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Infertility Woes – Injured Paramedic

Hello Everyone,

First, I want to say thank you for taking the time to read my story.

I was a career Paramedic and Emergency Medical Dispatcher for 10 years before being diagnosed with PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder as a result of repetitive trauma exposure in my work. I nearly lost my life and everything that I love as a result. I’m happy to say that I am now in a place where I am stable and functioning, but I will never return to work.

My wife and I are trying to start a family and we have been trying for a few years now. Its to the point where Invitro Fertilization is our best and, most likely, only shot at getting pregnant.  In the past I worked as hard as possible to cover any extra expense we had but I can no longer do that. My injury also resulted in a large amount of debt – my wife was in full time studies at the time of my injury and we relied on credit just to get by.

I feel humbled by coming on this site to ask for help. I’ve spent my entire life helping others and working hard and now I need it returned. I cannot express how badly we need this miracle and what having a family would mean to the both of us.

The process of Invito Fertilization is around $16,000-20,000 per shot. Our debt load is around 30K right now.

Please consider us if you are looking for someone to donate to. We will be bringing new life into this world and making a miracle.

Thank you again for taking the time to read my story

Humbly yours,

S

https://www.paypal.me/SBRYS

 

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I need help recovering and avoiding eviction. Willing to create custom paintings in exchange

Hello. My name is Sarah. I am a young(ish) adult working full time in Alberta.

I’ll give as much context as I can in short form so I don’t end up writing a novel.

8 months ago, I was at the end of an alcohol addiction, but still functioning at work and with general daily errands. I keep very, very few close friends and last spring, 2 of them, who do not drink, cut me out of their lives because of how draining I had become. Two days later, my third friend, who was also an alcoholic like myself, was found dead in her house because of alcohol related organ failure.

I was in shock over the next few weeks, so much so, that I had quit drinking completely. I have been sober ever since my friends funeral last May, not even out of effort, but it somehow wrecked me enough that I had completely forgotten about it.

Immediately, I had started weekly therapy. My insurance only covers $300 a year, so that was used up within a few visits. Although I work full time, I work at minimum wage. But I felt it was worth the money. I was on a sliding scale at $75 a week and thought I would be able to cut down on things to make it work. I also started medication, which is thankfully covered.

I quit smoking and started grocery shopping at the dollar store to try and make up for the counselling, as well as worked overtime when I was allowed to do so. However, about 3 months ago, my health began to decline. And this is where control of my finances went from recovering to declining beyond repair.

I am already quite small and was losing weight rapidly, I noticed my hair starting falling out in little handfuls and I was having difficulty lifting things or focusing at work. Through collaboration with my therapist and my work supervisor, I was put on a 2.5 week stress leave in October as I was no longer able to function at work.

When I came back to work, I was incomparably better and much more equipped to work and handle day to day stress. However, I knew I would have to figure something out for rent and my automatic bill withdrawals. I work in a lesser known skilled trade (we don’t get paid properly, but I love the job and try to make it work) and I am also a freelance artist in my off-time.

I tried my best to hunt out some commissions in a short period of time, but was unsuccessful in making enough to cover. I have no contact with my family and have recently lost all of my friends (indefinitely?), so I am unable to borrow. My job does not allow advances.

I was able to secure several payday loans to cover my rent for November. But because of this, the automatic repayments for the loans and their interest have put me in the negative. I know payday loaners should be avoided at all costs, but at the time, I felt like I had no other options and just wanted to make it through that month.

I have lived in my apartment for 2 years and this is the first time I have been unable to pay rent. I am usually resourceful but I believe I have come to the end of that. I had spoken to my landlord last week and he was understanding of the situation and has given me until December 15th to come up with rent for him.

Also, due to an extremely unusual shortage of work, staff have all been sent home twice this week. I was actually just phoned again today and asked not to come in on Monday. This is almost comically inconvenient, which sort of lead me to this site. My supervisors have been incredibly supportive throughout this whole ordeal, but are unable to help financially.

My rent is $1075. I expect my cheque to be around $700-$750(It’s normally about $1200) I still have the last of my payday loans coming out, as well as my bill payments, which will put me back in the negative.

Although this is a begging site, I am happy to offer some custom artwork in exchange if you would like as the title says. I would like to attempt to earn this. I have a few smaller canvases and would gladly paint whatever you would like. I am quite experienced and have a huge portfolio, so I promise it would be good quality.

I have also attached an image of my rental agreement with all personal information omitted.

Thank you for your consideration and I am willing to answer any questions excluding personal/security info of course.

https://paypal.me/seg1985

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Looking for that once in a life time Christmas Financial Miracle

To whom it may concern,

I would like to thank you for taking a couple minutes to read this and in advance if your heart will allow you to help me out

For 20 years I have been doing a free service or scrap metal removal and if someone needed help I would do what I could to help them, and now since I need help nobody wants to help me out ,I was doing good till I  lost my Drivers Licences (and not from Drinking and Driving ) I have never done that my independence I have bee trying to continue running it by trying to depend on other people and they really don’t care I ending up losing everything from all my equipment to my house for trying to keep bills paid

Now I have a 7 year old and we are renting a room to live in and my boy has to sleep on the couch and the person has basiclly told us to move out with out first and last it is really hard for anyone to take us serious and I would really like to get my drivers licence back just so I am not depending on everyone My common law wife has a sleeping disorder which don’t help either ,this year we finally have a shop to work in and now I am getting behind in everything from rent for my shop to bills and the way it looks nothing for Christmas  I am looking for around 75,000 to catch up all my bills and to get my drivers licences back and to get out of the room we are renting and get a apartment or house to rent of our own and to purchase some equipment to help me do the business easier and maybe purchase some presents for my family

Again thank you for taking time to read this letter hopefully there is someone out there that would and wants to help me out

you can sent it paypalme/gophers72

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Car Accident Large Ticket, and Job Lost

Hi, my Name it Evan, before the summer ended, I was involved in an ‘official’ 2 car accident. I was coming home from my summer job on a back road. While I was coming to a stop at a busy cross roads, a truck was coming barreling up behind me, didn’t stop in time, and rear ended me, with enough force so that my car had pushed into the intersection.

Luckily enough for myself, I had hit the accelerator quick enough to not get hit directly in my river seat the rear end of my car was destroyed. The driver of the truck that rear ended me took off. I was left to reap the consequences.

On site of the accident, I was given tickets for careless driving, Failure to stop, and failure to properly obey posted signage. Unfortunately, only a couple of the witnesses had seen the truck that hit me, which did not help when the police were handling me. I was blamed completely for the accident along with a totaled car to deal with.

I live alone at 19 without a healthy relationship with my family it has of course hit me incredibly hard. I was thankfully able to refund the money i had spent of my college tuition as a communications technologist and started working at a local factory. Although it was a help at the beginning, my saved money is quickly depleting and am in dangerous need of funds.

Honestly any amount helps in the slightest way. My biggest hope is to have enough money to actually pursue and obtain a college degree.

 

I have a pool set up with PayPal if you wish to help me out. Thank You!!

https://paypal.me/pools/c/8ac38mMPFj

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Getting back on my feet

Hello, my name is Jonathan and i’m 31 years old. I’m reaching out the the internet to help me get back on my feet after my separation where I lost my home, dogs, and all of my furniture. I’m am struggling to pay back all of my dept and now living in a small room with shared everything. i don’t have any amount to request because every $ counts to help me get back on my feet.  I know they’re thousand of people out there who is living in the same situation as i am. If ever i get a chance to help out others like i’m hoping you will help me I definitely will. So i’m here begging you to please help me anyway you can. I’m going to keep working and living paycheck to paycheck to get out of my dept, I’m on here to see if anyone can give me a hand to help speed up the process, that way I can start living a life that everyone deserve. here are some of the dept I’ve collected trying to be a good husband and step father. i got 3 credit card that are maxed out for a total of 4000$ and  2 5000$ loans. I was careless about the situation i was putting myself in because i really wanted to make my ex and her child happy and made sure they always got what they wanted. but of course when i lost control and couldn’t pay for their activities and other expensive that are considered a luxury, i got kicked out of the house with only the clothing on my back. I know they are generous people out there who are willing to help anyone in need. I say again please be my hero and give me a helping hand.

Jonathan

here is my paypal account: paypal.me/JGorley640

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Single Mom ordered to pay Court Costs

I am a single hardworking Mom.  I was taken back to court by my daughter’s father because he didn’t want to pay child support.  I initially tried to handle this on my own because I didn’t have the funds to pay for a lawyer.  After a couple of months I was so overwhelmed I had no choice but to borrow funds and hire a lawyer.  Once I did that my Ex buried me in paperwork and motions to avoid paying support.  This process started in March of 2017 and by March 2018 we were still no further ahead. His intention to bury me financially was working.  By June I had to self represent because I could no longer afford to pay for a lawyer.  My lawyer’s bill was up to $,9000.  But to make matters worse, he forced us to trial.  I had to try to represent myself and thought I was doing okay until the Judge ordered me to pay him court costs in the amount of $35,000.  It was a completely unfair judgement, but because I didn’t have a lawyer I was ignored.  His lawyer wouldn’t even listen to my pleads for leniency.  I have been ordered to pay forthwith.  I have been making payments to pay my lawyer fees and not only don’t have the funds to pay the court costs but now I only have 60 days.  At that point I am so afraid as to what can happen.  I have no one that I can borrow the money from or anyone I can ask for help.  I am embarrassed to have to ask for help, and to post this request, but I have no other alternative as I don’t have enough income to qualify for any kind of institutional loan.  I am trying to get a second job and desperate and would so appreciate any help that any kind and generous souls would offer to keep my daughter and myself from being homeless.  I am trying to keep my daughters name out of the records, but could show a copy of the court order to those who need me to prove this is a real dilemma that I am trying to deal with.

PayPal.me/donateforcourtcosts

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Drowning Student

Hi. My name is Taylor and I am currently in university, studying communications. I am working hard to make this experience the best one of my life, but I can’t seem to shake all the debt that I have accumulated. I am currently working two part time jobs on top of going to school, but even they do not make ends meet. Rent, Credit card, utilities, phone bill. Everything is piling up and I am drowning in my debt. I don’t think I will be able to come up with this month’s rent because of the other bills and lack of funds that I have. 

With my two jobs, I am working 35+ hours a week (minimum wage), I am in class 15 hours a week and the rest of the time I am studying to keep my grades up.  The amount of debt that I have accumulated is causing me extreme levels of stress and my grades are suffering as a result. To break down my various bill payments this month, I have rent at $600, utilities which are usually around $150, phone bill $95, credit card sitting at $3,000 (which is down from what I paid for tuition). I am doing my best to pay down my debts as well as pay off my bills, but it is not working right now. If I put most of my pay on my credit card, the interest doesn’t affect it, but if I use my pay to make rent, my phone bill and utilities then I am unable to put enough on my credit card debt to counteract the interest rates.

I have recently looked into getting a third job for the month of December when I am on break from school, so hopefully that helps somewhat, but right now I am struggling and the third job wont be able to help me make this month’s rent.

I am optimistic that the people of the world are in a giving mood this holiday season and are able to help me out. I would not basking for help if I did not need it the most. I have waited longer than I should have to reach out to someone and now I am in trouble. I am begging for any help that you could offer. I am in dire need of some sort of assistance and anything would help me.

paypal.me/TDilks218

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Poor Girls

So me and my partner both struggle from depression bad anxiety. Which makes it hard to work also my partner is disabled but hasn’t been able to get support because they were just finally diagnosed with Burstitis after suffering for 8 years and having no doctor believe her. She hasn’t been able to work for the last 4 years from the severe pain and is in her second year of university for mortuary science. So she is thousands of dollars in debt from student loans for tuition and books.

Because of my mental illness I easily breakdown especially when it comes to work because I work with someone who has sexually and mentally abused me. It’s a situation I’m dying to get out of but due to money issues trying to change jobs isnt a very easy option since I risk having no income at all from it.

