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Financial Hardship 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.

Family desperately needs financial help

My name is Olivia. I’m a wife and mother of 2 boys. My oldest has just turned 20 and my youngest will soon be 13. I have been a Phlebotomist (draw patient blood) for the last 18 years until the beginning of this year when the company I had been employed with shut down. We have never lived above our means and regardless of my husband and I both working full time we lived paycheck to paycheck. My loss of employment put us in a bind, however we cut back even more than we already were and we handled it. I still have not been able to find work and I have tried drastically. According to fast food and retail companies I am either over qualified or they are looking for someone with experience immediately and training someone from the ground up is not a possibility. There have been and continue to be jobs available in my field, however it would mean a large travel distance and our vehicles are old and will not hold up for such long distance travels. So therefore I seem to be stuck with no idea on what will happen in the future. Then at the beginning of March my husband was laid off. The struggle became really bad then. He did however receive unemployment but it took till the end of March to receive the first one. By that time we were broke and extremely over-drafted with our bank. The checks he received were only a third of his normal pay so as each check came the overdrafts took it all still leaving more. He was finally able to return to work at the end of April but with a pay cut. With every check until the most recent we had still been paying off overdrafts. Car insurance and utilities had to be paid and although the money wasn’t there we had no choice but to risk the overdrafts just to keep power, water and food. I never would have imagined how much money could accumulate in Bank fees. Our rent was a completely different story, if we had bounced a rent payment we would have been homeless as well. The landlord agreed to work with us but we are now 3 months behind and will soon be 4 months. My oldest child lives on his own with his own bills and the worst feeling ever imaginable as a parent came the day we had to ask him for grocery money and gas money. My child who is just starting out on his own had to support his parents. That was crushing. The reality that I can not support my family or financially take care of my children’s needs, along with my child having to help support us and unable to find employment to help my husband get things back on track has me in a downward spiral of depression. I cry, I hide in my room away from family and friends, just because I don’t want to give them the chance to see the failure I have become. I know that no amount will change things mentally, but at least I would not have to worry about eviction and where my child’s next meal will come from. He wants to be able to watch the again and says it would be nice if he could just walk out of the room and leave a light on without someone fussing it’s raising the power bill. I know things will eventually work out for us but at the moment it just seems so far away.

Thank you for taking the time to read my story and I ask for your prayers for my family and myself that we will soon be out of the dark hole we are in. Thank you again.

Help Bring a Homeless Man Home

My brother is forced to live in a homeless shelter because we do not have the $2600 the Dept. of Corrections wants to discharge him from parole early.  We have a home that has been in the family for decades where he can come and live, and start life anew.  He lived in that very home at the time he was railroaded after saving a man’s life from the hands of gang members.  Because he used to speak out against corruption in the county prosecutor’s office, and against his public defender (who also had, and still has political aspirations), his public defender saw to it that my brother cannot come home while on parole, or even enter our county until off parole.  All of his family and support lives in our county.  He is forbidden to have contact with his trial attorney, and because of that parole condition, he had a tether at a cost of $13.50 per day, and is forced to live in a county with no family, no one to turn to, and no prospects.  His public defender even went so far as to try to talk the prosecutor’s office into appealing his being granted parole to keep my brother in prison longer when the attorney knows my brother is truly innocent.

It took his family and friends 4 months to scrape together $150 to pay off his regular supervision fees.  Once those fees were paid, the DOC then wrote my brother demanding $2606 to pay off his tether fees in order to discharge him early so he can come home.  He was originally told that just the $150 had to be paid off.  That’s why we worked so hard just to come up with the $150.

My brother spent 13 years in prison on an 8 year, 4-month minimum sentence.  Despite being 12 years misconduct free, he was denied parole for 4 years because he maintained innocence. The prosecutor misrepresented the testimony of the state’s own witnesses to get the conviction.  His public defender did not object.  My brother still fights for a new trial to clear his name.  We just want him home where we can give him access to whatever resources we may have so that he can live, and eat balanced meals to continue his quest for justice.

While he was gone, we lost our mother.  He never got to say goodbye.  The moths ate his entire wardrobe.  When he got out, he had only the used and ill-fitting pair of pants and shirt the prison dressed him in.  He used what little funds we had for him to buy underclothing, socks, and cheap sneakers.  He lives in sweatpants and t-shirts.  He’s been turned away from job fairs because he cannot afford to dress up.  He doesn’t complain.  We do not ask for funds for those basic necessities of life he also needs, but just help to let him come home.  He and his family believe that God will provide for those other needs.

 

Bring My New Grandbaby To Florida

I need help in moving expenses to bring my homeless daughter, son in law and new baby from Minneapolis, MN down to Tampa, FL to live under my roof until they can back on thier feet again.  My grandbaby was born on March 2, 2018 at 2 pounds and 3 oz.  She is at the Minneapolis Children’s Hospital.  My daughter and son in law have been homeless since December 2017.  They have all their belongings in a Public Storage Unit and they have been staying at a different friend’s home on a monthly basis.  Since the baby was born, they have been able to sleep in the same room with the baby.  Now….the baby is about to be released from the hospital, they are in need of a place to stay.  I offered to move them down with me here in Tampa, FL to stay with me until they can get back on their feet financially.  But…I need to bet my butt up to Minneapolis, MN, Rent a Penske 16ft Moving Truck, and a car tow so I can tow one of their cars.  They will drive their car with the baby inside.  I need money to pay for the gas for the Moving truck and the car they will drive.  Now, we are all going to have to stop every 3 hours to breast feed the baby.  This is going to be a long trip, so I think we also may need to stop at least 2 nights to rest and let the baby stretch for a couple of hours onlong the long way home.  I’m guessing that I will need about $3,000 to make this possible.  I don’t have this on hand, but I need to get there fast as they are bout to release my grandbaby soon.  If they stay up there, the State will take the baby away because they don’t have an address to go home to.  This is really important for me.  Please, I am asking for help like yesterday.  Thanks and God Bless. FB_IMG_1524301005561.jpg

Building the foundation to our future

Hi there, I’ve never heard of this website before today, but I’m absolutely desperate so I’m going to do everything I can to try to fix my situation.

I’ll just give you a little background story about what my situation is.

In December of 2017 I decided to move back home to try to fix my life. I packed up everything I could which wasn’t much. I had my own apartment about six hours south of where I’m living now. I found out I was pregnant and didn’t have much. My apartment had a gas leak which made me extremely sick and my neighbors decided to get “new furniture” and brought bedbugs and cockroaches into the entire building. So I threw everything I owned away besides a basket of clothes and decided I wanted to start over before my son was born.

I went into labor prematurely and when I made it to the hospital I found out my son had passed away from the placenta detaching from my uterus. I’m still trying to recover from losing my son. It changed every single aspect of my entire day and whole outlook on the world.

I started working again but only was able to hold my job for about 6 weeks because I had transportation issues.

My boyfriend lost his job a few months ago and fell behind on his child support, then missed a court date over it because he was never served papers for it. He just started working again last week when he was arrested for missing court. I talked to his job and they will hold his job until Monday but if he misses Monday he’s back to having no income, no way to pay his child support, and no way to pay bills. I have a job interview there this week as well to try to get put on the same shift as him. That’s the only way we could both work due to limited transportation.

We need to find a house as soon as we possibly can and there’s no way we’ll be able to find one if we’re not both working so I’m desperately looking for his bond money so we can continue our life together. Aside from my paypal link, I also made an entirely new email address that’s not linked to anything if anyone could email me and even just offer some advice on how to start fixing our situation. Anything is helpful at this point.

Thank you to anyone that took the time to read this.

paypal.me/whateverkeepsmiling

In Desperate Need of Help

A few months ago, my best friend moved to a new state. Everything seemed fine: She had a stable job, and she saved up some money beforehand to cover any  emergency expenses after that. But right after she moved, she was suddenly laid off by her job. To make things doubly worse, she got into a car wreck that’s put her car out of commission. Now her dog wont eat and is anally bleeding.

Without a job she can’t afford rent or car repairs, and without a stable and functioning vehicle its exceedingly difficult to find and maintain a job.

She’s tried asking her family for help, but they’ve left her hanging. I’m one of the only ones able to spare her some money in her time of need, but I sadly can’t do it all by myself. I can give her some money for groceries or help supplement her rent whilst she does emergency art commissions to make rent, but I don’t have much that I’m capable of giving.

So although asking  for money through crowdfunding is something she is far too shy to do on her own, I’ve personally made her a go fund me!

I’ve been doing all I can to help support her monetarily, but she really needs a large boost to get on her feet and unfortunately I’m strapped with too much student loan debt to do it all at once. Rent need to be paid every single month, alongside utility bills. Food is necessary to survive obviously, and prospective employees without a vehicle are unlikely to be hired.

I have been trying for months to see this beautiful girl smile again. She’s funny and supportive, and I don’t want her to ever feel like giving up. I’ve personally had to deal with unexpected moving expenses once before, in an eerily similar way: You think you have a job waiting for you but it goes up in smoke. You look around for other jobs but nobody is hiring. Your nest egg of moving money doesn’t last nearly as long as you think it would. All of that stuff stacks up fast, and it gets overwhelming.

Nobody should have to go through that alone, so I’m trying to help her like my family and friends helped me when I moved!

If you’ve experienced such a thing before: Please, please help if you can. ANYTHING helps!

