I have been wishing for some time to follow my dream and passion of becoming a professional saxophonist, to perform for people wherever I can and possibly make a career out of it even. However, since I hit financial hard times years ago during the real-estate collapse I lost quite a lot, including my old saxophone and have had no way to continue practicing or playing for years. Paying bills, rent, car payments and everything else that were necessary to keep living have all had to take priority for so long. I would love to be able to buy a quality horn and be able to resume where I left off years and years ago. What I’m looking to get isn’t cheap but it would be something that would last me all the way into and through a professional career of playing and would be perfect for any purposes I needed in terms of playing or practicing.

The horn I’m looking to buy in question is a Tenor, Henry Selmer Paris: Reference 54 Saxophone. Buying one new as I mentioned isn’t cheap but it is worth it’s price for an instrument that can last a lifetime when used properly and is taken care of, no need for upgrades or changing horns at all, hence why I decided to go for this one specifically, meaning I would never have to ask for help again like this. I currently work in a relatively menial job and I’m not at all happy being stuck there but with a new saxophone and practice time daily, I believe I can truly make something more of myself and become a skilled musician that can play solo or in a band anywhere and do something I love to do while also making a career of it.

The amount I would need to make this happen is, specifically $9,429.00 USD. But a donation of $10,000.00 USD, to ensure being able to cover any tax or shipping costs would be best. I don’t like asking or begging for money but this dream is one I have had since I was a child and ever since losing my old horn I felt like my dream and career desires would never come to fruition, if you can help me make it a reality then I would be forever thankful and grateful to you.

https://paypal.me/MikeW989

Hello,

My name is Andy, 18 years old, and am currently not enrolled in any colleges. Basically because I was not able to meet any of my tuition fees even with financial aid. This is mainly because I was planning on saving up for a car to even have while in college but this plan did come to fruition when a situation arose that had me spend basically all the money I saved up.

All through High school, I never really had a car and there was no desperate need to get one. I was a bus rider and the only times it was ever a problem was when I had to stay after school for anything, mainly my hip-hop dance team. Even so, I always had a friend who could take me home so it wasn’t a big deal. It was until sophomore year, my family ran into financial trouble which ended up with me having to get a job and and work all through high school. It was while working I tried to save up for a car but it wasn’t very easy with the bills I had to help pay. As well as the fact that I had to Uber to work which was like taking one step forward and two steps back most the time.

It’s essentially a struggle because my parents are unable to really help me in my situation, nor do I think they care all that much. They both work full-time, my mother having two jobs and tell me how they barely scrape by to pay the bills around our house. My father’s money especially going  back to pay a criminal debt from when he was incarcerated in detention. Though they both have a car, their schedules can’t fit mine at all and I rarely can borrow theirs or even get dropped off.

It’s very saddening because as much as I try save money it seems like things pop up and situations arise where I have to spend a greater portion than I want to. I have a well enough paying job to know that I will be able to meet monthly payments on any cheap used car. It’s just the amount for the down-payments that is tough for me to save up for. Really with a car it would cut a lot of my spending with less of me using uber to get to work and it would give me suitable transportation for my college. I’m hoping to use a chase auto loan and I have my eye on a few used cars that require down payments around $500-900. Any donation would help towards my goal. Thank you and God bless.

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Hello,

I am Ashley, I am a teacher, married with two beautiful children.

The last few years have been very trying my family. Let me start at the beginning.

My husband and I married in 2011. We decided we wanted to start a family right away, however, it was not that simple. It was not until 2014 that I found out I was pregnant. That joy soon turned into sadness when we lost the baby at 8 weeks. We didn’t give up. In 2015, again we found out we were pregnant, but as history had it that happiness soon turned into sadness when I miscarried at 14 weeks. That miscarriage almost killed me. I was rushed into life saving surgery. Fast forward to 2016 and my husband and I dropped everything and moved to become teacher in a small town. As fate would have it we found out we were pregnant. I had a new doctor and found out I have a rare blood clotting syndrome which required me to take shots everyday to ensure the well being of my child. The pregnancy was hard. He was due in April of 2017. I went to an appointment in December of 2016 and my fears came flooding back, I was dialated and in labor with a tiny 22 week baby. I was rushed to a hospital in Houston where they were able to stop labor. I was on bedrest, 3 hours away from home. My husband had to commute on the weekends so that he could continue to work. On January 18, I went into labor with a now 26 week baby. He was born weighing 2.5lbs and being 13.4 inches long. He was placed in the NICU, which is where he remained, with me by his side for 70 days. In April of 2017, I found out I was pregnant again. I was scared to death. We had just came home with a preemie and our savings account was depleted. Time went on and in October, two months before he was due I developed preeclampsia and was put on bed rest again. He was born a month early and spent a week in the NICU. Here we are today doing all we can to catch up with the $20,000 in debt we have accrued from all the medical expenses. Again my husband and I are teachers, we are at a low income school. I teach all day, teach homebound for extra money, and we both drive bus bus for extra. We are doing all we can to rebuild our finances and our credit. Our savings is still non existent because of all the bills and lack of me working. We just want a break. We worked so hard to have what we have and living paycheck to paycheck, and having to rely on loans is breaking us. Please give if you feel lead.

