Hello im 23 and I was born with a birth defect that made my right leg smaller than my left leg and my right leg cant bend and it has other complications as well. Ive been in and out of the hospital trying to get it fixed because it is becoming a problem now. Ive always walked witha limp because of this and was bullied from it and im very insecure about it I just need help with going out of state to get the procedure to fix it anything will help
We often hear “I need money now” for rent, food or bills – not an easy situation to be in. See our advice below.
Emergency Rental, Food, and Bills Assistance Programs
How to get help with rent?
At times, many families find themselves homeless, or unable to continue to occupy the premises of their choice. This may be due to fire, accident, storms or many other causes, but often it is merely a problem in paying the rent. Illness that forces a breadwinner to stay home, or loss of a job; any and all of these conditions can put a family in need of temporary assistance to tide itself over until the members of the family find themselves again in a position to pay their own rent without the need of subsidising or other rental assistance.
Agencies have been set up in many parts of the country to help in this regard. Non-profit organizations, these charities, such as The Salvation Army, as well as some governmental agencies are often able to offer emergency rental assistance for families who are being evicted by a landlord, or who simply have no way to pay their rent at the moment. Realizing that landlords, despite the old cartoon imagery of a rich greedy person feeding off the work of renters, the vast majority of landlords are not really making a profit at all on the current tenant. This is only a stopgap so that the landlord may pay the monthly house payments in the hope of some future profit if housing increases in value some years later. If the tenant can’t pay the rent, the landlord may soon find himself in the same position with regard to the lender. Lenders do not want to hear sad stories.
Although these different programs for rental assistance may be available, much depends upon the funding at the moment. Some programs quickly run out of money and are simply unable at the moment to provide further help to persons in need of assistance.
The vast majority of families in need of temporary rental assistance are those to be found in the low-income range; seniors, disable persons and children are among those most often affected. Others too, faced at one point or another with a temporary emergency may qualify for assistance in these cases.
In most cases, those in need of longer-term assistance, persons who have not been gainfully employed for a considerable length of time with not prospects for the immediate future may not qualify for rental assistance under these temporary emergency programs.
Those more likely to receive aid are persons who are able to convince interviewers of their willingness to do what is necessary to get back on their feet along with the ability to do so. Since emergency funding is considered a short-term “fix” for a crisis situation, the grants may be only issued for a few days, perhaps to defray the cost of a motel room, pending the applicant’s ability to find other lodgings.
Therefore it is important, in most similar cases, for the applicant to show the interviewer the imminent possibility to become self-sufficient.
Most non-profit agencies as well as other agencies attempt to work closely with rental assistance applicants to help them with any additional support as needed depending upon each applicant’s situation. Often applicants are further given counseling and referrals to other agencies that may be more helpful to an applicant.
In such cases, any additional services rendered are free to the applicant in crisis. This may include lack of employment and such other problems that may arise such as medical emergencies. Most agencies participate in these endeavors as well as teaching applicants the processes involved in applying for governmental programs, immediate rehousing and how to apply for Section 8 vouchers as well as information about low income housing, and assistance in paying the security deposits that are almost universally demanded by today’s rental market.
Since the goal of all similar agencies to to render aid to persons in immediate need of emergency housing and other crisis situations, the funds issued to applicants for rent or other necessities is only meant to allow the applicant extra time to deal with the emergency. However, at the same time, applicants will normally be provided with support in the long term to guard against similar future emergencies.
If you have an eviction notice or expect to be unable to pay the rent in the immediate future, or even realize that you need to find less expensive living quarters, now is the time to apply for assistance. Often with early application, money may be available to catch up unpaid rent as well as other options that may be explained to you.
Assistance may also be available to help with the security deposit, the initial rents and even moving costs. In some cities non-profit agencies may offer other emergency assistance to those in crisis. These funds are normally paid out on a one-time basis. Depending upon the location, resources that may be in place for housing crisis families can be wide-ranging.
Potential applicants are advised to find the telephone numbers as well as any other information available to them and educate themselves about the different programs that may be able to help with emergency assistance.
Not only non-profit private agencies, but many governmental agencies, are able to provide interim assistance, depending on the locality. Massachusetts has a program called RAFT, while in Texas a rental assistance program called TDHCA is available. Florida has a similar program called EFAHP and in Connecticut their program is called RAP. Many other government programs around the country also offer assistance to pay rent or a portion of overdue rent in their ongoing efforts to reduce the growing threat of homelessness in their particular communities.
Another program, called the Federal Stimulus Program is a little-known program through which our federal government provides billions of dollars across the nation to provide rental assistance for qualified applicants. These funds have become invaluable to families that find it increasingly difficult to keep up with the rising costs of rent and other housing needs.
HUD the Housing and Urban Development, agency works throughout the country as well. A number of families approaching two million are able to use this program, a program that can not only help those in need to pay their rent and/or security deposits, but HUD can issue vouchers to provide temporary housing as well as providing assistance to senior citizens and the disabled to keep up with overdue rental payments.
These programs not only offer grants to help pay rent, but the government Rent Voucher Program aids applicants to seek housing in the privately owned housing market.
These agencies can, generally, offer legal advice to those facing eviction. Every year millions of people receive free legal advice and assistance to educate them with the eviction process and their rights as well as responsibilities. The government provides funded Legal Services Corp. which provides attorneys who may mediate a solution between landlord and tenants in addition to advising tenants of their rights as well as help them apply for Section 8 or other assistance and another positive aid they offer is help and counseling on housing discrimination.
Counseling may also be provided to help applicants apply for government and/or private grants. Money is available for many of these crisis situations.
It is the goal of these agencies to prevent evictions wherever possible. The federal government as well as the many non-profit private agencies strive wherever possible to help applicants remain in their current quarters without the fear of being summarily evicted. Often these agencies are able not only to prevent evictions, but subsequent lawsuits that may be brought against a tenant. Alternatively, the agency may be able to find more suitable and affordable housing for an applicant facing eviction.
