Counting Tags

We will be going with a team of 20 people to El Salvador July 24-31. We are really excited about this opportunity.

We are writing to enlist your prayer and financial support. God has given us a special call to "go" and we are counting on Him to call those of you He has called to "send." We also know that He has a special team picked out for prayer support.

We need to raise $1500 each for this trip. Please be praying for us that we will be used mightily of the Lord and that we will be a true witness for Him. We want the people of El Salvador to see Christ in us, and see their need for Him.

Hello Everyone,

Back in February I was laid off by a company that took over the job site I was working. Unfortunately I am getting married in 36 days and all of our savings has been used on bills and rent.

All I am asking for is a little help in donating some money so we can go on a honeymoon and enjoy our time as Husband and Wife and not have to worry about counting the change to stay afloat.

Please I will pay it forward and anything helps... a dollar or two even can help pay for the gas or food.

Hello Everyone,

Back in February I was laid off by a company that took over the job site I was working. Unfortunately I am getting married in 36 days and all of our savings has been used on bills and rent.

All I am asking for is a little help in donating some money so we can go on a honeymoon and enjoy our time as Husband and Wife and not have to worry about counting the change to stay afloat.

Please I will pay it forward and anything helps... a dollar or two even can help pay for the gas or food.

Hello Everyone,

Back in February I was laid off by a company that took over the job site I was working. Unfortunately I am getting married in 36 days and all of our savings has been used on bills and rent.

All I am asking for is a little help in donating some money so we can go on a honeymoon and enjoy our time as Husband and Wife and not have to worry about counting the change to stay afloat.

Please I will pay it forward and anything helps... a dollar or two even can help pay for the gas or food.

Hello Everyone,

Back in February I was laid off by a company that took over the job site I was working. Unfortunately I am getting married in 36 days and all of our savings has been used on bills and rent.

All I am asking for is a little help in donating some money so we can go on a honeymoon and enjoy our time as Husband and Wife and not have to worry about counting the change to stay afloat.

Please I will pay it forward and anything helps... a dollar or two even can help pay for the gas or food.

Hello, thank you for taking the time to read my post. I am a 20 year old college student, and I am ashamed of my body. I have a condition known as tuberous breasts. It is a breast deformity that means my breasts are not fully formed, very droopy, and there is a nipple abnormality. It makes me feel like a freak. I never change around other people. I can't wear just any kind of outfit, and I never let anyone see my breasts, no matter the situation. I knew something was wrong and a plastic surgeon confirmed my suspicion. However, insurance does not pay for this. It costs about 5,500 for a lift, about 4,000 for implants, and about 1,000 for a nipple reduction. That is not counting medicines, medical garments, and other surgery related costs. My father works in a foundry; he does not have a college education. He could not afford it. I don't want to make him feel bad, but I already do. I know this condition will put my personal life on hold. I can’t accept my body the way it is. It is holding me back. I loved to swim, but now I avoid it. I have cried a good deal over this predicament. Today was one of those days. I would work and try to save the money, but I have to worry about paying for college and the necessities first. I know there are others who need it more, but any help is appreciated. Money, of course, is nice. I’ll even take two cents. If you are a surgeon or you know one who can help me financially, I would love to hear from you! Have a great day and thanks!