Thank you for reading!

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We had to flee the country because our security, education and hyperinflation, we had the chance to start over in Madrid, where I never wanted in life. I had big dreams of studying in the U.S and work there when I turned 18, that didn’t happen. We had to start over, and help all of our family that was still there and bring them where, we are five in my house at the moment, and we share two rooms, my grandma cannot work, and neither my step dad because he is in a wheelchair with a neurological disease, I had to quit studying, and work, in a poorly paid job, my mom works outside the city, and leaves really early in the morning and arrives late at night, my brother just arrived and is looking for a job. We have a lot of debts. I wish I wasn’t born in a country like I did, where every year we all got poorer and poorer, food was scarce, you dreaded for your life every time you go out. If I were born here in Madrid, I could have saved my whole life for college, I could ask for help to my parents. But it’s not the case, millions of people have to start over in other countries and is difficult. It would be great to have some start off money so we could pay a few debts and my work would mean something to save for afterwards. In December I would like to not feel like I’m going to drown in anxiety and sorrow for not being able to remotely try and do what I love.Please help with what you can, just helping me to get to where I wish to.

I’m already crying and haven’t told you a thing… In the last 12 years I lost my mom to ovarian cancer just 1 month after my daughter was born, my uncle shortly after from tumors that kept regenerating on his brain. My husband and I were having problems because I shut down after my mom died. We are now divorced. I was notified that my uncle, who was homeless was found dead in an alley. My aunt, who was a nurse and quite a character, drank herself to demise. Both of my grandfather’s passed, my grandmothers brother took his own life, my fathers mother passed away, had to go to court to get custody of my kids so ex husband wouldn’t move them to Massachusetts, which I was awarded. I then begin a relationship with someone from high school, thats when things spiraled. He was a narcopath. And abusive in every sense of the word. He manipulated me, gaslighted, used his word salad, denied anything I said. I have an order of protection on him  from bloody noses and black eyes and dental issues. He still contact me. My life was a nightmare and there was no waking up. 3 miscarriages, multiple break ins to my apartment by him, ex husband, kids and family didn’t like him and I lost custody of my babies. He never sent them back from a visit and i didnt see them for a year. I now have CPTSD, anxiety and depression. I am hoping to find a newer or new laptop or desktop so I can work from home as I have panic attacks in public places. If anyone owns rental properties and I can trade housecleaning or babysitting or anything in exchange for a place to call home, I would like to not live with family anymore. Every time I got my footing again, there was another  round of loss and grief and I am praying for a little break. I’ve always put everyone ahead of me, yet I was last in line going the other way.  Giving my kids a home with me and getting me healthy again with a fresh start is my wish. “There may be pain in the night but joy comes in the morning.”   “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest ”   Thank you for reading this. https://paypal.me/willpayforward

I’ll admit it… The reason I am doing this is because I am desperate. I grew up on a farm knowing the meaning that hard work will get you far in life. I had a rough childhood, but I won’t go into detail. I moved out on my own when I turned 18 and supported myself through college by waitressing. My dream was to become a teacher. I graduated with honors and was lucky enough to start my teaching career right out of college. I married my college sweetheart, who is also a teacher, and we have 2 beautiful children.

Now, I’m a few years into my teaching career, but my life goals have changed. I just want to be a mom. I am so focused on my job that I am not able to focus on my own family 100%, and they do not deserve that. I’ve been thinking about quitting my career to stay home with my family, but I don’t think we can afford it. This is devastating to me because I worked my butt off to get where I am, but I’m not happy with my career choice. Even though I met my goal, I still feel like a failure because I’m failing my family.

I’m asking for donations to make my new dream possible. I want to be home with my children. I want to be the mother that cooks, cleans, and cares for her husband when he gets home. I want to be the mom that is solely focused on her children. I can’t be super teacher and super mom. I just want to be MOM.

