I am in need of some help for travel expenses so my son can meet his grandma for the first time.

My 3 year old son who lives in a foreign country has never met my mom, his grandma. The reason for this is both financial and time. It takes time to save money. It takes a lot of money to move 4 people from one country to another. So my partner and I have been saving for all the costs associated. Flights, deposit on a place to live, living expenses, visa/passport expenses, and the million other things that come up.

A month ago we found out my mom has cancer and has been placed under hospice care. Our plans changed… I now need to take my son alone to visit my mom. I need to take a LOA from work in order to do so. This means lots of money going out and none going in. I cannot pull the trigger until I know we will be financially secure. I have figured the cost will be $6500 to make everything work. This included the cost of 2 round trip flights,  some expenses associated with passports/visa, and living expenses for 4 while I take a 6 week LOA. I would take anything to help get to that amount. I have shared with friends and family, but have not met my goal.

There is the letter from Hospice. I blocked out names. If you can find it in your heart to donate please go to paypal.me/meetgrandma. The letter was written to assist with expediting some immigration processes.

Thank you for your consideration.

*I want to be clear, this is emergency money for travel expenses. I am employed, everyone will eat, utilities will stay on, but we cannot afford the trip. We have debt, unable to secure a loan.

I traveled for work, me my partner, and the rest is history. $5, $10, $500, whatever you can spare will go to a good thing, Please don’t pass over people that need money to eat, need to turn the lights on, or need to pay rent. They are in more need than me. Help them first, then help me.*

I know that I posted the below request not that long ago but noticed I forgot my PayPal link, which I have now included at the very end of this request, and also things have changed, so I do very much hope that this is ok. Since this previous post we did manage to get our rent paid thankfully for another month but it seems that my husbands short hours have not stopped with the new year and till I start receiving my financial aid for school (class started today so it could take up to another month to see any) we are still going to struggle. Our bills are roughly $4000 a month and we will be able to cover 40% to 50% of them strictly from my husbands current hours. This includes groceries, household items, pet food and diapers, wipes and potty training items for our youngest. I completely understand that it is a tough time right now for a lot of people and there are some that are literally going without pay but if someone can find it in their heart to help out even a small amount it would mean the world.

I am a stay at home mother to my three boys, ages 10, 7 and 2 and my two stepchildren, ages 9 and 8, in all we are a family of seven. We live in a tiny town with barely 300 people and a serious lack of employment opportunities. My husband typically works 12 to 14 hour days for 5 to 6 days a week but during the month of December, his hours were drastically cut back to practically in half of what he usually works. His check when it came in, was nowhere even close enough to cover rent let alone barely cover a couple smaller bills we had for the month plus food. Now we have till the 15th of January to come up with rent and also money to cover a couple more bills, food, and gas. We are just looking for assistance for this month as I am starting back to college this month and will have financial aid coming in next month and then taxes to help us get back ahead with rent and bills.

We really cannot afford to lose the house that we are in. The living situation we had before was seriously not the best and if we lose this house, which will happen if we are not able to come up with rent by the 15^th, we will have to go back to that. We had to move to our current town at the end of 2017 and move in with my mother and stepdad. My stepdad is an alcoholic and not someone that children should be raised around. My mother is bipolar and un-medicated. Neither of them wanted or was willing to work and expected up to pay all their bills plus our own and buy all the food for the entire household. There was constantly fights within the house between my mother and stepdad and it was to the point that all the children were scared to be in the house, and eventually scared that they would come over and do the same things after we moved, but it was the only place we had to go unless we wanted to have seven people living on the street. We literally jumped at the opportunity to move into the house when it came open because it was the best thing to do for the children and now we are on the verge of losing it. Please if you can donate it would mean the world to my family and me.

paypal.me/PamelaHelms

Thank you for reading my story as I humbly request help.  I never imagined that I would need help as i was always one fortunate enough to be able to help others in need.  Never wealthy by any means, but always had food and a roof with a few extra bucks….. until now. The past few years have broke my spirit and my financial future.  I graduated college with a BS in management and carry almost $20k in debt there that has run out of eligible deferment. I owe $4k left on my car that I cant afford, yet need the transportation to my full time and 2 part time jobs.