Chronic Migraines & Fibromyalgia

My name is Cassie Nichol, I am 25 years old. I have suffered from Chronic Migraines since I was 8 years old. I have struggled in life because of this disease. I basically was forced out of school due to the intense migraines. I have tried since I was 16 to hold down a job, with no luck. The last three years have been the hardest on me. My Migraines have increased in severity and frequency. I have also bee recently diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. 

Needless to say I am always in pain. Not to be dramatic, but I truly don’t remember what it feels like to have a day free of pain, fatigue or stress.

I live with my grandmother. I have been since I was 16. She has done so much for me and I appreciate her every day. She however, is suffering through her own hardships now. After falling ill from a stroke, she needs to have someone around full time. I do much as I can for her, but even some basics are difficult for me.

I am working closely with an attorney, because I have filed for SS Disability. I am waiting for a hearing for a final decision. I also am receiving Cash assistance from the ABD program from DSHS and Food Stamps.

I am uncomfortable asking for help like this. But I feel like I need to at this point. Because I am desperate. I want to work and be self sufficient and live a stable life… but the pain and depression that stems from the migraines and fibro.. hold me back. I have tried everything to help reduce my symptoms so that I can go to work. I have been on 9 different medications, including Botox. I am on a strict diet to reduce triggers. I don’t wear perfume or lotions. My shampoos are home made, because any sort of perfume smell is a major trigger. I wear special glasses to reduce lights that are irritating. vitamins, exercise. Doctors , specialists. Everything. I am not giving up or looking for a free pass.. but I need help to get me by for a little bit.

I can make $1000 last for about 5 months. I am very frugal. I just need to buy basics and I will be okay. My attorney says that I could possibly go in front of the judge in the next 6 months. So if I could get some help now, Id appreciate it. And defiantly pay it forward when I am up on my feet.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

 

I’m just in a picklebecause

hello I can’t believe I’m really doing this but life keeps throwing curves at me and it’s becoming difficult, I have a 15 month old son and a partner who works but on a low income (about 800 a month) I also have to claim benefits but they keeping messing my claim up and deducting too much, I have rent arrears because unfortunately my partners mum passed away and I couldn’t afford rent after taxis to hospital etc, this month my benefits had 200 missing and I’m just getting fed up, I’ve recently found out I’m pregnant which is great but the added financial pressure is difficult. Council tax have sent me a 200 bill as well which again I can’t afford I’m just so frustrated my partner gets up at 4am 5 days a week and we’re living on the breadline, my son is growing out of his clothes and learning to walk so needs shoes, my flat that I’ve been in since last august still has no carpet in most of the rooms including my sons bedroom because I can’t afford it! I just wish life could give me a break I’m trying my hardest, my oven broke last month so I had to apply for a benefit loan for a new one, with the left over of the loan I chose to pay rent arrears off to try and secure my tenancy but now I regret that because my benefits have messed up and now council tax want my money I’m trying desperately to shift my debt and it feels like I’m not getting anywhere

If anyone would help even a fiver would be great I just want to have enough money for food and clothes it’s not like I want a holiday I just want the basics

thank you for reading

AT Motel 6 til Sat 11am then homeless

I am 65 years old and widowed. I lost my place to live last week. I have a job but have had to take a week or 2 off because I have nowhere to get cleaned up and get ready for work. I spent the last of my money on this room for me and my little dog for 2 days because it’s over 100 degrees outside. I am seeking funds to buy a travel trailer to live in so I can have a permanent place to live that I can afford to pay for. Payments are small on used units and I know of a place I can park it very cheaply. I need a down payment of $900 and can’t come up with it. I am alone and scared and need to save my job. Not the greatest job in the world but good for my age. I am a waitress. I can make it if I can just get enough to pay down on a used unit. I can give you references of good people who know me and can verify what I am saying but are not in a financial position to help me with this. I know elderly people don’t matter much to most people, but if I can put a roof over my head I will be able to work and be ok. Please help me if you can and if you can’t. say a prayer for me Thank you paypal.me/raioneal

Don’t wanna be ten steps behind anymore

Hi there, my name is Amanda Mares. I’m 28 yrs old and from New Mexico. Im married with one pet child named Lady:) I’m a hard worker, I take the initiative instead of waiting around. I like to be straight to the point no pussyfooting around.. Well that being said, I don’t like to ask for help but at this point in my life I’m desperate. My situation is my husband was hurt at work in Jan 16, 2018. His work fired him n denied his unemployment. We’re trying to appeal it also get his disability because he messed up his back which is causing him nerve damage. I’m currently the only one working, I work at Sonic. Not the greatest job but its a job. I get $7.50 an hr an maybe 30hrs a week. I’ve fell behind on my rent n utilities. I get food stamps thank God. But its only $92. My landlord even gave me three days to move out after I had already paid half my rent! Which is $450. He said it was my husband’s fault he’s hurt. I’m just stressed to the point where I’m so down to just runaway n get a new identity lol. I would appreciate if you could help me get back on track with $1000.
Rent: 450.00
PNM: $200.00
City water: $200.00
Propane: $100.00
You could even just send checks to those bills honestly. It would at least get me from being behind on them. I’m gonna be like Dory, just keep swimming. I mean honestly money isn’t everything, what matters is making a difference and that’s what I like doing:)

 

PayPal.me/amandameno

Car repossessed

Two Facebook posts below explain much of my situation. Basically, my car was taken away from me last Friday by the bank because I wasn’t able to make payments over the winter. I thought I was OK after I made my last three payments each month, but apparently it wasn’t good enough. So without any warning to make a payment or else from the bank, they took my car. I was told I needed to pay around 1,100 (before lot fees) to get it back and now it’s been there six days. I’ve paid what I can, but still owe in the 600 range to the bank and then whatever absurd amount they tell me I owe to the lot. All I’m looking is for some help to get me out of this awful situation that was caused mostly due to non-payment for work I did over the winter that caused me to fall behind on everything. Please, please help.

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Should have never agreed to work for High School Sports Scene and not been paid between November and March for any distribution, editing, state finals photos plus all the wasted money from gas mileage. All it did was make me fall behind on my bills and realize I didn’t need this writing BS any more. I gave him three months to pay me and still not a dime, so don’t say I’m rash with this post. Just upset that the aforementioned months have set me so far back that it’s going to take the rest of the year to catch up. Anyone who doesn’t pay someone what they promised beforehand is a crook. I quit abruptly in March because there was no convincing me I’d ever see that back pay. Sure, I wasn’t selling ads but I am also not a salesman and quit trying very quickly once I realized we were pawns and not employees. Master manipulators always get you to believe in what they are saying. I’m sorry I ever bought in.

Don’t work for High School Sports Scene. It ruined my entire year. It’s my fault for being desperate at the time and not seeing right through the overly optimistic plan he had me believing in. Hate myself for it.

If you ever have a chance to work for High School Sports Scene, don’t. You’ll regret it.

But I’ve also been doing freelancing around 20 hours a week for a website since August in addition to my real job that I started in April. I don’t even use my real name, which is good because I’d rather just stay anonymous these days since the entire media profession leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

On a positive note, having a job where you walk between 12 and 15 miles a day plus heavy lifting is like the opposite of working in journalism. I was at about 6-foot-4 and 228 pounds in mid-April, but now I’m at 208 pounds. And that is despite eating worse than I was before because I’m burning thousands of calories a day and eating/drinking basically every break.

So yeah, this year sucks and it’s been a struggle to catch up financially. Paid 657 dollars a couple weeks ago to get our phones turned back on and paid up through mid-July. Next up is about a thousand dollars to get my car payments back in order. Fell behind in December through March, go figure.

But at least I’m more fit and digging out of the hole I created by signing up for High School Sports Scam. Slowly but surely.

Feel free to share this post to let others know not to do their advertising with him. If he can’t pay his workers fairly, his paper shouldn’t exist.

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Randy, since you’d rather choose to ignore this issue of paying your writers and block people’s access to High School Sports Scene here’s the breakdown of what hasn’t been paid to me if my math is correct (and I’m not wrong). All the writing I did was paid for aside from a miscount on what I wrote for the football state finals because I didn’t add additional bylines, so at least there’s that.

Editing x 4 months (November-February) – $800

Distribution x 4 months (November-February) – $600

State finals photos x 2 (boys tennis + swimming) – $250

= $1,650

My Venmo screen name is bentleftvision, so this can be resolved today if you have any heart. Your non-payments basically added up to me falling behind in life this winter before I realized I needed to reassess everything. Now even with a new job for the last two-and-a-half months and in financial catch-up mode, I am in fear I might lose my car because of non-payments over the winter that I’m actively trying to resolve.

You stole my time just like the photos stolen from MIPrepZone that went in to every issue. Ever heard of copyright laws? Internet drama is stupid, but when it directly impacts my life in a negative fashion I’m not really concerned any more about this being public. Nothing more to lose these days, except my car of course. But at least I live two minutes from my job!

MHSAA, you might want to read about who you are in bed with too.

 

paypal.me/bentleftvision/600

Emergency money needed for bills

I am 65 years old and not in good health and my husband is 80 and is home bound due to a genetic condition. We have been victims of identity theft by one of our children who basically cleaned us out. At this point we are in jeopardy of losing our home and having utilities cut off. We need $6000.00 to be caught up on our bills and pay for our prescriptions.
We both have careers in the healthcare field, me as an RN him as a PA. I have had poor health for several years but I spent my 36 year career in ICU caring for others. I have had 2 major surgeries in 5 months and facing another in October. I will pay back if necessary. Our house note issue on the 20th, electric will be cut off on 26th. We have no luxuries. We don’t eat out or blow our $$$. Please, I pray someone will have it in their heart to help.

