Hi, my name is Ben Baumann. As embarrassing as this may be, I find myself looking for help from strangers. I have a beautiful 3 year old daughter and I am raising her best as possible. I currently rent and am paying 1200 a month. Things were very difficult before covid but after losing my job during covid things really took a turn for the worst. I collect unemployment weekly but it barely covers any bills. I’ve fallen so behind and recently last month my car was repossessed because I couldn’t afford to pay it or the insurance anymore. My daughter goes to daycare and I pay 180 a week she’s been there since she was about 8 months. I have applied to jobs and been turned down mainly because I have a felony on my record for a crime I committed after graduating college which I have not been in trouble since which was in 2013. I was working at schools with autistic youth and behavioral kids before being laid off. I’m seriously tired of asking people for money and my friends are tired of it as well. I don’t have family that will help loss my dad last April to covid and my mom is sick in Washington being taken care of my sister. I really can’t give up every time I look at my daughter and our bond I know she looks up to me and no matter what I always find a way to make things seem normal in her eyes and worry free. Please I’m asking for help because I can’t live like this anymore. I’m behind on bills I have no vehicle I don’t even have a savings. I walk most places with her and when it’s really cold I have to call an Uber to get her from daycare. I really want to catch up on rent and bills so if anyone donates I really want to thank you from the bottom of my heart because God knows I’m trying to keep things together. Thank you – Ben Baumann
Kicked out with nothing but my dog
My name is Ashley, I lost my job in 2020 because of Covid. In turn I was not able to pay my parents rent or money for bills anymore so they kicked both me and my dog, Atlas, out with nothing. Atlas has helped me through so much and I would do anything for him. I have been able to keep food in his belly by doing odd jobs but I haven’t been able to find anything stable yet. Most places don’t like it when I bring him around or don’t let him in, it makes it very difficult to find a job since I don’t have anywhere to keep him. With the recent weather conditions, I have gotten scared that one day we might get stuck outside in weather like that and I wouldn’t know what to do. We were lucky enough to have a friend let us stay with them for a while, but Atlas and I need a place to call our own. If I can get enough money to rent an apartment, where I know Atlas will be safe while I am gone, and start some savings so we can have food or if anything were to happen. Once we have a home and a warm bed, then I will be able to start working again and can start putting money away for our future and eventually go back to college so I can make the best life for both Atlas and I.
Anything helps us and it is so much appreciated. Atlas has been a part of my life for years now and I don’t know what I would do without him. I am hoping to be able to put a down payment on an apartment and have a couple months of rent ready, with money for bills and food. Getting back on my feet has been one of the most difficult things i’ve ever had to do but having Atlas with me every step of the way has helped so much. He has kept me sane when it gets really hard and makes the good days even better. Thank you so much for your help and I will make sure to give Atlas all the kisses and belly rubs for you.
https://paypal.me/AtlasAndAsh?locale.x=en_US
Urgent! Anything Helps, Thank you :)
Hello! My name is Julia, I am a twenty year old autistic woman why has been living on my own since March 2020. It has been extremely difficult living on my own for the first time during a pandemic. I have been able to support myself on my own for nearly 10 months but now I need help.
I’m currently unemployed. I was harassed and treated without any care at the job I spent most of 2020 at. I finally stood up for myself and quit in November 2020 after being hired at Amazon. Unfortunately working at Amazon caused my fibromyalgia to flare up, giving me extreme body aches and pains and resulting in the inability to continue working in the Amazon warehouse. My last day was 01/02/21, which was also my birthday. I spent the first half of that day working and the second half in bed full of pain.
I start a new job on February 22nd and Im super excited because it is a career type job in a medical facility. The first three weeks of my job I’ll be training and making minimum wage. It is definitely better than nothing but I have a $575 rent bill due on 03/01/21. And with the current state of my bank account I am not going to be able to pay this on time or even close to on time. I also have to buy groceries and toiletries. My fridge is almost completely empty, I don’t have any stable foods, I’m out of toilet paper, and I need to buy dish soap. My car’s gas tank is also almost completely empty and I will need money to fill my gas tank up to be able to go to my new job.