Many churches too offer funds that can help those in short-term financial difficulties. United Way and The Salvation Army are only two of the better-known charitable institutions that may be able to offer help when needed. Generally they give priority to those living in apartments and facing short-term financial crises.
A good number of other national and local charities are ready to help with the expenses of rent and other essential needs as well as providing case management and many other social services. No all charities have ready money all the time, but even those may be able to help by helping an applicant with information about other resources and assistance in applying for free grants to pay overdue rent.
Other agencies that often provide help might be, for example, Catholic Charities, Social Service Offices, United Way, the American Red Cross, the Legal Aid Society and as mentioned earlier, The Salvation Army. Aside from these examples there exist many other emergency aid agencies for those who are able to become informed.
While most of these programs provide only short-term emergency aid, they are designed for the most part to tide a family over until a longer-term solution becomes available. Often these same agencies will be able to direct qualified applicants to resources that may assist them in finding an apartment or house for more permanent security.
It is important however, during these times of crisis, to keep in touch with creditors and the applicant’s current landlord so they understand what you are doing and what you expect to accomplishment. It is important that the applicant be extremely honest with everyone about the situation and it may sometimes be possible to have monthly payments temporarily lowered, or even be allowed to skip a monthly rental payment. Other plans may be devised and put into place to avoid being evicted.
It is well-understood that not only landlords but other creditors too are much more willing to cooperate with persons who are up-front with them, honest in their discussions and show a willingness to cooperate and do whatever they can to improve with situations.
How to get help with bills?
Ask The Energy Company
if energy bills are the source of the hardship, then the energy providers’ own in-house programs are often the quickest way to help rearrange and meet repayments.
LIHEAP: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
This national program’s focus is on subsidies for repairs, weatherproofing and utility bills that families cannot afford to pay.
LIHEAP covers any energy related home repairs for low-icome families, including seasonal expenses like air cooling systems and winter heating bills. The local LIHEAP office is the first point of contact for those in need of energy or utility assistance. Eligibility varies from state to state.
WAP: Weatherization Assistance Program
The WAP is a federal grant organized by the Department of Energy that helps needy families improve their homes’ energy efficiency, and has assisted over 7 million households across many states, territories and Native American tribes since its inception in 1976.
According to the DOE guidelines, a household with anyone over 60 is eligible for the WAP, as are legally recognized disabled people. Most states make families with children eligible, and the website for the WAPTAC (Weatherization Assistance Program Technical Assistance Center) can advise others if the grants are available in their area, and whether they qualify.
LifeLine Assistance: Free Cell Phones
Americans in need of a cell phone plan but without the means to maintain one can get assistance from LifeLine Assistance‘s free phone program. This is indeed a lifeline as daily life and business in particular is practically impossible without a mobile phone.
LLA is an FCC mandated scheme offering a free cell phone with at least 250 monthly minutes included. It’s available in the 49 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico, and typically requires a household income below 135% of Federal Poverty guidelines. For some states it is below 150%. Eligibility varies across participating states, with slightly different rules around qualifying income.
Other sources of help are available at state government level, or many national and local non-profit and charity organizations, and the energy companies themselves.
How to get Food For Free?
It doesn’t always require money to eat, and there are many ways to gain free food without adding to your debts or joining the 10% of Americans who have resorted to shoplifting. Ask people you know, or traders and restaurant and store owners.
Above all it’s important to explain why you are asking for food: because you can’t afford to eat. And not to be critical about what food you eat. Without a certain amount of money, there is no longer the choice of what to eat. So meat may become harder to get or if meat’s all that’s on offer and you are a vegetarian, it’s best to accept it with thanks.
Grow Your Own, Share With The Community
The most sustainable – and satisfying – way to provide free food for yourself is to grow it, and you can start with just seeds if you live in the country or with just a small space in the city. Guerrilla gardening is an interesting urban option, more organised community gardens and allotments can share space and expertise for growing, and seed swapping communities among gardeners are a good source of materials and encouragement.
Ask A Farmer
Out in the sticks there won’t be the option of stores and restaurants as a source of food, but ask any farmer and there’ll be some left on the fields that they didn’t or can’t sell. Many will let you pick these leftovers.
Food Banks
A rapidly growing movement in the United Kingdom and US is the organized and charitable distribution of food to those who can’t afford it. Most of the food is donated, and food banks are one of the easiest ways to obtain some nutritious food. Many banks have conditions for who they can give food to, but there is no need to be ashamed about visiting one.
Links to Food Banks in various countries
United States /United Kingdom /Austalia /Canada /Ireland /New Zealand /South Africa
Offers and coupons
Online and direct from the stores, many coupons are available to promote new products. And companies across the United States send out free samples of new products. They’re unlikely to provide a healthy, balanced diet on their own but could supplement free food from other sources.
Waste Food
In an affluent country there is an abundance of unsold or waste food, and a little social interaction and resourcefulness can unlock access to a surprising amount of it.
Ask at the market
Often around closing time, stall holders will sell off any remaining stock for next to nothing, and it’s always worth telling them you have no money and asking if they’ll give you something for free. You can often pick up some fruit or salad, and if they can’t offer anything, thank them anyway and ask at another stall.
Free Supermarket Food
Ask at the big stores and you’ll be too far down the chain of command: “My boss doesn’t allow us to do that” will be the usual answer. So smaller supermarkets and neighborhood stores are a better option, where you can talk to that boss. You may find warmth and generosity among Muslims and immigrants to the West who run stores.
Restaurant Leftovers
It requires some patience, a little nerve and a bit of practice, but it’s possible to get free, professionally prepared food, even a table to sit and eat it at. Restaurant districts in cities are obviously the best place to try this, and expect a success rate around 5%, so it requires persistence, but will sharpen your bargaining skills, and who knows where else that could lead?