I have two credit cards both just barely under their 2500 dollar limit. But I also have a 10 000 loan from Fairstone so its 15 000 dollars just there from trying to cover rent and grocery expenses between the two of us. I know it’s a lot to ask but any money is alot for us in our situation.

 

We pay 1100 in rent each month between the both of us

My cellphone is 60

Groceries are usually 400 for the whole munch give or take. We make due with as little as we can since we mostly have boxed pasta and chicken for food.

Both of us have prescriptions for drugs

Mine usually runs to be 60 a month and hers is 100.

 

I dont know of anybody has money to spare for us at all but anything helps us for living and paying off debt. I know its alot yo ask from people.

 

My PayPal is

https://www.paypal.me/scraig/

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Help us Home

Dear Donator,

 

I appreciate you even taking the time at this point to read this post. I just want thank you for your consideration.

My wife and I recently moved to Canada. We moved here in July. We love what we’re doing here and I have been blessed being here. I just recently started working as a youth pastor and I love the work that I’m doing. I was born in Canada, but my family moved us to the States when I was just one. Now that I am back in Canada, though I’m not technically new to Canada, some of the banks are willing to consider me that since I haven’t been back in such a long time.

The one problem we are having though is my wife is not Canadian. Since she is not a Canadian citizen, she cannot get a job yet so we don’t have another income coming into the home.We just recently found out she is pregnant as well. We are so happy and blessed. The one thing with her papers to residency is she needs to have a medical exam but she cannot finish it due to needing an x-ray and since she is pregnant, an x-ray could do harm to the baby. She won’t be able to get a job until after June.

 

We are living in a rental property as of right now and because we have 2 dogs we needed to find a place with a fence so rent is kind of high for us at this point. We would love to buy a home. We love Calgary and would love to settle down here. One of our dreams was to have our own home before the child comes so that all is well set for him or her. We would rather our own home and not a rental so that it feels more at home for us never needing to run into issues with rental. I just want my child to have his or her own room and be well.

Since my wife cannot work, our finances aren’t the tightest at this point. I had to take a trip and it incurred some debt from my credit card. I spoke to a mortgage consultant and she explained that since I have little to no credit so far in Canada i just have to get this one credit card as low as possible.

It’s difficult to get it down since basically all that I get paid goes to rent, bills and household groceries, gas, etc.

Also I had to pay off $1500 to get my car fine tuned in order to have it fully functional here in Canada when I crossed the border. There were just a lot of payments that I had to make and certain debts incurred.

 

I’m just asking for up to $5000 to be able to help pay down this credit card and help with down payment to our home. In doing so:

  1. My credit score will raise
  2. I’ll have a better chance at Buying a home
  3. We would have a home for our child

I’m really hoping we can receive this just to help get things back on track fully and for us to be able to move from renting and buy a home. Thank you for your support in advance. It will help us be able to establish ourselves much better.

Just think of this as a baby shower gift for a stranger. Thank you.

 

Blessings to you and I hope you have a wonderful day.

 

paypal.me/Bryan226

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Please help me get my dog back

Thank you for taking the time to read my request for money.

In the photo is my dog Meeka.

Meeka was starved and left on a leash without shelter last winter, I just had to have her! I hate people who don’t take proper care of their pets because they cant speak up! We have to be the ones speak for them and fight for them.

Anyways, My roommate always leaves the gate open when he leaves, I don’t know why he hasn’t learned yet to check to make sure it is closed!!!  due to his dumbness, My dog got picked up by the SPCA, for me to get her out its $106 PLUS $100 fine for running at large, I have 4 days with everyday $15 extra.

Its Christmas time, I have two kids and just dealt with a break-up with my kids father, My financial situation right now is down in the dirt’s.  If i want to provide even just one Santa percent for each of my kids with stalking suffers, Then there is no way what so ever for me to come up with that kind of money right now in order to get my dog back.

Meeka is a wonderful dog, when she is not outside, Then you will find her sitting beside me.  All I can think about is how scared she is right now, I really hope she doesn’t think I wont be back for her.  I would never be able to live with myself if I didn’t bring her back home.  Me and my kids miss her greatly and would love our baby back home. If you could at anyway possible help out that would be much appreciated.  No good  deed comes unnoticed, I will pass it on when I am available too do so.   All I need is $206 to get her. Honestly, a little extra for my kids Christmas would be a HUGE bonus! But I am not holding my breath.

** The one photo shows how skinny she was when I got her home.

 

my pay pal me link is     paypal.me/leah895

I would be forever grateful, and  thank you in advance for helping me and my two kids get our dog back.

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Need Help Reaching My Goals

 

Hello to whoever is reading,

My name is Parvaty Chery and here is my story on how I need 10,000$. I hope you guys are having a wonderful day while reading this and you have the generosity to donate to my campaign. I already have a job, I work from home, but no matter how hard I work, I don’t get paid enough.

The reason why I need 10 grand, is to manifest my dreams and wishes. The first I am going to do is buy myself new phone, and an ipad, because my android tablet doesn’t work anymore. I also plan on buying a camera. By buying these things, I am planning on starting a social media influencer career, my dream job, and even start my blogging website. I also am going to buy personal necessities for myself, such as self care products.

I also want to be able to buy my brother a new phone, and also reward many of my friends and family with presents and gifts. I also want to be able to help my parents build a new house and deal with legal stuff.

With a part of the money, I am going to save it for my college education that I am saving for. I want to study dental hygiene and it cost a lot, but, with a part of the donation, I will be able to save much more.

Lastly, I am going to use that money to travel. I am a huge fan of wanderlust, and I love going to different places and enjoying the diversity. This summer I am planning on going to Japan with my best friend as well.

This is my story.It might not mean anything to you, and its maybe not as important as other stories, but, it would mean the world if you take your time on donating. That way, you’ll be helping me accomplishing my goals.

Thank you for reading!

Here is my paypal to where you can donate:  https://paypal.me/parvatychery

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Liver transplantation to my mom

Hi everone,

My name is Alzahraa,Originally from Egypt and live now with my husband and two kids in Canada.

I came to Canada as a sponsored spouse 4 years a go.

I am a single daughter to a two lovable parents live in Egypt.

When I was young ,I used to see my mom have some hepatic issues from a viral infection she had when she was young and had affected her liver function for life.

Few months a go my mom condition started to get worth and her liver enzymes are getting elevated and that is make the need to have liver transplantation is urgency.

Unfortunately, in Egypt there is no medical coverage for those kinds of surgery.

The cost of the surgery is 754,000EP which is almost 50,000 CAD,we already have 612,000EP which Is almost 40,000  CAD.

So what we need is almost 10,000 CAD.

I have been working to have that a mount for months and I consumed every single chance.

It is not easy for me to ask for money but I am talking to all hearted people who can help by even 1 $ to help us doing my mom surgery as soon as possible.

I have attached a letter from the hospital by the cost and I am willing to let anyone can help by all the updates a bout my mom condition.

To everyone reading my words,I am crying here because there is a chance to lose my mom and even my dad ,he doesn’t have anyone one except me and I am dying of feeling guilty that I left them and came here to start my life with my husband.

Please,if you can help by anything don’t hesitate…it is gonna make a difference.

Thanks for everyone taking the time to read my words and please wish us to have my mom back a gain !

My paypal link:

PayPal.Me/AlzahraaLi

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NEED HELP TO GET MY LIFE BACK

 

Hello to everyone that stopped to read my post. 

First thank you! 

My name is Amanda and I am a single mom to a beautiful son named Xander, he is turning 4 end of January. 

I have never done anything like this before especially to total strangers. I am using my faith and optimism that something will work out for me FINALLY! Lol

I am huge in having good mojo and always willing to help another , even when I don’t have much to give myself. I don’t expect good karma back when I help others but won’t lie and say I don’t think about it. 

 

Here is a a quick run down. I haven’t had the easiest life with having my father pass away young, my mom choosing work or men over her kids. 

I never fit inside the box my family expected from me so that has always isolated our relationships. 

I have picked horrible men that have physically and mentally abused me and spent many years learning the lessons of life the hard way. 

On top of it all I am still here and full of love and compassion for others. I never went down the addict road in drugs or alcohol. Yes I dabbled but was always able to pull myself out. 

 

So let’s jump to recent. I broke up with my sons father almost 3 years ago. He walked out and left his son and myself with a apartment being evicted due to non payment of rent. 

 

I got myself self my own small apt on social assistance. Things were going smooth and I was working part time. THEN he stopped paying child support and I was laid off. 

I lost that apartment and ended up putting things in storage and basically couch hopping and living out of my car with my lil boy for 7 months. 

November of last year I lost close to $600 a month of government money called Child Tax Credit which every parent gets when they are single and low income. Well right before Xmas it was cancelled with no notice to find out my ex continued to file his taxes as common law which of course didn’t match up to my single status. 

The government totalled up the amount of payments for 2 years and said I owe them as they feel I was still with my sons father . 

I could challenge it by proving that I was actually single the whole time as they gave me a huge list of documents to provide. 

I have done that and more since then and they still find ways to tell me I need more proof. It has almost been a year without that money. 

I found a job north Alberta and finally got us a home. The job was supposed to start February 2018 and I was ready to get things back together again. 

Moved my stuff out of storage to find out that the person I was paying to store it (well my mom was paying) they helped themselves to most of my things. 

Still to this day I am using plastic utensils and plastic plates I keep rewashing. 

Most of my clothes that were stored have small mouse holes chewed in them. Along with my sheets and towels. 

But I make due cause well I can’t afford anything else. 

When I have money it all goes to my boy and his needs over mine.  

So February is here and I find out the company that was supposed to open is on hold because they have problems with permits and contracts. 

Now I am a year later still waiting for the business to officially open. 

I am stuck in a town of maybe 3000 people, no transit and tons of snow because it’s right up on the top of mountain range. 

 Other work here is hard to find and most are split shift. 

Unable to use my car as the tires are past bald and having no way to pay enough down for someone to watch my boy. 

I am in a huge jam! 

I don’t have family to ask for help. 

I don’t have friends here as I learned over the few months that most of the people have drug problems. I will not allow my son around any of that, period! 

His father doesn’t pay regularly per month and my mom has literally been my financial saviour. 

Government just barley pays my rent and the food bank runs on empty here. 

I am now feeling lost and almost defeated. 

I have found work back in the city I lived in Calgary, Alberta. 

The dayhome that used to watch my son is willing to work with me and is eager to have him again. 

Friends have found me a place to stay until I get my feet back under me…: such positive things. 

I AM STUCK :( 

The travel is 8 hrs and my tires are just too dangerous to make that trip. 

Any money I do have just buys us food, clothing (my son). Nothing special or big in anyway. 

Now Christmas is coming and I feel horrible that I might have to ignore this season once again. 

I have no tree and even if I did I have no decorations for it. 

Then presents….I don’t have extra money to buy myself much needed personal supplies let alone a present for him to unwrap. 

I am staying awake most nights trying to plan a way to come up with the money to load up my car with our main things and drive to Calgary where I can finally start to rebuild our life and give my son everything he deserves. 

I have sold what I had of value already to make it through the months where I am now. 

I don’t know what to do….I have no where to turn. 

I am a good person, a good mom. I don’t have any addictions and even with a ongoing painful back disease, I still manage to somehow make things work. 

I have been through so much in my life and have always came out the other end. 

My friends say they admire that about me that no matter what shit I deal with , I always make it through and never give up. 

Well, this girl is tired and is putting the energy out in a new direction and seeing if this is the way that will help open the door for life to get better. 

If this actually helps me to get back to the city and start my job and provide a home and new life for my son.: I will forever cherish that good stuff still happens for good people. 

I will always pay it forward and keep that fire burning deep inside me that I KNOW there is a reason why my path has been rough.  There is a reason why I have always come out the other side not being bitter or vengeful because of what has happened.

I just need this help to get my life rolling again. It feels like I am stuck in the mud and just don’t quite have enough umph to get that tire out. 

Thank you again for taking the time to read my request. I will gladly explain further to anyone who may have questions. 

If you donate, I truly appreciate your help and I will never let the paying it forward die away. 

paypal.me/AmandaO236

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Giving up at the bottom of the mountain of debt.

