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Hi, I've just turned 16 and have been lucky enough to receive a place at a performing arts school to study dance and be the best that i can be and receive a teaching qualification so i can one day help others, dancing is my absolute world, I love it.

I didn't receive the funding I was hoping to receive and will need to find the remaining cost of £6000 for the year.

I'm begging you down on my knees to please please help me id be forever grateful and promise to study hard
Yours faithfully

Hi, I've just turned 16 and have been lucky enough to receive a place at a performing arts school to study dance and be the best that i can be and receive a teaching qualification so i can one day help others, dancing is my absolute world, I love it.

I didn't receive the funding I was hoping to receive and will need to find the remaining cost of £6000 for the year.

I'm begging you down on my knees to please please help me id be forever grateful and promise to study hard
Yours faithfully

Hi, I've just turned 16 and have been lucky enough to receive a place at a performing arts school to study dance and be the best that i can be and receive a teaching qualification so i can one day help others, dancing is my absolute world, I love it.

I didn't receive the funding I was hoping to receive and will need to find the remaining cost of £6000 for the year.

I'm begging you down on my knees to please please help me id be forever grateful and promise to study hard
Yours faithfully

Hi, I've just turned 16 and have been lucky enough to receive a place at a performing arts school to study dance and be the best that i can be and receive a teaching qualification so i can one day help others, dancing is my absolute world, I love it.

I didn't receive the funding I was hoping to receive and will need to find the remaining cost of £6000 for the year.

I'm begging you down on my knees to please please help me id be forever grateful and promise to study hard
Yours faithfully

I was in a bad car accident three months, which was not my fault. Since then, my life has been absolute hell. I did not have health insurance at the time, so receiving treatment for my injuries has been almost impossible. I have been told that I will need surgery for my herniated disc, which protruding too closely to my spinal cord. Because of my injuries, I have hardly been able to work, and just recently lost my only source of income because of it. All of my bills are due and I only have $2 to my name. I am at a point in my life where I have little hope left, but I guess I still have some left because I've written this post. All I need is $2,000 and would be willing to sign a promissory note for the loan, which I would repay when I receive my settlement from the car accident. I would be forever grateful......please, I really need an angel right now because I am at my breaking point.

I'm a single mother aged 35. I've lived in California for almost 14 years ( it will be 15 this year on memorial day weekend.)
I’m going to be a little blunt, because I'm tired and I want to give up so bad, but I can't. I'm better than that and my kids are my motivator. I wake up everyday and remind myself of 2 things :1) Faith is what you have when you all your beliefs are blown to hell. 2) What doesn't kill you makes you stronger -Nietzsche

I am a 35 year old educated, ambitious, head strong woman. I have owned my own business with my soon to be ex. I know what hard work and determination are. I went to private school and I am educated. I value my community and have always given back and will continue to do so. I also know that I have the drive and determination to get myself back on track. I'm not ASKING for a handout, I'm asking for help up! I also know what loss is. I don't have the business, a house or EVEN the car anymore. We lost everything. He bounced back , I didn’t. All I have is HOPE, that someone or some program can help me carve a path back to self sufficiency.
It's gone continually downhill.I am amazed at the allotment of programs for both housing and employment for all different walks of life. However, what about those that are just struggling. No hang ups, no record, just struggling and are LOW INCOME. I'm not writing this to make you feel sorry, I'm writing this because I have exhausted possibilities that I have researched both on my own or been given the information to do the work with.
There are people who struggle everyday through no fault of their own. They don't want a hand out, but help up would be a relief. Society doesn't need band-aids they need solutions.
Not every county, city or state program fits everyone's needs.
First of all Section 8 has been closed since BEFORE I left my marriage so that idea could never work. The list has been closed for years. Because I have limited time with my children, I do not qualify for CALWORKS. I have tried getting assistance in every way possible. I had very little unemployment left since I have been struggling to find work. I was delayed for about 3 months because they needed verification and I had to appeal and request a hearing. I have won my appeal but will only receive $91/week and for a short period of time.
I took a project management class through WIA in 2011, and I was able to get CTB benefits. I NEED HELP. I have hit the absolute worst point in my life and still refuse to give up. I have been looking for work and am now HOMELESS.I am in week 3 of staying in an extended stay hotel (paid for by my mother back east, who makes maybe $26,000/yr in PA) I recently sold my car because I needed to pay bills and rent. I have maybe $75 to my name.
The fact that they say there are services for low income/ homeless is frustrating. I say this because there is no category for me. I'm not a drug addict or in recovery. I don't have a mental illness. I wasn't in prison, I don’t' even have a RECORD. I can proudly say I've never been arrested or even in the back of a cop car. I'm not a victim of domestic violence and I do not beat my kids. Why aren't there programs in place for single parents struggling to make it? Everyday people that are responsible and respectable. I understand the need to assist those that may not have the capacity to take care of themselves. However, I have a huge problem with the fact that Santa Clara County & all programs (private, govt or state funded) will rehabilitate and reintroduced felons into the community, but if you're poor, homeless, no record, are looking for work, have high intelligence; sorry, you can't get help. This sounds extremely cynical and jaded, but I am a little after going through all I have.
I have been told constantly “I wish I could do something but we don't have any programs to help you.” My favorite reply is: "Yeah and you have done everything. I'm surprised you even knew about all the programs you did"
I have talked to employment counselors, program coordinators, program advocates and case managers, volunteers, just about anyone. The bankruptcy is hindering my chances of securing housing, even if I had employment.