Turn up at a restaurant after the busiest time but not too late, and explain that you have no money and ask if they have some left overs in the kitchen. It can help to have a container such as a plastic box ready in case they do have something, and if they’re friendly and can’t offer anything the first time, maybe they can put something aside the next day.
Searching and Foraging
It grows on trees, on the ground and some seasons there’ll be abundant fruit and tasty plants such as dandelions or chickweed. Even cities can produce some tasty wild food, and anyone near downtown Seattle has access to America’s first Food Forest in a major city.
Dumpster Diving
Growing media coverage of the colossal food wastage at supermarkets and restaurants has made it much less weird, and more popular, to search through the dumpsters in search of some quality food to turn into a meal.
Cancer Treatment and Newborn Care
Please help me support my daughter and granddaughter.
This is my daughter and I in 2019. She had been having a lot of medical issues that repeatedly were dismissed as menstrual cramps. For years she was accused of seeking pain meds and told to stop being such a big baby. Then one day when she was being seen by a urologist, who again was dismissing her pain and symptoms, the Physicians assistant mentioned to my daughter that she thought she had “xyz”. The urologist was so mad about the PA giving my daughter a possible different diagnosis, she was fired. My daughter ended up in kidney failure the next day and was set up for emergency surgery to correct her kidney failure. She had what the PA suggested and my daughters life was saved.
I live in Colorado and she lives in Oregon. As soon as I heard the news I drove to Oregon and took her to her surgery in Portland Oregon at OHSU.
Here we are nearly 4 years later and my daughter is supposed to be turning 32 in April.
She had a baby prematurely due to pre eclampsia, on January 18th. She was due the middle of February. She was given a BP med to keep her from having a seizure or stroke because they were losing her. They performed the c section and both mom and baby survived. Baby has no hearing. Mom continued to have difficulty and they put her back on oxygen. To my surprise they both were released on January 20th. One of her sisters drove to help her with three young girls in tow, 3, 9 and 13. After staying their first night together at home, my daughter woke up and told her sister I think I need to see my doctor. She asked her sister if she could feel the lump and her sister replied that she didn’t need to feel it because she could see it sticking out of her neck. Bigger than a golf ball but smaller than a baseball.
My daughter was taken to the urgent care where they wasted no time in sending her to the emergency room. They did a cat scan and found a mass in my daughters chest. My daughter was diagnosed with cancer when her daughter was 3 days old. She had a biopsy this week on Tuesday morning. She met with a Thoracic surgeon later that day who told her she has a tumor on her heart and that he can try to remove it from her heart after she completes chemo and has a positive result. She was told she has Thymic Carcinoma and would need to begin treatment asap.
Tomorrow morning (Thursday)she is scheduled for a surgical procedure to insert a port and prepare her for chemotherapy and radiation. Friday morning she has her first appointment with oncology.
I am my daughters person.
The father of the baby is very adamant he doesn’t want anything to do with my daughter or his newborn now because they are broken.
I am still in Colorado because I don’t have the funds needed to be there.
Her sister has to get back to her home 3 hours away in Corvallis so her two girls can get back to school and so she can get back to work.
My daughter needs me to care for her and her newborn while she goes through this. She was told this is going to be a few months longs process with no guarantees because this cancer is rare and has up to a 5 year life expectancy to varying degrees depending on how far the cancer has spread. We will know more about life expectancy once the biopsy results arrive.
Until then we fight.
We must focus on getting her this treatment and as much time as we can with her little girl.
The truth is she could be gone in just a couple of weeks.
Please please please I beg of you, please help me go be with my daughter and granddaughter for this difficult time. So much has to be done. I cannot handle this on my own. I already spent all I had in savings to for other family members last year like my grandma who passed away the end of September. She was 97 years old. I miss her so much and can’t hardly believe I am going to lose my daughter now as well.
If you can help me, together we can get her more time with her new little one. Because she is a fighter. And so am I. Please please please help me with this urgent situation. All funds donated will be used for me to be with my daughter and support her in whatever she and my grand baby need.
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Young Family Needing Help
We are a young family of 8 doing our best to make ends meet. My wife and I work hard to raise our family in a wholesome and healthy home. We have earned great educations and work multiple jobs to try to be self-sufficient. We do our best to be positively involved in our community and donate our time whenever we can. However, a few years ago when our business took a turn and closed, we had to rely heavily on loans and credit cards. We sold most of what we had. I went back to school to earn a second degree to make myself more marketable. Now I am a teacher with side jobs, and my wife works 4 part-time jobs while trying to raise our 6 children. We are trying our best to stay afloat, but our personal loans and credit card debt are just drowning us. Currently, this equates to $55k. We have reached out to every assistance program that we could think of but can’t catch a break. If there is any financial help that you would be willing to part, we would be indefinitely grateful.
Thank you so much.
paypal.me/coxfamily8
Please help husband being held for ransom
Hi my name is ervia I have recently hit a really bad hardship my husband is the sole provider of our home he is from mexico we are honest working people we sell firewood together he was recently pulled over in our only vehicle and was arrested over a simple traffic ticket once the police department put his name in the system IMMIGRATION put automatic hold on him so he was deported to mexico asa he was walking down the bridge some men made him get into a truck and then I got a call from my husband saying that these men want money or they will not let him go….I keep wishing this was a horrible dream but it’s not this is my reality right now I’m living this nightmare…I keep telling myself ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING OVER A SIMPLE TRAFFIC TICKET….my husband has not been IN SERIOUS trouble and yet this what we get for being good people…THE POLICE WOULDN’T EVEN ALLOW ME TO PAY THE TICKET BEFORE ENTERING HIS NAME IN THE SYTEM …NOW my husband is somewhere in mexico is a room full of other innocent bystanders being held hostage for ransom…I can’t even begin think about what if I can’t come up with the ransom what will they do to my husband what will happen to him I know he is scared right now he can’t do anything but hope and pray I come up with the ransom…this is alot for me to handle right now I have no choice but I am begging and pleading please someone anyone can you please help me with anything…I trying calling the mexico consultant they didn’t want to get involved I talk to a general with the mexico military and got the same response my nerves are shot I can bearley think because I am so worried these men first asked me for 9,000 I told him I don’t have that kind of money and he hung up on me the same man called me from a different number telling me to pay 6,000 that they will not let my husband go for anything less than that and I asked him by when do I need to come up with the money and he had the nerve to tell me yesterday meaning to just hurry up and get it…throughout the calls they allow my husband to talk to me for only 5 minutes and they always have the phone on speaker to monitor the calls…it hurts me so much to hear the desperation in my husband voice telling me to remember that he loves me no matter what I can’t deal with losing my husband i will die of a broken heart myself I already feel dead right now with out him …I’m begging anyone please help me get my husband out of this deadly situation I am begging please I need a angel right now.so far I have sent $3,200.00
Pay pal @JENART33
Please help me get my life back!