Yes I unfortunately work 3 jobs and am still struggling.  Thats a hard fact to swallow, two are min. wage retail jobs, the full time is a clerical office position. My parents are divorced, declared bankruptcy, addiction in my family, I pray for a miracle.  All i do is work and it’s still not enough, i am losing motivation for my future.

What’s happened recently that put me in this dire situation started with a roommate that moved out with a new bf in the military that left me paying all the bills for 9 months. I couldn’t afford about $1k a month of that (their portion) and took a $13k loan with a high interest bc that’s what I could get.   I cant borrow anymore money to consolidate and i am crying to sleep as i cant pay my basics and late fees are making it impossible to breathe. I had to move once the lease ended, but that put me so behind.

I also just lost my cat to cancer, she had a surgery that bought her time before thanksgiving but lost the fight early jan. Those vet bills are over $2k, my car had a tire blow out and needed replaced, that used the last of my remaining credit on credit cards.

Anything you can contribute is most appreciated and just know that I will pay it forward once I get back on my feet. I pray for a sum of $12k to relieve some of this burden. Have a blessed day!

Paypal.me/Bender20

Hello kind friend,

My name is Mo Howard and I am in desperate need of your help.

I lost my job in September 2018. My old company denied me unemployment. I have not had income coming in for 5 months. I have depleted my savings, withdrew all of my 401K and the little online investments I’d had are also now gone. I’m scared that I will get another 5 day eviction notice from my apartment building; I’m also at risk of having my car repossessed. I am behind on all of my bills. Cable and internet are considered a luxury, hence they have both been turned off. I received a noticed for my electricity and I hope they have mercy on me and allow my lights to stay on. As for food, there are food pantries I got to.

I am appealing to your kind heart and humbly asking if you can find it in your heart to help me during this rough time. To show good faith, I can even show you my bills that are past due, so that you don’t think I am trying to take advantage of your kindness. Whatever you can do will be greatly appreciated.

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you!

Sincerest regards,

Mo Howard

https://paypal.me/pleaseandthankyouver

Hello, everyone. Please take the time to hear me out!

I am 18 years old and I am a high school graduate, I am currently unemployed which is really kicking my butt. My boyfriend and I moved into our own little apartment, which is great because it is our own.. I’m still figuring out how to go about budgeting; my boyfriend works but he doesn’t make much. Our rent is $700 a month and I am pregnant so I don’t know how to go about getting a job while I’m pregnant? I’m 26 weeks and I want what is best for our baby girl so I try not to strain myself too much. I find little side jobs to do, like baby sitting and cleaning houses, but it doesn’t help nearly as much as we need. With all of our bills it causes a big stress on both of us.. Our car recently broke down and we had to get it towed to an auto shop which really burned a hole in our already burnt pocket. In response – were late on rent this month, and thank God we managed to get the money eventually. We get food stamps but they hardly help, and any cent you can spare would help us. Please consider helping a young couple out who are expecting a baby girl in April; we don’t plan to always be in the spot we are, but life can be so unexpected. Also!! We are trying to save up to move into a better apartment, the one we are currently living at we settled for because we needed renting history… The roof leaks and the space is too small for when we get our baby girl…!
We want to start saving up to get a crib and baby clothes; so far we have went to a program to get a few outfits for her, but we would be forever grateful to receive any help you would be willing to give. Thank you. God bless!!