The icing on the cake has to be with food stamps and General Assistance. I qualified for Cal-Fresh. However, at the time I had a car worth $2200. So I wasn't able to get General Assistance. Fast Forward a year later, I HAD to sell my car to pay bills. Now this month when I went for General Assistance, I qualify.

It's a never ending cycle, a constant push down. I can take public transportation to work, but to get around and see my boys and being able to transport them would be extremely difficult, not to mention financially stressing. I have scoured employment books, read articles, searched the library, spent hours online trying to find a job, program, a company, anybody who could be a resource whether for low income assistance or employment.
I can probably tell you about a plethora of services this county (Santa Clara) offers for both income assistance and job services.I am registered with CALJOBS; I know all the career sites and have my resume there. I get interviews, however I am starting to think the bankruptcy from loss of business is holding me back when employers do background check.
I also could teach the business writing class or the resume writing classes they offer at Work2Future, I practically did when I took them. I could do the same at Sacred Heart. I've been to InnVision and EHC. I’ve talked to Sunnyvale Community Services. Boy he was a treat he sounded older then my 80 yr old grandma. When I said I need housing and employment help, he gruffly told me to check the newspaper and hung up. I've called St Josephs in Gilroy. I've talked to a program coordinator at West Valley Community Services. I called the Sobrato Organization hoping they had ties to something and one the employees just by grace of god happened to pick up and take my call. I was able to talk to someone at HIF (they couldn't help)
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I am responsible, respectable and just want to work, have a place to live, and be able to have my children 50/50. I have no police record. I am not in recovery, nor have I ever had to be in a program
I want to work and am attaching a compilation of ALL my work skills. I would not send this out otherwise, I would tailor it specifically to the job I am applying for.

I used to volunteer as much as I could I like being active in my community and helping others. I'm still about that I believe in PAY IT FORWARD. I believe the good you do comes back to you tenfold and that no matter what is going wrong in your life, someone else is struggling just as much if not more; so be thankful for what you have.
I attend church and was a hospitality volunteer for that as well.
I just need help getting on my feet. I have no family, other than my children here in CA.
I do not want to move back east and be far away from them. I want to work, I want to live again. I want to smile and mean it.

I hate what my life has become and know that I am SO MUCH BETTER THEN THIS.
Please help me : money is fine, but it's only a temporary fix, please help me find a program that can assist me in getting on my feet, direct me to employment, and most of all afford me the opportunity to have my children much more consistently so I can be a mom again.
Thank you
Courtney DiMiceli

Hello, my name is Adam and I am a student veteran. I am studying business management and need help finishing up my degree. I am 2 semesters short of finishing and have run out of government funding. I have a wife and two children to support while i go to school. I also work part time helping veterans find jobs. I counsel returning vets from overseas and help them in any way i can. If i don't recieve help i will be forced to stop working with veterans because it just is not enough income to support my family and attend school.Helping veterans has been the most amazing experience for me, it has been an absolute honor to help our heroes. So please if anyone can help finance my last two semesters it will not just be helping me but also other veterans that I help. Please e-mail me at azol1@att.net. Thank you!!!

Last year I was mugged and left unconscious because a group of thieves decided they wanted to have my phone. I suffered multiple injuries including a broken cheekbone. I'm glad I'm still here but my phone company werent so helpful and didnt want to help me out. I had an iphone 4 and was paying 35 pounds a month, I still am, after having a month off work after the incident I lost my job and my insurance company would not pay out as I didnt ring to cancel the phone within the right amount of time 48 hours as I was in hospital. I am broke now. I have work in a cafe on just enough for me to get by. Still have no phone and so I am resorting to begging for someone to donate me the money to fund me another one as i have 18 months left on my contract and it was a 400 pound phone it would be an absolute god send. Noone else seems to have any mercy. I would never usually try this but you never know. Thankyou :) God bless anyone who reads this.