Help with necessities

https://www.paypal.me/maricruze14

Hi. My name is Maricruz. I am 20 years old. I currently have my CNA license.

 

I am am asking for donations because I am in a time of need. My car gas tank has been empty for the past two days, I’m just waiting for my car to not turn on one of these days.

My fridge is empty, I’ve been drinking soda and snacking on what I can find because I don’t have any money to buy food. No groceries.

I recently had roommate situations and drama so I cut my lease. I didn’t know cutting a lease was so expensive.

I got assistance from my county to pay for the move in costs for my new apartment.

I have a job, I don’t want to be seen as someone out here just asking for money, I’m just having a small financial situation because of everything that’s going on. I’m just broke right now. My paychecks come and have to go to bills. I’m only behind because of all the money I had to put into the lease break fees. I’m more than 5,000 in debt on credit cards. I’ve been making minimum payments and my payments get declined because of insuffienct funds, and then my lovely bank charges me 32$ for not having any money, someone please explain to me how that works.

 

im asking for help please, I’m going to tutoring to pass an entrance exam to get into nursing school, there’s a lot going on right now, I need some money to get me back on my feet, please anything helps.

 

Ive been feeding my dog Vienna sausages and cookies because I don’t even have money to buy him food.

 

ive done lots of things for my community, look me up on Arizona HOSA website, find me in the council for the year of 2015-2016 read my bio, that’s me . Maricruz

was taught to appreciate people by writing thanks in a personal written note so please, if you happen to donate anything to me please include an address or email somewhere where I can write you a thank you letter please and thank you

 

PayPal : https://www.paypal.me/maricruze14

Humble enough to give this a try.

Hello,

My name is Javy Baez (yes, like the Cubs player) and I’m from Chicago. I’ve always been self reliant, independent, and hard working. The past few years have been rough at times, but I always find a way to keep on moving forward, and getting closer to reaching my goals.

It took two years of my tax refund being offset to pay the $5,000 in student loans I had, and now I only owe $400. This fall I want to go back to school and with that paid off, I qualify for grants and loans. I couldn’t be happier to be close to being able to go back to school, but it came with worry and stress.

I share a two bedroom apartment in the north side of Chicago with a friend I met through Facebook a couple years back. He’s an accountant, and works 9-5. I’m a server, so our schedules allow us to share an apartment we don’t really get to be in at the same time. He’s always having friends over, going out for dinner, traveling, and overall, just living his best life.

 

Working as a server for the company I’ve been with for the past two years, has been one of my favorite jobs to have, but also, the lowest paying. With guests barely leaving a ten percent tip, or blatantly not leaving one at all, I’ve grown beyond stressed with always living day to day.

 

I started looking for another job, so that I can make as much money as I can during the summer and while I’m taking classes, but with my schedule at work being so restricting, I am never available to make the interview. I have since fallen a month behind on rent, and my rooomate has been very gracious to help me out since he knows that I will get back up from this slump, somehow. I pray, I pickup more shifts, I sometimes buy a lottery ticket, all in hopes to find a solution for this debt. I think about how a couple thousand dollars could completely change my entire exhistance. I’ve cut down on spending in every aspect of my life, even choosing to walk a few miles rather than take a bus/train or Uber.

So, here I am, at 2 in the morning, looking up random things online, listening to music, hoping to find an answer. I stumbled upon this website, and decided to give it a shot. I’m a strong believer in karma. I try to help out everyone I meet, and give without expecting anything in return. I think life is best experienced when we make others happy. I really don’t know what this website can actually help me obtain, but I know sharing my story somewhere, anywhere, in a place like this, where it can reach someone who’s able to help, is worth a shot.

Emergency help

Hi, I’m job searching and need money to make it a full week of work with food and fuel..if I get hired soon, no idea how I’d make it..in order to keep it! If I can’t find cash help or cash work first…I will become homeless next. My family is abusive and can’t get anything from me now so have nothing to do with me if I need help. I’m 33, just left disability for anxiety and depression, want to work, all help is gone and in trouble because I haven’t gotten hired yet! I asked all of my friends to gift me even five dollars, no one ..none of friends and family. I’m alone in the world, having awful thoughts, trying to keep my faith up! So, had to try this hoping for temporary help, just so I can get to a job, my phone goes out in 3 days..looking pretty bad, I’m eating peanut butter with a spoon and have a few packs of ramen noodles left. I’m in trouble, if able to help any I will appreciate it!

 paypal.me/blessed700

I’ve sold everything I could already. Haven’t had to in a long time, so worried for work calls by the time this is out.. Thank you so much for anyone even able to gift me a few dollars!

Family In Need

My family has never been “well off” but we have always managed. In August 2017 my husband started having serious leg pain. Within two days it had become an absolute emergency situation and he was hospitalized. Within 24 hours he was transferred to a bigger hospital because the doctors were stumped. He had developed a very rare infection in the muscle of his leg. He had emergency surgery that saved his life and his leg but remained on home health once he exited the hospital for almost two months. IV antibiotics through a PICC line 3 times a day, confined to a wheelchair, then a walker. He was finally able to return to work in November 2017. We were very behind on all of our bills and struggled to pull our heads above water. In January it was found out that the pain I had been experiencing was in fact a hernia that needed repaired fast. Within 2 days I was hospitalized and had surgery. Once again we got behind on everything, farther behind. In April my husbands job, which is 75 miles from home, began to pay him less and less, although he was working 6 and 7 days weekly, averaging 60 hours per week. His checks were between $200 and $400 weekly for nearly two months. We were forced to make decisions between things like electricity and groceries to feed our four children! It has been so hard recently, we lost my husbands vehicle, we cannot afford to register my vehicle, we cannot pay our personal property taxes, we are behind on all of our bills, everything is set to be shut off and our car could be reposed within the next week. My husband has found a new job, $9 an hour, close to home. He starts tomorrow and will have to walk to work until we can pay our taxes, pay the fine we received for failure to register, catch the car payments up, and register the car. This is extremely difficult because he has severe leg pain since the surgery and will be walking about 6 miles a day to and from work. Our utilities will be shut off this week as well. It is 100+ degrees here during the day. We are struggling so much and have exhausted every option locally. There are no organizations for help at this time. Any help we receive is deeply appreciated, as well as prayers sent our way. Thank you for taking the time to read.

Please help me get off streets

My name is Hannah and I just want to tell you a little about my situation. I am currently homeless and don’t have anyway to get off streets .My mom and I used to fight a lot growing up because I am really bad at dealing with my emotions and stuff. This is because I struggle with ptsd due to my EX grandfather raping me when I was 9 .Because of that I struggle with anxiety and depression as well as really bad anger and I guess I blamed my mom for not protecting me so I took everything out on her .We had a horrible relationship all my life and when I turned 18 a year ago she kicked me out. I moved to Florida from Ohio because I thought I was in love with this guy and he paid for a plane ticket to move down there to be with him. When I got here it was okay for a little while but soon he started to become abusive and would beat me and really hurt me to the point it was happening everyday but I felt stuck because my mom wouldn’t answer my calls when I would call for help to get out of the situation. Finally 2 weeks ago I got the courage to finally pack a small bag of my things and Just go however I have no family in florida and nobody in my “family” from Ohio is answering my calls. Because of Me leaving he changed the locks to his house so now I really have nowhere to go. I was working in his office and he fired me so now I’m homeless sleeping on bus stop benches and have no job which means I have no money. I have put in 35 applications in the last week and have been rejected for all of them. I have no money to stay somewhere safe and since being homeless in a big city for tbe last two weeks have I have had 3 men try to forcefully put me in their car or take me from my bench at night. I have no weapons or anything not even a knife and don’t have money to get pepper spray. I recently got in contact 2 days ago with a woman from a church who said that she is willing to let me live with her if I will clean her house and baby sit her two kids (3 and 7) for only 150 a week and can move in anytime as long as I give her the 150 for the first week before moving in .It would be so good to be able to sleep somewhere warm at night and know I would be safe but I have no way of getting 150 .I really need some help getting on my feet because being only 19 with absolutely no one to call and being completely alone in a state I didn’t grow up in is EXTREMELY scary . I just am looking for anyone to help me with any way they can because I don’t know how to get out of this very hard situation. Thank you for reading and thanks in advance for those amazing good hearted people who really do decide to help me. God bless and stay safe! Picture was taken a month ago when my “boyfriend” was on a business trip for 3 days. First time I actually smiled and meant it since this all started happening.

 

My PayPal.me is PayPal.me/hseveryn

A home for me and my two kids

I am a single dad, raising two kids. Recently our landlord decided to sell our home and I didnt have the means to buy it. I work a full time job,  but with no help from their mom I don’t have the cash to out down first months rent and a deposit. My job pays the bills,  but I’m not able to save anything in case of an emergency like this. My son recently started working a part time job for the summer to try to help and this absolutely kills me. I want him to work,  but I want him to work so he has the money to do the things a 16 year old boy should be doing. Not helping me put a roof over his and his sisters head. While their mom only pays enough child support to keep herself out of jail,  she is threatening to take me to court for custody if we have no place to live. I know this is only a way for her to keep her child support from piling up. My kids are everything to me and the thought of them being forced to live with their drug addicted mother or in foster care keeps me up at night. They are both amazing kids and honor students. They deserve so much better than this.Attach2207_20180325_182433.jpg

 

Rock bottom is an understatement

Hello to who ever is reading this my name is Jason and here is my story.