Any donation would be appreciated greatly. You have no idea how much it means to me.

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Hi there!

My name is Jesse, I am in my mid 20’s and I want to be able to give back to my parents. As a kid my mother had a wonderful job working for the phone companies making good money at the time. Later on in life, when the economy started going down the drain and the old school phone companies moved away and/or merged together, she had lost her job. She has been struggling to find a job that pays well since, going through back surgeries, losing siblings, and my father being hospitalized.

My father worked for the government painting and building products. One day someone was drunk driving a forklift and almost hit him. He jumped out of the way and unfortunately broke his back falling down a flight of stairs in the process. He has been in and out of the hospital and physical therapy sessions trying to help when his disks go out of place or when he pushes himself too far. (He’s a stubborn biker guy, what do you expect.)

My parents are both in their late 50’s with a good amount of debt. Dad is on disability (never pays well enough) and mom has a job in a chain company that pays her less than what I make, and it’s not a lot in today’s society. I want to be able to help pay off a good chunk of their debt as an early Christmas present to show how much I love them. I am looking between $600-$1000. I already have a couple hundred saved up, but it just doesn’t feel like enough. It would mean the world to me if I could get some help and make it a Christmas worth remembering. Thank you kindly.

Take care,

Jesse

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It sounds cheesy when people these days say it’s their dream to make money playing video games but I can assure you this is no joke. Video games are my passion. I went to college thinking I wanted to be in the medical field and found out very quickly that it was not for me. I looked up Ted Talks, went to meetings, and took quizzes just to find out what my career SHOULD be. Anything that has come onto my radar just doesn’t spark enough interest to make me want to do it for the rest of my life. Video games, however, is something I could do happily everyday for the rest of my life and never get tired of it.

Working everyday at a low paying job just to be able to afford rent and food while going to school full time is tough. If I had the opportunity to be able to do something I love and focus on that one thing it would make me much happier than going to school and racking up debt for a degree that I have no clue what I would do with.

I know my story is not as heartfelt as many other stories but it’s real. I do not have the money to be spending on video editing software when I need to pay rent and eat. I’m stuck in a hole. I need to go to school to get a degree for something I don’t want to do and that’s taking time and money away from me to do what I actually want to do in life.

Any amount of money would help. I just need what’s necessary to be able to make quality videos for the people who enjoy my content.

Thank you for your time and if you’d like to donate please follow the link below.

Ps. If you would like to check out my videos my name on everything is LateNightPoops and my Twitch is OfficialLateNightPoops. I try to make watching me play enjoyable by being as funny as I can be (hence the silly name). I know that a funny video can really turn someone’s day around and if I can do that for someone then my job is complete.

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To try to make a long story short, my mom was struggling with her car payment and since i had drove my Hyundai into the ground (had it for 5 years ) i thought i would help her by taking over her payments and the car for her. I thought i was helping her help me, ya know? Well, the relationship my mother and i have isn’t the best. She’s always been a strong woman in my eyes, who worked like a Jamaican and i got my work ethic from her but i have no idea where i got this sensitive trait from because it wasn’t from her.  She’s a strong woman who sees emotion and feelings as a weakness, so growing up it was very hard for us to relate. With her we bonded over money. Her helping me with my credit, monitor my account, pending, basically be controlling….all of that made her happy and it was equivalent to a hug for me. Its so sad i know. Anyways, at one point in my life i was working two jobs and had a great guy and things seemed to be going well for me until i wrecked my car (the Hyundai in a hit and run) found out my boyfriend was cheating on me the last 4 months with someone he worked with and then now that i was missing a payment or two on the car….. my mom was now my enemy. Her credit was being affected and thats all she cared about. Even when i told her i had $100 to my name she still asked where HER money/payment was. Fast forward to now, i moved out because her negativity was consuming, depressing and triggered my anxiety. So i’ve been cash apping and sending her my car payments through zelle. Twice she’s told me she never received the money and because i was late she demanded i pay her 2 car payments a month to put me ahead so i’ll never be late. Ridiculous but what can i say? i can’t fight her about how ridiculous and wrong that is for a mother to act this way to her child because overtime i try to speak up for myself she threatens to take the car from me and i feel so hopeless and stuck.

The balance on my 07 Honda Accord is less than $5000. I will provide whatever you all may need. I’m hoping someone could help me. I would love to be able to move freely without feeling like if i don’t do something to her liking she’ll take the car from me. I rely on it. I have two jobs, and i even budgeted for a BIKE just in case.  I searched for jobs super close to the house, even if its a drop in pay just so that if shit hits the fan i won’t lose it all like last time.