Broken at the bottom of the mountain of debt. I need kind generous hands to help me climb up the mountain.

I am $43,000 in debt. It all started going downhill about 2 years ago. Have not found the uphill. I keep going deeper and deeper in debt. I beg for your help. I have tried everything I can think of to get myself out of debt. I have downsized everything I can. I do not have cable, home phone, barely have heat in the winter, I do not buy meat, processed or pre-made food. Mostly buy vegetables. I don’t smoke, drink, gamble or play bingo. I don’t go out. I sleep and work. I am very unhappy/depressed. Blood Pressure runs 202/106 heart rate 101. Am on 5 different blood pressure medications. My A1C is 16. sugars run 29. Doctor says from stress and not eating properly. I have a great job. Minimum wage here is $10.60. I make $17 an hour. I work at a Nursing Home on the Alzheimer’s Cottage. You would think that is a great paying job. It is not. I bring home a little over $800 every 2 weeks. $1600 a month. I work 12 hr days. I get punched, kicked, bit, scratched all shift. I have had my jaw broken, my thumb broken and knocked unconscious, always have bruises. I go to work everyday with a smile. I take care of peoples loved ones. Get them dressed in clean clothes every morning. Make sure they eat well. I make sure they all laugh and smile during the day. We do have lots of fun. But they all do get very aggressive at times during the day. Our philosophy is no medication or the very minimum. Families and residents do refuse medication. I love my job. It just is not paying the bills I have incurred. My rent is the cheapest I can find within an hour’s drive to work. I pay $900 plus hydro. I have electric baseboard heat. From Nov – May hydro bill is $500 – $650. I hardly have anything left over after I pay rent and hydro.

Why am I so far in debt? Just when I think I am starting to make a dent in my debt something happens to put me right back up. My parents live 2000kms from me. My dad passed away 2 years ago. Kidney Cancer. For the year after he was diagnosed to the day he passed I used credit card to pay for the plane ticket to go there whenever he was in hospital. To fly within Canada is expensive. Up to $800 for a one way ticket. Dad did not have any life insurance. To pay for the funeral I had to put the cost on my credit card. I have not gotten that paid off yet. 6 months after dad passed my mom found out she has lung cancer. Flew up for the operation to remove that part of her lung. 3 months after that found out mom has bladder cancer. Flew up for the operation to scrape off the cancer. 4 months later found out kidney cancer. Drove up for that operation to remove her kidney. Had to take 18 weeks off work to care for mom. Got EI for 15 weeks for that. That was like $900 a month. 2 months after kidney operation mom had 2 heart attacks. Congestive Heart Failure. Fluid around the heart and lungs. In and out of Intensive Care ever since. A month ago found out the bladder cancer is back. Waiting for operation. I don’t have enough hours to go on EI. I am currently off work in Intensive Care with my mom. I am almost out of sick hours at work. This stay with my mom will be unpaid. I have applied for another credit card to pay for my rent till I get back to work. Not sure I will get one. My vehicle now loves the mechanic at the garage. I have a 2006 Pontiac. Runs great never any trouble. Until lately. All the parts seem to want to give up. I am just about there myself. I can not get a loan to get a newer vehicle. That is what brings me to you. I owe $43,000 in credit card debt and line of credit. In the next 3 months I will be at least $5,000 more in debt. I have no family or friends to help me. Only know the people I work with and care for. I did not ever see myself in this much debt 10 years before retirement. Retirement may not be in my future.

I do good deeds everyday. Helping people in front of me at gas station or grocery store that are a little short on change. I hold the door open for people. I smile and say Hi to everyone I walk by. When I get my debt down to 0 or at least to where I can pay it forward. I will help someone that has hit bottom and needs a hand up to start going uphill.

I thank you all for your kindness and generosity in my time of need.

Enjoy your day

https://paypal.me/wdskip

 

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Please help keep me with my Husband

Hello,

A kind soul’s help would be invaluable to us this time of year. My husband and I are in a rough situation where we owe over $12,000 in taxes due to an old business we ran and failed. The business has brought us $100,000.00 dollars worth of debt, including the government taxes. Days and nights without dinner or lunch have been many. Restaurant and food court smells fill our stomachs instead of food when we are out shopping, and on special dates we order one large plate and share while spending the rest on a dessert to share, too. We are newly married, and the fact that we couldn’t afford wedding bands goes without say (if we had them we would have sold them to pay towards our debt). Savings were spent on a winter jacket and boots after pre-owned coats failed to keep out the stinging cold, and boots were absent from our wardrobe. We have reached the point where we have had to rent part of our tiny apartment to a student-friend, until they find a new room to move in. It is difficult because we have little private, safe space for emotions, so we are more quiet than talkative these days. Working hard, we have payed just over $5,000.00 worth of debt to collection agencies and former business suppliers. I am not a permanent resident of this country, and while processing my papers, it is best to show my husband does not owe government fees, being the $12,000.00 in taxes. I have a university degree but cannot work because I am neither a permanent resident nor do I have a working permit, and neither of us have family whom we can reach out to for help. Many of our belongings have been sold just to make ends meet. My husband is a warm-hearted, empathetic man, who could not stand to see the homeless on the street without a proper meal, and customized dishes to their taste. He sponsored seven children from third-world countries simultaneously to make sure they could eat and afford school. He donated to hospitals, and until today, donates a few dollars several times a month when we come across those even more in need than ourselves, with no shelter or tattered clothes. Once we are back on our feet without debt, we will be sure to pay this back, by helping community members once again, sponsoring children and giving confident sums of donations like we once could. He always puts me before himself, and has a warm, empathetic heart. He is intelligent and hard working, and has never missed a day of work except once a few months ago when he came down with the flu. He is never one to miss an opportunity to work and educate himself through podcasts and books; his daily before and after-work rituals. The $100,000.00 debt sum is only the sum we owe, and not our daily living expenses, such as rent, gas, and prescription + doctor visits. Please help keep me with the love of my life, as my application must be submitted within a timely manner within these few months, but we cannot make $12,000 by then nor do we have anyone left to ask. I would like to submit my application with my husband’s best possible government financial standing. Attached are images of the letters he received from agencies who mailed to let him know his debt sum was cleared. I do not have access to his tax account, though. Several months ago, a scam agency had us lose $2,000.00; where we found it was a scam too late, referring to themselves as “related to the government”— and we hurriedly payed everything we had in fear. This resulted in us having to borrow to pay our rent and other dues, and adding to our cycle of debt. My whole life, I have never had to ask for money from others, nevertheless had I ever had to borrow from anyone. Our goal is to clear everything up within a few years, but halfway through, we want to be able to rent a suit and a dress and take wedding photos; and build savings for our future. A warm soul’s help during this season would be a priceless act of kindness towards us. He is the love of my life. Please help keep us together. Any amount possible for donation would be of great help and thank you.

Once we are on our feet again, we will be able to give back to others like we once could, hopefully not only through money, but through time and warm meals as well.

-Hoping for Help, hand in hand

p.s. image is of only letter we have received stating we have payed back something completely.

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Bad things come in 3’s…or 4’s and now i need a little help

              OVERWHELMED

To Whom It May Concern,

Hi. My name is Wayne Allchin, I am 43 years old and I live in Canada. I am writing this because I don’t know where to turn at this point. In January of 2017, my 10-year long relationship ended. My common-law wife and I had purchased a house together, when we separated I gave her the house. I did not ask for any money for signing the house over to her, I still love her very much and I did not want to make the situation harder than it needed to be. My Mom and Step-Father allowed me to move in with them while I tried to get back on my feet.

In December of 2016 I had gone  for routine tests on my heart. As well as being diagnosed with Type-1 Diabetes at age 8, I was born with a malformed heart and on my 1st birthday, I underwent surgery called The Transposition Of The Great Vessels Of The Heart. In 2006 I underwent more open-heart surgery to fix a hole in my heart. I received the results of my cardiac tests in March of 2017. They were not good. The hole that had been repaired in 2006 had begun to leak blood again. This would have explained my lack of energy and my tiring very easily. I was told that because of all the scar-tissue that was on my heart from the previous surgeries, I was no longer a candidate for repair. My next surgery would be a transplant. Unfortunately I cannot be placed on the list yet because of my OTHER health condition. I was diagnosed with Diabetes when I was 8. I have been diabetic for most of my life and I have not always followed the rules. Because of that, I now have kidney disease. My kidneys function between 24 and 32%. This means that if I were to have a Heart Transplant, my kidneys would not survive, which could be fatal. I cannot have a Kidney transplant because my kidneys must be functioning below 12% before I can be put on a transplant list. I would need to have the 2 surgeries done at the same time. Which is a daunting task, physically AND logistically. All of these medical issues have made it hard for me to work a full time job. I am currently working very part-time hours at my local Best Buy. I used to put in 80-100 hour work weeks as a frontline support worker for people with disabilities. I now rely on government funding to pay my bills, but it is not enough to live on.

On October 4th of this year, I crashed my car into someone’s truck as I pulled out of a parking lot. The accident was my fault and I take full responsibility for it. My insurance covered the other person’s vehicle but, because I barely make enough to survive, I do not have collision coverage on my car, I am responsible for my own damages. I don’t have the $6000.00 to fix my car. All this stress has caused family relationships to fray and it would be best if I moved on. I have found a friend whom I can live with, but I need to buy essentials such as bed-sheets and towels.

I am writing this because I need to either fix my car OR buy another car. I paid $7000 for my 2009 Mazda3. I really like that car. I have been looking for something comparable but slightly newer. I am still in the $7500 to $9000 price range.

I am NOT asking for much. If I can raise $8000 to $9000 just so I can try and get back on my feet, it would mean so much to me. My plan is to go back to school and get a degree in Social Work so I can help people and not run myself into the ground in the process.

I never thought i would be in this situation. Thank you for your time.

https://paypal.me/WayneAllchin

 

 

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I will return the favour, when I am able.

It has been a long road for me, with some bad choices with good intentions. But now I have three children and the weight of the debt incurred is staggering and it’s time to ask for help. I am embarrassed, but desperate.

https://www.paypal.me/aimeelamoureux

I should say first, that I have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety. Just from the sheer madness and instability my life, it was inevitable. I was molested as a child, and it started a lifelong journey of self loathing and despair. I put myself in situations I never should have been in, and associated with people I shouldn’t. Because of that behaviour, I was raped when I was 20 years old, while in college (trying to do some upgrading that I needed at the time). After the rape, I just couldn’t quite deal with my life. My life felt solidified in despair. There was no hope. So, I just continued being destructive, because in my mind, it didn’t matter what I did.

I married a man I didn’t love and who treated me like crap. He wasn’t exactly physically abusive as he was emotionally abusive. He would come home from work and I didn’t know who was coming through that door. Was he my friend? Was he my enemy? I gained around 60 lbs for the 19 months we were married. I hated my life. But leaving was a must.

I was transient for much of my 20’s.. living from one place to another, accumulating debt and trying to find happiness where I could. I married again, after my Father passed away. I think I was just trying to find some stability. That husband was a great guy, but I had too much baggage to stay. We had two (amazing) children together before I left. I was suffering from Postpartum Psychosis when I did leave, though. So part of it was my brain wasn’t mine. It belonged to whatever sadness took over.

Two months after having my second child, I rekindled a relationship with an old boyfriend (whom is now my husband). It was a bewildering year, to say the least. But, I DO believe I am with whom I should be with. We, together, create stability and it has been such a tremendous blessing. Last year we had a child together and it has been blissful..

That being said, our debts from my prior poor decisions have come to a place where we can’t possibly survive this. I am back in school – majoring in something that I am passionate about. I want to work with atypical children. Children that were like me.. children that slipped through the cracks. I need to do this.

My husband is a wonderful, caring man. He works with people with developmental delays and it warms my heart knowing that he does this. It just doesn’t pay enough (or enough hours) to pay off our debt. We’re at a tune of $70k. I know.. it’s staggering.