Hello everyone,

I have tried everything else in attempts to pull together funds for my daughters education at catholic school. We are catholic and this is of the UTMOST importance to me. I have tried to set up a fundraiser website and raised zero dollars in doing so. I have found a job and began working in hopes to save the money for this coming fall. However, I am barely keeping my head above water even with working. I realize that maybe Catholic quality education is only for the financially well off but I want the absolute best for my daughter just as any parent would. I pleaded with my parish priest to allow me to volunteer to offset tuition cost to no avail. I have tried everything except begslist. I wonder if God will give me a MIRACLE here. I sure hope so. Please help in any way you can if you feel you can. The total cost of tuition is $5,000 but what I need immediately is at least $250 to get her seat secured and registration form in. She already had her assessment and scored above the local and national average! Thank you for reading and God bless.

Hi Everyone
I don't really know how else to do this so I'm just going to ask
My daughter is turning 10 in September and she LOVES My Little Pony EVERYTHING However Fluttershy is her absolute favorite This year her Birthday Wish is to have a My Little Pony themed sleepover for her and about 10 girls This would be her FIRST REAL Birthday Party until now they've all been cake and family because we just really can't afford it but its all she wants for this milestone Birthday so I thought I'd ask and maybe I would be able to get some help from someone that remembers a special Birthday wish of their own
Thank you for your time and your donations

I'm a 32 year old single mother, I live with my 7 year old daughter and I have never asked for anything before.

I've always earned my own money and have worked continuously since I got my first paper round at 13 until a few years ago when I lost my job due to ill health. At the time I was still living with my partner and we both had well paid jobs. We had a house with a mortgage and had taken out a secured loan against the property to do some much needed work on the house. Then the recession hit. The value of our house dropped by over £70,000 and because I had lost my job, we started struggling to make payments on the house and our credit cards and before we knew it our house was repossessed. It sold for much less than it was worth and we still owed the bank an absolute fortune.

I went to the local Citizens Advice Bureau who told me that I would be much better off if I was single! They said the government would pay for my house and give me other benefits but if I was still with my partner I wouldn't get a penny!

After much discussion we decided it would be best for my daughter and I to move into a place on our own and my partner would stay with family (just until we got back on our feet). Unfortunately we never did get back on our feet. My partner is still staying with family and we are still living in our small rented flat.

All I want is for my family to be back together under one roof. My daughter should never have to be without her dad because of finances and I want the man I love back. So if you can spare anything to help us out we will be forever in your debt!

The past two years have been hellish for me. I have lost everything but my faith and absolute love for my daughter. My ex-wife and her mother have alienated me from my daughter since her birth two years ago. I left a comfortable job and home in a state on the Gulf Coast to move to the East Coast state my daughter was taken to, so that I could be involved my child's life. Upon arriving, my then wife (an attorney) and her mother (child psychiatrist)began alienating my daughter from me in a variety of ways. I initiated the legal process with a very reputable law firm who has handled the divorce component. We agreed to a temporary visitation schedule, but due to my limited financial means the custody component is still ongoing. I had to file for bankruptcy last month (losing my house and all financial holdings I possessed). I continue to support my daughter via support. I'm currently attempting to save up enough money to pay the $5,000 retainer fee required by my attorney (I've worked 2 jobs since I moved here 2 years ago). Once I pay her, she can begin helping me gain equal custodial rights when considering my daughter. I'll be thankful for ANY amount of monetary support here. Peace and Love

Hello to anyone that can help us. My family and I will soon be homeless unless we can come up with the last $50 we need for rent. I've tried everything I can think of (including donating plasma, but didn't even get all the money I was promised). My absolute last resort i'm sad to say is to sell myself because my body is the last thing of value I have. I really can't stand the thought of doing this, even disreguarding the fact that it's illegal, I just don't want some nasty crackhead pawing all over me or knowing that my children would ever find out that I sunk that low. Can anyone please help us? We're running out of time and I don't know what to do. All the so called charity and gov't organizations have only kept me running in circles or turned me down. Please help us. My paypal account is under my email address: dub_nor_mino3@yahoo.com
Thank you for anything you can do.