There are so many expenses i didn’t even think of before moving out of my moms house. Feeding myself is a big one, I don’t even buy expensive food but eating 3 times a day and some snacks and drinks is expensive. Toiletries like shampoo, conditioner, hand soap, toilet paper, pads, tampons, bathroom cleaner. Household cleaning supplies like 409, paper towels, dish soap, sponges, broom, mopping supplies. Even paying for gas or random car repairs.
I’m super grateful for anything you all can send. $1 could buy me a sausage biscuit from QT and then now I had breakfast. $5 could buy me bread and milk for the week. $10 could buy me half a tank of gas to get to my new job and make my own money again. Every cent counts, thank you so much.
paypal.me/juliasco
Need money to pay for rent and my car payment
Lately nothing has been going my way. I lost my job due to my IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome). I am in constant pain from stomach cramps and bloating, with sometimes uncontrollable diarrhea. Since being diagnosed with IBS, I have been spending more and more time in the restroom trying to get my symptoms to stop or to find at least some relief, sometimes up to an hour or more. I was working full time, but since I was gone so long in the restroom, I got cut down to part time, then let go entirely. Taking constant bathroom breaks at my job was not acceptable. I understand why, I was a web developer working in a fast pace marketing firm, and I would have to run to the restroom about 5 times a day, spending 20 to 30 minutes there at a time. and I have been working temporary jobs since, trying to keep myself afloat, paying for rent and car payments, living paycheck to paycheck.
While this has been going on, my dad recently passed away from liver and kidney failure due to alcoholism that he had been struggling with secretly for years, we only truly found out when he woke up one morning and my mom saw that he had yellow colored, which I later found out was called jaundice, a symptom of liver failure. Since he passed away so suddenly, he unfortunately left my family with no life insurance, nor any way of paying the house payments or his hospital bills that was on a two person budget, now only down to one, my mom. I have been trying to help out as much as I can but this month I am falling short. The house payment is 1,300, which I have given about 500, all I can spare. My sisters are helping out with the rest, thank God. But my rent is due at the end of the month and I am short about 1,000 dollars, not even to mention my car payment which is 500.
I just need a break, I single chance to get up on my feet so I can keep going forward. If there is anyone out there that could help, I would be very thankful. Just getting this all off my chest has helped a lot, there is not too many people who I can talk to about this without them wondering why we did not know any better about my dad drinking or they think my IBS is a made up disease and its all in my head and I am just being lazy. Even if I don’t get any money from this, thank you for reading this, it means a lot that people come to this website looking to help others.
Sincerely,
Austin
https://paypal.me/austinrspires?locale.x=en_US
A Student’s Life
Greetings, I hope this text finds you well. My name is Ante Horvat and I’m a student at Faculty of Science of the University of Zagreb in Croatia, at my first year of Undergraduate Study of Geology. I chose this course since I’ve been drawn to the natural world and discovering its infinite wonders from a young age as well as knowing that the march of progress of the modern civilization can only be furthered by advances in our understanding of the physical realm we are immersed in and the rules that hold it together. Especially so, the knowledge of deep time, evolution of life on Earth and ultimately our own origins.
Now, as uneasy it is for me to compose this text, since I’ve never had to ask for money from generous people I’ve never met, I’ll summon some courage and ask for but as a minute donation as I can. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to receive the scholarship the country offers, given the fact I didn’t meet the criteria they had put forth. I would have used it to pay the rent of the student home I’m staying in and save the rest for usual everyday expenses, such as food, tram tickets I need to get to the University, spare clothes if needed, internet and so on. The rent fee isn’t overly expensive since I’m staying in one of the older student homes, so I have to put out some 50 € (euros; approximately 350 HRK -Croatian currency) monthly. This isn’t usually a problem, but this month I’ve had some extra bills that I had to pay off for my laptop and the internet, resulting in me not having enough for rent.
I understand if the request is too much and I thank you in advance for even considering helping me. It would of course aid me incredibly much and I’d be eternally grateful, having you secured me a warm, comfortable place to stay, continue my studies in and an opportunity to hopefully use the knowledge I gain here to one day help shape a better future for all people living on this Earth through science, knowledge and unity.
Enjoy the remainder of your day.