This is my paypal. Thank you again. Peace.

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Hello. I don’t think my situation is that wild and there’s definitely people out there dealing with more urgent issues.
Nevertheless, you can read my story if you want.

I’m currently in college; a sibling of 3. I have an older sister (by 3 years) and a younger one (by 1). We grew up with our father, a single parent; mother wasn’t in the picture. For a while my dad was doing fine with bills and stuff, as far as we could tell (we weren’t hearing too much about it anyway) until the recession. He’d been working at this collections agency for 8 years or so and suddenly they laid him off.
So things got tougher and we got kicked out shortly after that since the landlord wasn’t comfortable with him losing his job. He moved in with a lady friend though she was usually not in the state; guess it was a long distance sort of relationship. This was around the end of March…2013? We changed schools; my older sister began working to support our stressed out dad. She ended up accumulating some debt with credit cards to pay bills. Same with him. She went to a private art college (studying video game programming), still working and paying off bills; he was working at temp agencies, but that would run dry after a little while so he’d have to find the next place to apply for. My sister, my dad, and the lady friend were paying the mortgage for the house which was at least in the high $800’s at the time (I wasn’t too keen on sorting through bills that I wasn’t paying in high school).
Fast forward a few months and things aren’t going well between him and his partner; her name was on the house so we basically got kicked out. (They, actually; since I was in college I only came down to help them move out and stay during the break) This was…winter of…2015 I think.

We move in with a friend whom my father used to have a long relationship with, and we knew as children, and they try to rekindle their past. It was kind of her to open up her house to us. He and my older sister are paying her for rent at this time; this person owns the house.

My younger sister graduates high school and moves to live with our mother–we (the children) started talking on the phone with her a few years prior (mid-high school for me) and it was a way out from this household (she and dad’s personalities didn’t work so well–actually he doesn’t mesh well with a lot of people but that’s not very important to the story) and went to art college (online) to be a computer animator.
That was at the end of May 2016.

Older sister’s still working; she finishes college at some point, just working for a while and still supporting him and herself with a mixture of funds from work+ credit cards to pay bills, car repairs, insurance, etc.
She leaves the household December of…2016. Also goes to live with our mom.

The whole time I’m in college since 2015 so it’s not like I went back to visit so often. I can’t drive yet (I have a permit), don’t have a car, and I’ve been going through each semester of school without stopping: Fall, Spring and Summer, repeat.

Anyway, things didn’t work out in the end with this past love either and he had to find a new place. I went through housing ads with him and found a place he could move into August 1st 2017.

Allow me to mention that he’d been working as a bus driver right before they separated, but unfortunately a physical examination revealed that he had developed glaucoma and they didn’t feel comfortable allowing him to drive the schoolchildren any longer.
This was in July, so right before she asked him to leave.

He was put on unpaid family leave or something like that, I might have the term wrong. And he’s been living in the place I found for a year and a month now.
From August to about November he had no additional funds coming in but from me and older sister to help with bills, because disability was taking a very long time to kick in.
Now he receives $1000 a month, which I’m told is the maximum for disability? I never looked it up…

But he has found another person who believes in him and is supportive and they will be moving in together to a nice apartment at the end of this month, when it is available.

So why am I writing right now? To give you a brief background on my circumstances. I suppose I’m used to seeing people struggle or being in difficult spots myself (bank overdrafts+associated fees is the most common struggle on my end), but I hope to end the cycle soon.

I’ve attended college since 2015; took classes and started working for a year starting August 2016, but the load became difficult so Aug. 2017 I resigned myself to just classes.

I have 3 credit accounts which swivel through being paid and then used as emergency funds for phone bills, storage fees, and to help out either my dad or my mom’s household (where my older sister continues providing the most income, by the way. Mom is also on physical disability; younger sis just does online school and otherwise eats food):
Capital one–$1500 limit,
Disover–$750 limit,
and the newest one,
PayPal Credit–$2650 limit.

So I’m tired of paying bills through credit. All of these lines are maxed out (except PayPal; I have $900 left. I used a total of about $1400 within 30 days for school and bills; here’s a quick breakdown: $600 for expenses on my student account, $326 for PayPal Credit purchases, $120 for a storage fee that my dad and I both help to pay since our stuff is in there, $131 for groceries, $45 for textbooks) and I’ve been paying the minimums for my cards, but interest is going to knock that down anyway and none of what I just gave will matter. I just paid the phone bill too though that’s only $33 because we split it 3-way.