I was injured about six months ago and have been unable to work. I had two major surgeries in which plates were installed in my arm and my foot. I contracted an infection in my foot and so I am unable to go back to work. Because I am unable to work, I am behind on all my expenses including rent, utilities and car payments. My debts total $19,500.I am very close to losing everything. Please help me. I have no family in this city. I am alone. I am a Christian and I believe God will provide through His people. God bless you!
Sharing is Caring
It definitely gets harder before it gets easier. I have never been a person to ask for help or admit to needing help. I am a married mother of 3 energetic, loving, appreciative and humble children. My husband is a hard working, loyal, family oriented man. A man that would work his hands to the bone to provide for his family. I am currently a student working very hard to study and excel in my education in the hopes of being rewarded for my hard work and sacrifices by obtaining a education that will give me the skills I need to obtain full time, decent waged employment. My family has recently suffered financially when my husband was let go from his job due to shortage of work and we are not being able to make ends meet. When I say not being able to make ends meet, I mean we have been unable to pay for our children’s school lunches, gas for transportation for myself to get to and from my school, groceries…. It has taken a lot of courage to admit this. It is especially hard to admit this within our community as it is a small close netted hometown where judgement is usually negative. A place where everyone knows everyone and others’ hardships are gossiped about and you quickly become a celebrity but in a negative light. A place where parents speak freely about anything, anyone and everything and a lot of times in the presence of their children. I would like to save my children some dignity while hopefully showing them to also have faith in humanity. A little can go a long way… I know I am not the only person who has been or will be in my situation and a lot of people have the same hardships but I’m choosing to bury my pride and do everything I can to get through this hard time even if it means asking for help from strangers. $300 would provide my family with enough groceries and gas for the next 2 weeks and hopefully by that time things may turnaround for us. $300 probably seems low for a family of 5 but I am not asking for more than I need and I am confident that I can make every cent count. I am thankful in advance for anyone willing to help. I pledge also to pay it forward if I am ever in a position to help someone. Why did I say if I am ever in a position to help? I am a fighter and I will put one foot in front of the other until I am in a position where I can be the helper! Love to you all!
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Completely ran out of money, negative bank balance. Requesting just £50 for food/fuel. HELP.
I really need temporary financial assistance, urgently. I don’t know what to do anymore as I have no support from family or friends. My bank balance has gone into negative figures as of yesterday (-£6.20) and I have bills to pay at the end of the month. The bank are saying that if I don’t get the balance back into positive figures, they will incur further costs – which I simply can not afford.
I didn’t realise how little money I had until my card declined yesterday when trying to buy fuel at a local petrol station. I owe them £20, and have one day to give it to them (they allowed me to take the fuel, provided I pay them back). I have borrowed £10 from my friend, and luckily he’s not asking for it back, but I feel obliged to do so.
My overdraft agreement doesn’t cover it, and I can’t apply to extend my overdraft in time; and I can’t withdraw any cash from an ATM. All I’m asking for is £50 to cover food and fuel costs for next week, and I will never beg like this again. I don’t get paid until the end of the month, when my bills are due, and I’m worried I could end up homeless; I’ve never begged for money before, and feel awful for doing it. I haven’t eaten properly in two days, because I’ve had to feed my dog. This really is my last resort – I will never resort to shop lifting.
My parents are no support, I’ve tried asking, and they just shut me out. I don’t really have a relationship them anyway (I’m in my mid-20’s, live alone, but I do have a dog, who also needs to be fed – luckily he will be ok for the next day or so, but his food is starting to run out, so I’ve been giving him minced beef from the fridge).
Again, I’m so sorry that I have to do this. I just don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve been worrying myself to death, have barely slept, with no idea what to do. As I’ve said, e-begging is my last chance at sorting this out. All I’m asking for is £50, it will get me through the next few days. Thank you so much.
My paypal link: https://paypal.me/joemax97
Please help me get back on my feet
Hello there. Where to begin? I’m a 32 year old unemployed man living with my mom and I need some help getting back on my feet and to help out my mom. I had a steady job up in healthcare in the home infusion therapy industry until about a year ago when we switched to a remote work environment due to Covid and my world just turned upside down.
I suffered a severe mental break down due to not being ready for the remote isolation and job demands at home. My performance tanked and I was eventually let go due to me no longer having the mental capacity to keep up. I understand now that I was depressed and have since gotten help but the problem is for about a year my mom who is 61 was forced to take me in and financially assist me until my mental health crisis was resolved. Fortunately it is resolved now and I’m ready to go back to work but the problem is supporting me for this past year has really set my mother back on her bills and I’m having trouble finding immediate work in healthcare because employers are wary about the gap I took to focus on mental health.
I know I will be able to find work soon and will not stop until I do. But I wish there was a way I could pay my mom at least something in back pay for helping me all these months. She’s a prideful woman and insists we’ll figure it out. But I can’t shake this tremendous guilt due to the burden I placed on her. She is 61! She shouldn’t have to have supported me but due to my own mental weakness and pathetic headspace she was forced to and I can’t let it go.
