you need more information to support our request. You may reach out to me at 619-352-9078 or gemorris139078@outlook.com and this is my paypal.me link: https://paypal.me/gradyemorris?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US

Grady E. Morris

I’m reaching out for help, in securing funding to buy a camper for $36,000. The current housing market is making it nearly impossible to find housing. I’m hoping for support from generous donors like you. Let me explain why this request is so important and how your assistance could truly make a difference.

To give you some background my financial situation has been challenging, which has limited my options for securing housing or loans through traditional channels. To overcome this hurdle I’ve taken on side jobs. Currently, I work as a delivery driver for different food delivery services. While these gigs provide me with income the costs of gas and vehicle maintenance have become increasingly burdensome. Despite these challenges, I’m dedicated to improving my circumstances. I’m actively participating in a program that enhances my skills and qualifications which will hopefully lead to better employment opportunities soon.

Acquiring the camper would be a solution to the housing crisis I’m facing. It’s a much-needed option that can provide me with the shelter I desperately need.
It’s a standard model, from 2021 that provides all the features like a bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen. Although it’s not luxurious this camper would offer me an affordable living space. It would give my family and me the stability and security we need in these times.

However, there are some obstacles on the road to obtaining this living arrangement. The camper currently has a loan on it that was co-signed by a family member because I have limited access to credit. Unfortunately, this loan carries a high-interest rate, which adds to the challenges of maintaining our financial stability. On a positive note, the cost of renting the camper site is quite reasonable compared to options out there making it a sustainable housing choice for us in the long run.

In essence, the purpose of requesting this grant is to obtain funds that will allow us to pay off the camper loan and ensure a stable and secure housing solution that fulfills our needs. Your support in this would directly contribute to easing the burden of housing and enable me to focus on addressing other essential needs, for my family and continue in my course study. We would genuinely appreciate your generosity and willingness to assist during these times—it would truly make a difference in our lives.

Thank you for taking the time to read this!

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Hello Potential Saviors

Like so many other deserving individuals on this site, I find myself in a desperate situation and have decided to see if I may receive help from this site.  Unlike others that seem to be so many in number, I am not in need due to COVID or personal disaster.  Rather, I am a giver who has just learned to say no and KNOW when that is a good thing and to stop putting myself in pain and jeopardy for others.  Two years ago I decided to sell my condo, buy an RV and go back to school to earn a degree in Psychology.  I took a personal loan of $10,000 to fix my condo and list.  However, as it seems to be a habit, fate had other plans and I ended up adopting my granddaughter and trying to get my daughter back on the right path in life.  Then soon too, my son hit a rough patch in his life and had to move into my home for a while.  Although they are both adults, I was raised that “you always help family out.”

Then last year, we discovered that my mother was having issues with memory and wasn’t taking care of her diabetes.  She ended up in the hospital with ketoacidosis, she had suffered a stroke as well and then was diagnosed with moderate vascular dementia.  Since I had semi-retired (preparing for full retirement and moving), our small family meeting to discuss my mother, led to my deciding to fully retire and take on the brunt of helping so that my sister and my mother’s partner could continue working as they more desperately needed to keep their jobs.  Here we are sixteen months later, my income cut in half and although I am at the final stage of waiting for my bankruptcy discharge, I am close to having to file bankruptcy again.  I am trying to find work at home options but am already at the point of having maxed out my credit cards, am now late on my mortgage payments and cannot do a refinance or home equity loan due to the bankruptcy not being discharged.  The only other option I have considered at this point is to sell my home and still buy that RV so I can pay off my debt and have some money.  This, however, isn’t an ideal situation for a 7 year old to be raised in.  Others may view that statement as incorrect but this child has been through enough trauma in her short life and I would like to keep it somewhat as stable as possible.