I’m graduating college this December, and if I could start at zero instead of negatives that would be nice.
I’ll probably live in the apartment with my dad and his partner for a little bit, if I don’t find a job to relocate me somewhere else before then.

But, I’d just like a clean slate. I do want to help both sides of my family but I think he’s going to stabilize more with his new partner once they put their resources together.
As for my mother, her $1000 check goes right into rent which is roughly $800, so there’s hardly anything left and they rely heavily on my older sister for everything else. They live in the north, so that rent is for a very small 2 bedroom apartment in a relatively rough area. Not rough enough to put them in grave danger, but we have always lived in nicer areas growing up and they need to move soon.

I doubt I’m going to join them this December; what’s the point of relocating with no contacts/job arrangements right? But certainly, if the only personal bills I had to worry about was food, phone, storage, and impending student loans, I would be in a much better place to help my family.

So, $4000 (I would say $5000 but like I said, $900 is available as of today, 09-08-2018, though it’s debt money) makes that difference for me.
My total student debt is going to be about $20k but I think I can manage that since I chose to go to college and get tangled up in that.
My main goal is to be in a position to help my family without relying on cycling debt measures.
I don’t think I can be completely self sufficient yet since I haven’t been working all along throughout school, so I might end up living with either my father or mother in the end and partially helping them with their own debts. But I’ll learn self sufficiency as I go.
Thank you for taking the time out to read this, if you did.

I’ll leave a nice picture as a symbol of my thanks.

I also make digital art and music if you’d ever be interested in those services. Writing and proofreading are also my strengths, though I’ve chosen to study programming and artificial intelligence in school.

Thanks again.

I am a young NYC teacher who is currently sleeping on her mother’s couch because I cannot afford to live on a teacher’s salary. I was saving for a down payment on a home but was robbed and went into debt trying to replace all my valuables. I am now struggling to stay afloat even with a 2nd job because I am still in debt plus I assist my mother financially while paying my own bills. Therefore, saving has been close to impossible.

I have always wanted to buy a home in my neighborhood (South Bronx) because I believe investing in one’s community is the best way to improve it. I currently give back to my community through teaching and providing opportunities to disadvantaged youth who are growing up in the same conditions I did. However, pursuing this mission – in addition to unforeseen circumstances – has left me in financial crisis.

Gentrification in NYC has caused rents to skyrocket, which has led to local residents losing their homes. I would like to purchase a property because I am afraid that my family will be pushed out of my childhood home. We are hard working immigrants who contribute to this country and owning a home has always been part of our American dream. I need assistance for a down payment so that I can buy a stable home for my family, especially since my parents are aging and won’t be able to work much longer. Any bit helps. Thanks for your contribution. God bless you.

Hello this is my first time using or even hearing about this website, so here it goes. I graduated high school at the age of 21, it isn’t like school was hard or I had trouble fitting in. It really was the opposite if I cared enough for a class I attended, for the ones I didn’t I truly never went. I never had trouble making friends people get along with me pretty much right away. But I’m not here to gloat, I’m here to tell you from the moment I stepped foot into my former high school, during freshmen year I knew something wasn’t the same. Brand new people, brand new school, brand new teachers you get the idea. But I also had a new feeling, all of sudden I started feeling uncomfortable in the school. I started not going to classes, only attending for a couple of periods and leave. Over my next 4 years I did the same thing till I got my first gf, she was the best thing ever. But still I didn’t change my attitude in school, teachers & deans was telling me just drop out. Then my gf became my ex & there was my downward spiral I fell in a deep depression, I lost my smile. I wasn’t me, I ate & ate, cried till I felt pain in my eyes. Contemplated all types of things, as you can see I’m still here. This happened with what was my first senior year. I stayed 1 more year, determined to get my diploma . I didn’t go to all my classes but this was my first time in a while that my average was above passing I was so happy. I did everything I could to pass what I needed to pass. But I didn’t graduate until my third time, you maybe asking why didn’t I just drop out after the first I couldnt, my mother wasn’t healthy those 2 years she is my backbone. I needed to do it for my self & for her. So I did, my third year, it was perfect. I went everyday, went to all my classes. Passed all my classes with 95 or higher. You have no idea how happy I was. I finally did it, I graduated high school 2017. I didn’t get a graduation present because financially I couldn’t. And I wanted a Mac its expensive I know, but I felt like I deserved it.

Good Afternoon.

My life.