The picture I posted is one of a so called ˝volcanic bomb˝, a type of rock that forms as magma is expelled from a volcano at high speeds during very volatile eruptions that cause the erupted piece of molten rock to almost become perfectly spherical at the high rotation speeds at which it moves and rapidly cools flying through air. It’s only one of many intriguing specimens we study and research at the University.
https://paypal.me/anogeol?locale.x=en_US
Help with rent
I am a couple months behind on rent because kf the pandemic . I was able to pay last months but it was late , I just don’t wanna get too far behind because it’s not fair to my landlord especially with the moritorum going on.
https://www.paypal.me/lizzywestside
I need help to pay rent
Hello,
My name is Audriana Olson and my husband and I are in need of assistance.
When the pandemic started my husband got laid off from his job. And I the only one working at cedars sinai medical center as a house keeper and I attend nursing school.. Since my husband unemployment payments had been cut in half it’s been hard for us to keep up with all the bills.
My husband has not yet found a job and still in a search for one. I have worked double shifts to keep us with all the bills. But now over time has been cut.
Rent is coming due and we are not sure if we will have enough for next month since we already have used up our savings money. I pray that someone help us with rent of $2500 or half of the amount will be a great help to the both of us.
Thank you & God bless
https://paypal.me/audrianaolson?locale.x=en_US
I Need Help for My Family.
Hello,
I am Brook, I am from a small town and I take care of my small family, and I am struggling. My boyfriend and the father to my son recently injured himself and is unable to work. He broke his fibula in his ankle and has to have surgery. Until he is written off by his doctor he cannot return to work. I work 40 hours a week at a convenience store and bring home on average 650 every two weeks. We have a 2 year old little boy who has needs of his own.
What I would not love more in this world is if my depression and anxiety could get better. This situation has most horribly put a grey cloud over my life. It may just be a small break for his ankle but it is a huge break in on the inside. I am beginning to develop depression and stress day in and day out.
Even just a little help would do some wonders as for I have to pay a hefty amount of 700$ for rent and around 200$/ month in utilities and other important expenses such as groceries, toiletries, car insurance, etc. I also just recently had to fill up my propane tank which cost me 485$, and I still haven’t been able to pay it off in full. At my last resort, I am asking for any help.
I recently purchased a car with the stimulus check I received and I need the money to buy the insurance and tags otherwise I am a magnet for traffic tickets. I bought the car when I did not expect Cody to break his ankle and be down for God knows how long.
I don’t know if I can get through this period of time on my own, I make too much for food stamps and economic assistance. In reality, I do not want to live with myself any longer. I am starting to push the blame onto myself for all our financial problems.
Also my boyfriend cannot withdraw unemployment because he did not have a job before his accident. He had a sidejob with his best friend, but he wasn’t really making any real money
I want to thank anyone who decides to read this and can help me. I couldn’t appreciate it more.
I am in desperate need to keep my family afloat, especially in the world we live in today. Thank you. PayPal.me/brookscookies
I need help to pay rent
Hello,
My name is Audriana Olson and my husband and I are in need of assistance.
When the pandemic started my husband got laid off from his job. And I the only one working at cedars sinai medical center as a house keeper and I attend nursing school.. Since my husband unemployment payments had been cut in half it’s been hard for us to keep up with all the bills.
My husband has not yet found a job and still in a search for one. I have worked double shifts to keep us with all the bills. But now over time has been cut.
Rent is coming due and we are not sure if we will have enough for next month since we already have used up our savings money. I pray that someone can be a blessing to us to help us with rent of $2500 or half of it will be a blessing.
Thank you & God bless
https://paypal.me/audrianaolson?locale.x=en_US
In desperate need of help with my rent
Hi, my name is Joe and I’m desperately looking for some help with my rent. I’m a 58 year old male that has been on disability for 12 years due to psychiatric disorders PTSD, severe anxiety, and major depression. I’ve always been a self sufficient and proud person and it’s very difficult to ask for help. For the last several months I’ve also had some physical issues. My lab work showed that I am anemic and have a low red and white blood cell count. My doctor has done a number of other tests which still have not given us an answer as to why my lab tests are off. The next step will be for my doctor to refer me to a hematologist. I’m hoping to have some answers soon.