But if we could get out of this and start fresh – we could offer each other, our children and society so much. We’re both finally in a place emotionally that we are able to give back in other ways that are not monetary. I love to volunteer when I can. I do have three children, so time is a factor. But, with having that debt gone – I would be more free to spend my time more wisely.

I never thought in a million years that I would be begging online for money.

But, for my children, I will.

For my husband, I will.

For that little girl that I used to be.. that broken girl. She deserves a fresh start. So I’ll do it for her.

Please help. I implore you.

It will go to where it needs to go, that is a promise. Then hopefully one day, we’ll be in a position that we can help out a family that so desperately needs it.

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A truck for wood cutting and hauling

Hello. I am in need of a truck I can use for wood cutting and hauling back. My old truck has broken down last year. I’ve been unable to repair it because it has sustained to much damage over the years through use. It was a good old jalopy and has served me well. I had to buy truck loads last winter which can cost $200 or more. For myself and family, the wood sheds can take up to ten truck loads. One load doesn’t last very long depending on weather and the person. I was cutting it close last year. Down to 5 logs at one point. Its gets pretty cold in northern Ontario. I would rather not wait and see if someone is selling a load or if it has been bought already. Thank you for your consideration.

https://paypal.me/EugeneKan

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Falling apart at the seams…

I think the worst thing I could think of myself doing is asking someone else for money. I am a hard worker-a trusted friend, employee, who pays her taxes, pays rent on time and tries not to miss any payments. My partner recently lost his part time job and we didn’t think it would effect us like it has. We have fallen behind on on bills,  and honestly, it has effected our relationship to the MAX to the point where i don’t know if we will make it… I wake up every morning with a heart ache that feels like my whole world has vanished and all the happy butterflies in my stomach have died.  I never thought money problems would be the route of my sadness. I used to be the type of person who would say “Money doesn’t buy Happiness” but when you cant afford lunches for your stepdaughter or a coffee on the way to work because your afraid that every dollar you spend is being taking away from your rent, heat, light, well being- you start to think-heck yah some money would make me happy right about now. I suffer from depression and it has gotten so much worse since our money issues started a few months back. I have applied for loans, gotten myself in more debt, started building wall decor, learned to knit just trying to make an extra dollar here and there but its not enough. With Christmas fast approaching I think of how dark it will be for my family. I understand things don’t make you happy – but not having money for at least a few gifts under the tree worries me. It worries me that I am choosing to pay rent, over food, gas, utilities. Paying rent is on top of everything else. Shelter is super important especially this time of the year. People say they wish they has a million dollars, I only wish I had $5000… I cant get any more loans because I have a loan to pay off already and I do not want to lessen my credit score…$5000 would help me pay rent for next two months and fix my car that is in desperate need of tlc. Without my car I will not have a way to bring my stepdaughter to school, I won’t have a way to get to work- therefore cant pay bills with no job- $5000 is all I need to start fresh. I have thought about what number would be important to me, and thats it. Its the gas, groceries, and rent I don’t have money for. I have put aside all medical, my partners dental issues to side. – Bills are more important at this time. As much as I wish I had enough to pay for my boyfriends root canal or the Councillor I am supposed to be seeing, paying my bills on time is what matters most and getting out of debt. I want a bright future for my stepdaughter, I don’t want 2018 to be the year it all went to shit. Help me, And I promise, from the bottom of my heart, I would pay it forward. I think if I had the money to help people, Id be the happiest person on the planet.

Thank you for your consideration,

Sincerely, a very desperate young woman writing this on her break at work – last resort before lights/heat and tv get cut.

Kathleen

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Help me pay my sisters funeral cost

My beautiful sister, Jean, passed away tragically in a car accident and my brother and I need help to cover her funeral costs. We have our eyes on a coffin that costs $1500. The cost for the funeral director is also $1500, to get her body embalmed is $600 and the cost for her burial plot and gravestone is $800. The viewing and funeral service cost is $1200. We are able to cover some of the costs but we need your help in being able to cover the full cost of it all.

Jean Maggie Simonson was born July 18 1995 to Neil and Alissa of Saskatoon Saskatchewan. She was a beautiful young girl with an open and fun loving heart. She grew up with her two brothers, me (Seth) and Tanner. She grew up tough because we would always be fighting one another. When mom died in a car accident when Jean was only 13, she took it bravely. She was often the one to comfort Dad when he was having a rough time. She was such a pleasant girl and nice to everyone. She took care of dad after he had a heart attack but he was infected by his catheter and a few months later he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He lost the fight and he passed away on July 17 2013, one day before Jean turned 18. She became very sad and depressed and went to live with her Aunt Viola in Winnipeg. There she worked at a Tim Hortons for 3 years and then decided to move back to Saskatoon where she met Adam McAllister from Prince Albert. They fell in love and after a year of dating she moved in with him. When the couple was driving home from Saskatoon on November 3rd 2018 they met a drunk driver who didn’t stop at a stop sign and caused Adams truck to roll 6 times. Our Jeanie was killed. She was 23. Adam suffered brain damage, a broken arm, and few broken ribs. The drunk suffered no injuries. She is dearly missed by everyone who knew her. We all loved her so much and we all long to see the mischievous twinkle in her eyes, to see her flash her dazzling smile and hear her contagious laugh just one more time.

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In desperate need of help for the 1st time in my life!

Hello there,

I know you do not know me but I appreciate you taking the time to read my current hardships. I am a single mother and It has been a rough few mths. I had to withdraw from a school last minute, stop building my business, and was ripped off by a realtor(for rental properties) and I had items damaged in storage that also ended up affecting the funds I had to provide.

It has been a very rough few months. I have spent so much time giving in my life that now when I have finally needed the help all those that were close to me were not who they seemed to be. Luckily I have had a couple friends that have tried to be helpful anyway possible.

Unfortunately, no home is the current situation. I would like to work again but it is impossible with no home. I can give back to those who have read this and may help. I have always worked hard for everything but it seems that I have hit a very high mountain that I keep trying to climb over but I now know that I cannot without help.

I have no real family and need your help. I have not posted any pics because I have no idea what pic I would post. I am very honest amd positive but now I am tired and in need of help to get a home to rent so I can work again immediately and get everything back on track. I had many goals and I am very ambitious but I had put all that on hold im the last few months im order to sort this all out.

 

Please help.

Sincerely,

Single mother in desperate need of help

 

I have added my paypal info as required.

https://www.paypal.me/goddesseafws

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Mentally Ill Painter

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I’m in a difficult situation and need all the help I can get. I recently moved to a new city with very high rent prices for my partner’s new job. He doesn’t start until January and neither of us have found work yet. Even once he starts, it’s a temporary position with a low salary until he has the experience.

I was diagnosed a long time ago with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety, social anxiety and borderline personality disorder. I can often mask my symptoms and if I’m on the right medication I can live a pretty normal life. Before I moved I spent the better half of a year trying new medications with no success after realizing my depression was taking a huge toll on me. My doctor became uncomfortable treating me because none of the medications were working without dramatic side effects and I was referred to a psychiatrist and a recovery program through the regional mental health center. The psychiatrist ended up being on sick leave for a couple months and I didn’t receive a call for an open appointment until after I moved.

So now I am in a new city and I have run out of money while looking for an apartment by myself (eating out for the entire time because I couldn’t cook meals and spending money on transportation, rent and deposit has eaten up all of my savings). I need rent for the end of the month and I don’t even have enough money for groceries until then. When I am mentally stable I can make money from my paintings and a part-time job, but my disorders are worst in stressful situations and I am trying to keep my head above water without putting myself in a dangerous situation. It’s very difficult to make and sell art in this state while also trying to look for additional employment. My credit is bad so I was denied credit cards from banks and just want to avoid taking out a high interest loan (that I might not even be accepted for). My family has already loaned me money. I feel like there’s no way out at this point. I called the local mental health centre and they suggested going to a walk-in doctor before I take any other measures so it will be a long road to recovery. I was trying so hard to get out of my slump before the move but now I’m worse off. I’ve applied for a credit card that accepts bad credit hoping it will give me funds until I can make money but it likely won’t be enough. I’ve been applying to many jobs that I actually want but if I’m not accepted anywhere soon I’ll turn to serving or retail, but I really want something that won’t make my depression worse. My partner is urging me to talk to a financial advisor but the idea makes me nauseous because of my social anxiety, and I know that if they can’t help me it will put me in a very bad place. I’m trying to work up the courage to go but again, I don’t know how much it will help. It also makes it extremely difficult to approach people and do well in interviews and I have no confidence.

I know I have so much potential as a human being but I keep letting myself down, and I keep ending up in situations I feel trapped in. If I can make my way through rent this month I’ll have enough time to finish the paintings that will make me next month’s rent and find a somewhat steady job. I have hope for the future but I need to make it through this rough patch.

Any help at all would be so greatly appreciated. I do have some art that hasn’t been sold (mostly drawings or quick paintings or things I like but other people don’t want to buy) and I’m willing to make prints of anything I’ve done. I’m not exactly sure how this website works but if you can send me an email or message I can send my artist website to you. Or include your email in paypal.me note (just send 1 cent if you’d like or whatever the minimum is if you just want my website).

Thank you ♡

paypal.me/ariomu

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New job gone wrong…

Hello, My name is Joseph.

 

I live in toronto canada.

My story is as follows, I was employed with a company for about 8 years, things were going well, The pay was decent and so forth, But i felt like i wasn’t going anywhere, no raise in almost 3 years. I was approached by an old friend about a job opportunity with better benefits, more pay, a better life in general. I gave my 2 week notice at my old job, they were pretty offended. about a month into my new job, The place goes bankrupt, I tried going back to my old job and they weren’t having it, they said they felt betrayed and would not take me back, here i am now, no job (currently searching) I just bought a new car which i am financing, cant pay my rent , The biggest one is that my dog currently needs surgery to remove a small tumor in her stomach  . I will get through the dip in my life, but any uplift from anyone would be great!

 

https://paypal.me/Sanocard

 

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

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Need Help With First and Last’s.

I am not entirely sure how to put this into 400 or more words, but basically in the summer I got really sick mentally. I was unable to go to work and due to the fact I work at a telecom call centre, where my job is essentially to get yelled at over things I cannot control, my stress and overall depression from my job caused me to have a huge nervous breakdown that I am still recovering from but I think I’ll be okay.

The kicker is that because of the breakdown I had and because the nurse practitioner I see to replace my former doctor (he retired) doesn’t see my breakdown as severe when it really was (I was totally mute for a month and a half and eating would make me instantly throw up), no paper work was sent to my workplace’s HR and I did not get paid at all in July or August. My landlord has run out of patience and if I do not come up with 2,300 (2 month of rent @ 950 + 2 NSF fees @ 100 + $200 owing from trying to clean up Augusts’s rent). The image I have attached is a rent receipt that I received that indicated 2 month’s of rent + 2 nsf fees +99.70 extra (which is inaccurate, we did the math together it should be an additional $200).

The reason I am asking for help is because even with being back to work again starting next week, I am very behind on things like phone and internet (which are essential for trying to find a new apartment that is more cost effective, as well as scheduling therapy appointments), and utilities and hydro. I really need to get caught up so I don’t lose my home, my parents will not take me back in as they feel that anybody over 18 is automatically supposed to fend for themselves and none of my friends have room for me. I’m 22 years old and I never once in my life thought I’d go through such a huge breakdown like I did.

My paypal is paypal.me/fruityfeet

Any help is appreciated.

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House Seized Soon

Short version: My mom is losing everything, and I don’t know what to do. She was bullied by our next-door neighbours and police, got kicked out of her house, had to move to government funded housing in town, still has animals to take care of at the old house, recently had to buy a $1100 car to do that, couldn’t afford that, so I used some of my student loan. She is on mental disability because of severe depression and fibromyalgia but they don’t give nearly enough money every month. After being kicked out of her house, she was told to fix the house, which we can’t afford, or demolish it, also can’t afford. I found out today she owes taxes on the house from 2016-2018 and they are going to seize the house in 3 weeks if we don’t come up with the money. My mom also had breast cancer over a year ago and needs reconstruction, her dentures fitted, glasses and random other health related things that she had been neglecting to give me a good life. My mom is the kindest person I know and I don’t even understand how this could possibly ever happen to anyone.