I am a single mom of three wonderful children. Here I am raising a 10 year old, 13 year old and 15 year old alone. I am Absoultly Okay with that! For 16 years I endured hell. My ex husband was very abusive. I kept trying to get us away from their dad. Each time it would get worse. Countless times I was taken to a hotel room. I would be there for days sometimes. I was forced to do what he wanted. He would leave to go home to see the kids. When he did, I would be put into the bathroom with my hands and feet tied and tape across my mouth. He would tell the kids that I was at work. That is just one story. Broken ribs. Shattered hand. The need for permission to shower and not allowed to do it alone. I could not go to the store alone. The list keeps going and going. I can not give a full list, I have blackout years of my life. Then the day came. He tried to kill me. That day, will not leave my head. I stood in the kitchen with a knife to my throat. My hands tied behind my back. A dirty sock shoved in mt mouth. I knew I would die that day. Then the doorbell rang. A child was there to see if the kids could play. He dropped everything to go to the door. It was that moment that I knew I did not have much time. I was able to get out of the role, grab the kids and go out the backdoor.

Our life now? After going through hell, we have nothing. We sleep in my car. We shower at local parks. This life is better though then what it was.

I am asking for help so I can start the life that we so deserve. We want a house. We want our own bathroom. We want to feel normal for once.

Thank you for taking time to reas this.

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My sons father passed away due to dimentia in March 2017 , is father was the owner of a used car dealership in which he owned  for 35 years. We refer to it as the “SHOP”. The shop struggled financially every year, it did provide a living but most years years he came close to losing his property which is a small building with a one car garage due to he high price of property tax. Somehow by the grace of God he always managed to get them paid before the city seized the property. Thank you lord Jesus!!! Upon his death our son inherited the shop, he was very happy to work the business his father was so proud of , he wants to continue running it in honor of his father. Our son worked side by side with his dad upon being diagnosed with  diabetes and high blood pressure to prevent the shop from closing,, this was the only income that his father had and he also knew the shop was his fathers LIFE. His fathers health declined , he had suffered a stroke, he had lost his eye sight and ability to speak, and weakness in his legs,although he did regain his speech, his eyesight did not return,and he was very weak, he could no longer live alone or run the business, it is then when he moved in with his son and daughter in law, and his 2 grand children, who he absolutely adored. He continued to reside with them for 1 1/2 years, although he didn’t have enough strength to accompany his son to the shop everyday he did still have input in making business decisions.  In February 2016 he was diagnosed with  dementia, his memory would be good one minute and  not the next, it was so hard to see him this way. In May of 2016 he suffered yet another stroke, any strength he did have he now lost due to this, it is at this time doctors recommended he be placed in a nursing home. We all struggled with this decision, we didnt want it this way, our son felt he owed it to his dad to take care of him, he loved his father so much, he had always been a great father, always there for him no matter what, he wanted to be there for his dad, he felt like he was failing him….but the doctors insisted saying that he could not give him the proper care at home, he needed care from nurses, he couldn’t walk, couldn’t see, has diabetes, needs insulin which his son gave with no problem,  his dementia was worse, and he now had incontinence and  renal failure. In May he was admitted to a nursing home, he adjusted well there, the family made sure to visit him often, we would also take him out for a few hours once per week. We would eat lunch at the park, visit relatives, but most weeks he wanted to sit at the “Shop”.  He felt at home  there, he felt so wonderful to be there and with his son. He would say to me, bring me to the shop I need to work, I need to help him, meaning our son.. just him sitting there in the shop would be more help than he will ever know… I loved him and I loved seeing him happy. he was such a great man, great father, caring, understanding, compassionate, not a man of many words but a great listener, he is sorely missed… Sorry for writing so much,I know its long , I thank you so much for taking the time to read my story. The reason I am writing is to ask for help for  our son to continue to keep his father’s Shop open, upon is fathers death my son did inherate the building and dealership, but soon found there were liens on the building from the state of NY for sales tax, the lien follows the building, in order to keep the state from closing down his business and seizing the property he has agreed to pay them $2000 per month at their request. At the time of his dad’s death there was not much money to work with, he had a few cars on the lot to sell . My sons overhead is outrageous, he can not generate enough money for all the bills.!  In October 2017 he was so broke, he was about to lose the shop.. He came to me with a new business idea to generate more income, he wanted to open a repair shop in the building hoping it will generate more income, but: he had no money…He knew I had credit,,, I had a 740 credit score which I worked very hard to achieve this, I was proud to have good credit, I had $25,000 credit available between several credit cards. I felt blessed to have this available to me in the event of emergency. As my son sat in front of me in despair telling me his financial situation and feeling as if he is failing his father, I knew I had to help!! I told my son “yes I have credit, I told him the amount I had available and told him I would never ever be able to use this credit because I don’t have the means to pay it back. I am on a fixed income.. I offered him the credit , 2 credit cards interest free for 1 year. He had one year to get the business going and pay it back before they charge  interest.  I knew it was a big risk, but I believe in my son, he will and has been working his butt off to make this business prosper, I have faith he will do it!!