I was with a women for 9 years , I went thru my entire 20’s with her and though I knew she was the one, things went south and so did my life, we ended up going out separate ways which sometimes can help a relationship. About 4 months into losing my love shes already sleeping with other people so I confronted her and that’s when my life crashed and brought me here, she ended up clearing out my joint account I had with her and moving with another man , after that happened I’m became seriously depressed and lost my job , after losing my job it was hard to find another so I looked for a small loan to help get back on my feet after weeks of searching a company reached out and I thought I was saved by the end of everything it turns out it was a scam company that stole the identity of a real company and I lost the little money I had and my credit score took a dive, so now I think it couldn’t get any worse , I was wrong , about a week after that I get kidney stones that hurt so bad it put me in the hospital , the pain was to much to handle with out seeing a doctor, so of course I lost my medical insurance after I lost my job and I have been hit with a huge hospital bill since I have an IV and a body xray.  I know this is a long shot asking for help from someone that does not know me but I’m a good person that loves his family and works hard and tries to make it thru life in the bay area. I’m not going to lie to try and get help I know my story probably is nothing compared to some but my story is real and it has affected me so heavily that I dont know what else to do not to mention my grandmother that raised me passed away only a year ago. Between losing the women I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, becoming jobless, bank account drained, scammed by a fake loan company, hospital bill that cost more than my car and losing my grandmother all within the same year has crushed me. I really do hope this message reaches someone if not I know I have tried. God bless.

 

-Jason

You Will Never Know How Greatly I will Feel

Hello, I hope you well. My name is carmen and I am asking for a donation of $1,000 to help me pay on my bills. let me tell you a little bit about myself. As I said before my name is carmen and have no family due to my mother and father passing away and the rest of my family going their own way. I do have a son and granddaughter but They live in another country and I have no contact with them by my son’s choice due to past family issues. So I cannot turn to them for help. I do have friends but they are not able to help me right now.  Another issue is that I am disabled so due to my health issues I am not able to work. I receive SSI in the amount of $750 a month which is a help I am blessed to receive the assistance. But I found myself a little short with money this month. And the help that I may receive will go along way for me to not to worry about how I will pay these bills.  I will be caught up and I will not have to ask for assistance and I will make sure to keep my bills from getting out of hand.  So this is why I am requesting the assistance asap.  These are the bills that I would greatly appreciate help with.

Tivo DVR $440,(  Bought to record shows, was paying $20 a week)

Directv Now $70 ( I Do not have cable TV I have this instead).

Tech support $16( for my computar)

Bank fee $5,99.

Health insurance $23

Rugs for my floors $ 200 ( This is A wish)

May God Bless You

sincerely,

carmen

1,000

paypal.me/carmenjackson52

Please Help me get back on my feet after a death

On May 13th 2018 My partner of 15 years passed away. They had cancer and passed away in their sleep, I found them blue and unresponsive. This has been very difficult for me emotionally and obviously financially. I lost not only a person but a whole other income. Now to kick me while I am down I am about to lose everything else; I simply just don’t have enough money to live anymore. I am short on the car payment coming up and all my bills. I am planning on my future as in starting a new, but that takes money as well. I am at a cross roads here in my life and don’t know how ore where to go. Now I have succumb to begging people to please oh please help me.

I did sign up a PayPal so that is in the go ready and waiting. I don’t even know if this is even going to work but I figured I would try it, other people seem to have luck with help I hope I am one of the ones that someone wants to help because I don’t know where to go from here. 15 years is a long time to go by where you think your life is okay and you settle there. Then one day to have it all vanish and you realize you truly don’t know what you are going to do without them… their death alone is emotionally killing you now you have to face the fact that life still moves on and people still want their money with or without the one you lost.

I have no clue what amount to say I need due to it is going to be a while to get back on my feet and I still have this car payment and rent and omg the bills… personally $2000 a month would probably do help the most.. if that gives an idea

I don’t know what else to say other than, Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope it was detailed enough for you.

https://paypal.me/SDDarnell76

Discarded Wife Needs Help Starting Over!!

I AM NO LONGER GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY HUSBAND OF 20 YEARS SINCE HE GOT A PROMOTION MAKING OVER $100,000 A YEAR TWO YEARS AGO!!! For 20 years I have maintained a pristine home, done the yard work, the painting, the electrical work, raised the kids (one has special needs), took the kids on trips, fixed the vehicles, fixed the heating and a/c, ran the errands, took care of parents, furnished all the luxuries of the home, etc. It makes me sick to think of all I have done, which is not good enough now. Some of us change as we age and become sick. I no longer look like I did when I was 22 but I am still human and I don’t think I look that bad. Since his promotion, I am now all of a sudden ugly. He demeans and belittles everyone in the home. After my dedication of 20 years, he knows I don’t have anything to pick up and go with. He will go to the grocery store and buy himself groceries and beer but he will not buy anything for us. When I say something to him about it…he screams and curses about all the bills he has while telling me to get a job if I want to eat…knowing I can’t work like that anymore due to illness. I just can’t take the emotional, verbal and physical abuse at times anymore. Please help me! I don’t care if it’s a dollar. I just want to be able to take all my things that are no longer good enough for him and leave! He will retire in 3 years and he will get a lump sum of money. He belittles me and tells me I won’t be able to get anything out of him. Money is truly the root of all evil. I was used for my many talents for 20 years…but he won’t get away with it. I hope to get a place for my daughter, the 2 dogs and myself one day soon. Sometimes I think he wants me to leave so he can tell his lawyer why I don’t deserve anything…BECAUSE I LEFT FIRST. Please help us if you will so that I can buy groceries and things my daughter and I need. It would be a miracle if I had enough to buy me a house someday. Right now…ANYTHING IS APPRECIATED!!!

Desperate

Hello and thanks for taking the time out of your day to read this. My name is Christian. I am 20 years old and not in the best place in life right now. I hate asking anyone for help but my hands are tied now. I have a lot going on at the moment so this is my only hope right now. I am moving my own for the first time and im really scared me and my partner will not be able to maintain our first home together. I have a rather crappy job at a hotel that barely pays anything. My checks disappear basically the same day i get them. I haven’t been grocery shopping in forever and i have no food at home now (ive been renting a room with my 2 friends but they gave me a deadline to be out). Im asking for assistance simply so that i can move and be comfortable knowing i have a little something to rely on. We have just barely enough saved to make the move, but nothing afterward. Please find it in your heart to assist us. We’re both very kind and generous people. We both promise to pay whatever kindness shown forward and spread the love. Thank you so much and i really hope you all consider.

 

paypal.me/cturner111

Help Me Leave My Abusive Ex

Donation Goal: $6,500

My name is Vicky, I’m 27, a freelance artist, and I’m currently trying to leave my abusive ex.  For the last eight years I’ve endured emotional, verbal, financial, and on a few occasions physical abuse and as of last year I finally had the courage to admit what was going on and end the relationship with my ex husband.

The problem is I can’t physically leave.  One of the things my ex did was convince me time and time again to use my credit lines for purchases or to give him money that was intended to go towards paying off credit with the promise that he’d pay me back, which he never did.  Once the monthly payments became too high for me to afford on my meager income as an artist he promised to take over the payments until they were low enough for me to afford again.  What ended up happening was he took control of my accounts and stopped paying for them entirely.  I didn’t find out until a couple years later when I started receiving calls from collection agencies that he had done this.  When I asked why and what we were going to do about it his response was “My name isn’t on the accounts so it’s not my problem” and now I’m stuck with about $6500 in overdue debt that’s been sent to collections and a credit score of 493.

This has made moving out impossible.  With a credit score that low no one will rent to me.  None of my friends are in a financial position to take me in until I get back on my feet either and I don’t really have any family that can help either as they’ve all either passed or brushed off my pleas for help.

I’ve also been looking for a job for months now with no luck.  I’ve put out dozens of applications, had three interviews, no follow ups, and no jobs.  Without a steady income I can’t even begin to hope to make a dent in that $6.5k.

To make matters worse the lease on our apartment is up in November and once that’s up we’re going our separate ways for good whether I have a place to go or not.  I’d really rather not end up homeless and if possible I’d like to move out sooner than that because even though we’ve broken up the abuse hasn’t stopped and living here is hell.  I honestly don’t know much more I can take.

PLEASE help me get out of here

Donation Link: paypal.me/VickyNLong

Anything you can give, even $1 is a huge help and would mean the world to me. Thank you

Getting Evicted

Hello my husband and myself dont like asking for help but we are in major need of help now. I have been laid off from my job and my husband is working as hard as he can. Half of his pay check goes to child support to the mother of his children who does not even have his children they are all living on their own but the court will not change the support. therefor we are living off 200 a week right now and are hardly making ends meet. we just got an eviction notice in the mail this morning (6-9-18). We have 10 days to come up with 862 dollars or we have to leave our home of 4 yrs.I have been doing my best to find a job but with only one vehicle and having to drive my husband to work it is not easy not when having to find one that i can work his hours. We worked at the same place til i got laid off. I only get 108 in unemployment. like i said we dont like asking for help but we have nothing left to do. if there is any kind people out there that are willing to help us out every little bit would help. God Bless You All.
paypal.me/Thurstonfamily

In need of money for car and school!