My mom means everything to me. She is the most loving and supportive human being and gave me the best childhood I could have asked for, even though I was clueless at the time that we didn’t have that much money. She always put the money towards new things like school supplies, clothes,  extra-curricular activities, and healthy dinners. I didn’t know any better that most of the money was going towards me to give me a “normal” life.

For years, she has been going through an extremely tough time both mentally and money-wise. At first I didn’t know anything was wrong because she kept it all to herself. I don’t think she wanted me to know everything that she was doing because she didn’t want me to worry. I honestly don’t even know when it really started, but when I was in grade 7 my dad started getting half of the child tax benefit and I remember her being very stressed and upset that he was taking the money when she took care of me the most and bought me the necessities. I didn’t think much of it and moved on. High school was harder because I was more aware that we didn’t have a lot of money, my mom was getting stressed and upset easily when we couldn’t afford to do things. She still made sure I went on school trips(that were partially fundraised for) to other countries even though we couldn’t afford it. I always assumed if I was going, we could.

Closer to the end of high school my mom was talking about going on disability which she did and I had no idea why. She didn’t really talk about it and I didn’t ask. I started blocking out hard times and problems that kept arising. I didn’t know how depressed she was and that she was taking meds for it. She cried a lot and I had never seen her cry before because she was so strong. Then, we had new neighbours move in and clearcut the property beside our house. I didn’t even know there was a property there. It was a beautiful forest my mom loved and it was hard to see it go. The neighbours were rude the first day we met them and haven’t stopped making noise everyday for the last 3 years, constantly building, or hammering something.  I could’t take it anymore and it was a huge reason why I moved out. My mom felt that she was being attacked and would make noise back. The neighbours would phone the police and they would go yell at my mom and because she is strong and doesn’t take crap from people she would argue back because she knew she was right. I was at university at this time living in a different town and there wasn’t anything I could do except for talk on the phone while she cried. Very recently she got a warrant for arrest which came out of nowhere for charges of events that didn’t happen. My mom was in such a fluster with everything going wrong that she became too overwhelmed and depressed to deal with any of this herself and stopped trying. My uncle stepped in and has been helping in anyway he can but he doesn’t live close and my mom has been forgetting so much lately that after talking with him on the phone will forget what she has to do.

Because of the current events, I have learned so much of what my mom has done for me through my life and continues to do. I want to help her and I do visit often and bring healthy food because she hardly eats or takes care of herself anymore. I am currently in school and have a student loan that isn’t even enough for me to live off of, let alone help her pay for things.

Now, I still don’t know the whole situation because my mom still doesn’t want it to affect me but as far as I’m aware so is still paying off my private school from 8 years ago, old credit cards I ever knew she had, house taxes, hydro bills, and a student loan she got a few years ago.

The main problem is the old house. She goes there everyday, sometimes twice to feed the 3 cats and chicken (because she can’t have them at her new place) and go through stuff because we don’t know whats happening to the house. Every time she goes it is a reminder that the neighbours bullied her, put charges on her (which just got off because the judge thought they were stupid, which they were and untrue) that her life is falling apart and it takes hours after leaving to feel okay again. She doesn’t want to talk to anyone a lot of the time and gets so stressed out she can’t think straight or remember things she said a few minutes prior. I am having a very hard time with this as I am only 20 and I don’t know how to help my mom who has done so much for me. She goes to counselling on and off which sometimes helps but going to the house everyday undoes all of that very quickly.

I don’t know the situation fully and I don’t know if my mom remembers it either but we need money to fix up the house, bring it up to code, and rent it out so my mom can have another source of income without selling the property she’s owned way before I was even born. I thin this will start to solve the problem. We will have to find homes for the pets which is heartbreaking for her as they are one of the reasons she hasn’t committed suicide. I am very scared for her health that the cancer will come back due to all of the stress and pressure on her right now. I don’t know a lot about houses but I think to get it properly fixed up it will be a minimum of $20,000 and another $10000 to pay off other loans and such, maybe more I’m not sure.

My mom has given up all hope but I haven’t. Even when life is hard I always try to see the good and keep positive but this is the hardest thing I have ever tried to wrap my head around. Almost everyday it gets worse and more money owing and it’s way too much to handle.

Please, if you can, help my mom. I can’t imagine my life without her. I’m going to have to drop of school because I don’t know what else to do. I want the best for my mom and she doesn’t know I’m posting this because she is embarrassed and used to being the one helping others. She doesn’t like to receive help but she needs it badly. She has done so much for others and is time for her to take a hand.

Thank you for reading this long post, there are so many more details I can’t fit it all in.

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I don’t want to stress over my teeth

Hello, thank you for taking the time to read this, I really appreciate it.

I’m a 22 y.o. woman freshly out of college and trying my best to make a decent living without relaying on any help. I don’t have any debt either, and I work as hard as I can to never have any. I’m saving as much as I can off my pay, and hope to get some financial stability in the near future.

However, it’s been years since I last saw a dentist. I’ve been to one recently, and the costs are way too much for me : almost every tooth needs some treatment. I need to pay 1,900$, which is a little too much for me.

I’ve already paid a lot for my glasses (that I now need to change, but that’s another story), my cat’s health problems (nothing too serious, but still a cost) and my little sister who’s getting out of an abusive relationship. I have literally no money to spend on dental care. I didn’t even save enough for this.

I wish I could ask my family or my friends, but I can’t. My friends are as poor as I am, and my family… well, my mother is unemployed, and my sister, also unemployed, just got out of a terrible relationship and has her own issues. I could never ask them to help me, as I feel it should be the other way around (because, at least, I have a job).

Any donation would be a great help — by donating to me, you’re not just paying for my dental care, but also helping me invest my money into more important matters (like my family) instead of begging dragged behind by dental costs.

Thank you again for reading this — and thank you for your help.

paypal.me/CamAndria

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Going to be without power before winter! Help!

Hi, my name is Nicole. I am desperately seeking help so I can help support my family.

I honestly do not want to beg or plead for donations, but here I am. 2018 has been chaos. An emotional rollercoaster.

First, my sister ended up in the hospital for a few weeks to a mouth for a serious problem with her gallbladder. Then a few weeks later my mother ended up being rushed to the hospital due to chest pains. Then came both the ambulance bill for my Mother and sister, which put more stress on the family.

Also, my Father had to stop working due to his feet. The Doctor put him off work for 2 months because the pain was so severe. So that ment, he was only getting a little over half of his paycheck, which let me tell you, put us in an even bigger pickle with the bills. (We are still waiting on the appointments and scheduled surgery on both feet).

Getting to the point.

We are so behind on bills that around 2 weeks ago, we were given a warning that our power WILL be cut off by 5 pm that Thursday evening if we did not pay what we are owing, on top of other fees that they decided to add to our bills.

I have never seen my Mother so depressed in my entire life. She spends her days sitting at the kitchen table crying or just staring into space. We have honestly tried everything. I stumbled upon this site and decided to give this last idea a shot before they decide to cut our power off.

All we are asking is for $4000.00

This should be enough to get us halfway on our feet again to pay the rest of the bills off.

Please, please help my family out. We would deeply appreciate your help!

 

https://paypal.me/NicG382

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IDENTICAL TWINS WITH AUTISM

My name is Rosalie. My husband got a liver transplant June 2017. I provide to put food, clothes and to pay our bills as my husband is unable to work. He is on depends. I have arthritis in both my knees, hands and right hip. I recently received a cortisone shot in the knee. I am now a part time worker.
The reason I am writing this is to help my daughter who is raising a 16 year old and two identical twin 4 year old girls both with autism. My daughter is going to the U of M to become a nurse. She is struggling financially. Before her ex abandoned them, they purchased a truck through the bank. The loan is in my daughters name. She applied for grants to go to school to better herself so she could provide for my twin granddaughters. My daughter is struggling due to the payments each month on the truck being $815 plus insurance, rent, food clothing and both twins still in diapers. I as a mother was able to help her through her financial situation as best as I could but am unable to now due to lack of working due to my health. I feel helpless unable to help my daughter out. She does not no I am seeking help. She doesn’t like asking for help. I think she feels this way thinking people dont care. I am putting faith that someone cares. It hurts me to see my daughter struggle. She was going to school full time but had drop down to part time due to twins getting sick with colds/ flu and her 16 year old diagnosed with depression and anxiety. If possible I am asking for 60 thousand to pay off her truck and help with insurance plus other bills to make her life less stressful. I am not voicing anything to my daughter till my request is granted. Please help. God bless those that help. Thank you

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A Man at his limits needs to breathe

Hello

My name is Todd. I am a 52 year old recently unemployed Male. I suffer from major depression and generalized anxiety.

I was diagnosed in 2013. I missed some work while I’ll and seeking therapy in both 2013 and 2014. I recovered a great deal in 2015 only to have my wife leave me in April of that year. My three sons live with her.

My mental disorder took hold again and I missed a great deal of work in 2016. I attempted suicide that year. At the end of 2016 into early 2017 I realized I could no longer afford child support and my bills had accumulated to the point that I was forced to file a consumer proposal to deal with my debts. That is still in negotiation.

I maintained hope that when I was ready to return to work I would be able to catch up somewhat and get some breathing room. Unfortunately, due to the amount of sick leave I used since 2013, my employer terminated my employment last month.

I have employment insurance but it does not cover my monthly debts. I’ve been looking for work but there isnt much out there for a 52 year old, fired guy with a mental disorder.

It breaks my heart to ask for money from strangers but I am desperate. It will soon lose my home because I cant Pay to keep a roof over my head.

I need money to help me get back on my feet. I can beat the depression but right now I’m taking the beating.

I could open a one man, residential demolition company if I had the means. There seems to be a market in this area. That’s a pipedream at the moment.

Please. Anything you can spare would be greatly appreciated. If I could reach $20,000 I would have the breathing room to break this trend and start to live again with passion.

Thank you so much

TF

https://paypal.me/uncomfortablyasking

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Behind on Bills; Need Help Catching Up

Hello friends,

My name’s Mike and I got laid off in December 2017.

“No big deal,” I thought at the time as I had my unemployment benefits and savings to tide me over until I found another job.

10 months later, I’m still unemployed, my unemployment benefits and savings have run out, my credit cards are maxed out, I’m behind on my bills, and I’m stressing out.

I tried to find another job, but I am not well-liked in my rural community because of my previous job as a traffic cop and it’s negatively effecting my job prospects. The electronics store I applied at didn’t call me back even though I have 2 years of experience as a sales associate. The grocery stores I applied at didn’t call me back even though I have 3 years of experience as a department supervisor/manager and bookkeeper. The restaurants I applied at didn’t call me back even though I have 4 years of experience as a manager. Even the shady liquor store in the bad part of town that is chronically understaffed didn’t call me back. Last week, I dropped of resumes in person at every business with an active job posting to no avail.

I don’t know what else to do. I cut all the expenses I could, even moving back into my mom’s house to save money, and sold pretty much everything I owned, but I still fell behind. My creditors gave me until this week to come up with the $700 in missed payments I owe them or else they’re sending me to collections and I only have $20 in my bank account. I’m seriously considering taking that $20 and buying a rope to hang myself with. Can’t get a job, can’t pay my bills, can’t even afford gosh darn bankruptcy, so why not end it all?

So, please, I’m desperate, if you have any money to spare, I would greatly appreciate it. You would be saving my life. Literally.