I have lived in this apartment for almost 10 years and have absolutely nowhere else to go. I have asked my property manager to draft a receipt of my rent owed. I’ve unfortunately fallen several months behind. I’ve been paying a few dollars here and there when I can. The owner of the apartment complex has told her that if I get any further behind they will likely have to ask me to move. I guess that’s a nice way of saying I’ll be evicted.
Because my mental health issues have become a lot worse over the last couple of years I’ve found that I’ve alienated myself from people and have very few friends left that I talk to. Most of my family has passed on. Both parents died of lung cancer and I lost my younger brother in a drowning accident. I find myself alone and afraid. There have been times when I though I’d be better off dead, but there is a part of me that wants to go on.
The other major challenge I have even when I start to feel better physically is that I’m only able to work part time due to my disability. I’m also only able to do certain jobs. This pandemic is going to make it even more challenging as the job market is certainly not what it used to be. I’m hoping that changes soon.
Again I hate to ask for help, but I’m in a very desperate situation. If you can help with any amount it will be appreciated more than you could ever know!
The link to my PayPal account is : paypal.me/Josephdolan965
Thank you and God bless!
Help Us Please..
Hey guys..so I have never actually done anything like this before and I am actually very scared and kind of embarrassed to do so but at this point I am desperate…I live at home with two other siblings. I live with my mom and my two sisters who are 10 and 6 years old. I will be turning 15 this March. Because of the pandemic mom has been struggling a lot and our life has been pretty unstable. She works a full time job and does Lyft on the side but somehow it isn’t enough. I want to try and raise enough money to at least help for the next two months. Whether it’s just for groceries the WiFi to do our school work or even rent. I have tried to apply for jobs but keep getting denied because of my age..it is super frustrating and hurtful to see my mom upset and struggling and I want to find a way to help. I want to try and prevent me and my siblings from going hungry and possibly even homeless. My mom is doing her best and she is doing a great job but I do not want her going into debt as well…
paypal.me/urenadollaz
Help Keep Our Home
Please help any way you can every little bit helps. I am behind 3 months in rent total is $3,300. I have tried everything to scrape money up here and there just to be able to give my landlord something. I have sold pretty much everything we had to be able to keep roof over mine and my 2 girls heads. I lost my job cause of Covid-19 I started getting unemployment. Was doing good found a new job when I started my training I had no idea it was paid training at the time so I claimed a week still which eventually resulted in a overpayment. I lost that job cause I got real bad sick so I went the end of November and started claiming weeks again well because I had to do an appeal with unemployment here I am 8 weeks later still dealing with that trying to get my weeks paid to me which no income has caused me to fall behind in rent. I tried several programs here where I live trying to get financial help but having no car cause it was reposed and having no family around no way of going I had to submit everything online No assistance was granted for me and my girls. The last thing I want to see is my girls have no home and not having a vehicle I would have no shelter at all for them. I felt horrible not being able to give them Christmas, I would feel even more horrible knowing that I failed them on keeping our home. Every little bit helps and I will still continue to do anything I can to make the money here and there. I try everyday to find a way to get the money hard when you have no one to help you or no ride anyway. Still continue to look for a job. My 2 girls are what keep me going, I hate for them to see me so upset and emotional cause of my failure. I try to hide it from them but they still see it. I hope things eventually will start looking up for us. This is our home of 10 years now. Please if you cant help financially I understand, instead say a prayer for us. Thank you for at least taking the time to ready this and GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY… I wont give up hope!
https://paypal.me/keriNscott2019
In need of rent help for the month
Hey my name is Kenny, I am 23 and living on my own for the first time. Who knew a pandemic would hit a few months after me moving out. I’m not really good at this I don’t like asking for help but I guess this is the time to learn to ask for help. I lost my job last month, and have been in search of one currently but I wont be able to pay my rent this month. It’s $1,495. I am currently stuck for the next two weeks as my roommate has covid currently which has postponed a lot of my in person interviews and stopped me from doing a side gig such as doordash which I have done in the past. Anything helps. I am currently getting certified as a notary to have a better side gig in the future and savings to prevent being in this situation again.