Hi I am a sophomore at UNF in Jacksonville, Fl. I took a title loan out on my car in hopes that I would be able to pay my rent and some of my school tuition. The title loan was a last minute resort that I regret because it’s a 30 day loan meaning the loan issue within 30 days or you can defer the payment by paying the interest to postpone the due date another 30 days. I have already deferred it once by paying $250 for the first month and now the interest is $208 which is due on the 11th of this month to get me another 30 days until I can come up with the rest. It was a small title loan of $1750 and by the time I got the loan I acquired more than I though on late fees with my apartment complex. The title loan was used to pay rent and late fees as well as my water and utility bill. I currently owe my school $2300 for the past Spring semester and another $2500 for this upcoming summer B term starting June 25, 2018. I am a biology major and I want to go to medical school to become a trauma surgeon when I’m older.  I took out student loans for my first year but that was only good for my first year.  I can’t get approved for a personal loan because I Donn’t have much credit and neither on of my parents are willing to cosign one with me. I’ve tried everything except stripping, which isn’t an option for me. Anything helps at this point. In total I’m looking at about $8,000 to clear up this debt. If you can, please help. Thank you

Teacher fallen on hard times

Hi . My family could use some help.

I have just finished up my 9th year of teaching. I didn’t get into this profession for the money but we’ve run onto especially hard times lately. In February my husband was put into a situation where he had to take a different job in order to gain custody of his 2 daughters. He has been an a truck driver for over 12 years and had gone back to driving over-the-road to support our family.  To get custody he needed to have a job where he was home every day.  He went back to an old job he had before being on the road. The pay cut was pretty severe but having all of our family together was more important.

Since then he has been to a few job interviews but has not been able to find a job that would offer him better pay AND allow him to be home each night. His current job does not have consistent hours so we are frequently finding ourselves in a situation of never having enough money to get gas and groceries because we are trying each week to catch up bills that didn’t get paid the week before .  The search for a more reliable job is ongoing.

 

We have done lots of things to cut down our spending. We don’t go out to eat. We don’t by unnecessary things. I shop very carefully and budget the best we can. With all of these cutbacks our bills are still falling way behind.  I am teaching summer school as a way to earn extra money and have taken on a second summer job to try to help make ends meet but finding someone to watch our 3 kids so we both can be gone at work and not be charged and arm and a leg can be challenging and taxing on our other family members.

 

This week we will go without groceries and use what we have stocked up on in the freezer but that will only get us through 1 week.  We will need gas in both of our vehicles and have no idea how we’re going to take care of that so we can get back and forth to work. Everytime we think we’ve taken one step forward something else comes crashing down and we take 2 steps back .

 

If you would be willing to help out with our grocery and gas situation we would be forever grateful .

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sabra04

Thank you

 

 

College student (severe) eviction notice

I am a college student, I work so hard, every day I hit complete exhaustion. I come from a very low income background, I’ve had to fund my education on my own and it has been so hard. A lot of times I had to send money back home to help take care of my younger brother. I don’t have a car, and its embarrassing to tell people Im parking outside at 22 years old. I always walk, I can barely even afford public transit sometimes it rains so hard, sometimes its so cold. I’ve went so many winters without a proper coat or ironing patches onto my clothes. I’ve been sick and unable to afford medicine and to see a doctor, but through it all I always smile at others.

I’m a honors student, I’m involved in organizations and even the president of some organizations. I haven’t bought bras in so long, the wire is cutting my chest, my clothes are worn and frayed, and I don’t have dental or vision insurance. I’m stuck with aching teeth and a 3 year old eye prescription I can only have filled overseas because America stores will not fill it. Its embarrassing always going back to school without everything I need despite working so hard. My dream is to become a psychiatrist and mental health advocate. I want to work in underserved areas and help people find their happiness.

I don’t want to lose my shelter, and I feel just minutes away from an eviction notice. I have started a new job and will not get paid until July. If anyone can help me it would mean the world to me, if you leave your email in the note section I can PDF your donation being used towards my rent and a handwritten THANK YOU note…I am behind a total of $544.90.

Donate here: paypal.me/brokecollegekid

I know a lot of people out here aren’t genuine, but I’m pleading and crying for help.

Please don’t feel obligated if you feel like it would take too much from your family or kids.

LAST RAY OF HOPE

Please, help me raise money for payment of heavy debts, caused by prolonged illness, and not become homeless!!!

 

First of all I have to say, that for my whole life I managed my finances all by myself and never asked for help. Just the opposite – I tried to help the needy. If there were homeless on the street, begging money for food, I could not calmly pass by. And now I am the one, who is at a distance of one step from homelessness…

Several months ago I suffered sudden illness. Medical treatment and rehabilitation took away all my savings and put me into a heavy debts, the sum of which total $8825.80. Part of that – $3521.74 are accumulated during this time bills and rent, that I have to pay immediately in order not to lose my dwelling! But now I am in a such financial hardship, that I can only hardly afford to buy all the most necessary things, such as groceries! I have no money to pay that sum until the end of the month and not become homeless! And all this is not counting the upcoming last month of recovery, after which hopefully I will be able to work.

I am in the depth of despair… I kindly ask all You good people – please, help me! Donations of any size help!

If You cannot donate, please, spread the word!

Thank You and God bless You all for Your donations!

 

My PayPal link:

https://www.paypal.me/thekindheart

Moving Out and Moving Forward

I’m hoping to raise money to help me and my boyfriend get away from a very stressfully abusive family environment and into our happy, healthy, and safe dwelling.

Back in February my boyfriend was kicked out of his home an hour away from where I live, and my grandparents allowed him to move in with us until we could afford to get our own place. We both have stable, financially secure jobs, and have been saving money since February to put down a deposit on an apartment.

The week before we were about to tour apartments and start putting down a deposit, our car that we share started overheating. Shortly after, the transmission started failing. The car was a 2000, and the cost of replacing the transmission was greater than what we would have had to put down to finance a car – so we took all the money we had saved up for the apartment deposit, and put a down payment on a car.

Shortly afterwards, my brother was released from prison, and he moved back into our house with family and I. Since he moved back in, my grandparents have been making an effort to push my boyfriend and I out of the house because there’s a favoritism in my family towards him.

My boyfriend’s parents helped us with the money to submit our application and put the hold deposit down on the apartment, but we still don’t have money for furniture or anything to help get us started once we move into our new place. So, I’m really hoping to raise money to make sure that we have the essentials for our new apartment (including a bed, bathroom necessities, cleaning supplies, kitchenware, couches, etc.).

I’ve been browsing the Facebook marketplace in my area for people selling things in my area for cheaper than I could get them at a store, but it’s still far more than we can afford right now since all our money went towards the deposit on our car and we are trying to regain our financial footing from that.

Any and all help would be beyond appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Hoping for a Miracle

I am trying to collect this money because I am basically homeless. I’m only 19 years old. I’ve been trying to support myself on my own since I was 11, and it has really started to take a huge toll on me. I don’t get the chance to eat everyday, nor do I get to sleep comfortably at night. I just really need some support.  It’s hard being 19 with no guidance trying to make it in life.  I don’t have my parents.  They both walked away from me.  My family is very divided and dysfunctional.

I wonder everyday what it would be like to be able to live life comfortably, and not have to sit around wondering when I will have my next meal.  I try not dwell on the things that I don’t have, but it’s hard not to when you’re robbed of everything you have by your own parents.  It hurts to be this young and have to struggle every single day because of choices others made for me.  I’m definitely not happy with who I am right now and how things are for me at the moment.  I just really wish I could get some help.  I want to be able to eat, bathe, and be productive like a lot of other people.  But without the help of others, I have nothing.

Young family could loose it all

Please read…

my husband (22) and I (21) came from a really rough past, we both come from similar backgrounds and have chosen to change our lives for our one year old son.. we decided to buy a car, buy a house, move away from both of the places we are from and start over, all of a sudden unfortunately everything took a hard turn.. I got into a car accident due to having a seizure behind the wheel, found out that I am epileptic.. months later (present) 2 weeks ago my husband got laid off and a few days later my grandfather committed suicide.. my husband does have a new job but won’t be starting until Monday.. all of our bills are due, I have to get new insurance on our car because we were on my grandfathers policy, my mortgage is past due, today me refrigerator broke.. we lost all of our food, we are so scared to loose everything we worked so hard for on top of grieving and loosing someone so close.. and now if we loose it all we have no home to just go back to.. neither one of us ask for help but this time we don’t know what to do.. please.. any type of help is beyond appreciated..

photo attached is my son and my grandfather that just passed.

 

https://www.paypal.me/Miles0707

 

My abusive ansDad stole my life savings.

My name is Lish, I’m 17 and from the UK.

My dad was abusing and disloyal to my mother and sisters when they were together, so they separated when I was 2 years old. Since then I have had a savings account. For 15 years all my birthday, Christmas and extra money I have earned has went into this account. My dad has the details of the account and turn it over to me when I’m 18, at least he was supposed to. I recently found out that my own father has been using all the money I have put into this account over the years (Which should be thousands at this point) and has been spending it on himself and his new family.  I found out when my mother asked to check the account, just to keep track of how much was in it, only for her to find £98.

Imagine 15 years of saving all your birthday money, Christmas money and personal earnings, knowing there should be thousands to kickstart your adult life, just to find £98 left.