Thank you,

Mike

https://paypal.me/plshelpme911

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Drowning in Bills!!

hi, my name is kendra and let me start by telling a bit about myself. Born in 95’ to loving and caring parents they were always by my side and even to this day. Growing up my family never had a lot of money so I was always wanting things I couldn’t have. Daily budgets, money planning wasn’t how I wanted to live. At age 15 I got my first job at McDonald’s. I finally had money to spend on myself for once and I didn’t have to worry because it was MY money. I would spend and spend and it was the most amazing feeling since I had not had that much freedom in the past. I was at this for for 3 years but then I decided it was time for a change so I applied to a bunch of jobs and got a new one at a retail store! Now it wasn’t the best job but I stayed for a year until I got laid off.. the store couldn’t keep me anymore because of there were “too many” employees and people who were better than me so of course they got their own way. I applied to more jobs and still to this day have not had a steady income or a steady job. I got accepted for different credit cards and they were and are my only income technically so I’ve been living off of them and am almost in the negative. I will never be able to pay these cards off, I can’t find a job, I’m an outgoing and professional person but no one wants to hire me. My parents can’t help because my father is in the hospital due to illness so there’s some medical bills needing to be paid. So today, I have many many bills that need to be paid off and I’m basically in the negative on my credit cards, I have no income and life is super hard right now.  Anything will help, thank you!

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Rent

Dear Good Samaritan,

I am writing this letter to ask for help to whoever will have the time to read this message.

I am in dire need for help in paying my rent. I am always behind and got an eviction notice because I have not paid the month of August, and September is almost coming to a close.

I went and ask for help from a county or region where I live and they told me that they can’t help me because I have so many loans and it only shows that I am not responsible. I explain to them why I got into this situation and they told me they can’t do nothing about it and move on to the next case. After I left their office I just went into the bathroom and cried and cried.

I came into this situation when I lost my job back in mid 2016. I am a nanny and I don’t earn much from my job. My husband is not working as he is sick and I am the only one working supporting him, myself, and sometimes sending money back home for my ailing mother. I was able to pay my rent back then only relying on unemployment insurance but it creeping on me slowly and I turn into payday loans as no banks will secure me any loans. I cannot get out of it not to mention my other bills that is piling up ie utility bills, electricity, parking and so on. I always borrowed money from my friends and they can loan me sometimes here and there but they got tired of loaning me money that I got the reputation of “here comes the lady who always borrowed money”. When my husband was very sick one time , I can’t take him to hospital or doctors because we don’t have money to pay for medical bills and he just tolerate whatever pain he has. Every night I cried and pray to God to give me strength and always give me faith that even though its darkness what I am in now , there will always light at the end of the tunnel. Sometimes I lose hope but I have to be strong for both my husband and I.

I know its nobody’s problem,  but through this message I can let out some of the sadness, pain that I am feeling right now. I am begging whoever will read this message to please help me with your donation big or small it will help me tremendously.

May the blessings of God pour unto all of you.

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Car has failed me.

Hi, thank you for your time and consideration!
I am currently going to school at NAIT in Edmonton, AB, getting good grades and dedicate my time and efforts to my classes. I live outside the city in a town called Leduc.

Unfortunately my car has broke down on me and I am in no position to be able to pay for it! I had to get it towed to a repair shop for them to tell me I need to replace the transmission. When the guy told me it would cost around $3-4000 I nearly cried in front of him. I am going to need to fix it or buy a new car, as I live outside of the city and don’t have access to buses or trains and my car was my way to school. Right now I have been waking up extra early riding my bike for almost 3 hours (I don’t want to sound weak but it isn’t easy) it is only going to be getting harder and harder as the winter approaches, and not even joking it actually snowed a little last week.

I am already in a lot of debt with school and I hope that someone has the understanding of the position I’m in to help me out. Anything that you send is going to help out tremendously. Thanks for your time and god bless. I hope I can return the favor in the future.

paypal.me/TCC12

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Single mother needing help

Hello to all & thank-you for taking the time to read my request. As my title states, yes I am a single mother of a beautiful daughter who is desperately trying to pay my rent & bills each month. Every single month I come up short & normally do not have enough money  to pay for groceries. I am on income support which does not cover enough for our rent,bills & groceries. I get $1,007 a month from income support & $533 a month from child tax benifits & my rent alone is $1,150. Plus I have to pay my water, power & gas bills. So each month I am left very much struggling & I can only access the local food bank every 3 months & usually the food they provide is either expired or very close to expiring. I know you may be thinking why am I living in such an expensive place? The reason for that is I was living in an apartment for almost 2 years & two people moved in upstairs & downstairs leaving me in the middle & both parties called & complained on the noise level concerning my daughter so I was evicted on that which I didn’t even think was possible & was made to basically take anything I could find & this place was it. I’m on a year lease which I can not break until the 12 months is up. I have 6 months to go. A few years ago my cousin/best friend was murdered by a Somalian immigrant & I’ve been broken ever since that. I am on depression medication & receive councilling but always being stressed out due to financial circumstances is not helping our situation whatsoever. I am not doing this because I want sympathy. I am doing this as a last resort because I don’t know what else to do. Please if you can find it in your heart to help out with whatever you can. We would appreciate every last bit. Thank-you

( I have attached my water bill to show how much it normally is for 1.5 months of service)

https://paypal.me/brits420

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Student pursuing career, debt is too much

To the individual reading this:

First of all, thank you for taking the time to be here & to listen to my problems that I have deemed myself incapable of resolving on my own. If you decided to donate by the end of this, I will never be able to properly thank you & know that you have allowed a young lady a second chance at financial stability in this world. I am forever in your debt.

I am a 21 year old woman currently pursuing an education in Software Engineering Technology.
I am in credit card debt of $5,000, am working 25 hours a week as a apprentice to a general contractor.
This job pays $15 an hour which is just enough to cover my bi-weekly car payment of $145 & my monthly insurance of $170. I live in the city of Toronto & my rent is $700, in addition to this I have to pay for internet, gas, groceries and repay a loan from OSAP from my first year of college from when I was 19. This debt totals at $1,800
In addition to these bills, I had 2 jobs in the year of 2017 which crippled me when tax season came around causing me to owe the government $1000 in taxes which has now gained significant interest since April. I am unable to ask to repay this debt monthly because my monthly expenses are already through the roof.
I have gone through my savings completely & barely manage to get by due to my $300 overdraft protection on my account.

This can only last so long, I am in desperate need of help. I can’t go to any bank & ask for more money, my parents make too much money for me to get OSAP again this year. I’m not sure where else to turn.. I really hope that this works out.

Again thank you so much for considering me as someone you are considering donating to.

My paypal is paypal.me/arielle333

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Estranged Parents and School Bills

Hi to anyone interested. I feel crazy posting my story online like this but here we go. I am a 20 year old, first year student at a small northern Ontario post secondary institution. Let’s start with my family breakdown. My father was a raging alcoholic and used to beat me, my 4 siblings and my mom badly. My mom relied on him for income so she never left him. I am the oldest of all 4 siblings. My mom never did anything except try to please my father and put food on the table for us kids, she was just as scared as we were but she never left. I practically raised my siblings from birth this is why I am starting first year at almost 21 years old. 5 years ago we were taken away from my our parents to live with our grandparents in a small northern community of Ontario. My grandparents were not equipped to handle 5 children especially at their old age of 87 and 88. They can’t afford to feed all of us and I had to work 2 jobs to help with food and living.  This situation that was my life, had spiralled completely out of control and caused me to become severely depressed and have extreme anxiety in public, especially around men. I can’t even think of going into a bar. I forced myself to go to a loved ones of alcoholics meeting to try to understand and it was really hard. It took me a long time to wrap my head around the process because I have such horrible memories of my father and talking about it just made me flash back to how awful my life had been. It took me 3 years to understand. I ended up getting a tattoo of the alcoholics anonymous slogan “one day at a time” because I finally had let go of the past. I still struggle a lot, but it wasn’t as bad as it used to be. My siblings struggle everyday and  I am the backbone holding everything together. The stress and pressure it puts on me is enough to kill me but I keep thinking to myself “one day at a time”. It took me this long to even think about school and leaving my brothers and sisters. I still feel so guilty about it but I know I have to break the cycle and do something good with my life. So that brings me to now.

Growing up, I loved school because it was an escape from the brutal home life I endured. I excelled at math and science. My favourite subject was biology, which led me to pick my major biomedical biology. As stated before I had to work 2 jobs to help feed my siblings and I. I couldn’t save. I had to take out a 20,000 dollar loan to pay for my school, as of December 14th 2018 I will have paid my final payment for school and will officially be in debt 20,ooo dollars. Not to mention the credit card bills that are going to add up over the time. I am very desperate and anything to help me would be extremely appreciated. Here is my PayPal link: https://paypal.me/rheannamac

Thank you in advance.

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Dream of Helping Sick Kids, but tuition is unbearable.

I am a second year student at a small university in northern Canada. I am 19 years old and currently studying to go to med school.  I have wanted to be able to be a doctor because I spent a lot of my childhood and teenage years in the hospital. It was difficult for me to grow up in the hospital. I knew since I was a child that I wanted to be able to be the Doctor that would help kids just like me, that have to basically grow up in the hospital. I was born with many different health conditions, one of the most difficult for me was WPW, also know as Wolfe Parkinson White Syndrome. I was diagnosed with this heart condition while I was in high school trying out for the volleyball team and I fainted during the try out. I was rushed to the hospital and there came out that I had this new heart condition. It was so hard for me once again to be back in the hospital. It took me away from everything that I loved. I wasn’t allowed to play soccer or volleyball or badminton or run anymore. It gave me severe depression and I was hospitalized once for literally trying to run away from all my problems until I actually fainted and my brother later found me lying beside a creek a couple kilometers from our home.

I want to be a doctor so that when kids and young teenagers are diagnosed with difficult circumstances I am able to be there to help them and support them. I know a little bit what it is like to grow up having to go to the hospital everyday, coming in for treatments constantly and most importantly being afraid and lonely when at the start things are unknown.

University is a lot of money these days and even though I worked my hardest in high school and continue to work hard in my classes now the scholarships that the schools and government give out are very minimal compared to what we are expected to pay. I want to be able to go out and help out sick kids but I can hardly even afford to pay off my second year so that I am able to continue my studies. During the summer I hold a full time job as a lifeguard and volunteer at the United way center in my city and I still do not even come close to making enough money to afford even one semester at university.

Going through university to get my BSc in Pre-Med is expensive as it is and then it is going to cost me even more when I go to Med school. I know that I could be a great doctor and make a difference in the lives of many children that are going through hard times. I want to have a career that will actually make a difference in the world, not for my sake, but the sake of hundreds of family’s around Canada that have to o through these hard times. When I was in the hospital, when I had a good doctor that made me feel special and was kind to me it made all the difference. Without financial aid I don’t know if I will be able to finish my degree because I already have so many loans taken out just so I could afford the first year and a half and I don’t know if I will make it another semester or year. My parents refuse to aid in my tuition fees because they say that if I want something bad enough I have to work for it and do it myself. If you would be so kind, please allow me to make this sort of difference in children’s lives as well. Thank you for all your help, every cent counts.

 

https://paypal.me/AinsleyMcn

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Please Help Me Help My Husband

PayPal.Me/jaclynn7

Please help me help my husband.

Hello, I am looking for donations to help my husband. We are a couple in our mid to late twenties who have a one year old son. I was diagnosed with infertility and spent any savings we had on infertility treatments but after multiple failed cycles we gave up and were blessed with a miracle.

We have had a pretty rough year since and he supports us financially as I stay home with our young child. We were planning on having me start my career as a realtor but  a family emergency came up and I now have to be available to help a member of my family all week long, so I am unable to get a job of my own.

My husband works hard to make sure ends meet but stresses about the fact that he isn’t able to get us into our own home for our child to grow up in. I have struggled with severe anxiety since high school where I was bullied mercilessly and after being harassed by a previous landlord, living in a rental apartment causes me anxiety attacks almost daily when our new landlord is around. The place is also extremely cramped therefore there isn’t much room for us and our son to live in.

We have been trying to save for a few years to move into a town further away from the city we live in where we can find more affordable housing and live in a safer, smaller community. I would love to be able to raise some money to give him some relief from feeling like a failure that he can’t get our family out of here. I want him to be able to enjoy life a little more and focus on being more present for our son.

My husband has never had anything handed to him in life, he’s had to work hard for everything he’s ever had and never had much support in his life emotionally or financially until meeting me.