I moved in with my girlfriend 2 months ago. I left Boston to come be with her in NYC. My work had run dry until April. She had just been evicted from her apartment by a slumlord landlord who stole her belongings. We were living from paycheck to paycheck. Supporting each other as best we could. We didn't have enough money to get an apartment of our own, so we got a one month sublet, which ended up being a nightmare-living in a closet with our 2 cats, and dealing with the scum of the earth roommates who made us feel uncomfortable, unwelcome, and awful. During that first Monty, we spent our savings just living. We both work in the creative fields, myself a musician, an she an actress. Work was spotty at best. We borrowed money from friends and family, feeling terrible about ourselves every time. Mid-month, I decided to file for unemployment. (something i had never thought I'd ever do)
The money we were expecting from that would have paid her union dues, giving her a pay bump by about 400%. This would have enabled us to not only survive, but get on our feet and pay back our friends/family. About a week and a half after filing, my boss calls me and tells me I can't file, or he'll go out of business due to the fact he's never paid insurance on his employees. He convinced me he'd cover my unemployment pay (totaling $4,343) if I agreed to recind my claim, thus saving him tens of thousands of dollars in back-taxes. I agreed. As soon as I'd done that- he tells me his lawyer advised him not to do that, and that he never agreed to that in the first place.
I have now been playing phone tag with my unemployment agent for weeks trying to restart the claim, and have the state go after him for the money he owes them.
Meanwhile, at the end of January, we had to move again. We couldn't find a place in time, and ended up staying in a motel in Stamford for a night while we made appointments to see a few places. We awoke to the front desk and housekeeping ladies banging on our door, telling us we have to leave or they'll call the cops. We are still fighting Hotwire.com for charging us for that.
Luckily, we found a place that night. The expenses of having to move though, totaled over $500. (rental car, motel, storage)
The apartment we are in now is shared with 4 other people. It's a two bedroom. There are 3 people sleeping in the living room. There are cockroaches. We once again have to move out, by March 7th. We have applied for foodstamps. (they have yet to be approved)
This time around, we have no money to move with. Our resources have been tapped. We are out of options. Work is still spotty, and we have borrowed from everyone we know.
We have a week to come up with rent, cell phone bills, and moving expenses. Nevermind money for food to ear everyday. (as I type this, we are preparing to go out and sell some things for food money)
I have never been this scared in my life. I doubt that writing this is going to make a difference, but I have to try everything.

If anyone reading this wants a specific number that would get us out of this- its $5,000. Here's the breakdown:
$1,000 rent. (not counting a deposit)
$1760 my girlfriends union dues (which means she makes enough to get us on our feet)
$175 storage fee
$250 cell phone bills (it's a month late, an we're on the same plan)
$130 car rental to get our stuff out of the apartment
$40 rental car gas (they charge $9 a gallon if you don't fill the tank when you return the vehicle)
$1,000 for food for the two of us and cats' supplies. (food,litter)
And the rest would be to pay back some of the people who've already been there for us helping us along the way.

Please. Please help. We are a young couple in love. Scared. Trapped. Out of options.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you will find it in your heart to consider helping us.

First let me say thank you for taking the time to read my post weather you choose to help us, are in a position to help us, or even if you are able to do no more than pray for us. Thank you

My youngest (of 4) daughter Isabella was born in 12/17/2004 with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. OI in short is brittle bone disease and Bella was born with 12 fractures. The doctors gave Isabella 48 hour to live and told me that there was nothing they could do for her. After 12 weeks of fighting for her life and begging the doctors to help her and no success I demanded the doctors to release her and on BLIND FAITH we loaded our 4 children ages 7-12 weeks old and everything that would fit into our 2 trucks and with $4000 we set out from dallas to the tampa shriners hospital for childrens for medical care.
In the first year of Isabellas life she was life flighted 5 times over a 6 month period, spent spent 80% of the year living in ICU, was vented 2x and spent 28 days in a coma.
We quit counting Isabellas fractures at 50 and by the grace of God last december Isabella turned 7. She is currently 20.9 pounds and 29 inches. She is a smart happy well adjusted 1st grader with a sunshine yellow wheelchair and a 1 on 1 para in a regular classroom. She is funny and the glue that binds our family together.
We have been ok with Isabellas medical care for the last 7 years and Shriners is amazing and does the best for her that they can but in this economy we find that they are more reactive than proactive. I have been researching around for state of the art medical care for kids with OI and I have found it in Omaha NE. We have contacted the doctor and have been accepted as a paitent as soon as we can raise the nearly $10,000 we will need to relocate our family to Omaha.
With that said and Isabellas mounting unpaid medical bills we are buried with nothing in savings. We are in search of someone or many someons who would be willing to help us raise the funds to move this amazing child as her dream is to be rodded and stand (a very reall possibility in Omaha)!
We would be willing to accept any reasonable loan offered and would be blessed with any donation (big or small)

Thank you again for taking the time to read my post and for any help financial or emotional that you may be able to afford us.
God bless you!
Lorraine

Hi. I'm a young man of 34 years, still single, but enjoying life. I was well educated growing up and studied business in college. I've had some recent hard times with the economy just as everyone else has. But I was prepared and was able to survive on money I had saved up. But that wasn't enough, I had to cash in my retirement account in order to still make ends meet. Being the business-minded person I am, I took a hard look at my finances and cut back on every single thing I could. But even then, my expenses still seemed to be more than my income. I requested my student loan payments to be reduced based on economic hardship and found myself borrowing against my credit cards each month in order meet my financial obligations. Now, I've found myself borrowing on one credit card just to make the payment on another credit. I did this just to stay current on my monthly payments so I wouldn't ruin my credit. My credit rating is very important to me and I don't want to risk it being lowered.