I don’t come from a rich family. My step father is disabled and my mother has to work 3 jobs (2 of them being cleaning for hours a day, and the other, an administrator for a small organisation) just to get £13,500 a year while being severely asthmatic and always exhausted. Asking my mother for anything more feels so wrong as she has done so much already by bringing me, and my other 2 (now in their mid 20’s) sisters up. One of my sisters has two children and an alcoholic fiancé, she is in severe financial situations and my mum is still having to help her with that. My mum did everything for me and my dad stopped paying his £120 a month child support when I was only 3.

I suffer from severe depression and anxiety with suicidal thoughts since I was 11 years old. I was self harming at 11 and I am still in therapy. I have went through so much trauma throughout my childhood with my parents seperating, to my dad and his new wife abusing me until I was 12 years old and lying to my mum about it. They would tell me it was my own fault. I’ve been left with no self confidence and no idea what to do with myself anymore.

My dad spending my all my savings money over the years has tipped me over the edge and I am currently unable to find a job where I live.

Even a small donation would be massively helpful to me and I appreciate every penny. Thank you so much for your time

paypal.me/AlishaCalvert

Terminal cancer mom of 5 is leaving her cheating husband

4E031CA3-0807-470C-BCBC-A635A31F269B.jpegThey say that God will only give you what you can handle. In my case, that’s a ridiculous amount. I found out last August that I have cancer for the 2nd time in a little less than 3 years. Because the cancer has metastasized, it is considered terminal. I found out in December that my husband, the person I thought was my soulmate, was having a long-term affair. I gave him a chance to try to get help in a chance to keep our family together. I found out recently that he never stopped the affair so me and my young ones are out the door. My husband makes a lot more money than I do so he was under the impression that I would put up with his shenanigans cuz I don’t have any other choice. Well, he underestimated my strength. I filed for divorce and found an apartment. I’m asking for monetary help so I can get some necessities for the apartment. The kids and I are pretty much leaving with our clothes and their toys. I need some bunk beds, mattresses, food, furniture, etc. I don’t have any money to put towards this and am hoping to raise enough to at least get the kids’ mattresses (I can sleep on the floor if need be). Any and all help is appreciated

help me overcome severe depression

My name is Matthew, I’m 27 and I have depression since 2013, but 2 years ago things got worse. I quit my job out of the blue, I don’t go outside anymore and now I live with my dad (which is retired) and my little brother. A friend of mine convinced me to do this and so here I am, asking for some help… really hard to do because I never asked anything to anybody, this is the first time. If you know how depression works, this is the “ok” period in which I find myself not to drained out and miserable to even think about getting help. I just want to change and my family can’t help me (I don’t want to go into details, I’ll just say they’re contributing to keeping me like this). With this money I’ll get medications for depression, for other health issues, for food, and even help my brother, and hopefully I can get back up. No lies, it’s not something that can happen overnight, if you help me I will ever be grateful, because you’re saving a life. I don’t know what else to say, I’m just so sorry about this. I don’t want to take a picture of me because I don’t feel like it right now and I don’t have any pictures of me anyway.

paypal.me/matWL

Worst year ever

Hi, I’m 30 years old and have had the worst past year of my life. I’ve had 3 surgeries and am about to have a fourth. I had a back surgery in which the surgeon did a horrible job leaving me disabled and unable to work and in excruciating pain 24/7. My left leg and foot have no feeling anymore and I can’t even sit up too long at a time. My best friend/sister died followed by my aunt. Soon followed by my dog. I suffer from bipolar depression and anxiety which is worsened due to my pain. On so many meds I can’t think straight. Now suddenly the insurance just discontinued my claim without notice. I have zero income, zero ability to work, and hundreds of bills that need to be taken care of. My life is crumbling day by day before my eyes and there is nothing I can do about it. I have to go to the doctors and hospitals so much that my parents are always having to take off of work which leaves them struggling as well. I already feel like a complete burden being as old as I am depending on everyone to simply get around or to even get food for myself. There are times where my body hurts so bad I can’t even get up from bed. I need help bathing and clothing myself. Recovery from nerve damage can take years if at all there’s a chance. I’ve also had my gallbladder and appendix taken out within this year span. My medical bills are unreal. Please , any help at all, down to the penny would help me so much with even just my mental well being if nothing else. Thanks for your time even if that’s all you are able to give. Love that.

https://www.paypal.me/Nia2Trill

Nature’s Disaster to my home

My name is Krys, and this is my story. I tried to upload pictures, but the site said that they were too big. Send a request and I will share them.

We had a major thunderstorm that destroyed the front of my home and my concrete stairs, making it unsafe. My window is sealed off with wood, and it took off my porch, leaving me no choice but to use a tarp temporarily block off the entrance of my home.

Now, I do have a little girl, 10 years old, that has asthma. All the loose particles and dust has been causing havoc on her lungs. The insurance company is only covering 3,000 of the estimated 13,000 in damages. That leaves this single mother left to somehow struggle to find the rest of the money to fix this. Lenders? Tried. Loans? Denied. Now I have the city inspectors threatening me that I need to have this all fixed or I face court and fines.

The 3k went towards the removal of the debris!! Now I’m stuck fixing the constructional problems. Here I’m left with 10k in problems, and my little girl’s health issues.

 

Any little help is appreicated, and you will be blessed. My paypal links is:

Paypal.me/krystleb1982

 

Please Help – 7 mo old babygirl, mommy and our 3 dogs need help desperately!

My donation link is below for anyone who is able to donate.
Donation Hope: $15,000
Donation Goal: $8,000 to $10,000
ANYTHING WILL HELP IF YOU ARE WILLING TO THERE IS NO “SMALL AMOUNT” – WE NEED ALL THE HELP EVERYONE CAN GIVE!

am posting here because I am extremely embaressed about the entire situation I am currently in. My fiance was on probation for a traffic related non violent crime and is a legal and lawful gun owner. He was told to give up all of his guns as a part of his year on probation and I begged him to keep one at home for us to be able to protect our family should we ever need to. Police arrested him for this and he has been in jail just to see what the judge is going to do for two MONTHS now.

He wanted me to stay home with our babygirl after our son was stillborn at 33 weeks in September 2016. (Our baby Natalie was born Oct 2017!). I went out and was hired for a job at a gas station working from 3pm-11:30pm Monday through Friday. I only trust my Mom and Dad to watch our babygirl and even working over 40 hours a week, I am NOT making it.

Our gas was shut off over a month and a half ago (no hot water) and we rent a home my parents bought for us which we were supposed to buy but neither of us have a solid credit history. We have been together since I was 16 and he was 19. I am now 24 years old and I am begging for someone to please help us.

My Mom and Dad are not in good health and this entire situation has forced them into a rapid decline. It is EXTREMELY stressful and I was so worried about my Mom’s health BEFORE this happened that I made her go to the ER twice and the cause of her symptoms has STILL not been found. She keeps having chest pains and I am almost certain all the money she has been paying out to help us since this happened AND babysitting our daughter for us (5-7 nights a week because I do not have any air conditioner in our bedroom and I know having both my Mom and Dad there is much better than only having me to protect and care for my babygirl right now. My Dad has HBP and an aeortic aneurysm and high blood pressure and stress could push it to burst at any time. He went for another CT yesterday and now we wait to find out if he needs surgery or just monitored closely with scans.

I owe my parents over $6,000 on a credit card and they have paid for EVERYTHING for my babygirl and I since this happened, even our bills and told us not to worry about rent even though they are not making ends meet as is and my Mom has always been extremely stressed anytime money was tight and they are now maxed out on all credit cards. My Mom and Dad both work full time then they are coming home (I work 3-11:30pm) and babysitting a 7 month old baby. I am terrified of them dying as it is but with ALL of this stress, I know my Mom is on the brink of a heart attack or stroke at any time and my Dad is as well.

We also have 3 dogs and I will NOT get rid of my dogs – they are my family and I will do everything and anything to keep our family together.

I am hoping and praying I am able to receive enough money in donations to fully pay my Mom and Dad back, and also hopefully enough to pay our monthly rent $700, gas to get to work and back home, money to buy my baby Natalie her formula, utilities, and for our dogs food. I do not expect it but if I could make enough money in donations to temporarily only need to work part time until my parents are healthy enough and not dying from all of this stress – not coming home to my baby after having 4 kids of their own and doing SO much for all 4 of us, I even get extremely stressed out when she cries from teething, etc., and my Mom has been so depressed and does not even care to live at this point – she has ALWAYS been so optimistic, etc., She will die from this stress if I can not find some way and some how to afford to pay her and my Dad back ASAP and to live on my own without needing their help and without them coming home to my baby while I work full time and STILL can’t make a dent in ANY bills.

I applied for cash assistance and was told I would have to file for child support and explained I have no reason to file as we are together and my fiance has always and will always provide for our family. This is all killing him too and I HATE how much time I am missing from my daughter growing up.

I will include a picture of my babygirl (one as I do not like to put her picture on the internet for hopefully obvious reasons) and my 3 dogs. I am begging anyone and everyone who sees this, if you are here because you want to help another person in need, or an entire family in desperate need including our dogs, PLEASE donate anything you are able and/or willing to.

I will update this and/or remove it as soon as my fiance gets out of jail which unfortunately depends entirely upon his “gagnon II” hearing which is not scheduled until the very beginning of August 2018. :'(

Please if you have it in your heart and if you want to help a family who truly does need your money and your help, I will be forever grateful and you will not be throwing money at charity that usually makes the CEOs even richer and has a much smaller percentage that actually goes towards whichever cause you donate to.