I am beyond appreciative of any donations that could be given, I am hoping to raise at least $10,000 to help put a down payment for a house to go with the small amount we have been able to save as well as moving costs. My husband is an amazing husband and father as well as elmvale.JPGthe kindest man I have ever met who helps anyone and everyone whenever he can and just want to be able to give some of that joy back to him.

Thank you for taking the time to read over my donation request.

PayPal.Me/jaclynn7

 

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Gratitude and Love

Thank you for visiting my request page. My name is Chris and I will be honest. My life has been pretty amazing. I have two loving parents who have supported me my whole life. I have three older sisters who are loving and supportive and who have made me into a crazy fun uncle. I have had amazing jobs and I have been able to follow my life passion of singing. I wrote an album with my father when I was 16 and released it. I have been doing theatre all my life and have played Jesus, Judas, Judah, Joseph, Sebastian, Che, just to name a few. My life has been a fairytale from the outside and I am so overwhelmed by the gratitude I have learned from my experiences.

I have had struggles with depression, anxiety and suicide. I have had access to counseling and wonderful humans to hold me when I fall. The world is full of angels if you look. With that being said, it took a lot for me to consider this type of website and communication but sometimes when you need help, you have to ask to receive.

So why am I here asking for money?

Well, with the support of having a loving family comes the stress of them giving you everything they have. My parents have put everything in their lives on the backburner to help me. I am definitely going to have a wonderful life making and performing music. But I want them to be able to relax and enjoy their lives as well. I do have a job outside of music but it barely covers MY bills. And unfortunately, my attempts at juggling multiple jobs always end in me being burnt out for months. But I don’t want you to feel bad for me because I know my life is beautiful.

My Mother was diagnosed with fibromyalgia a few years back and is in tests to confirm if she also has a degenerative disease as well. Her skin flares up into red patches randomly that cause extreme itching and pain. Yet, she still smiles and asks me about my singing everyday. The doctors cannot figure it out but I know when she is relaxed, the rashes subside. She loves being near water. My Father has heart issues and has done a wonderful job keeping his vitals and vitamins in check but I worry about his stress. He has had an angioplasty and was recently told he may need open-heart surgery. We used to write music together. He misses playing his guitar and piano. He studied music when he went to University and never followed his passion because he felt obligated to take care of his mother. They have always put everyone else first.

I don’t know if I will ever be able to repay them for the life they have given me. But I hope with your help, I can give them some relief from the financial burdens of life. Any help is greatly appreciated and the good energy you send our way is received with love.

I am so grateful for even the opportunity to write this. The world is not fair and I have been given so much. I hope one day I will be able to pay it forward. Thank you for reading my letter.

Much love and peace!

Hope your day is beautiful!

Thank you!

 

paypal.me/chrisning

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Starving Artist Needs Funding

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“Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.” ~John Lubbock (1834-1913), “The Pleasures of life”

One of the hardest occupations to make money at these days is being an artist. With funding being pulled from arts programs in schools, colleges and universities as well as government grant options disappearing, the admiration and appreciation for those who dedicate their life to the arts has diminished substantially. We endure social media allowing images of our work to be stolen and used without payment. Well meaning friends expect work at highly discounted prices. Unfortunately, for the artist, we still must do our art but most of us are living in dire poverty in order to hone our skills well.

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It’s really not as simple as going to get a “normal” job. This is our job. This is what we do. If we go and get a full time job in addition to doing this job… then this job, our art, will suffer.  If you treat your talent as a hobby that is all it will ever be. We, artists, give our life to our talent understanding the dedication required. Most of us work 16-18 hour days on our art, 6 days a week. And while it takes a while for it to pay off, the journey must happen for the payoff to happen.

It wasn’t that long ago that people would see a person with talent and invite them into their home to feed and house them so that they can just focus on their art – poets, musicians, actors, writers and visual artists all lived like this. Their patrons would also fundraise so that the artist was able to constantly expand and focus on their talent. In fact, it was quite a status symbol to be a person who was supporting an up and coming artist. Why that disappeared in North America is unknown. It is still a practice in parts of Europe where they still understand the importance of art in life because it is more than just art… it heals…  “At the deepest level, the creative process and the healing process arise from a single source. When you are an artist, you are a healer; a wordless trust of the same mystery is the foundation of your work and its integrity.” ~ Rachel Naomi Remen, MD …

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I’m not asking you for a handout. I’m asking you to invest in the future of art. I’m asking you to keep visual art alive by funding my ability to keep working on and focusing on my talents.

“Arts and culture make considerable and necessary contributions to the well-being of communities. Arts and culture are powerful tools with which to engage communities in various levels of change. They are a means to public dialogue, contribute to the development of a community’s creative learning, create healthy communities capable of action, provide a powerful tool for community mobilization and activism, and help build community capacity and leadership.” ~ Creative City Network of Canada

Your donation will go toward whatever I need at the time – Paint, Canvas, Soap Stone, Glass, Inspiring Hike, Fees for Art Shows and Booths to sell my work, gas to get there,  camera equipment, new easels, brushes, pallets, finishing kits, and all other art supplies. It will pay for me to host a website with my work. It will pay for me to be able to take the time to market my work.

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Each year I will draw a name from the donators so far and they will win one original painting or drawing of my choosing. Unfortunately I can not pay for shipping (Yet). All donators will also receive an invitation to any art events or gallery showings I am in.

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Below is a brief biography. If you require my CV please contact me directly.  I thank you for your interest in the arts.

I am a Canadian Artist, who is a card carrying member of Federation of Canadian Artists – originally formed by some of my heroes in Canadian Art – The Group of Seven.

I am formally trained and educated in Fine Art and Fine Art History. After a lengthy sabbatical I have found my soul again and I am launching an entirely new series that I will be showing here and in a gallery in Ontario Canada in the near future. You might also know me as Jennifer Steele or Steele Wilder from the work I do in virtual worlds and my voice-over work.

I am available for commissioned work – painting, sketches, sculpture, pottery, illustrations, book covers, and 3D virtual art. Please email me or msg me for a quote. If there is a work I am showing on this page that you would like to purchase please contact me. Please keep in mind that I’m an established artist and I don’t work for food. Although if you’re a really good cook and there’s wine involved I might. ;)

I have studied under many professional artists across the span of my interest in the arts. As a Chef I studied under amazing Chefs and as an Artist I gave myself no less of a trial. My painting influences are definitely from Michal Manson, Ken Danby, Tim Burton, Tom Thomson, Frida Kahlo, Kandinsky, Botticelli, O’Keeffe, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Claude Monet and as you can well see in some cases Edvard Munch.

Overall I would say I can credit my painting and sculpture to 4 main people – David Matthews, the librarian at my elementary school, who gave a small child a stool and let her just sit, watch and ask questions as he painted amazing landscapes with his oils and ever so patiently answered my questions. He taught me trees and water at 8 years old – he fueled the fire. Gordon Brown was my mentor in highschool who pushed me well beyond the safe place I was keeping my art to bigger canvas and more forms – sculpture, pottery, lithographs and of course trying every sort of painting technique there is. Gordon also brought out the poet. He knew allowing me to say the words would create the art. I’m a published poet because of him. – he flamed the fire.

Then, unfortunately briefly, I was under the tutelage of Monty Wright. Monty taught me to have my own style signature. That is, be comfortable with how I create. It did take me years to realize I was never going to be Ken Danby – but listening to Monty’s advice made me finally settle into a noticeable style and pallet that people who do follow my work instantly recognize. Monty also introduced me to early, very early, (remember this is early 80s) Graphic Art software. He lit the flame in me for combining my art with computers. Now today I can take anything and make a 3D model out of it, or recreate something I have already created to take it one set further – he also flamed the fire.

The most influential personality in the development of my painting eye and technique was Michal Manson – my mentor all through University and afterward – I owe Michal so much for so many reasons but most of all for her constant sarcastic critiques of my work which oddly made me try harder and harder. I will never ever forget the late nights, in her little apartment over the bookstore in Waterloo, doing and redoing paintings and drawings until Michal either started pouring me wine or handed me a new canvass. She taught me to hate comments like “oh that’s cute” or “yes that will sell well at Sears”. She taught me art is not art until it begs a story from it’s seams. She completely changed my eye and the way I look at everything down to it’s finite detail. She taught me a lot about really good wine and when to celebrate a finished work. She taught me to know when to ask the canvass if it needs anything else and to know when to stop painting. I can still feel her hand on my shoulder and that raspy laugh behind my ear when she was pleased with what she saw. The last thing I remember her saying to me was in an email shortly before she died – “just stop everything you’re doing and paint and f&*cking be you kid no matter what – you were born an artist you are an artist you will die an artist. Everything else is just bullsh*t”. Well Michal, I’m finally doing exactly that and I miss you every day – she made the fire roar.

My photography style and effect are the result of being blessed by being able to work closely with the remarkably talented Wilhelm Nassau for 3 years. I’d love to say I worked with him in Vienna but alas it was in Waterloo Ontario. He was the very first mentor who made me examine my work constantly to ensure it wasn’t pedestrian but had a reason to be printed. An absolutely brutal critic who did bring me to tears here and there but there was no other person who would have taught me so well. I did put my Minolta Maxxum 7000 SLR away permanently when digital came out – but I’m planning to dust her off again as I see quite a few real photographers are finding their way back to at least 35mm.

Nobody taught me how to sculpt soap stone. That I just picked up one day and decided I could do it and found out I’m pretty good at it…

Anyway… from kid to now I’ve won various awards for my work and I plan to win more :) I hope you enjoy everything you see.. and more I hope you find a piece that makes you sit for a while and just contemplate life. I don’t explain the story behind any of my pieces and I never will because the story is yours to create.

Send your donations to https://www.paypal.me/myartsells

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Lil Luna Needs FHO surgery and insurance doesn’t cover it.

Little miss Luna is a rescue cat we have. We adopted her last year in March as her mother abandoned her at 5 weeks old.

We had to teach her how to eat proper, use the litter box, sharpen her claws, etc. She ended up becoming best buds with our other cat a Maine Coon. He continued to teach her how to cat and its been wonderful.

Back in May, we took her in as we seen she was limping and we all thought she had a broken foot. Turns out, it wasn’t broken and we couldn’t find any damage. So we got kitty advil and were told soft damage.

A couple weeks ago, we went back in as he limp got way worse. Turns out, she fractured the head of her femur and requires an FHO surgery.

A femoral head ostectomy (FHO) is a surgical procedure that removes the head and neck from the femur. FHO surgery is performed to alleviate pain. It is a salvage procedure, reserved for condition where pain can not be alleviated in any other way.

We tried to go through insurance, but turns out, she was born with a condition that caused this. So because it is pre existing, they will not cover it. In turn we are left to pay for this out of pocket.

Im trying to raise the money so it doesn’t leave me financially screwed. Especially as I am currently between jobs, and on assistance.

I thank you all for what you can do, and would appreciate if the word got around.

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Looking for help with rent for my mom a/depressi

hello there, I know this seems a little far fetched and a lot to ask for but it’s to help my mother out extremely and myself but mainly for my mom. She is the biggest blessing in my life and I wish I could bless this woman everyday for what she does for me. We’ve been evicted from multiple different apartments in our lives due to my moms past drug addiction/bad relationship and not being able to afford rent costs, I finally within the last 2 years have pulled my mom away from that bad place she was in and we have moved into a house for the first time ever in the last year. Herself and I are  working on getting her completely sober and also working on some of my mental health problems and anxiety but we seem to have run into another eviction that is coming up really soon unfortunately.  After she started getting sober, she got a seasonal job that had ended in January and since then, we haven’t been able to keep up with the bills, groceries, animal needs, hydro bills, and so many other things until she can find work again, but those are most important right now. She’s also shuffling with EXTRME dental costs to fix more than a few teeth which is putting a huge weight on our money and financial situation. I’ve attached a copy of how much rent we currently owe from May, we still owe that amount and the only reason he’s let us stay here is because we’ve agreed to try to continue paying our monthly rent but he is now trying to evict us for the rent we owe from February to May and has ordered us to pay this amount or we will be forced to be evicted by the end of September. Monthly rent is 1500$ here which we’ve still struggled to get the last few months, every month but we do manage. But now 6,190$ is way to much that we are unable to come up with. We really love the area we are in because it’s away from the bad parts of where my mom started her addiction, she’s really progressing here and and it’s our first home we’ve ever lived in which is extremely exciting. All she has is me and I know I’m not enough so this house is her safe haven, it’s where she feels the most comfortable and she feels like she’s able to succeed. We both don’t have much support or family because my dad had passed a little over 2 months ago and it’s still a big damper on our lives, we’ve tried to resort to every resource we possibly could for money help and I really don’t know what much else to do at this point besides look toward being homeless with our dog and cat in the next month which I’m really praying to god doesn’t happen, and a miracle will come my way.. My mom is the biggest role model and inspiration to me and I wish everyday I could give back to her and show her brighter days but it seems like our life always comes to some type of hault everytime we try to work on something good. I love her with all my heart and i am not the type of person to beg for help unless I can help in some way back but this is too serious of a situation that I know I can’t wait around for, the help is appreciated greatly and I will be forever grateful and thankful for you and your existence.