I am married a veteran who has sustained a traumatic brain injury in Afghanistan. My husband is currently awaiting to receive 100% VA disability, but it has taken a very long time. I am a college student maintaining a steady GPA of a 4.0, and I do my very best to move forward in order to get somewhere in my life, but this year has been an absolute nightmare for our family. I had a premature child this year which resulted in me receiving 25 units of blood transfer and a two week hospitalization. The baby was three months early, but thankfully he did make it and is now doing pretty well. I have a daughter and two other sons who are completely disabled and one is in a wheelchair. We do own our house, but we live in a little town and my husband has to drive 45 miles roundtrip daily in a v8 truck cause that is the only vehicle we have. Right now my husband is being forced to sleep in our truck in freezing weather in order to not lose his job because he will not have enough gas to get back home and to work again for the rest of the week if he does not. I have done everything I possibly can, and somehow I just can't get out of this rut so I am forced to kindly ask those of Christian hearts to please help my family. God will bless you for helping others and spreading genuine love and charity. I don't want a handout, I would rather give it to someone else, but I am at the end of my rope. The fuses in our house blew out and we won't have heat because our house has no heat except plug-in portable heaters. I really need some help. Any will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Veteran's Lady

I am not the daughter referred to in the title of my post. She is much too proud to beg for anything. I am her boyfriend and I am the one she talks to every night as she cries herself to sleep. I do not wish to be overdramatic in attempts to get money but this is truly what happens each night and it breaks my heart to see her in such pain, what is worse is that I can do nothing to help her accept provide her with comfort.
Her name is Lindsey Hill and all she wants to do is go to college and leave her parent's nest. Her parents have told her that God has told them that she shouldn't be leaving home. They want her to remain in her hometown and go to the local JC. She has lived in her hometown for the last 18 years of her life. Everyone she knew has moved on with their lives and moved out. She was very depressed while living in her home town and does not want to return to live under her parent’s roof where they set strict rules and regulations on everything she does and everywhere she goes.
Because her parents have decreed that their intentions are the will of God they see what they want as absolute truth, therefore they have begun sabotaging every aspect of her financial life in order to prove themselves, and their ultimatums, right and just and get her back home. They have stopped paying for everything. Insurance, phone bills, living expenses, everything. She is 18 and away from home for the first time in her life in a big city and is completely and utterly financially independent. She has worked hard to keep her head above water since she has moved. She even moved down before she could get a job lined up which was a necessity and almost put her on the streets. She is barely getting enough hours at her job to keep a roof over her head. She rents a small bedroom and her dream of going to college to pursue higher education is completely out of the question for her financially.
Her parents say that she has to choose between living a life of sin and labor without education where she is at, or listening to God and coming back to the light. They want her to live with them and go to the local JC or else, they threaten, she will become just like her "messed up" sister who moved out a few years earlier and is now underemployed with no hope of going to school. Her sister left because she couldn't handle living under her parent's insane household. She is a beautiful and brilliant girl but is stuck in a rut in her life due to a lack of support from her parents. She makes enough money to live in a small home and has no intentions of being able to pay for college. Lindsey loves her sister but has big dreams and an amazing head on her shoulders; she does not want her lifestyle to end up like her sister’s.
Her parents will continue to do whatever they can to get their daughter on the streets including guilt tripping her for not visiting but refusing to help her pay for the $200 gas bill that it takes for her to make the trip.
I am not saying that religious people are all crazy. I, myself, am a Christian who studies his bible weekly and is often at church. That is actually how Lindsey and I met. We both try to live Christian lifestyles and we often encourage each other in our faith.
She is a brilliant girl. Only 18 and is exceedingly bright, fiercely compassionate, and a relentlessly hard worker. She is already getting raises at her competitive job but hates it there with a searing passion. She wants to go to school and have a better future but she cannot find any support from her parents. God is telling them to tear her down and bring her back to the nest by any means necessary (of course this is not how they see things) All I know is that these folks desperately need to learn a lesson or they will lead very bitter lives without the company of their amazing daughter. I don’t want that future for any of them!
I do not claim to know the will of God but the one thing he tells me in my heart as I pray is that what Lindsey's parents are doing to her is wrong. Please help me to provide a better future for my beautiful Lindsey. I feel powerless and I want to give her the world. Her parents believe that their will matches Gods and is absolute truth and I need anyone's help to counter this ignorant assault on the future of an amazing woman who is just trying to live her life after spending 18 years in a town she hates with people she is finding it increasingly hard to appreciate. Please help Lindsey go to college.

email me at DerikmSmith@gmail.com if you are interested at all in helping out. Anything will help.

I just found out my girlfriend is pregnant and we only have two days left before we get kicked out of our apartment. I'm 24 and a full time student and have been working full time until two weeks ago when I was laid off. I put this in the travel section because my family doesn't have much money right now and I'm trying to make it from Indiana to California to be somewhere we can have help until we get on our feet. My bank account is already $250 dollars overdrawn or I would just use that, we are willing to take greyhound but for the trip need about five to six hundred dollars and have about sixty cents to our names. Any help at all would be an absolute blessing and we could arrange some way for me to pay you back once I get to california and get back on my feet. Thank you all for your time and any help given, God bless you and I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Email me if you can help I have a reload able prepaid card that I plan to use for the trip. Wish us luck in 2 days we head out on foot.

