I lost my job after 33 years of service, this happened after the family owned business was sold to a large corporation. I worked at this company for most of my life, and the previous owners had a great deal of respect for me, I have always worked hard and cared about helping others in the company. The business was sold to a large corporation about 2 years ago. They were already an established corporation. The new company did work to try to establish me, however they already had departments with established employees, so after 2 years they decided my services was no longer required and laid me off last March 2024. The last 2 years has been very stressful. I just turned 64, so my options are really limited as to starting a new career. I always planned on retiring from the job I worked so hard for. I felt that my best option at this point is to utilize what I have done over all those years is to start my own online business. I want to take my experience and heart for helping others by doing Motivational videos and publications online, my ultimate goal is to take that to the next level to do missionary type work to help others less fortunate and to motivate and encourage them in life. But my issue right now is funds to help me get that going. This is my first time asking for money or support, I have always done things on my own. It is not easy for me to ask, I have always done everything on my own, but I know at some point I need to swallow my pride and ask for help thru this crisis. Right now I can use whatever help I can get to not just keep a float after losing my job, but to pave the way to get back to what I was earning, my desire is to help others and realistically that is only going to come if I am working for myself. I have references from my previous employer that I worked with for over 30 years, if needed. I have filed for unemployment, but we all know that is not much to work with, and I am still waiting for that to be approved. I would really appreciate any help I can get to get back on my feet and make a difference to start my new journey and helping others along the way.