I was not prepared to have a layoff and am kicking myself for not having an emergency savings. I’ve shaved down all my bills as much as possible though and am really just looking to make it through this month until I can continue interviews and side gigs to get back on my feet. I have roughly 200$ to my name at the moment and that goes to my last bill for my car insurance and gas for my car to make it to my interviews. I am lucky enough to have a huge stock of ramen and some bare necessities in my house, but I cant afford to be late to my apartment complex again. I’ve been lucky a few times with them already a few times and I am on thin ice. What a crazy learning experience for my first year being out on my own, makes me wish we could all see into the future. Also I really do plan on paying any of this forward, once I am back on my feet I hope to donate to others too!
Sorry again I know I am bad at this, but asking for help has always been taboo in my family. Anything really helps at this point even if I cant get my money for rent, at least having some form of payment to help leverage my situation would be great. Thank you for anyone who took the time to read this you guys are amazing for helping out so many people.
Ive provided a screenshot of my lease with my rent amount.
Thank you again,
Kenny
paypal.me/Kennyrr23
Rent Help in California – A Dangerous Hole to Stay In
Hello, my name is Sullivan. I’m a tenant in the state of California, and I’m one of many out there who’s struggling with the financial difficulties that 2020 has left us in.
I don’t normally ask for help. That’s a problem, I know. I was raised to push forward, to get the tools I need, and if I don’t have those tools, then I do without for as long as possible before I can get them. This, unfortunately, usually expands to things like going a couple of days without eating while working full shifts in retail simply because I don’t have the money for food, wrapping injuries in toilet paper because I’m in the negatives more often than not so I can’t afford proper first aid kits, and before COVID, going to work whether or not I was sick and working through everything even if that meant going to the restrooms to throw up every half hour…because I needed to be able to support myself no matter what.
Through every issue I’ve faced in life, I’ve rarely ever asked for help. I’ve never really asked coworkers if they could buy me a pack of ramen for lunch, I’ve never asked my grandmother if she could help me with any payments after I moved out, never asked any family if I could stay with them when I was homeless. And even if the people around me offered help, I just…still couldn’t bring myself to accept any. Always saying “Oh no, no, it’s fine! I’ll just hold off a few more days”, or “I’ll get paid eventually, don’t worry”. Things like that.
But I’ve realized…I need to accept help. Because I desperately need it.
I work in retail. My hours were cut in the last few months, so I’m barely making anything substantial. And if you’ve lived in the state of California, you know how pricey things are here. Lately, I’ve been choosing rent and utilities over food. My phone is constantly out of service because my $24 bill (Walmart FamilyMobile’s lowest price) simply can’t be paid because I put that money towards last month’s electricity bill. In the last couple of years, I’ve turned the heater on maybe three times; I’d have to choose…be warm during the winter, or pay less on electricity…and usually, that bill cost pushes me towards the cold.
The last two weeks really made me consider asking for help, here. Nearly all of my paycheck went to rent…but here’s the thing. I was out of work for a month, because I was sick. I’m talking 101.1 degree fever, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea…sound familiar? Some of the symptoms of COVID. Couldn’t find anywhere that took my insurance near me, finally found a place, waited six hours to be seen, and nearly passed out outside…because I hadn’t eaten anything in a while. I’ve never had a moment in my life where I’ve almost passed out, and never experienced anything like it, but that feeling was horrible. And even then…my eyesight was going into this TV-static sight and getting darker and darker, extreme dizziness, and just everything getting quiet…I still couldn’t just speak up and tell someone, you know, hey, I think I’m about to go down, help me. It eventually went away after a few minutes in the shade, but…it was bad. I ended up testing negative, but…hoo boy. Whatever I actually had was hell.
I got sick twice that month, by the way. Second time so much worse than the first. Work wouldn’t let me back. Even when I went back the day I was supposed to, after I was feeling pretty much fine, there was a fluke in the system, and I had to wait an extra three days before I was reactivated in the system to get back to work. Oh, and that paycheck I mentioned? It was taxed, of course. Plus medical, dental, and vision insurance was taken out. Combine that with bad hours…My paycheck was $88 dollars.
I wish I could make this up.
I was sitting at -$34 dollars for about a week and a half after returning to work. That meant a week and a half of working retail during the holidays, during the holiday rush, and no nutrition from the time I left home to the time I got back.