I'm 21 years old and an inspiring artist.. unfortunately I haven't been dealt the best hand.. my father passed when I was only 19 which in turn forced me to pay my own way I have no immediate family left who can help me financially.. my grandmother passed this spring due to terminal cancer.. I helped take care of my bed ridden grandmother till her passing...

all I own is a computer, a guitar and a amp that my father bought for me when I was 16. I don't have a mattress and I don't have a car.. I've been sleeping on a couch every night and I never feel well rested and I carpool to get to work. I kill myself everyday at work just to make ends meat all i can afford is the absolute necessities to survive and works been slowing down so I've been having a hard time keeping up on bills and rent..

My father always use to say "I just want better for you" and I know if he saw me now he wouldn't of wanted me to go through this. I'm a good guy with a good heart and all I ask is for the help and the opportunities that has been taken from me at this point any help would be appreciated, thank you.

We are a couple, aged 37 and 38. It takes a lot for us to ask for help, but if any can be given - no matter how small - if a lot of people give a little, it can add up to a lot ;) - it would be an absolute godsend. In the past I have always tried to help, whether it was picking up someone asking for food and taking them to buy food at the grocery store, helping another couple with children with a house payment, or simply offering them a job (odd job around my home or even with the company I used to work for before I was laid off.) .

We're about to lose our home. I recently recieved a cut off notice for our utilities and in order to keep them on it will cost $181.61 the balance due however is $188.00. This will not matter however, because I don't have the funds to make the house payment coming due on the 12th of October. I am 399.00 short on the payment. The balance we owe on our home is $6,320.00. Once the house is paid off we will be able to pay $180.00 for lot rent instead of $580.00 for lot rent and house payment.. (Of which only $200.00 goes towards the balance if not paid in full - which is .32 more payments at $580.00 a month). If we can just get our home paid off we would be okay - even with child support garnishing 54% of my pay. By law Child Support Enforcement can garnish up to 65% of a payee's pay.

Just to be up front, I do have a job. Unfortunately I only work about 30 hours a week on average at minimum wage. I am very happy for my job, but after child support garnishes $478.00 a month from my paycheck we can barely make the house payment most months. I have filed for a reduction of child support, but they refuse to use my legitmate income, instead using the income I made previously when I was in a position to help others, and did so regularly. My employer has even filed an affidavit with child support enforcement stating they cannot offer me more then 32 hours and that I make minimum wage. I am curretly looking for a second job, or another job that pays better to take the place of the job I now hold. If anyone has any IT professional positions, please let me know as I would love to come work for you, or your company. That would be the best way to help us out.

My boyfriend would love to work, but he is disabled and currently has an application in with Social Security Disability, unfortunately it takes a long time for it to come through, and by the time it does we will have already lost our home. He was disabled 2 years ago last July when he was working on a wireless tower that was 80 foot tall. It collapsed under him and he is very lucky to have survived the fall, however, when he came down he landed on his ankle and the impact caused the joint to turn around backwards and upside down. He has had surgery for this, unfortunately it is still not right. He cannot straighten out his foot to walk. Because of shortening of the tendons on the inside and front of his ankle he is not able to balance or apply weight to the ankle for more then a few moments. And even that short amount of time causes him extreme pain. He tries to help around the house by doing chores such as mowing our small patch of lawn, but even that small chore takes him over 3 days to complete. My employer does not offer medical insurance, so we are without it. It makes it impossible to go to a doctor to help him get the medical assistance needed to 1. fix his ankle completely and 2. pain management. So he perseveres and does as much as he can.

Every day I have to try to get my 1984 Volvo 240 Station Wagon running so I can get to work that day. When I try to pull out onto the highway to go to work it bogs down like it is under water. It takes crossed fingers, prayer and much clutch/gas pedal manipulation for the car to pull out... and even more to get it to the speed limit. It is very scary because there is a blind corner that people speed around regularly and I'm just waiting for the day I get hit trying to pull out. Unfortunately we don't know what is wrong with it and do not have the ability to take it to a mechanic to see if they can do a diagnostic, much less pay to have it repaired. So if anyone is willing to donate their time and possibly parts to get the car up and running safely it would be greatly appreciated. It is the only legal vehicle we have.

I am trying to do odd jobs around town as well as sell jewelry that I make online and at a little shop here in Newport. It is hard because most months no one seems to buy my jewelry and the jobs are far and few between.

