If the world was a fair place, I wouldn’t have to ask for your help. But, here I am, and here you are.
My name is Kate, and I am a 30 year old middle school teacher in New Jersey. I live with my fiancé and my cat, I love my job and my students more than anything, but am struggling right now to stay afloat in terms of my finances. At school, I work my hardest to be a strong educator and an emotional support to every student I interact with; the work I do is invaluable and incredibly rewarding emotionally. But, my current salary isn’t enough to keep me from seeing negative sums in my bank account, and although it’s something that I am grateful to get at all, it isn’t a living wage. At this point, I am scraping by from paycheck to paycheck and over-drafting my checking account every two weeks. The cost of living in my area has gotten so high that I am behind on most (if not all) of my bills and am falling into debt with my friends, family, and credit cards. This isn’t the person I want to be which is why I am asking for your
help.
If 10 to 20 people could help me by donating between $50 and $150 each, I know I could dig myself out of this hole. I’d be able to get my checking account back in the green and restart my savings account for emergencies. I’d be able to regularly start helping to pay my portion of my rent I owe my fiancé. I’d be able to make sure to buy groceries for myself and hopefully start to buy treats and surprises like donuts for my students again. I’d be able to hopefully book a flight out to Oregon this summer to help my family take care of my ailing mom who raised me by herself. If folks helped me raise $1500, it would be a chance for me to have a clean financial slate and to feel better about where I currently stand in the world.
It feels foolish to even be writing something like this for you, a stranger, to read, but they say that it can’t hurt to ask.
I’ve always tried to put good out into the world through my work, my words, and my love for other people. I’m hoping you might be able to return some of that back to me now in my time of need.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and to consider supporting me.
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