Thus, I find myself hearing about this website. So, I too, am here to seek a helping hand from the kind and helping hands that peruse this site.  I am asking for $35,000.  This would pay off my personal loan, my credit cards and allow me to finally finish the renovations that were started and never finished in my condo. I truly appreciate anyone who has taken the time to read my story and to possibly help out.  Bless all on here who also need help.   As our family motto these days go, “This too shall pass!” – hopefully with your help.

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Dear generous donors! I just want to thank you in advance.  I just found out that such a place as this existed where caring people can help others in need. I live on the island of Maui. The home of one of the most devastating wildfires in recent history. Everyone has been impacted by the turn of events. As you may know, our island’s economy is predicated by tourism. And after the tragic events, people who have never been to Maui were saying do not come to Maui. It has impacted business tremendously here. Slowly, it is beginning to get busy again. Earlier this year, I had to fly to Texas to take care of my mother who wasn’t in very good health and wasn’t in a very good living situation. I had a strong feeling that I needed to go see her, and two weeks from me getting on the plane to fly, she went into the ER.

I couldn’t get a straight answer from the people who were living with her in regards to her health. I would always get that she was doing fine. but when she went into the ER, I found out that she had a bad heart, and kidneys & a bunch of other things going on with her that wasn’t being told to me by anyone living there. The house was cluttered, there was a hole in the floor and the place was roach infested.

We spent a lot of money traveling home and getting mom situated only to run into incurring a lot of debt due to a slowed economy. It’s been quite challenging and I will be the first to say we find ourselves about $20,000 in the hole right now, working to fight our way back to just break even.

We just need to get everything back to being manageable again. We need $20,000 but really we appreciate whatever anyone can spare. God bless you all for being such generous and cheerful givers.

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Dear compassionate individual,

I am a 33yo female. Born and raised by my single mother, in the south side of Chicago. I play bass guitar. I am an artist. I rescue and rehabilitate reptiles. I love animals, music, gardening, plant medicine and philosophy and I have worked as a professional bartender for 14 years. I would love to learn carpentry, welding and hope to travel the world. I grew up in an unstable and dysfunctional family so, I have spent a good portion of my life alone. A bit of a loner, borderline autistic, creative and passionate nomad. I began working at 15yo and by junior year I dropped out and got my GED. At the age of 26, I moved to Denver, Colorado with my Dogs and less than a couple hundred dollars in cash. By 28yo, I made it to Oceanside, California. I had finally made a home for myself.

Unfortunately, I had a bad snowboarding fall which led to one injury after another. I had a rotated and fractured sacrum and ruptured psoas muscle putting me in a permanent state of “fight or flight” and constant pain. However, I continued working and going on about my life, completely unaware that I was in danger of losing myself.

By 2022, I was put on antidepressants, my absentee father died from intentional overdose, one of my 15yo pups was dying of lymphoma and my roommates and I were being evicted due to covid and hazardous living conditions. for 3 months, I didn’t have a stable home but, I was still working full time, caring for 6 reptiles and one senior dog in my unsustainable state. In February 2023, I was laid off, moved into an abandoned apartment and I was suffering from “failure to thrive”. for 8 months, I would remain there, desolate, desperate, determined to get a grip or find some impossible way to cope. Suddenly, on June 5th 2023, my rotated sacrum  finally released and I have been improving everyday since.

I packed up my dog and reptiles and drove back to Chicago. Currently, I am living in a closet in my mom’s basement. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia due to untreated physical trauma and referred to pain management and orthopedic specialist. however, I cannot receive treatment in Chicago with California state insurance. So after all that, I find myself right back where I started. Back in this place to tried so hard to escape from.

I hope to one day make it back to California and be reunited with my art work and reptile habitats from my storage unit. I’ve always dreamed of buying my mom a house. Maybe live on a farm, start a family, and a little animal sanctuary. I look back on my life and wonder; Were to odds stacked against me from the beginning? Or did I zig when I should have zagged? Regardless, I have gazed into that abyss and surrender but now, I am so grateful for the experiences that have made me who I am and to know that I still have so much more to offer. With this new perspective on life, I am thrilled to see what the future holds for me.