What is really sad is I know come the middle of October we will be homeless, my daughter's dog, Kenji and my dog, Nikki will have to go to the animal shelter if I cannot find them homes. I know I would not be able to care for them at all if we have no home in which to live. As it stands now, I haven't been able to buy them dog food for a few months, and the Animal Shelter in Priest River does not have any spare food for them, so they eat what we eat. the good thing is they are fat and very happy and loving dogs.

If you can help at all, even if it is a little bit ($1, $5 or even $10) - if several help out a little it will add up to a lot; it would be greatly appreciated, and once we're back on our feet, of course we fully intend to pay it forward by helping others.

Thank you for your time and consideration... God Bless

If you are able to help you can donate through PayPal.

Or if you have a job to offer me (18 years experience as an IT professional )

Pardon me while I choke down the last of the pride-burger, and the Humble pie dessert. I am about out of options, hope, and faith in humanity.

My lady and I ought to be living decently enough on our income, you'd think - but it's just been one thing after the next after the next. Between cars getting sick, my lady losing one job to an injury, my own low wage... We're not making it, to be frank. At this point, I don't know what else to do - we can't get public assistance, not even food stamps, we gross too much. Nevermind that we don't NET that... We can't even answer the house phone for all the harrasser calls these days. We're often short on the rent. (Thank God that the landlord lets us make good late...) If we could get just a little help, in the grand scheme of things, we'd be able to be OK, to help others as we'd much prefer to do.

Here's how it breaks down:

Absolute best possible, turning backflips in the yard, what do you want I'll give it to you, anything short of our children where do I sign and do you want it in blood target: $7500 free and clear. That kills about all the debts, all the loans, fixes the van, fixes the car, rent is paid. I wish I thought it likely. I know, it isn't.

The We-have-a-fighting-chance level: $3250. Again, it clears the critical debts, gets the cars on the road. We have work to do, but we can manage.

The Take-off-the-pressure level: $1000. Gives us enough room to breathe, though Christmas will be lean.

I am terrible at asking for help. I feel like a failure as a person, as a father, as a provider. I'm sure most of the people here feel just as bad as I do. But I'm also clinging to the hope that somewhere out there is the person or people that will prove the pessimist in me wrong.

Anything you can afford to give, be it thousands of dollars or just a buck, will be greatly appreciated.

Please, do what you can. Not just for us, but for anyone you know like us - good folks, who've caught a bad run of luck.

-Plex

We will be homeless August 31, 2011. There are 2 adults, including myself. We have a 12 year old special needs son which makes it difficult to get full time employment or any employment.

My husband has cancer and has a difficult time with every day living. And does not qualify for disability nor does our son qualify for Social Security. We don't qualify for TANF either only foodstamps.

We are flat broke, the last bit of our money, which was going to go for the rent and utilities was stolen.
If anyone could help us we would appreciate it. We both want to work but can't find work.

Please help us before we are out in the street. How do you tell a child who has Aspergers Syndrome he doesn't have a home any longer? It just breaks my heart this is our last few days here unless we get help with our rent and utilities.

We tried all the charities and churches, they are all out of funds right now.

Thank you and God Bless.

Update: we haven't gotten any donations or anything. We are packing up the car and leaving tomorrow. Our small family will be split up. I will go into a shelter and my son & husband will go to FL to stay temporarily with his mother. She only has room for 2 other people.

I added my paypal account hoping someone will take pity on us.

Thank you and God Bless.

Another sad update: my husband and son drove 600 miles to FL on Thursday and it was dreadful, the car was packed to the max. We have a small car it it was totally over loaded. What else was he to do? Our son has Aspergers, the only way he can survive a crisis such as this is is some sense of normalcy, meaning he needs his things, things that mean a lot to him even if they seem trivial to use they are not to him. So we loaded up the car with books, games, dvds, what have you.
Well, they get to my husband's mother's house in South FLA and instead of a loving welcome they get the worst from her. She is all over my husband and calling him all kinds of terrible things. She's down on her grandson, all over him. These 2 came 600 miles away and this is the welcome they got. Needless to say they are leaving FLA and returning to GA. Out of shear desperation. We will have to go into a shelter. We have no where to go. Noone has donated a dime to us. Just advice. Advice is nice but it doesn't pay the rent or utilities.

Does anyone even read these posts besides us who post them? I would love to hear from success stories that came from here. It would be a huge confidence boost. Rescent success stories within the last 6 months to a year.

My faith in God has increased within me, however my faith in humanity is failing.

We are no different than most of those also posting on here. Our needs are no more in demand. We all have a common bound, we are desperatly trying to keep our families together, through this crisis that seems to keep getting worse.