paypal.me/sheens12

The only thoughts running through my head as I sit here are realizations about how this is where my life really is. I am actually posting to a site called Begging Money, asking for donations from people I have never interacted with before because I am in that much trouble. It doesn’t feel good and I’m not really comfortable putting myself out here this way. I have always tried to keep my margins tight and in order. I have always had an escape plan for a”just in case”moment. I have always tried to pay attention to details and make adjustments as needed. I had plotted my trajectory and had reached several designated way points. I really thought I was on course and doing the right things to keep me and my family on track. Now? Here I am. Exposed, nervous, deflated and skinny. Wondering if I’m making the right choice here, wondering if this site is even real and worried that I might get scammed or have to deal with someone trying. Or and even worse someone that I know seeing this post and putting two and two together and saying to themselves, “that’s why you haven’t been around of late”, “that’s why when I ran into you in town were withdrawn and evasive”. Yes, those few sentences sound a bit crazy, even to me in my current mental state as I reread this. I doubt anyone I know even knows about this site. Or, gosh, maybe they do? I myself only learned of this site yesterday and I have decided to reach out regardless of the outcome with hope, because a year ago this month, the idea that I would lose a job I absolutely enjoyed, lose the love of my life, lose my all of security and become homeless. And, while watching my life turn for the surreal, my mother decides it’s time she release some information she has been holding tight to her chest because it’s has been bothering her for years. (My whole life) “You and your brother do not share fathers”.  At that very moment, I felt my soul leave my body. The one person I trusted more than anyone or anything on this planet has lied to me my entire life. “Um, I’m not really feeling like I am in a particularly good place to process this; given what I just told you”.

There is no air…

August 2017, some friends of my partners came to visit from Germany and stayed at the Inn I was running, located in a beautiful small. It was a project I had been working for several years and was proud of what I accomplished over that time. It showed and our visitors from Germany loved it. Over the course of their stay they reveled that they were interested in relocating from Germany to the United Sates and that had decided that they liked the area and want to move here. They became interested in purchasing the Inn and restaurant associated with the property when I mentioned the current owner was looking to get out of the business. It was exciting for me because I was going to help the owner transition out and I was going to help the people from Germany realize a dream of theirs, owning business such as this in a beautiful small town. My part, I was going to get to continue with a project that I had truly fallen in love with. I connected the two parties and they off to the races.

January 2018, serious negotiations began for the property. My services were being negotiated for in the asking price.

This is where everything went wrong. This is where I made my mistake and ruined my life.

Being that my partner was with friends folks from Germany and I become one to them as well. And due the general excitement that goes along with a moment like that. When I was asked by the Germans if I would be willing to leave my position for a short period during the negotiations in hopes that the owner would back off the price a little. Then return after the sale to resume my work. At first I was not at all comfortable with the idea. I didn’t really know theses people. I also didn’t like the underhanded quality of it. After being assured by both my partner in the trustworthiness I these people and the actual people themselves in the fact they would without a question hire me back and we would start working together, I left my position awaiting the sale of the property.

I trusted and put my faith into the wrong people.

When the folks from Germany returned to take over the business, I was informed through my partner, that I was not to be hired back unless I was willing to earn half as much as I under with the previous owner.

I was obviously extremely upset and agitated. This is the United States of America, money is important. You can’t just put somebody in this position and jeopardize their livelihood. I tried to resolve the problem but it only created more things never recovered. The ordeal eventually contaminated the relationship with my partner when she sided with the folks from Germany, stating I should just get over it and find another job. I felt betrayed and marginalized. My trust was violated and my relationship ended as a result. I had been staying with my partner while the business transitioned with the intent to return to the inn after the sales. After the separation, I was asked to leave her home immediately, last August. I had burned through a lot my savings waiting for the business to change hands and finding another location with so little warning put a lot pressure on my reaming resources. I was able to transition well enough but I was having a lot of trouble finding work with the compensation needed to support my world. Regardless, I took what I could find because it’s what needed to be done. The numbers never worked. I was slowly burning through everything. I have a son in college, car payments, bills associated with the occupation of a residents and I was paying rent that was substantially more the my current salary could support.