I would very much like some assistance from kind empathetic people who are willing to help me at least give my mother something and carry me over until I get new job(hopefully I get that new job ASAP). Looking for anything within the range of $1000-3000 if no one is interested I completely understand after all it was my own mental weakness that put me in this situation but if by some miracle there are those willing to help I would be immensely grateful. I’m fully willing to provide any type of periodical/immediate updates to prove I’m using this money to pay back my mother and to hold me over until I get a new job. Even prepared to provide paperwork proving I have a new job once I get it.
Again if this is not something you’re interested I completely understand. Just hoping there are kind souls out there somewhere who can help me soon. My PayPal link is : https://paypal.me/Jonsnow0811?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US
Thanks for at the very least listening to me!
Single mom battling cancer
This is the last thing I ever thought I would have to do. I am a single mom of three teenagers battling cancer and I am struggling. I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2019 and was forced to resign from my career as an ER Nurse due to sickness and treatments. I was able to lean on money from my savings to make ends meet until July of 2022. (I escaped a brutal DV marriage in 2018 and do not receive child support. He refuses to work). I have to much in assets to qualify for state assistance or medical assistance. I have sold my vehicles, hobbie items, clothing, home decor, etc to help defray medical expenses and pay bills and buy food. I have received a final notice from my mortgage lender due to being 3 months behind. My electricity would have been shut off last month if the cold weather act didn’t save me and my heat bill is 3 months behind. I’ve leaned on the local food shelf for necessities and food but that only goes so far. Christmas was extremely tough as I wasn’t able to provide anything for my kids to open. Typically I am helping my community and local Charities this time of year. I go back for another round of treatments on January 17th and the thought of losing the only thing I have left for my kids and myself (our home) is devastating. Not knowing if I will be able to provide food for my kids during this treatment and knowing how sick it will leave me makes me even more worried. I am asking for help to put food on my table, buy hygienic items for my kids and to make any payments I can on my electric and heat bills so they are not shut off after winter. The house is something I can always replace if I lose it. My main focus is food and necessity items. This is extremely hard for me to do. Asking for help is not easy for me. If you can spare any financial aid or say a prayer for my family we would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for reading my story.
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Kristin Busch
Please, please read
Firstly, thank you so much for taking the time to read my plea for help.
I’m sure you have read many of these before, girl meets boy, gets married and then boy meets new girl, just so happens that his new girl was my best friend.
So the old age tale of a divorce! I never, ever thought I would be in this position. I had a good life, 3 beautiful children and a husband I adored. I look back on the last 2 years and I don’t know where it all went wrong. I blame covid, lockdown was awful. That’s where we grew apart. When I found out about their betrayal, I admit I ran. I wanted out, I didn’t want to talk about what had happened with anyone, who could I have possibly trusted.
My best friend lived in the states so booked a flight and off I went for 5 months, I had a little in savings to get by out there. Enrolled in a medical coding course which I am currently still studying, the books are rather expensive so I would love a donation towards them so I can complete the course and get a job.
I came back to the UK in November, was sure I would find a job easily, I was wrong, so so wrong. I have had to move back into the family home, I sleep on the sofa, it’s degrading and I cry myself to sleep most nights. I put on a brave face for the children, two are still living at home. I took a job as a delivery driver, it’s been 3 weeks and I still haven’t been paid, I don’t know how I’ll get through next 2 weeks of having to buy gas, my bank account is negative nearly £3000, please, a donation for petrol/gas money would be amazing so I can keep my small job.
When I’m not working, I busy myself with doing cleaning, laundry and cooking. I have no friends in the UK anymore, I started to make a life for myself in the US, made some friends. It’s where I want to be.
I have a little debt, £6568 still to be paid. I would love to be able to afford a flight back to the states, where I can continue with my course and eventually be employed there once I have qualified. Everything just costs so much money, rent alone is so high, not to mention the cost of bills and gas. It seems no one is safe from the ever rising costs of living in a world with 8 billion people.
I never thought I would have to literally be begging people for money but I just don’t know what to do anymore, I’m done being depressed about what happened to me, it’s happened to hundreds of people. I’m ready to take back my life and my happiness but I just need a little helping hand to get on my feet. Once I have decent regular income again, I will spend my free time writing a book. The absolute dream is to open a traditional English cafe in the states.
I just, please, need that helping hand, clearing debt, keeping my job, being able to complete my studies, finding a property to rent, no way I can afford to buy again :(
I would love it if someone or everyone would be willing to help me achieve happiness. I would love to stay in touch with those that do offer me a helping hand, so I can keep you up to date with progress and one day, hopefully repay every penny. Anything you are able to donate is greatly appreciated, more than you’ll never know!
Again, thank you so much for taking the time to read my tear written begging letter.
Sarah x
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My name is Tiffany and I am a single mother of 2 from Mississippi. I’m not quite sure how to put my whole life into this post, so I am going to mention the parts that I believe will assist you in understanding.
Starting at the beginning, I was a very sheltered child. My parents were humiliatingly strict, and unfortunately did not teach me a thing about life or the world. I was under the impression that the world is either white or black, and I didn’t find out until adulthood, that it is nor white or black….but mostly gray area.
I started noticing around age nine, that things were not on the up and up in my family. My mother carried around enough prescription medication to be considered a mobile pharmacy, and she did nothing except yell and complain while laying in bed. My daddy went to school full time, while also working a full time job to support us. I have 3 younger sisters that I was practically raising, while also cooking, cleaning the house, and doing laundry, while daddy worked hard and mama popped pills. My childhood was non existent.