My cell phone is a pay-as-you-go, I only pay 25.00 a month for 300 mins, unlimited texting & net usage. 25.00 is an awesome deal if you have 25.00. I don't have it. So now I can't even talk with my husband to find out when he's coming to ATL (my service will be over September 7) or even post on here or check my paypal if some kind soul donated anything. We didn't really have it last month but we figured it was worth it, especially since we haven't had a pc for years. This is our only link to the internet - this and the library.
Some would say a cell phone is a luxury, not if you don't have a landline, we haven't had a landline in 2 years. Its become an absolute nessisity.

We don't smoke or drink, take illegal drugs or spend money on frivilous things. My clothes are beging to get shabby as are my shoes.

If anyone can donate a cell phone card of 25.00 it would be most welcome. I feel terrible asking but its my only link to my family in FL. Without it I have no phone. Forget the net I can live without it but not to be able to call my husband is terrible. its scary not having a phone.

My husband has a Safelink cell phone - a Welfare pay-as-you-go they only allow one per house hold. He gets a set amount of mins for free a month, you can chose to roll over your mins too on some of their plans. So mine is the only paid cell phone.

Thank you for reading and God Bless.

Hi everyone,

I need to come up with $4k so I can get a different 4x4 truck so I can move for school.

Where I'm moving has terrible winters and 4x4 is necessary.


I have an absolute POS truck now.... Everything is broken!
*4x4 doesn't work
*tranny is going out
*brakes are basically gone, it's just metal on metal
*has a bad hub
*has a bad wheel bearing

At this point, it's going to cost more to fix it then it will be to get something else.

I finally got myself jnto college and it would be amazing if I could have a nicer truck that would get me through the winter safely.

I'm hoping that some wonderfully nice, good samaratian can help me out with this.

I'd even be willing to sign some sort of contract for repayment. I just need to get back on my feet and this is a big component of it.


Anything at all will help!


Thanks so much for your time,


Madison

I am a motivated, single-mother who earned her Bachelor's degree when my son was a toddler, with the hope that I could provide a stable living for my family. Sadly, I have come to the realization that I would probably be better off not working, financially speaking, and relying on governmental assistance.

It's truly disheartening that I cannot survive on a single income alone, working full-time in advertising/marketing for our local newspaper. I thought I was doing everything right. Where did I go wrong? I left my son's father when he was an infant because he was unfaithful to me several times. It was not a conducive or healthy environment for me or my son. Since then, his father has been absent from his life for over 5 years. Not one phone call. Not one visit. No birthday presents. No cards. No money to help with expenses. Nothing. We can handle his absence because I have several positive male role models who have taken my son under their wings. He is a very well-grounded young man and has strong morals, values, and integrity.

With that said, I am the only financial support for him and I and pay all the bills, insurance, etc. and often have my wages garnished because I have had a difficult time paying for a couple ER visits (my son has asthma and was hospitalized with pneumonia) even with my insurance. I feel as if I can't get a break even though I try to do good.

My son is almost 9-yrs old and has been taking Suzuki violin lessons (paid for by a family friend) for the past year and a half. He is also my budding electrician/engineer...and creates incredible inventions with his circuit boards, wires, LEDs & motors that he digs out of old electronics. He attends the Robot Club at the local high school...and the older kids accept him even though he is their youngest member. =) He has an extremely bright future & I am so proud of him. However, it is a constant struggle everyday for me to put on a smile because we are so far in debt. I owe $2500 to the IRS for a supposed error on my 2009 tax return (disagree...but can't afford an attorney to fight it), $800 hospital bills, $3000 from other creditors from credit cards I had when I was 20 (I'm 35 now). I pay $300/month for daycare, household bills, car payment, etc. I am a good person & have a heart of gold. I want to remain a good role-model for my son so he is proud of me. I do not want to have to resort to relying on governmental assistance. I just wish we could survive on my income. It would be feasable if these bills were paid. Please help us. Any size donation would be an absolute blessing!! We need some financial assistance to get us back on our feet again. We're going through an extremely rough time & any gift would help. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this.