5 months later, I had to move all of belongings into storage and I started sleeping on a couch in my friends basement. Normally I would rely on family during a time like this I suppose. With the news that I was the product of a one night stand a rift was formed and I had no where else to go. I was trying to be grateful. I kept telling myself that are people a lot worse of than I am. But, I didn’t handle this transition well. When my son came to visit me and I saw the look on his face when he saw where I am staying and sleeping, it was more than I could take. I became extremely depressed which effected everything in my life. Trying maintain in the face of this adversity I decided to try antidepressants which only resulted in me having extremely bad reaction the medication. I ended up needing care, missing time at work and losing my job.

In the span of one year I have lost everything and have been pushed to my emotional limits. It makes me realize how just a few subtle events, seemingly harmless at their passing, can change the course of your entire life.

Now, in 2019, I am looking for a event to change my life. A guiding light. I am asking for help from anyone who may read this and have some understanding of what I am going through. Some compassion and sympathy for my situation.

If I could get back on my feet, back in a proper dwelling I know I can over come this adversity, I just need someone to believe in me. Someone who is willing to give me a boost so I can get started again. Alone, I fear I will never recover. It is a mathematical impossibility. Too much damage has already been inflicted.

Please, if anything is willing to help me on this journey you will have my eternal gratitude. Any donation will help me get back on my feet put me in direction of having a home again.

This soul needs a beacon of light and love. A path back.

Love those around you and show them how important they are to you.

Thank you

https://paypal.me/SaturnReturn

My name is Nathaniel, and I’m 18. My fiance, who I’ve known for 2 years, is a month away from being 17. I’ve been trying hard to save up money to not only live on my own in Indiana, where he lives, but be able to come back to Nevada afterwards.

We’re both trans men and he’s in an abusive household. We’ve called child services before but that didn’t help at all, and the lady who came to talk to him put someone else before him and chose not to speak with him before his mother.

We’ve instead decided I will move out there, he will move in with me on his 18th birthday until he finishes high school, then he’ll come back with me to where my own family is and we can move back in with my mother.

The problem is I have 8 months to save up as much money as I can before the summer, when I’m supposed to be moving out there. Not only is that not a lot of time, my father was abusive as well and when he finally disowned me legally he stole my social security card. My mother never got a new one, and when we went down there to get one we had no way to get it since my school id has my preferred name and not my birth name.

My mother decided we would change my name and gender marker first before getting a social security card with doctor records- which is fine, in my state it doesn’t take long to change it at all. But that’s still a month I’m unable to get a job and get money for.

At the moment, I have commissions open on Tumblr to make things for people, and have people to babysit for and do small things for to get some money, but it’s not nearly enough.

I will hopefully be able to get a job by at latest March, but again, that isn’t nearly enough time. I have sworn off buying anything for myself whatsoever to save up, and have $170 dollars.

We really need help. I found an apartment complex that’s $875 a month, that pays for everything else, is in a good part of town for him to be able to get to from school, and is all around perfect. He has a job too, but with school as well and buying clothes and food himself, plus not being able to send me any money without his mother knowing, there isn’t too much he can do but buy some things I commission and explain it away like that.

I did the math and the time I’m going to live there, I’ll need a little over $9,000 (with him buying groceries and me paying rent). That’s not to say I need $9,000 right now- I already have a place there that I will definitely be able to work at. I just need a start, enough to put down the deposit and pay for a few months of rent at /least/, plus groceries until he’s able to move in with me.

I have some family members who are giving money, but it’s not nearly enough.

This is the love of my life, and even if he wasn’t, he’s at least my best friend. And his situation is terrible. I worry about him and… Honestly I’ve been a little neglected myself to the point I have trouble doing much. It’ll be good for me too, to be out of the house for even 10 months.

Please.

paypal.me/helldriiven

Hello everyone my name is Kevin, I would have to say my life the past few years has been torment since I haven’t been able to get a job and especially now that I am homeless and have been for the past 4 months.