Right now, here at the beginning of the year, I'm just trying to get a new start on life. I'm wanting to wipe out most of my debt so that I no longer have to worry and be stressed about that day after day and be able to concentrate on the more important things in my life. I've started clearing out a lot of clutter in my life. I've gone through a lot of my storage boxes and getting rid of things I no longer need. I'm selling my car that has been giving me issues since the summer and now needs a repair that will cost over $800. I'm making plans of moving to another part of the country which I feel has a lot more opportunity for me. I want to get more involved in the lives of our youth. I'm starting a website which gives tips on money management and plan to integrate a monthly email newsletter as well. I want to organize local meetups for youth to teach them about money. I was also recently hired as a tutor for an online tutoring company. And I want to get involved with Big Brothers too.

I feel that making these plans are the direction I'm being called towards. I feel it's right within my soul. And I feel there will be many positive aspects to this later on the down the road. But the truth is, I'm still in debt. I'm still trying to work on my financial obligations. The tutoring company I was hired with is a new company and was supposed to be live in January. But I was recently told there were some complications with the website and it may not be until March or April before we could start. So that was income I was counting on that's not happening right away. Add to that, I'm in the middle of moving and came across unforseen expenses that I was not expecting. Having no current job, I'm trying to find ways of paying for those. And since I'm moving, it's kind of difficult looking for a job. And since I have no job and no income, I'm really not sure how I'm going to afford a place to live once I do arrive.

So, as you can see, even though I've been trying to make some positive moves in my life, it's becoming increasingly difficult due to the lack of income and the increase in debt I have. So it would be a great help if you're able to make a small donation. Then I can start moving forward and changing my life for the better. Thanks so much for your consideration.

I am submitting this request because we are in serious need of help. I know my story is long. I pray you will have the patience to read it through & consider my request.

I am a single mom of 2 sons; 1 grown & doing wonderfully in the world & the other just entering his teen years. I've raised both boys on my own, survived despite chronic poverty & worked very hard for the past 25 years to do so. I am an unusually-talented & tenaceous woman, having changed careers several times in order to assure that my boys were always properly taken care of. Since 1995, I've worked in positions where I was unsupervised & done well ethically in that type of independent environment. As a subcontracted cab driver for the past 5 years, I've worked 60+ hours a week consistently, without vacation or any other benefits. I've missed only 8 workdays in all that time: 3 days for illness & 5 days straight this past August to care for my mother while she died. I'll be happy to provide direct contact with the cab company owner, should you wish to verify this information.

Several things have changed for me in the past few weeks. I came across an opportunity to start my own business. I crave the day when my earnings are no longer confined to poverty levels & the majority of my waking hours dictated by the terms of a subcontracted position. At 49, I'm still young enough to start fresh again, during these last few years before my youngest son flies the coup. I'm already well-practiced at working on my own. It's finally time for me to do that & reap the rewards as well.

In the meantime, my demanding schedule caused me to be lax in filing tax papers for 2008 & 2009. So, the last week of October, I filed the 2008 returns through a local tax preparer. I've just completed the 2009 books & submitted those to the tax preparer 2 days ago. The importance of the tax filings is that I have a refund of $2000 coming to me from 2008. The tax preparer told me it would take 2 to 4 weeks to receive those funds. So I began preparations to become this region's very first fully-trained SmartPhone & Tablet Repair Tech. Being a frugal woman, I formulated a plan to use the tax refund to pay $395 for the 10 days training & startup business tools. My son & I can easily live off of the remaining money while I launch my business. And with the additional refund from 2009 pending in another 6 to 8 weeks, I will be well-set to get my business rolling.

With the business plan & pending refund in mind; & following a serious disagreement on matters of proper customer service; I gave the cab company 30 days written notice & finished my last day on November 6th. I left on good terms with an option to return. But the owner has since filled my position, so even if I returned immediately, the hours would be sparse. Plus, I could no longer be happy there, having to repeatedly apologize to my customers because the company owner habitually re-contracts drivers of poor character. Swearing at, name-calling & being generally rude to customers & co-workers is unacceptable behavior, in my code of ethics.