I am keeping the faith everyday!! He bought all new equipment for the repair shop on credit, I also gave him all my saved money $4000, so he could purchase a box truck needed to house tire changer and tools because we only have 1 bay, he hired a mechanic, so you know the overhead his high, the only one making a living is the mechanic.. he is well worth it , he is a great mechanic but the business isn’t generating enough money, my son is struggling and i can no longer help financially., He doesn’t make enough for the credit card payment so I was making them most months, One card is now charging interest, the other card will start charging in April. I live on a fixed income, so when I pay the card I have to use it for my everyday living because I gave my income to the credit cards.  I am so overwhelmed!!, I don’t know where to turn anymore, my credit is ruined, my available credit is gone, I have not enough of my own income to pay it, and my son is still struggling. The property taxes are due on the property, they have not been paid in 3 yrs,  the total amount due is $31,000. We learned this December 2017.  It’s been a lot of stress, they told my son if he came up with $10,588.00 they will put him on a payment plan for the rest, he finally was able to pay that amount this month. He signed a payment plan of $908.00 per month for 2 years starting in October, 2017 .. I am so scarred for him….I am asking for help from anyone who is in a position to do so.. I have been living on a wing and a prayer, I am praying everyday for financial help for myself and to help my son. He now has 2 big payment agreements to pay each month  in order to keep the building,  The city for land tax of $908.00 each month and the NY state sales Tax arrears for $2000 per month.  He needs money to run this business..Please help!!! Thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart..

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Hello! First, please allow me to thank you for even looking at my post. I appreciate it a lot! My wish is spending money for a trip to New York that I have coming at the end of the month. I’m going to a BTS concert and when I bought the tickets I had savings that I knew could go towards my trip. I then had a very rough summer, but by grace and faith I made it through and I’m finally getting things back in order. This trip is pretty much already paid for and at the moment I can still go, I just won’t have much money to spend. I can go and have fun, but I won’t be able to buy anything while I’m up there (except food because I have to eat). Right now the money I’m making is going towards bills that need to be caught up and the trip is coming up fast. I cannot cancel this trip. I’m going whether I have spending money or not, it would just take a weight off of me knowing that I could at least eat without worrying if I have gas money to get back home, you know? I had it planned that I would have $700 for shopping, food, and souvenirs. I’m not looking to replace the $700 that I had, but anything you can give will help me out a lot.

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if you want to donate. Really anything helps. Thank you so much for reading and if you donate, thank you a thousand times.