Today, I am receiving state disability benefits which is not enough to cover my monthly bills. I have about $10,000 in credit card debt and I desperately need a place to call home. I am not here necessarily asking for money. I’m looking for opportunities. I would travel anywhere for the right opportunity. A place to call home for me and my old dog. A chance to start again, to heal, to regain my confidence, rejoin society and give back.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Paypal.me/CrystalMooreColor

In 2008 I began my dream career to become a chef but it didn’t go as planned, school was expensive and finding a job was almost impossible for a college drop out. I began working laborious jobs like construction, landscaping, restaurants and cleaning, but no employer paid me fairly because they thought I was not a US Citizen. Working  12-18 hour days I looked for a change in my life so i enlisted in the Navy. Moved from California to my first duty station in Virginia then deployed to Afghanistan, got injured and recovered and deployed five times to Iraq the injuries just returned with a vengeance. Currently the the Department of Defense/Navy is going to medically separate me so I sold all my stuff and bought a sprinter van. But, everything to make it comfortably livable is so expensive I’m reaching out for help, all i have inside is a sleeping bag and some clothes.

I am embarrassed to ask for help but i have no other choice. I’m looking to get insulation, a heater, roof rack, water tank, and other essential things to be able to support myself safely inside.

My goal is to raise $15,000 to build it and also have some saved up for when the time comes for separation.

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I am a Mom of 3 awesome kids, all college graduates, and Grandmom of 2. I was a stay at home mom and loved every minute of it. I now work full time trying to live in California to be near my family.

I have been divorced 13 years. My ex-husband has always been a terrible provider. I have come to realize that he is a con-artist and liar. How could I have been so stupid.

Hoping to keep his business going during covid I agreed to put $16,000 on my credit cards and take out a SBA loan for $19,000.  5 years ago he asked to “borrow” $15,000 (all the money I had in the world and left to me by a family member) telling me I would have it back in 1 week. That was 5 years ago and he still hasn’t paid any of it back. $50,000 would get me whole. I am having a terrible time keeping up with the interest payments and haven’t been able to pay anything off.

Working full time to keep my head above water I don’t have a lot of time to see my kids and grandkids who live 7 hours away. I am definitely not the Grandmother I always wanted to be.

He lost our house and I have rented for 15 years trying to pay the high housing costs of California. I am still hopeful that I will have my own house again because that is who I am-a homeowner.

I don’t need new things-I drive an old car, use an old phone and love thrifting! I don’t value “things”. I do value family, peace, and freedom.

This debt is killing me and I have been stuck in this for so long. I need to break this link to him to find peace and freedom.

Thank you to everyone who will even read my story. I wish you Love and Peace.

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It is impossible to believe that life circumstances can put you in dire financial straits so late in life.  But with 3 key people from a business, I once owned dying, income I was relying on disappeared.  Then COVID hit with its financial side effects, followed by crushing inflation, all of which has led to our being upside down financially!

As I write this, I feel that I am betraying the commitment I made to myself 60 years ago that regardless of my visual handicap I would earn my way through life without relying on public assistance or charity.  The State Handicap Assistance Office where I lived tested me and gave me a grant to go to college.  That was the last charitable help I received or asked for until now.  Now, my family and I really need serious financial help so we can live out the days we have left, in peace, free from this overwhelming financial burden, which is not of our creation.  I have provided an explanation of our circumstances below.

I am 80 years old and severely visually impaired (blind in one eye, with limited vision in the other eye complicated by a macular scar).  I am married to a wonderful wife.  My only present source of income is Social Security.  There are some jobs I can manage and am qualified for, but I do not have a license (for obvious reasons), there is limited public transportation, my wife drives but we don’t own a car, and there is NO taxi service where we live in Southern West Virginia, so, I cannot get to a job.  I am more than willing to work!  Since I can’t, I decided to pursue online affiliate marketing to try and earn some money, I have a website, am creating content, both written and video, and I am preparing to launch the marketing effort, which takes time to get established and begin generating an income.  I am estimating it will take about 6 months to generate some meaningful, consistent, and reliable income.  It could be quicker, but I have no available financial resources to put towards promotion, advertising, needed software, virtual assistant services (for technical expertise, right now I must learn all types of things that are new tricks to this old dog, which eats up time) Medically, I have some issues that I cannot seek care for as “they are not in the budget”.  The same goes for dental care.