I received my degree and had been looking for jobs related to my academic discipline for the past few years to essentially begin my career and build my life but I was never able to secure actual employment anywhere in my city area. I was doing more of freelance work, building a reputation and earning some small dollars. It never allowed me to take the next step in my life and build to truly providing for my self. Somehow I had a stroke of bad luck as I even started looking for basic level jobs (fast food, department stores, clerks, employment offices) that were not related to my degree, I was still denied in favor of someone else. Freelance was not the way to live but it was all could do to survive as the money was fast. Even at times though their were dry seasons where I could not get casual work to keep up with personal expenses. The local unemployment office took me as not being a big priority since I was younger than most and had a degree.

It wasn’t all that bad since I was living with my mom and she was most providing but she fell ill and ended up in a wheelchair. Unable to work herself since becoming handicap, she lost her home and because I was working freelance and couldn’t make enough to take care of the home expenses to keep it, I lost a home as well. I was denied to stay where my mother was being held and was turned down by my other family members to stay since I had a degree. I’ve essentially lost everything I had.

I have been pretty much on my own still trying to survive and looking for jobs on a daily basis to apply for. I have been getting by minimally using the public library or other community sources but recently coming in the new year getting freelance jobs and employment has been a challenge for me being that they are not consistent and are more of random offers. The biggest struggle I’d have to say is eating.

For the people I have been working with I have been told that I do have opportunities coming my way starting early in the next month but I just need enough to satisfy my minimal needs to be able to eat and travel by bus. I am asking for a donation of $425 but ANY DONATION WILL BE ACCEPTED.

This donation will allow me to purchase bus passes to travel around to my resources, get products for hygiene, to be able to wash clothes, and allow me to get a minimal amount of food without worrying day to day on what will I eat so I can get to work on building a foundation that will allow me to secure employment.

Thank you to everyone who read my post even if you don’t donate. We all have a story of struggle to tell, thank you for reading mine.

https://www.Paypal.me/Kvpadi

Hi…

My name is Hiawatha and I just came across this website after using Google to look for fundraising help other then Gofundme. I’m a married mother of four boys, two biological sons and two foster sons. I’m a stay at home mom and my husband is a 20+ years veteran Police Officer. I mention those two things because I want you to know that I’m being honest in asking for this help. We would stand to lose alot if I were making this up, committing fraud.

I’m not asking for help for myself or my family but for a long time friend. His name is John, literally.  John has been homeless on the streets of NYC for a little over 5 years now. This is his third time being homeless and is his longest stretch of time being on the streets. He was homeless for a short period of time in his 20s and then again in his 30s.  This time he’s in his 40s and hasn’t been able to recover and get back on his feet. He was able to get Social Security disability because of the poor condition of his body. And it was not without a 4 year fight to get it. And it helps but it’s not much when you’re on the streets. It’s hard to save money when you have nothing.  

Being out in the elements over the years has taken it’s toll on him physically. At this point is hard for him to get a job let alone hold down a job. His legs and feet are always swollen from being on his feet all the time and not being able to sit or lay and elevate them for long. He sleeps on the trains overnight most often if he can’t score a bed in the shelter. There are just so many little issues with him that is hard to mention them all. But if anyone has questions about his situation I’m willing to answer them.

Bottom line I’m asking for donations to help him stay dry and warm this winter. The homeless have a hard time keeping their feet dry and clean because they wear the same socks from day-to-day.  It’s hard for them to keep and have clean underwear, no further explanation should be needed. Toiletry items are important and are hard to come by sometimes. I’m not asking for a windfall of money for him, not even hundreds of dollars. Just enough that I can give him to say, ‘Hey, we see you and we want to help you today’. Believe me I’ve lectured him over the years, I’ve had dozens of suggestions. At this point I just want to help him plain and simple. But with four boys and being a stay at home mom I can’t do it alone.

I haven’t told him about this fundraising try of mine for him because he doesn’t believe that people want to help the homeless, especially a man without children. I want to prove him wrong and I want to surprise him with a lump sum of money. Every single dime will go to him and him only. Please help, even a dollar would be awesome…it’ll add up to something.