And after all this, I’m still just scraping by with rent and bills and utilities, my phone is still disconnected, and the end of January is coming fast. If I can’t make a decent payment for rent, I’m out. Back on the street again.
It is finally time I put aside whatever’s held me back throughout all of my life, that cursed block that keeps me from asking for support or any form of help…and admit that I’m struggling. And that I desperately need help.
Anything will help. Anything. I won’t sit here and ask for my entire debt to be wiped away, I’m still going to be here, hard at work, and pushing towards fixing this hole I dug myself into. But this has been a wake up call, all the times I was offered help but never took it…Three months of partially-paid rent (one month I was only able to put about $98 on…that’s not going to fly after January), at home all I really have left is some chicken pot pies, ramen, a half-eaten jar of peanut butter, and cans of beans and corn. 2020’s resolution was to lose weight, but this…this isn’t how I thought it would happen.
Please. I know you don’t know me. I know you might be struggling yourself. Even if you were able to spare a dollar, my old mindset still says I shouldn’t take it…but I really need some help. If it’s five dollars, a single dollar, 50 cents, a penny, I’d be grateful. I really would.
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read what I have to say. I really do hope that 2021 treats us both better than 2020.
https://paypal.me/bowtieartist
Nightmare year, can’t make ends meet
This year has been rough for everyone. I know. It’s been terrible and my heart breaks for everyone.
My husband and I moved to Clarksville in January. We started this year with a loss. His cousin. Soon after my mom was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer. A month later my husband’s father was murdered. The case is unsolved. He has no closure. Got nothing to remember his daddy by. He didn’t even find out until that evening, from a cousin. His dad’s wife didn’t even call him. Had no intentions to.
Then he lost his job. I was missing work left and right trying to care for my dying mother. You have no clue how fast time flies until a loved one is put on a countdown. Dad had to work. Covid meant everyone had to stay away. I could barely work if I wanted to see her because I was so scared to bring it to her. I worked in retail. At a very busy place.
Our car broke down. We fixed it, but it put us further behind.
My mother died suddenly. My husband lost another job. The vehicle broke down again. We’re using a loaner.
I tried walking to work. Two and a half hours away. I did it.
My managers started harassing me over the work I missed. They knew I didn’t have a vehicle. They knew I was walking 2.5 hours. They scheduled me for one hour several days. Days they knew I couldn’t work.
I lost my job. I have no way of working unless I walk from Woodlawn into Clarksville. I’m a small woman. Every time I walk I’m stopped by people, I was even followed home once. I’m afraid it’s going to have to be that way though.
My husband is working, but we’re slipping. His work screwed their checks up. He got paid for one week after working two, and now has to wait until the 15th for the other two and the one they’re holding.
Our landlord is angry. He doesn’t care or understand. All he knows is to him, we’re terrible tenants who can’t pay the bills.
We’ve never been late like this. Never. We’re good renters. He doesn’t know this though, because all he’s seen is our lives crumbling. You know people don’t care about that, they just watch you fall and judge. As he says, his others pay on time, why can’t we?
Good for them, I guess. I hope their year has been better.
My dad had a new girlfriend three weeks after mom died. He’s too occupied to help us.
We’ve been denied loans. I won’t get my stimulus for a few weeks. Husband doesn’t get them.
If it was just us I probably wouldn’t care. This year has been so shitty. I can’t even afford my medications. We don’t have kids, thank goodness. Just a lot of rescue animals. I don’t want to let them down.
Like I said, we’ve been stable until this year. So the pets were never a problem, please don’t judge me for having them. They were fat and happy and still are. It’s just been hard this year.
We’ve had weeks without food. Water and elec have been cut off multiple times this year. We’ve been fighting so hard. But I’m afraid it’s done. I’m afraid we’ve lost. I can’t even get food stamps because I can’t afford to get an ID for Tennessee and mine is expired.
The shit we’ve been through has been unreal. We just want to mourn our parents, and we can’t, haven’t been able to. Because the bills keep piling and absolutely no one cares. About us or our dead parents. We’ve never felt so alone.
I don’t know if anyone can help but absolutely anything would be a blessing. Please. We’re good people, we will pay it forward. We’ll pay it back when we can if we have to. But we need help. I’m open to talk about everything more if needed.
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