However, my tax refund has yet to materialize. I called the IRS just today & finally got some information on my refund status. I already phoned them just 2 weeks ago to correct a major error by the tax preparer. The kind young woman I spoke with today informed me of yet another major error by the tax preparer; & because of that error, it will now be another month before they send a refund to me!

So here I am, trying to keep the faith & maintain my patience, but stressing over unpaid bills. The first of the month has passed. I live in HUD subsidized housing, & my rent is only $110, but it was due by the 5th. I have never been late with my rent, but this month I had to practically beg for the apartment managers to be patient in getting the rent paid. There are also utility bills of nearly $200 due, & my prepaid phone was shut off for several days last week until a good friend paid that bill for me. I had faith in my tax preparer & was counting on having my refund by now to pay those bills. Needless to say, I am very unhappy with his service at this point.

I spent 2 weeks trying to get a 'payday' or personal loan. But because I was a subcontractor & now I'm unemployed, no one is willing to make such a loan. I even dedicated a full day last week to 14 fruitless hours straight online, just trying to click enough surveys to pay the $50 phone bill. I receive no child support or welfare benefits. Sadly for my son, Santa will not be arriving until well after Christmas. At this point, my income is 0.

So what I am asking for is just enough money to get us by until the tax refund arrives. I can reasonably make $750 stretch through to mid-January.

I am proud. It is hard for me to ask for this. But it is even harder to grovel to my landlords & the utility companies. And it was never my intent to risk us losing our home. I am deeply concerned that this may happen. The timing is simply bad for us not to have our refund yet. I wish my tax preparer had done a better job for me.

I have been blessed with great health & an optimistic outlook, despite all my life's trials. Others are not nearly so lucky & I am truly grateful for my blessings. I am also grateful to you for your consideration in this matter. Giving to others to help them improve their lives is indeed a noble endeavor. Bless you

I have had an extremely difficult time this past few months. Had major heart attack on 11/20/2011. we are at 100,000$ and counting in med bills prescriptions alone are over 100$ a month. Have not worked since heart attack. Rent due Today..650$ car insurance 300$ car payment 200$ electric cut off On fri,250$...no fore seeable income for at least next 30 days... all savings gone...you have no idea how bad this is right now with Christmas in two weeks. 10$ would be a godsend just to buy a little food with..my wife and kids deserve better for Christmas. Thank you all in advance for your kindness and generosity

Hello, My name is Anne Marie. We are finding ourselves in desperate need of financial help.
I am past due with my rent -$900. As well as the car payment $350. I can't lose the car or our housing I have two daughters that are counting on me. I have been out of work for two months. I finally got a job which doesn't start for another week. With that being said it wont help my current situation. I'm desperate for help. I have 4 days to come up with this rent. I have checked into all the agencies (locally) and everyone is out of money. I've never found myself in this situation before. Please, Please help us!!! Thank you - Any assistance that is provided to us that is over the amount that I need will be paid forward to another family I know that is suffering as well. Thank you again!

I work for a small company whose owner lives far away. However, the owner’s son lives in the same building and harasses the employees daily because he knows that his father lives too far away to do anything about it.

Morale in the office is sinking daily and I’m desperate to find a way out. My family deserves better than to see me come home angry for dinner every evening. I wish to fire my boss and make a living from home, from a variety of income sources based on my marketable internet and computer skills.

As long as I’m stuck at my dead end, long commute job, I can’t start my home business. It’s a vicious cycle that I need help to break. I’m counting on your collective generosity to help me provide a living income for my family while I start up my own business.

I started at a four year university this fall, the first in my family to ever do so. I am a highly independent person and don't feel comfortable begging for money, but I don't know what else to do.
I have been blacklisted and unable to find work, meanwhile I'm unable to pay my rent, buy groceries or school supplies, not even basic toiletries; I have been without toothpaste and toilet paper for 3 weeks. I have no friends that can help, they all either have children or are unemployed and unable to spare any money for me. I don't qualify for any county aid because I made too much money earlier this year, so I have zero help for my medical bills that are now surmounting $15K, my car is going to be repossessed, I'm on the verge of eviction and half starving. My parents cannot help me because they are not in much better financial shape than me, I have not grandparents left and no valid cosigner to acquire an extra student loan. All of this while attending college for nursing, taking a 15 credit course load.
My savings are gone, my bank account is -$483.93 and counting, my landlord is evicting me in December if I can't come up with this month's and December's rent by the first of December. I am reusing everything I can, but am at this point only able to allow myself on very small meal per day or I will have NO food in one week. My cat is starving with me, and we have less than one weeks' food supply left and the food shelf here is so limited I'm on a waiting list. I have no cash, my fiancee's family won't help because they hate me and my fiancee is living two hours away from me, barely getting by as well.