At the age of 15, I felt as though my entire life had ended. In July of 2001, I found my daddy unconscious and had to call 911. When the ambulance pulled away, transporting my daddy, that was the last time I ever saw him. My mother murdered my sweet daddy by drugging and poisoning him over time. No one even saw that coming. No one suspected it, and she would have gotten away with it, had it not been for my aunt digging for the truth. Bless her soul.
After my daddy’s funeral, our home, still filled with all of our belongings (yes, daddy’s things were still there as well), was set ablaze-not once! not twice! like FOUR times…by the hands of my mother, in efforts to destroy evidence. With nothing but the clothes that were on our backs, having lost our daddy…and all of our possessions and home, we also had to leave town to move closer to our grandparents. The only reason we were in Greenville was because of daddy’s job, so mama felt there was no reason to stay. I had a different opinion as a teenager whom had just lost her father and pretty much everything else…the last thing I wanted to do was move away from all my best friends and graduating class.
We moved back to Vicksburg, my birthplace and home of my grandparents, shortly after the house fires. A few months after getting there, my mother was charged with the arson of our home. She was sentenced to prison time and it was while she was serving that time, that my aunt had dug up enough evidence to charge her with daddy’s death. She ended up doing 13 years in a Mississippi Women’s Correctional facility…which was more or less like summer camp.
With my mother in prison, my grandparents were awarded custody of my sisters and I. Imagine being a kid, starting a new school, and your whole family is on National News…all over the TV and in the newspapers. Before I even had a chance to make friends, alot of my classmates were forbidden to have anything to do with me. I was so lost, hurt, and confused. I had started my first job to help keep my mind off of things, and it was there that I met and fell in “lust” with my son’s father.
I am from a very southern, racist family and my son’s father just so happened to be a black man. I have always been different….thought and acted differently than anyone else in my family. My grandfather is in with the KKK and, I never thought he truly meant it when he would tell us that we would be disowned if we ever dated outside of our own race. I found out the hard way that he did indeed mean it, with all of his heart. I was made to leave my grandparents home twenty something years ago, and to this day I am not welcome on they’re property. My sisters were brainwashed into thinking that I am some terrible monster, and were not allowed to have any type of relationship with me. The birth of my innocent children did not even make things change, not even a little bit.
On my own since I was 16, no family, I had to fend for myself. I had to teach myself everything, learn it on my own. Everything I’ve done, I’ve done it alone and everything I have ever owned, I got it myself. I have worked since I was 15, despite all the odds I did get my G.E.D. and went to college where I earned my Associate’s degree in Business Administration. I have taken care of my children on my own since they were born. I am all they have, and they are all that I have.
The events that I have just shared with you are on a deeper level than you could imagine…and from all the trauma, my mental health has suffered tremendously. Moving forward, it continues to diminish due to many more tragic events. I came home one day when my son was about 6 months old, and found his daddy with another woman in our house. I left, having to take my infant son to stay in a women’s shelter for the two months that it took me to save enough money to get us another place. Later that same year, I met my daughter’s father (also a black man), who I ended up marrying. He turned out to be an abusive, alcoholic, crack-head, who did nothing but lie, cheat, steal from me, and was physically abusive. I was trapped in that marriage for 8 long years, until the day he came home at 5am, drunk and high, and chased me around our house that my children were sleeping in, with a machete, attempting to kill me. My children and I had to hide in a safe house until my divorce was final and there was a permanent protective order in place.
Not long after my divorce, my mother was released from prison on good behavior and working day for day. Somehow she had gotten my contact information, and she called me. Put yourself in my frame of mind please, as a very fragile person…who had never wanted anything more than to have a mother that I could have a close bond with. She calls talking really good, and I just happened to be weak and vulnerable enough to buy every single dream she was selling me that day. What a mistake. You probably guessed that nothing good came of me letting mama back in, in fact, I just handed her the knife to jab me with again, only this time much deeper.
In February 2017, my fiance’ and I and my children lived in a rural area of town. The transmission had gone out in my car, my fiance’ happened to be out of work at the time due to a back injury. I couldn’t afford a new transmission, nor a new car, and had absolutely no one to rely on for a ride to work. It didn’t take long for me to lose my job because having to get rides from other people caused me to be late if I made it to work at all. The disconnect notices started coming in right along with the eviction notice. I had to send my son to his dad’s house, but the shelters were full so I had to figure something out quickly for my daughter. I ended up having to turn to one of my sisters for help, and though she promised me that she would help me with my daughter while I got back on my feet, what she did was complete opposite. With the help of my grandmother and my mother, my sister basically kidnapped my daughter and because she was kept out of school for so many days and taken to my mother- CPS took custody of my daughter for missing school and being placed in an unsafe environment with a convicted felon of a violent crime. I spent the next 2 years fighting to get her back, and by the grace of God she was home in 2019.
By 2019, I was doing extremely well for myself, had a great job, and a cute little place. December of that year I was actually able to get my very first brand new car, which was a Christmas present to myself. My kids were home, happy, and healthy, my fiance’ and I were doing good. For a moment, I experienced happiness. That soon faded, when I found out that someone had stolen my identity and fraudulently filed my income taxes. I did all the necessary paperwork, did everything that I was advised in order to straighten that mess up….and then COVID-19 happens. I end up being furloughed indefinitely at first, to my position ultimately being completely eliminated.
With COVID going on and everyone being forced into quarantine, the situation with my taxes and personal information, was not dealt with. It was impossible to receive any type of assistance regarding this matter. The identity theft is also a contributing factor in my not being able to receive unemployment benefits, for all my information was screwed up and accounts frozen or closed. I got behind on my bills, no one to turn to for help, my car was soon repossessed, and my children and I were evicted, once again.
Without a vehicle, living in a rural area, it was very rare that I was able to get out of the house and take care of anything really. Thank God Walmart has grocery delivery and for foodstamps, or I am afraid that we probably would have starved to death. I was not able to receive any of the stimulus checks nor child tax credit checks that most people were getting, due to the identity theft. To this day I am still awaiting my tax refunds from 2018, 2019, and 2020, as well as all my stimulus money and child tax credits. I am still unable to get anyone to actually help me, I really need an attorney but I am unable to afford one.