I am remaining anonymous because I feel so pathetic and I am praying someone out there somewhere can help us. I am so scared my Mom is going to die over this :'( and I am only 24 with SOOO much stress as is. I feel like a failure and I know all of this should be our families problem yet my Mom and Dad are the ones taking on all or most of the burden. :'(

Thank you for all you are able to donate, if there is a way to contact me on this desperate plea for your help, please don’t hesitate to ask more questions as I myself have always been skeptical of donating to anything or anyone but I am willing to provide you with proof (without disclosing my name or identity, etc.,) of the entire situation and every aspect of it. Medical records with all personal or identifying info crossed out, bills due, missed rent payments, text messages, emails I have sent or received, etc., If you will donate with proof, please please ask for the proof and I will provide it however you need or want it.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. <3

Anonymous Mom

***To prove I did experience all I said I did and I am begging for help for our family.. I created a blog after I lost my son to stillbirth at 33 weeks. I assume it could help to verify my story without revealing my identity. If you would like any type of reassurance I am a real Mom who is in desperate need of any and all help, visit my blog at www.stillbornmommy.com – you will see I stopped updating in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy with my baby girl and I have been too busy since to update.

Thank you!
P.S. My fiance and I are not married so the link is in his name to protect my identity as well as our baby girl’s identity!

PLEASE DONATE TO:
paypal.me/HelpOurFamilyPlease

To summarize, to be able to have breathing room, I would need approx. $15,000-$20,000. I know that is ALOT to ask which is why I hope you will just do the best you can if you find it in your heart to help us! To take a seriously huge burden off our shouders, $10,000 would help more than anyone reading this can, could or would ever imagine. Thank you so much! <3

Donations needed, doesn’t have to be sent to me!! Please read to understand

I live in an area where the hospital and the insurance company I have parted ways. I knew it was coming and am on new waiting lists to see other MD’s as all the ones I have now are out of network.  I find myself in a bind as I am still paying off my deceased husbands debt.  We never divorced and I am liable for it.  I am on a budget and making it work for over four years, but had to go see my cardiologist and endocrinologist.  I now owe the two plus the lab 3741.32  I have filed for financial assistance through the hospital to hopefully reduce it by 30%  I have arranged for a payment plan as well. I have a looming 1279.00 payment to the IRS from my deceased husbands mess, this I have been paying off for four years now through payments. Apparently I missed one and now despite several phone calls trying to fix this, I owe it all.  I thought I was almost out from it!   I have been doing fine, I work three jobs and until all this happened only worried a little. I am paying my bills, my school loan, do not have a credit card and am frugal like crazy.  The cushion I had in savings has dwindled just to pay for car repairs and fines on the taxes.  Now I am worried a lot!  I am asking for help, it doesn’t have to come directly to me!  I could supply whomever with the bill/invoice number.  I have provided for my family for 12 years without assistance, now despite how much I work, I am just unable to make it.  Any help would be appreciated and paid forward when I get out from under this debacle!

Disabled father let down by the Gov.

I am a 21 year old trying to find help for her disabled father. After being let down by social security and disability, employers will not hire him because of his need for a specific type of schedule to be able to manage his symptoms. It is up to us to find a means by taking alternative routes.

My father is 50 going on 51 years old and was disabled at 47 through a work injury. He fell backwards off a counter after missing the step ladder behind him. He landed on his head resulting in permanent damage to his brain. He suffers from extreme light sensitivity, memory loss, loss of balance, extreme migraines that impede his ability to do normal daily tasks. After the workman’s compensation expired he lost his apartment and all his personal belongings were auctioned off due to lack of payment to storage.  For the past 2 years he has been technically homeless, as he bought a small RV to live in but is constantly moving it so he does not disturb communities of his burden, to which they’ve called it before. His RV is now broken down and with no help from the counties or other family members I fear my father will pass away due to depression and stress. He has a lot of other health issues that make his current condition worse.

 

If anyone sees this and has any information on how I can help him obtain a home or any place that would hire a disabled man he would love to work any job that can help fit around the type of schedule he needs please email me or paypal me one penny and leave the information in the message.

 

Please help me care for my father or raise enough to fly him from Los Angeles to New Bedford.

 

 

paypal.me/annamariestephanie

Mother and Fiance trying to help her family out of Debt

  • Hello. I am a mother of two beautiful children and a fiance to an amazing man.  We have recently found ourselves in a hole and struggling like never before. This is something I would of never thought to do but as a last effort to try and help my family here I am.  Currently my fiance is the only one working in our household and it has been tough for him to keep up with all of our monthly bill’s, food and everything we need to keep our house hold running normally.  I suffer from extreme social anxiety which has really affected my ability to get out there and do the neccessary things to help my family.  My fiance is amazing and supports me 100% in my current life dilemma.  I’m working with my family doctor and therapist to help with this disease that has really taken over my life.  I pray that I find some type of short term help to take some of the burden off of my finances shoulders.  He works many hours to try and help with our situation and I would love to be able to say, honey, take a break. I’ve figured this out for a little.  I know it will bring peace of mind, a huge smile to his face and an extreme sense of relief to him.  Like I said he is so strong and amazing and a fighter. I know that we will make it out of this hole one day because of him.  I’m grateful for my family and friends as well as they have also played a major role in helping me find the path in life to work and getting better and being stronger.  I’ve been going to church and praying to God that he help me find a way to be strong.  Attached is a picture of my daughter praying.  She obviously doesn’t know our situation as we try our best to keep it looking to the kids as nothing is wrong and everything is just normal.  I pray that someone hears or sees this.  I pray that I find help whether its here or in life to become a better person and put myself and my family in a better position to succeed.  If you have taken the time to read this I thank you and appreciate you so very much.

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/myfamilyneedsme

 

Broke and defeated, but Sober.

Hello!
I am a 32 year old lady, and I feel defeated. I am embarrassed. I do not like asking for help, but here I am, trying. Have you ever had a really rough time, financially? Have you ever gotten one of those payday loans? That’s what I did for this last Christmas. I needed extra funds for the holidays-  not extravagant things. Everything just started piling up – a vet trip for my cats, a weird bout of conjunctivitis, to name a few.
It had gotten to the point where I paid off a loan only to get another to stay afloat, and it’s exhausting me. I want to cry and pull out my hair.
Then, the government just started garnishing my wages, and then I had to take out more loans to pay rent.
I do have a job that I travel 3hrs a day on public transit, 1.5hr on carpool. So, it am trying to do my best – it’s just not enough. I’ve had life kick my rear a few times, and I am honestly doing a pretty alright job getting back on my feet and on a good path (i’m 2.5years sober!!). Despite the past, I am trying, and I would be grateful if you can help a little, too.
paypal.me/SharelleWatch

Needing down payment for vehicle for work

I’ll start a couple years back. My husband decided to take my daughter into committing me, saying i was suicidal when i wasn’t, so that he could take off with another woman be met on Christian mingle. He took off with my car, all the money, and for 4 days left my pets in the home alone. When i got out and realized what happened it turned my world upside down. I didn’t have a car to go to work, lost my job, evicted from home and taken to court 6x trying to fight it. My daughter had no idea. About 6 months later i was sick with pneumonia 2x in one month and lost my voice and they found masses on my vocal cords. I had to take a year to have surgeries and recovery. I worked in between when i could. I had a few friends help out with housing and my daughter did her best with financial help as well. Fast forward… i was doing great with job, had a used cheap vehicle, moved to City i was in and got a brand new mobile home… Then my transmission went out and 2 days later my brake lines rusted thru. I don’t have family to help, my daughter is 30 and helped all she could. I have a job to start and only have a couple days to find a vehicle before they move on. I’m a manager, educated, smart, strong, but with him leaving me with so much debt my credit is down and i can’t get help anywhere!! I’m asking for help for $3000 to get a vehicle and keep ahead on bills. I believe in paying it forward so if anybody can help I’ll definitely pay it forward or pay it back. I have several options for jobs, I’m college educated. I just need a vehicle to get there. As a manager inI depended on so the bus here don’t run like bigger cities, uber is to much a day, friends work and can’t… I’m really hoping for someone to have faith in me.

Struggling to get back on my feet and move forward

Hello, I am a young adult in recovery after a 2-week inpatient stay at Arms Acres. Since rejoining society, I have been struggling to get back on my feet while working a seasonal job at Citi Field Mets Stadium and barely getting 5 hours a day. As well as amends, I have several debts to pay back while trying to support my spouse and myself. The bills have been piling and continue, most stressing being con edison and hour $100 phone bill via Boost. We’ve barely managed to cover groceries, but don’t even have non-disposable utensils. Summer is beginning to set in and without a fan, I get a bare minimum of sleep at times which combos with my bipolar and depressive mental illnesses. I believe my best course of action would be to search for a new, FULL-TIME, job. I’ve spent the previous year homeless and would greatly appreciate any help to keep me from reaching those lows again and becoming a victim of the circumstance. I would use the money for things such as laundry, silverware, a fan and other household items, a fan, a decent pair of running shoes, public transportation to and from work as well as to promising job interviews. Please help.

 

paypal.me/betancesa7

Help with move to reconnect with my kids

First off, I thank you for taking the time to read this. It means a lot to me.

I recently left my emotionally and mentally abusive husband of three years, used what money I had left from my paycheck and came to Georgia/Alabama.  I had to quit my job I had of 2 years.