My wonderful wife is 75.  She suffers from severe anxiety and panic attacks, which can disrupt her daily activities and ability to function normally.  Her only present source of income is Social Security.  She purchased the house in which we now live in December of 2018 through a guaranteed mortgage program with The USDA.  We have a mortgage and related housing expenses.  The house has some repair issues that need to be taken care of, but there are no available funds for that purpose at present.  Also, when the house was purchased, it came with an easement that gave us access to the driveway plus.  When our closing attorney did the property search, he missed that the easement was released in 1972 and that someone else owned that property including our driveway and our screened porch.  That attorney died and there is no recourse to him.  The easement property is owned by the state due to the failure of the present owner to pay taxes.  It can be redeemed, but if we paid the back taxes, we still would not own the property.  We would need a title transfer from the present owner assuming she cooperates.  The funds to pay the costs involved in solving this problem are not available.  We can’t sell or refinance our home to solve our financial issues due to title issues and home repairs that would be required.  All this financial stress seriously affects my wife with her anxiety. She has developed depression issues and has frequent anxiety attacks.  Medically, she has issues (the depression +) that she cannot seek care for as “they are not in the budget”.  The same goes for her dental care.

My stepson is living with us. He is 55, and a Type 1 Brittle Diabetic.  He is on a fixed income SS disability benefit because of this medical condition.  His medical costs are high, as he is hospitalized from time to time with DKA and sometimes needs emergency medical treatment for extremely low blood sugar.  In either case we must call 911 and incur the expense of an ambulance.  A low blood sugar incident can usually be handled by the ambulance paramedic or at the emergency room.  With DKA he is always admitted to an ICU and sometimes incubated.  He is very seriously ill and requires monitoring.  The other morning my wife heard his Dexcom alarm going off and his sugar was crashing.  He did not wake up when the alarm sounded.  If we were not aware of his situation and were not able to treat his dangerously low blood sugar quickly, he could have died.  All the equipment needed to provide insulin automatically (his pump) and the blood sugar monitor (Dexcom unit and cell phone) and related supplies and insulin requires ongoing monthly costs not completely covered by insurance.  Not to mention ambulance and hospitalization costs not covered by insurance.  He also needs dental care, which we cannot afford.

We also have an 11-year-old dog that is very precious to us and suffers from Diabetes and accompanying blindness.  To treat her properly requires insulin, and a special diet to maintain her health.  This has added heavy additional costs each month beyond those for a normal healthy dog.  She is doing well with the current care we are providing and hopefully will be with us for several more years.

To continue to pay our bills and meet the challenges of daily life, like many Americans, we have turned to credit card debt.  This has gotten to the point where all our payments combined are more than we will be able to pay.  Prices keep going up and we have no way out.  The Fed indicates they are going to increase interest rates, which will push our credit card interest rate up again.  Soon, all our credit card debt and mortgage will be in default, and we are afraid we will be homeless without hope.

Our goal with this request is to:  eliminate the credit card debt;  get our home repairs done; gain ownership and clear title to the “easement” property;  and accelerate my online business efforts so it will generate the minimum $1,000 per month we need very quickly.  If we can get this help, we should be able to manage our finances successfully on an ongoing basis.

The amount we are requesting is $88,110.00 and will allow us to get back on our feet and give us the opportunity to pursue the additional monthly income we need.  This amount includes the income taxes we will have to pay on the donations we receive.  We hope and pray that you can see your way clear to help us!  We have no place else to turn.

We are grateful for your reading this request and wish you great blessings in your life.  Should you donate, we cannot begin to thank you enough!

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