Best Regards,

HELP MIKE "FINISH" the "Mini-semi-truck",and "The World's Biggest" "ALL WOOD PORTABLE MONOPOLY BOARD" FOR THE KIDS,AND "HAVE AN ABSOLUTE GREAT TIME DOING IT"!!"Mike" is a "cross-country truck driver" from the Detroit,Michigan area,who has "literally engineered and built" a "literal-one-in-a-million-miniature-tandem-axle-semi-tractor"(street rod size)FOR THE KIDS,he has $spent $7,500.00 of "HIS OWN MONEY" to build it,it is about 80% done,and "Mike" needs help and donations to "finish it".Mike "recently" became "unemployed" due to "corporate downsizing",he "cannot" get unemployment benefits due to a "1099",he "NEEDS" "YOUR" help,"because" "the truck and the World's Biggest Monopoly Board" are "being built for "CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES",to bring "JOY TO THEIR LIVES".This is "A TRUE" "LABOR OF LOVE",and "A TRUE WORTHY CAUSE",the "World's Biggest Monopoly Board" is going to be "BIGGER THAN LIFE",about 1 1/2 to 2 acres in size when complete,and it will "top" the current "world record" of 2004."YOUR DONATION" will be "HONORABLY USED",to pay for "completion of the truck and flatbed trailer to HAUL "The World's Biggest Monopoly Board,and "wood and paint" and "labor costs" for "pro painters" to "paint the Monopoly board".The "PLANNED DEBUT" of "the truck and the World's Biggest Monopoly Board is August,2011,at "The World Famous Woodward Dream Cruise",in Detroit,Michigan."AFTER COMPLETION","Children and kids" from "ALL OVER THE U.S." and "THE WORLD","with or without disabilities" "will be able" to "PLAY MONOPOLY ON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST MONOPOLY BOARD","100% FREE","FOR LIFE"."BRING SENSATIONAL JOY" to "NEEDY CHILDREN","EVERYWHERE",and "JUMP IN AND DONATE" and "HELP A TRUE" "GOOD SAMARITAN" with "A BIG HEART",who "DESERVES IT"."HELP MIKE" "BRING JOY TO HURTING KIDS"."Mike only needs about $18,000.00,to "MAKE THIS DREAM HAPPEN FOR THE KIDS"."DONATE" AND "SPONSOR HIM" "TODAY",and,"IF YOU DO",and "MIKE GETS ENOUGH DONATIONS" to "make the deadline",then,"YOUR KIDS" and your relatives kids,will "get to play Monopoly" on "The World's Biggest Monopoly BOARD",at "The Woodward Dream Cruise",in August,and "Elsewhere",in "the future days to come"!!"Arrangements" "CAN AND WILL BE MADE",to "TAKE THE TRUCK AND THE WORLD'S BIGGEST MONOPOLY BOARD ON A TOUR","ALL OVER" "THE U.S.A."!! "DONATE TODAY",and "HAVE A GREAT TIME DOING IT"!! Thank you!!

Things have gone just horribly for my boyfriend and I this winter. It has been an absolute NIGHTMARE so far.

FIRST, the truck we rely on for transportation to our jobs and school needed it's engine replaced due to a blown head gasket. When we put in the new engine (well..used, from a part's truck), it worked great, for a little while, then the transmission started... and we had to shift back and forth between drive and second gear on the highway....this didn't work out to our advantage for long and it now sits in a driveway of our friends uninsured and unregistered (we lost our jobs because of this!!!!! Paying for school AND the new engine took pretty much all of our money)... We both had to stop going to school... we could no longer pay our rent, so we moved into a tent in our friend's yard and other people who COULD pay moved into our home of 2 years... It's been only 3 months now...and has felt like TEN YEARS. I don't know what to do anymore. My boyfriend REFUSES to go to a shelter and I don't want to leave his side. We have a propane heater that keeps us warm and many layers of clothing. Occaisionally we are able to stay at friend's houses, but I just moved here so I don't really know many people. I feel like I am going to have a nervous breakdown sometimes. Some days I just cry and cry.. All this trouble because of our CAR and not having much money in the bank!!!!! Shows how quickly things can change!

PLEASE HELP! We will be forever appreciative!

Sincerely,
Jennifer

Things have gone just horribly for my boyfriend and I this winter. It has been an absolute NIGHTMARE so far.

FIRST, the truck we rely on for transportation to our jobs and school needed it's engine replaced due to a blown head gasket. When we put in the new engine (well..used, from a part's truck), it worked great, for a little while, then the transmission started... and we had to shift back and forth between drive and second gear on the highway....this didn't work out to our advantage for long and it now sits in a driveway of our friends uninsured and unregistered (we lost our jobs because of this!!!!! Paying for school AND the new engine took pretty much all of our money)... We both had to stop going to school... we could no longer pay our rent, so we moved into a tent in our friend's yard and other people who COULD pay moved into our home of 2 years... It's been only 3 months now...and has felt like TEN YEARS. I don't know what to do anymore. My boyfriend REFUSES to go to a shelter and I don't want to leave his side. We have a propane heater that keeps us warm and many layers of clothing. Occaisionally we are able to stay at friend's houses, but I just moved here so I don't really know many people. I feel like I am going to have a nervous breakdown sometimes. Some days I just cry and cry.. All this trouble because of our CAR and not having much money in the bank!!!!! Shows how quickly things can change!

PLEASE HELP! We will be forever appreciative!

Sincerely,
Jennifer