August of 2020 is when my fiance’ started falling ill. He was hospitalized from August-December, due to having 3 different strokes that were caused by a blood infection that he got from an abscessed tooth. He lost mobility on the right side of his body, along with his speech. We worked hard in his recovery, and by January of 2021, he was walking and talking normal again. The blood infection had also attacked his heart, causing a main valve to collapse. He was under the knife for 2 long hours as they replaced the valve in his heart with a titanium one. In June, he woke me up complaining that he couldn’t breathe. After rushing him to the hospital, everything happened so fast…before I knew it, they were telling me to say goodbye because he had to be airlifted to another hospital and I was not allowed on the helicopter. That was the last time I saw my him.
Still no resolve in my finances nor the Identity theft, my fiance’ just passed away, no car so no job obviously, until a couple months later when I was hired for a remote position. Within my first 30 days I contracted COVID, and was so sick I had to be hospitalized, which in turn caused me to lose that job before I really even got to start. On top of everything else, my landlord was a very heartless man who had no tolerance for late rent payments….and you guessed it. Another eviction. I tried to fight it this time, for I was able to receive a small amount of assistance from one of the government housing assistance programs, which bought me a little more time, if nothing else. After winning the fight in that eviction, a needed repair in my home turned into the opportunity my landlord had been waiting for. He made false claims of black mold being in my home and informed me that I had vacate for mine and my children’s safety. I had Servpro come to my home to prove there was no black mold, I took witnesses and paperwork to court with me, but was still evicted.
December 2021, we spent Christmas in another shelter. It took me until the end of January to find a place in the right school district, but I did. We moved into our new place in February 2022, and the housing grant I was approved for, paid my deposit and rent up until July 2022. In May, the AC unit in our place went out. I immediately contacted the landlord, who brought me 3 box fans, told me there was nothing further he could do, and then ignored me for the next month to two months. It is Mississippi law that, if there is air conditioning at the inception of the lease, it is the landlord’s responsibility to maintain it for the entirety of said lease. In a nut shell, my landlord either couldn’t afford a new unit, or just didn’t want to, and he ignored every attempt I made at contacting him-even when I tried to pay rent on July 1. Then on July 5th, he gave me eviction papers for non-payment of rent. People always get away with doing these kinds of things to me and my children because they know that I don’t have anyone to speak up or stand up for me, and that I have no money to pay attorney fees and such. They know they can get away with it cause I am nobody.
Having to once again, sell and give away all my belongings, due to not knowing where we were going, no way to haul it, no place to store it. A lady that bought a few of my things, was from another little town about 25 minutes from where we were living, showed interest in helping me. I had enough money to pay for a motel room for the kids and I, for 2 nights. That lady called me on the second night, as I sat there scared, not knowing what we would do next. She got a lady from an agency in her little town, to hear my story and offer to help me. The lady from the agency has a daughter that owns a rental house, only it was unable to be rented out at the moment due to it needing a new AC unit, and her not being able to afford it right now. The daughter offered my kids and I the opportunity to stay in the rental house until I was able to get on my feet. After confiding in them, letting them know what all Im up against, and asking-practically begging for they’re help, including help in finding help for my mental health, they promised that they were here to help me, even called me family now. Not even a month later the daughter texts me at 10pm one night, letting me know that her and her boyfriend were gonna move with all seven of they’re children, back into this small 2 bedroom house by December.
Over the past couple of months I have reached out to so many agencies for help, to be as prepared for this as possible…but I was unable to receive any help from them due to the fact that the main requirement is that you have to literally be in a shelter, or sleeping in your car, before they will help you. A little late, right? Definitely. So, here I am….I have received an eviction notice from her because I refused to get out by the date she told me too. I wasn’t doing it to be spiteful or anything of the sort….I just didn’t and still don’t have a clue where to take my children. I am still without a reliable vehicle. Still without anyone’s support or help, financially and non. Still have been unable to work due to not having transportation, but most of all, due to my mental health. I have until the 12th to figure something out. I have zero dollars, our power has been out going on 2 months now. We are seperated, because I refuse to have my children here in the cold and darkness….also without food. Thank God they have friends that happen to have understanding parents that agreed to my kids living with them until I find stability. For almost the entirety of the past two years, I have desperately struggled, not even able to provide some basic necessities. My kids didn’t get Christmas, weren’t able to put our tree up….didn’t even have a Christmas dinner.
I am writing this in hopes of receiving help from anyone willing. I need alot of help. I need basic things that we have been going without, a vehicle, food, and most of all- a home for my babies that no one can take away from us or tell us to get out of. I am going to include all of the supporting evidence and proof that I possibly can to show that I am real and genuine…and that this is definitely not a scam or someone wanting a hand out. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you so much, in advance, if you do decide to help.
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To whomever will read this thank you for making it to the end. September 22, 2022 I got into an accident where I fell back at work causing me to land on my back. After this incident I went to the hospital the same day to check for anything broken although in pain no bones were broken. I missed work for 2 weeks in serious back pain and nerve pains coming and going throughout the day down both my arms and was threatened that I was going to be fired, so although my condition I returned to work because I need to provide for my family and keep a roof over our heads. It has been rough so far starting the new year and going through my $15000 savings since my accident because of the holidays, lost time at work, bills piling up, getting evicted and having to borrow money from a family member just to afford to relocate myself somewhere more affordable after being homeless from December 19, 2022 to January 7, 2023 living out my car with one of our dogs a 65lb American Stafford while my girl stayed with her dad and the other two dogs during that time. I’ve had MRIs and they show me having multiple herniated discs in my spinal cord. They start at the top from C2-3 to C7-T1 and from T1-2 to T4-5 and from L2-3 to L4-5 as well as chronic compression deformities on T11 & T12. I have had 2 epidurals one on my neck one by my hips to which I had no success with. The doctors are recommending surgeries and burning my nerves but I am scared of doing more invasive things with no guarantee of it working. Per my doctors I shouldn’t lift more than 10lbs or twist and bend for more than 2 hours. I know there is no certain structure to what I said or a chronological order to what was described it is just part of the big mess that is my life right now. Between multiple doctors and visits, lawyers, people calling to give me medicine, moving, working, my mind and back have not had a rest, this has only been about a 4 month journey to what will last about another year or 2 but will most likely be in this condition with my back for the rest of my life and I had just turned 30 when this happened and if anyone can help me I would be greatly appreciated to whatever I receive. If you leave me a note with your information I can keep you updated with my process. I hope I can start my own business with having a large rescue for dogs with my hope to propose to girlfriend that I have. Thank you very much for reaching the end.