I’m needing some assistance to move. I need to go back to Oregon and reconnect with my kids and family. (My kids have been with my parents for a few years due to personal reasons). My daughter is currently in process of looking for an apartment for us out there, how ever, I need a way to get out there, and means for a hotel for a week or so.

I will be getting my 401k ($1300) but that’s going to take up to 2 months and I only have a couple weeks left where I’m at staying with a friend.

I will be able to pay back, at least up to the $1300 I will be getting, when I get it, and once I start working will be able to pay back the rest.

I’ve already applied for jobs up there, and will do day labor jobs as well until I can get established with a regular hourly job.

Any amount is greatly appreciated, no matter how big or small.

My paypal.me is https://www.paypal.me/aliann5380 (it’s linked to my business account in trying to get off the ground so it’ll say CandlesAndMore)

 

Again, thank you so much for reading this.

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Please Help Me!! I’m Desperate Need!!

Please help me!

Hello my name is Jonathan. I live out in the middle of nowhere, in central Kentucky. I have fallen on very hard times. I lost my job due to injuring my knee. I tour all four legiements in my right knee. I was fired from my job because I couldn’t preform my duties. I have to have surgery to fix my knee. I can’t get any help. No unemployment benefits because of how I was hurt and because of my boss. I can’t get help with food because I made more than the limited amount. I have to wait a whole quarter of the year. I have been doing everything that I can to survive. I have managed to survive the last 7 week’s. But now I’m maxed out. My electric was cut off. My water is cut off. My phone, tv, and internet is cut off. And I haven’t ate in two days now. I have been trying to sell anything and everything. But this morning I was on my way to the food pantry and my truck broke down. Now I don’t know what to do. I actually think that I might die ! I don’t have anyone to help.

Please someone help me.

I’m Desperate I’ll take anything. I don’t need money to fix my truck or pay my bills all though that would be great. I just need something to eat and drink. Please help.

https://www.paypal.me/jonathanrbaker

Someone please donate to me or grant me the money. Thank you so much.

https://www.paypal.me/jonathanrbaker

The only reason why I haven’t already given up is because of something that I have been working on for the last 3 year’s. It’s a new technology that will change the way residential and commercial buildings are lighted. I can change the world. All I need is the chance.

Thank you for reading and God bless you.

Anything is appreciated!

From $5 to any amount of money that you can spare.

https://www.paypal.me/jonathanrbaker

I’d to ask for help to get back on my feet please.

I wish I could write something unique to catch your attention but I really just can’t focus, I just have to hope you see this.. not sure if this is real but if it is, I can provide proof of my circumstances, I’m a 27 year old guy living in Aberdeen,Scotland. Im messaging you today because I need help and I literally have no one else to turn to, writing this alone shows my desperation. For about a year my life has went downhill.. I’ve tried so hard to stop it, I have.. I lost my long term job, I lost my partner to some random Irish guy who now lives in my home with my boys and I became homeless. I live in temporary accommodation, and I’ve just started a new job after too long out. I’m looking for someone to give me a break in life, just enough to push me back up and help me to keep doing things right. I’m trying my hardest with the resources I have available. I just need some money for food that’s the main thing.. I’m behind on the rent by two months but that’s too much to ask.. im not asking for that, I couldn’t.. if you see this and you can send me something like £50 just to get enough food in till I get my first wage, I swear to God himself I’ll pay it forward the second I’m paid, I swear it.

Below is a picture of me and my youngest son Christmas before last when things were great and I had my family. I thought I’d attach a face to this post so it doesn’t look so anonymous to anyone considering helping.

Thanks either way, even if you just took 2 minutes to read this. Thank you.

paypal.me/tommckenna90

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I am SO ready

I am here asking for help because I have made horrible financial decisions. I’m not even going to lie about it. I do not feel sorry for myself, but what I DO feel sorry about is the way my irresponsibility has affected everyone around me. My rent is $700.00 short and my landlord is tired of my excuses, I owe payday loans, I owe my best friend close to $1000.00, I owe my own 401k, hell, I even owe sprint lol, but I’m not sad anymore, I’m actually excited about my future because I know that all debts are going to be paid. I look forward to giving back more than I’ve received. I literally feel like I’ve already manifested all of the money I need. I will never be in this postion again, and I am beyond grateful to those of you that will help me:) I’ve already told my landlord that I will have the rest of the rent money by Tuesday, because I know in my spirit that I am manifesting as I type. I know some of you are probably reading this and laughing out loud, well you’re welcome 😉 lol, (laughter is good for the soul), I know some are reading this and thinking that I’m absolutely nuts lol, but that’s okay too. Consider me Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah’s couch grinning from ear to ear about his love for Katy Holmes :-), because that’s how I feel about life and the power of manifestation right now. Thank you to those of you who will donate the $5000.00 I need (so that I can pay what I owe and save the rest for a rainy day), or just enough for me to pay my landlord $700.00 by Tuesday, and I’m also grateful to those of you who will chose not to.  Most of all, I am thanking the most high for blessing me with everything I need and teaching me a valuable lesson about saving money, and being more responsible. Peace and Blessings to all.

Praying for Help

I know there are bigger problems than the ones I’m facing, but these alone are about to break me. I’m 20 years old and trying to start a good life for myself and my future family. I’ve worked the same factory job sense the week after I graduated high school. I’ve worked 40-60 hours every week for the past two years. I’ve saved money, started buying a home on land contract, and always kept my priorities straight. I’ve been blessed and fortunate leaving high school and transitioning to adulthood. However about two months ago I found out my scoliosis has worsened, and my spine had pinched two nerves i my back cause of me a lot of pain. My doctor wanted to send me to a specialist and start physical therapy to try to help my scoliosis. As I was trying to set up these appointments I find out my ten care has been terminated. With no following appointments,(because I couldn’t afford them) my back pain increased more and more to the point my workday was umberable. Then one day at work while operating my press I felt sudden stabbing pain in my back and left to to to the hospital. My doctor put my on light duty and gave me paperwork to take to my employer. I thought things would work out. I went into work the next morning with my paperwork and some questions on signing up for insurance through the company, but was shocked when I was told they had no light duty work at the time and fired me because my last two appointments pushed me two points over the max points I was allowed to reach. I applied for unemployment and was denied. I’m trying again and still no word. It’s been a month. I have no money, no savings, and no one else to help me. My grandpa tries to help but he doesn’t make very much money and supports four other people. I’m so afraid I’m gonna lose my new home(I’ve paid on it for a year) because I’m missing payments. I have no credit. I don’t have a car. And I can’t work because of my back. And no insurance to go to the doctor. And my electric is overdue. I’m barley getting to eat at this point.  I’m just at a loss and out of options for help. I hate begging for help, but that’s all I can do at this point. I’m currently doing every online survey/paid to click site that I can to make a little money from home and it hasn’t even brought in enough for 1/4 of one of my bills. I don’t know what else to do. Thank you so much for taking time to read and consider helping me. If I make it out of this rut in my life and make the life I strive to have I will owe it to this site and will always come back to here hopefully to donate. I pray I can get to that point in my life. I’m trying so hard, I just need help. Anything helps. Thank you. paypal.me/MEGANLetner

Family in need

In January my husband was injured on his job and was hospitalized. It was what I thought would be the worst day of my life. After spending a week there and another week off of work, he lost his job and now has a current workers comp case. During that time I was also laid off and have had trouble finding employment. Due to all of this, we have lost one car and a home. I want to work and take care of not just him but my children but I fear that I will lose our only vehicle and not have a way to get to and from work or to any of his Dr appts. We now live with his family and have 7 people in a house. Food is scarce with 3 teenagers in the house. All of this has added up and compounded to be the worst year of my life so far. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. Much love and thanks.

A desperate mom

Relocate a sexual assault victim

Hello my name is Ticeshia, but you can call me Keisha. I am a single mom of one girl who means the world to me. I decided to come on here because I need help for my daughter. In 2014 while walking to the store, she was grabbed and sexually assaulted. She was 12 at the time. He was 20. While he has since been arrested, trialed, and convicted to get 4-15 years in prison, my daughter still does not feel safe. We still live in the neighborhood where she was assaulted. His family lives a few blocks away. So even though he’s in prison, she’s still walking around in fear. When that man assaulted her, he broke something in her. She didn’t have the will to do anything for a long time.  Now fast for 4 years later, her and I talked, and decided that we want to leave our city. She needs a fresh start where nobody knows her. Also where his family does not live a few blocks away. I want that for her. While she’s pulling herself back together, it would help if she didn’t have to wake up in the same city where it happened. Without talking about myself too much, a few weeks after my child being sexually assaulted, I became sick. So on top of her worrying about herself, she was scared she would lose me. I dropped out of college, because I couldn’t afford to finish my last year, due to not working because I was sick. I’m learning to walk again, my legs are stronger everyday. If I could receive help to move her to another state, I feel like we both would have a chance to get back on track. I’m not worried about me, I’m worried about helping my daughter achieve her goals and for her to still become a productive adult one day. This whole experience has helped me see who cared and who didn’t. A lot of people turned their backs on us during this time including family. I was sad, but through all this, both my daughter and I became stronger. That’s the main reason why we would like to relocate. We have no support system here. Maybe moving will allow us to meet new people where we will be there for each other. All I’m asking is that someone takes a chance on us and help us relocate. I promise to pay it forward when I’m back on my feet. I want to thank all who reads this for their time. I’m grateful. Thank you and take care.

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Ticeshia