I am requesting $5000.00. This may seem like a lot to ask for, being that I am requesting this for a party. I just turned 50, and I would like a party. I’m $5,000 shy of reaching my goal. This party means everything to me, why? Well, for a number of reasons. One, I’ve never had a birthday party. I’ve never been invited to one, I was the only black girl in my class. Let me give an example. Imagine being in the 5th grade, and you’re sitting at your desk waiting for class to begin. Just before the bell rings, the twins in the class run in, hurriedly passing out envelopes.  They are going around giving every girl in the class one. Oh my god!, I thought finally I too can be like the people I see on tv, I was already imagining running around, playing with my friends, eating cake, and then some one whispered, Bridgette didn’t get one. I froze, looking forward. I thought, no way, I play with these girls everyday, actually we’d all been in the very same class since kindergarten.  The bell rings, the twins sit down, they are proud and excited about the party, everyone is chattering happily, I’m still frozen, not looking at anyone, some of the other girls tried to get my attention, I wouldn’t-couldn’t look because I didn’t want them to see me crying. Then, later in the year, my classmate and I had the same birthday, so her mother decided that she would take us all to the movies, then a sleep over. I was ecstatic, its my birthday I thought, I have to be invited, and I was. Yippee. The day of the party, my mother changed her mind and wouldn’t let me go. A little backstory, my mother had a mental illness that I didn’t realize until i was older. I am the youngest of 10 children, so i guess when it came to me, my mom was tired of raising kids. Like when i didn’t get a new outfit for 8th grade graduation, and had to go with a hole in my shoe. (Which one of my classmates loudly announced as i walked in) I’m not telling these stories to whine about my disadvantages. I know we all have childhood memories that aren’t so great.  These stories are only small peeks into mine.  You may say, ah come on, what about your 16th and 21st birthdays. Nothing. That’s the truth. So, I want to have a 50th party, a party to end all parties. I’ve been out of work(injury) for 3 yrs, I’m back now, but due to an HR error, I’m not being paid at the correct rate. I was informed that getting this straightened out will take 3-6 months. Urrrgh. I’ve gotten almost everything, I’m short $5000. I just want the party of my dreams, for once. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Hi! My Name is Chris Nickerson! I am a 49 year old woman who used to be a Neo Natal Intentive Care Nurse. I was an active and avid sports woman living in Burlington, VT! When one day I was just going to get a bottle of water and I just fell to the floor and shattered my right ankle. I was thirty years old and since then I have had my jaw joints collapse and shatter in the same way when I was 33, they were replaced, both my knees have been replaced, I have a rod in one femer and my lower back is starting to disintegrate. I had to give up everything I ever loved. My home in VT to move closer to my specialist in NYC and NJ. My job, which I never considered work a day in my life. My physical independence. Now that’s a big one for me, because I spend several says a week at the hospital that is closest to me and though I can no longer work as a NICU nurse anymore I can go up there and hold the babies that have been left behind and the babies that are addicted to methadone and need someone to love on them. I cry everyday for those babies and it breaks my heart to leave them and now I am really worried because my van broke down and its unrepairable. Also my wheelchair is causing me more pain that it is helping me so I’ve been measured for a molded wheelchair but it’s going to cost about $22,000.00. Thanks to our current presidents insurance policy, making I no longer have coverage for my wheelchair. Now I need a vehicle that will accommodate me and my new chair! I can get through all of this though because I know I have been through worse! I have had 24 surgeries on my joints, bones, ligaments and tendons in 19 years. I don’t ever feel sorry for myself though because I know there are others suffering more than I am and all I have to do is remember them and know that I am blessed.

I need to still be able to pay it forward by helping the less fortunate and I will continue doing that as long as I have transportation and as long as I can draw a breath! So please help me achieve my fundraising goal!

With many heartfelt thank yous in advance for taking the time to read my wish.

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I”ve posted the following on crowdfunding sites. I just want to say also I need help. Like my friend told me, I have failed since I was about 16 years old because I have never had the money to make things happen. So please help me.

“I’m starting to say I’m not perfect, I’ve made many mistakes, just need help for my mistakes. Yes I understand no one is perfect and for one I don’t ever want to be perfect. I’ve made mistakes with borrowing for school, borrowing from friends and not able to pay back. I couldn’t finish school because of what happened to me in 2012 when my pump broke and my blood sugar got super high. I ended up thinking I was Jesus and pushed some ladies down. Of course since it was at a mental place, they thought I had mental problems with me thinking I was Jesus … They ended up throwing me in the state mental hospital and then while there they wouldn’t listen to me about the way to do my insulin. So my mind was still lost on me thinking that way. My A1c which is average blood sugar over a 3 month period, they took it while there after I was there 3 months and it was over 8. Yet the doctors would never listen to understand I did carb counting taking my insulin. They ended up finally listening after the diatience there helped me for him to listen. Yet I went to court there and they forced me on mental drugs and went to another court forced me a guardian. Well as my blood sugar getting better, my mind was coming back. They thought it was the mental drugs. But it wasn’t that. I ended up staying there for 6 months total. Losing my apartment, all I had saved with stuff that all the money in the world couldn’t replace of stuff that meant only to me. They threw me in a group home still having a guardian and forced on that mental drugs. Which made me sleep most days 13 to 15 hours a day. After 3 years they with guardian let me move to an apartment, I ended up mad at the mental doctor keep telling her I didn’t need those drugs. So she threw me out of the office. Been over 3 years and not took any mental drugs or medicine if you want to call it That. I ended up going to another mental place for counseling and case manger, they helped me get rid of the Guardian that I was forced to have. Again I will say I’m not perfect but to be done that way when I was trying to have a better life for myself and they knew with guardian I couldn’t sue and after time limits they knew they couldn’t get suied. Yet what I’m asking for is help to get my life back started. To start a business, go back to school, or get a job. Which those things I need help doing, all I’m asking is $100,000 which I know is a lot of money but if just 100,000 people just spare a dollar that’s all. So everyone help a guy out. Understand help me, I will be better off and I will #payitforward I will help lots in the future the same I’ve already helped but I know if I get help, I know I can help lots more than I’ve ever helped.”