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Im in a financial crisis with that been said I’m a single mother of to young boys and I’m on disability from mental health problems cause from past physical mental emotional and sexual abuse witch started at a young ago and has caused me many of mental health problems to the point I can’t even go into any store by my self with out having anxiety attacks, and it has made me where I can’t stand to be touch by any one even my own 2 young boys and that kill me because i cant even hug them with out have a panic attack, I have ptsd and severe depression where there are days I can’t get out of bed , eat and cause me sleeping problems along with a few other mental health problems as well and two months ago I was diagnosed with cancer so unfortunately I dont get enough with been on disability to pay all my bills and raise to young boys and I could really are use help this month with my bills because I just received an unexpected emergency bill that I cannot afford to pay and I can’t get help from any were is there any way any one would be will to help me this month any help will be greatly appreciated because I’ve tried every loan place I could find on line today and no one is will to help me and I don’t know what else to do or how I’m going to make out of this situation I’m in. I have no family that could help me either. I have know were else to turn to. I have to credit card that need to be payed and a loan I’ve been paying on for over 6 months , I won’t be asking for much but the estimated amount of money I need is around $6,000 to $7,000 and I really dont like to ask people for money I just don’t have any other choices left to choose from…… so in say that I won’t ask for a Pacific amount of money from any one I will be grateful for any amount that any one is will to give and I would like To thank all of you that are willing to help
Please help , Eviction all other options exhausted.
Hello,
I received an eviction Right before Christmas.I have exhausted all other options applying for help with state and local charities that are just to overwhelmed to meet the needs of everyone especially with the holidays.
My States rent assistance funding has also run dry and they stopped excepting applications in November
.I found this site when I literally thought my only option was to type in to Google how to beg for money . This is something I have tried very hard to prevent in my life I have raised three kids on my own and took pride in the fact that I did whatever it took working 2 jobs and going back to school often . I am going to humble myself and ask for help because I am in a situation that I am unable to control any longer .
Here is a little of how I have ended up here …I had a catastrophic life event in early August that was the start of a snowball effect that I just can’t seem to get ahead of.
Working for a local property management company as a field agent doing lease resigns , delivering letters , helping families find resources etc …I was helping pick up maintenance calls on the weekend. Our in house maintenance was extremely busy and I decided to take a run on an easy maintenance call.
The client has an oxygen machine and she needed assistance flipping the breaker to restore power,
I had a green light at a major intersection and was almost across when a teen driver taking her dog to the vet and looking in the backseat ran a red light and hit me at a high rate of speed .
My car was totaled.
I sustained injury to my face , neck , arms and back .
When the air bag deployed I received chemical burns, bruising and my top teeth were broken .
To make matters worse after two weeks of physical therapy and several appointments my job of 7 years decided to restructure and I was emailed that my services would no longer be required.
I was a commission only employee and due to that am unable to receive unemployment. Left with no job no car and still facing a long road ahead,
including months of physical therapy and possible surgery. I began using my limited savings (previously used throughout COVID and trying to help my adult daughter who suffers with mental illness) I took out a few small loans thinking I would work things out and get back on my feet .I have had a job consistently since I moved out of home at 16 …I was optimistic and doing my best to remain positive.
My job was the cosigner on my car an insurance payout covered the remaining balance on my auto loan with nothing left over
I was able to find a new job for much less pay and was borrowing a car but needed to return it .I was just looking to purchase a car when my new job had to downsize . New hires were the first to go.
I am still in physical therapy and need to find some sort of group or psychiatrist. I already suffer from PTSD, GAD .I have just applied for state medical insurance as my previous insurance was thru my job.
This has been extremely traumatic and don’t know what else to do.
I have been left physically and mentally devastated.
I am in debt ,without a car, facing uncertainty with no way to pay for dental to repair my broken top dentures which are currently super glued together,keep my utilities onw hich are all going to be disconnected in a couple of weeks I have already gotten the maximum extensions I have no way pay my rent and with this eviction I am on the verge of homelessness.
I am desperate!
I had already taken loans out to pay for necessities while on leave fully expecting to return to my job.
Maxed my credit cards and have sold almost everything I had of value which wasn’t much .
.I am told by my attorney that it could take years to reach a settlement for personal injury
Any amount would help me right now .
But realistically I need $3000 for back rent $300 for eviction fees .
$2500 for utilities between $1000- $10,000 for a used car .My bank account is in the negative and adding fees daily $800
I am in cc and personal loan debt of $4000.
My Dental repairs would be around $2500.
I have been trying to prepare meals that are cheap and will last and just learned of a local food pantry.
My total would be $23,100.00
I know that sounds like so much
you would be my savior ..
I would pay it forward when back on my feet .
I am really struggling with suicidal ideation and thoughts of hopelessness
I just can’t see any way out of the situation.
My phone will be shut off in a few days and I have sent my resume to dozens of jobs .
I want to thank you for taking the time to read this .
Thank you ,
Very Humbled
“All human wisdom is contained in these two words wait and hope ”
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I couldn’t figure out how to change it .
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