Thank you so much 🙏🏽☺

https://paypal.me/morganrachxo

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Keeping the roof over our head.

Hi,

The short answer is this, we cannot keep the roof over our head.

The year started with my Dad deciding that he was going to sell his house. I lived at home and my boyfriend lived at home.

We decided that we were going to find a place with a finished basement so my dad could live with us in his own apartment. It was going well, besides the normal house sharing issues. We were happy.

My sister who has 3 kids was living with her boyfriend ( the kid’s father) in a townhouse close to us. The financial burden of 3 kids and a 4th on the way, as well as the size of their home, made it so they had to leave. As a family, we decided that my dad would move in with my sister and the kids ( he was paying $500 for rent with us for the whole basement and utilities) and help with rent and child care.

My boyfriend and I came to the decision that we needed to downsize, gave our notice on our house and found a new place to live.

After a month of storing out where to live, they ending up at the end of their lease with nowhere to go. So at this point, my Sister has nowhere to live, my dad has nowhere to live, and my nieces and nephew have nowhere to live.

So I asked my new landlord if we could move in 1 month early. It was no problem but we would have to pay first and last months rent sooner then expected. Paying out over $5000 in rent and moving costs alone in 1 month… now I’m struggling.

 

I’ve never been the person to expect a reward for doing nice things, I just try and be the best person I can every day.

but I’m putting it out into the universe in hopes someone can help me.

Thank you so much for your time

anything helps.

https://paypal.me/Marilyn388

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Money for our home

Hi,

the short answer for this request is that we are not making enough money to keep the roof over our head.

This all started in April when my Dad sold his house and my Boyfriend and I decided that we would find a place and have him move into our basement, all natural growing pains aside we were moving along well for about 6 months.

In that time my Sister (who has 3 kids) found herself facing eviction after her boyfriends’ grandparents ( who were the guarantor for their house) said they would no longer keep their name on the lease. Truth be told their house was way too expensive for them and the burden on the grandparents’ had become too much.

When all of this was happening my sister and I agreed that my Dad should go and live with them because he could use the $500 he was giving to us for rent to give to them for rent ( I know this is a lot, so I hope you’re still following)

*at this point, my sister had to be out of her house in 60 days, my Dad was moving in with them and helping them *

My boyfriend and I had come to the decision that we needed to find a cheaper place to live, and so we did.

After a long time of deciding where they were going to live ( They being my sister, her 3 kids, and her boyfriend) had nowhere to go they had to leave there house and were having no luck finding a new place.

The position I’m in is, My Dad has nowhere to live, my Sister has nowhere to live, my nephew and 2 nieces have nowhere to live. So I ask my new landlord if we can move in, in 30 days instead of 60 ( when my current lease is up ) keep in mind I have paid the rent on this house already, it is my home.

the new landlord agrees to let us move in, but of course, we have to pay first and last months rent early. So I hand out $5000 in one month, in rent and I’m struggling.

I’ve never been of the mindset that doing nice things will grant you and reward. You do nice things because that’s what good people do but I need to put it out into the universe that I need help.. And I hope someone can respond.

 

Thank you so much for your time

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Feeling hopeless

I never thought I would have to do something like this. I am a single woman in my early thirties. I recently got out of an emotionally abusive, toxic relationship and am trying to make it on my own.  Every move I made, including financially, was dictated by my ex. I work 40 hours a week full time but gave most of my money to him on his request (there was always a reason I “owed” him this money – he was very manipulative). When the chance came that I could get out I took it. I didn’t consider my financial situation or how difficult it was going to be to start over with nothing. Since then I have been happier, realizing how toxic he really was in hindsight. However, because I started with almost nothing financially, I am now beyond struggling. My credit card is over the limit, my overdraft is nearly maxed out. I have hundreds of dollars of unpaid bills – some of which have gone to collections weeks ago.

I have always suffered from depression. My mother passed away suddenly in 2012 which sent me into a tailspin. I refused to get help, feeling ashamed and thinking I could handle it myself- until a suicide attempt several years later. I began seeing a psychiatrist and taking medications, which have helped. The stress of my current situation pushed me to another suicide attempt in early August 2018. My roommate found me and took me to the hospital. I was then hospitalized for a week and a half, and put on leave from work for another 2 weeks.

I realize I needed this break but my job does not provide vacation pay or sick pay, so I have now missed out on essentially an entire pay cheque. I do not have enough for rent, my car payment, or the bills that are due let alone the overdue ones.

To add even more to my stress, I recently got a flat tire on my car. Thankfully it was covered under warranty, but I need to get another new tire so that the suspension on my car is not affected. Any damage to my car until I get another tire will not be covered under my warranty. One new tire is over $400.

I am truly desperate. If anyone would be willing to help, ANYTHING would help. I have already borrowed money from family. My senior father has given me what he can, I have even borrowed from my younger neice and have not been able to pay her back yet.

Any help would be so, so, appreciated. Once I am stable on back on my feet I will be donating wherever I can.

Thank you for reading.

https://www.paypal.me/CJYL

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Hit Rock Bottom and Need some Help Climbing Back Up

I want to start but saying hello, and thank you for taking your time to read my page.

For a while now I have been struggling to keep my head above some very choppy waters. I have hit rock bottom and I can’t seem to climb my way back up to where I can be comfortable again. A year ago, I had to leave a very abusive relationship. I had absolutely nothing, no money, or food, or even furniture. I left with only my cats and the clothes on my back it seemed. With help from some family I was able to move away, and start a new life closer to my family in a very small town. I had a job that paid a bit, just enough to pay my bills. That was when I first moved into town. But awhile ago they laid me off from lack of work and have yet to call me back. Now I am living off of some unemployment that is going to run out very soon and I have not been able to find another job, or get an answer from my previous employer when they will be calling people back.

I am having a severely hard time in my life. I can’t afford to buy food, as well as pay off all of my bills, and rent. I am on some anxiety medication for my depression and anxiety, but I feel like I can’t afford those medications anymore either. I’m at the end of my rope and would just like to please ask for some help to keep me afloat.

 

Thank you for your time,

Tara S

 

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Getting back on my feet

Hi, my name is Ashley. I live in a small city in Northern Ontario, Canada where it’s very hard to find a job that provides a wage that one can live on. I’m going to school to become a chef, and here, it’s next to impossible to get a job in the field unless you have personal connections, as most of the restaurants are owned by families that hire people they know. I had a job like that, in a hotel, and the pay was really good! I was able to move out on my own at 18 with my friend as a roommate and we were able to pay everything on time. The problem was, my bosses were very abusive towards me and I had to quit due to my mental health. A month later, I found employment at the theater, but it’s only a minimum wage job and I only get a few shifts a week. I tried to find a second job in retail and fast food and restaurants, but they all said that because I already have a job, that they didn’t want to work around that. The one restaurant I got an interview at said my experience and education put me above most of the staff I had there and didn’t want to make them uncomfortable. So my friend and I were evicted from our apartment because we couldn’t make ends meet. We’re now living with her mom and two brothers, and while she can stay as long as she wants, I know I am a guest and as much as her family also considers me as family (we’ve been friends since early childhood), I know I can’t stay forever. As is, I’m renting a room in which I have 2 large tanks for my pets (2 lizards) and also have to make space for my cat as well. All my belongings aside from my bed, desk, and a bookshelf are in a storage unit, as well as most of my clothing. The unit is $73/month.

I just need some help in paying off a few things, such as my phone bill which is sitting above $200, my credit card is maxed at $800, and I owe some friends and family money for their help as well. Even just $5 is a huge help to me, as I can put it towards feeding my animals or saving it up to pay off something.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope you have a great day/night :)

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Need help fixing my financials mistakes

Hello,

My name is Jonathan. For the past couple years I made a few mistake financially. I lost a big majority of it to gambling with the idea I could get rich quick. But instead I dugged myself in a very deep hole and I’m slowly dragging my family with me. I have a wife, step son, 2 dogs (which one of them is epileptic) and a cat. During my down fall. I always tried to keep things good for my family. Registering my step son into karate. Buying him all the gift he wants regardless of my struggles. I tried hiding my financial problems from my family, by getting financial loans and maxing out my credit card. But as you probably know by now, it just made things worse. Today I’m on the verge of a separation, I’m constantly arguing with my wife over the mistake I’ve done. I can no longer take them out on simple road trips or cheap activities. I haven’t seen my family in over a year because I can’t afford to drive to them. I have to constantly beg my friend and family for money just to be able to feed my family. Here is the depts I got myself into

3 credit cards completely max of a total of 4000$ and no way to make the minimum payment.

1 financial load of 37% interest of 6000$

Borrowed 1600$ from my mom, and can not pay her back yet.

The last thing I want to do is bother others with my problems. I just dont know what else to do.

Any donation to help me get out of my financial grave will be appreciated.

I thank anyone who helps me. And once I’m back on my feet I will pay it forward to somebody else in need.

Paypal.me/JGorley640

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Need some help.

I have been having financial issues for the last year. Everything in my life just keeps getting worse. Started with a bad relationship where I thought I found this great guy but he ended up scamming me out of a bunch of hard earned money. Yes there were some things I did that weren’t exactly the smartest things. But love is blind and apparently very dumb as well.   Then I had car problems that depleted my savings to practically nothing.  Then to top it off I ended up getting very sick. I wasn’t able to go to work which means I wasn’t able to make money, but the bills keep coming and now I am in debt up to my eyeballs. I just want some help getting ready back on my feet and back to a spot in my life where I do not need to worry about how I am going to make it through to my next pay check.   I am basically working just to pay off debts and it getting very hard. I find myself getting depressed and not feeling myself.  I can usually put up a front and show people that I am okay but lately people have been commenting that I am starting to look depressed.   I have secluded myself from everyone just so that I don’t have to talk and explain my feelings.  I am so isolated and so lonely lately.  I make excuses why I can’t go to work functions and I ignore texts from friends and most of my family too. Except for my most favourite people my Grandparents. I would just love to be able to tell them that my life is looking up and that they can be so proud of me. They raised me. I hate to be a disappointment to them. They know what I am going through and they help when they can but they are also on a fixed income being seniors and all.   If I could get the help from some nice people I would promise that once I am back on my feet I am going to pay it forward to others in need. I wish I could be the one handing out money to people who really need it. Right now I am one of those people. I have collectors calling and emailing. I feel like a jerk and just want to feel normal again.  I hate being in this situation. Thanks for reading.

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I need money for Cancer medication Bills

Hello

My name is Frank , I am 30 years old, recently my doctor told me I have bladder Cancer.
I am in the first stage of it. I feel scared all the time, waking up, with the intense pain.
I am getting so behind on my hospital bills, and my medication bills. I work part-time on ebay as a seller, and I have a full time job as technician.
I know there are kind people everywhere, I am asking you people out there, for your kindness, and generosity, to help me pay my medical bills.

my goal is to pay $40,000 in med bills

I hope you can donate, and God Bless you..

https://paypal.me/Francis001x