I'm crying my eyes out in the school library typing this. It's the most humiliating and pitiful thing I've done in my life so far but I have no idea what else to do. Please help me. I've asked for help everywhere I should be able to find it but this is my last ditch effort. If this doesn't work, I don't know what I'll do. Please, anyone, anywhere, anything, help me. Anything would be greatly appreciated, even a few cents. I know I'm not going to get out of the situation that I'm in by using this site but all I could hope for was a little relief. Any help and I will consider you my saving grace and do my best to pay it forward when I get done with Medical School, if I make it that far. Please and Thank You for reading my story.

If you want the details of my life came to this, here you go...
I quit my great paying job of three years to concentrate on school more closely in June.
Since school started in August I have had the following happen:
A nervous breakdown caused by an imbalance of hormones from ovarian cysts that I had to seek medical attention for and cost me my job in absences.
Got engaged to the love of my life, and we suffered the loss of a child by ectopic pregnancy on September 9. I had to have emergency surgery as the ER dept. here did not figure out that was the problem until I was nearly dying. They had to remove the fetus, 15% of my left fallopian tube and had to perform a D & C of my uterus. All of this without medical insurance.
Finally got a new job at a local bar waiting tables and was promised 4 days per week after a one month training/probationary period. After a month, my shifts didn't go up but I wasn't contacted about my performance until my boss TEXTED me to have a meeting with him, where he fired me for being "too professional" and refused to elaborate, also informed me that he "extended the training period by two weeks" because he "wasn't sure about my performance" and decided since I was still on probation the last two weeks that he didn't have to pay me for it and never filled my tax information so there is no record of me ever working for him, other than whenever I try to get another job in town I am told that I lied about my work history because I didn't include the job on the list because I didn't exist but when I do, they call and he tell them one of two things: either that I never worked for him and I must be lying and delusional or that I didn't "work" for him, I just trained and wasn't a good "fit" so I shouldn't have put the bar for previous work experience. Keep in mind, this is a small town with a State University in it, and my old boss owns nearly 1/3 of the property and is very well known in the area, therefor: I somehow need to overcome his poor reference to get a job which is proving impossible.

Ok here are the basics of my story. I am a hard working mom of 3. Been with the same selfish man for 13 yrs. Hes been unemployed for over a year couldnt even keep up with housework while I work overnights for a greedy corprate owned pharmacy. One day dcf shows up because the kids clothes were dirty. After seeing a messy house ( thanks to guess who ) an investigation is started . I do all that is asked all is well. Same investigator comes back a year later. Police escort sees no reason for kids to be taken but that doesnt matter to dcf. Children get taken anyway. Begged him to take them to my sister (the one person in this world I thought I could trust) Now because her same sex partner has fallen in love with my children and is heart broken over having to give them back my sister has done everything from false anonomys allegations to telling counslers that they are so traumatized by me that even the sound of my voice over the phone makes them wet their beds at night. Lies to me and says she never said anything like that meanwhile I have all copies of every document stating the exact opposite. Her only response is how can you believe them over me Im family
Nobody cares that im border line of having a nervous breakdown over not being with my kids. The only part of the caseplan i havent completed yet is mr. wonderfui finding a job and moving to a place that doest have stinky well water. What i want to do is get a place on my own without mr
wrong but how do you come up with first and last months rent when by the end of the week your counting change for gas money?

Hello again. I am the author of the post titled Tuition Troubles and am here again posting another ad about my problem of trying to find a way to pay for tuition coming up in the spring. If you have not read it yet, please do and then come back and read this one.

I have gotten more and more desperate to find some help. On top of everything I said in my last post, I have recently found out that this college stock my mom was counting on to give me a little help with my tuition is almost worthless now. She had been hoping that the economy would improve and the stock would gain money, but now it looks like this is not to be. She had kept this from me until now because she didn't want to upset me. I don't know how I will ever get to go to college now. I will feel so horrible if I have to take out big loans with their interest rates and then have my parents spend their retirement money on it. 

If there is any way you can donate something I would very much appreciate it. Also if you have any information on the least expensive student loans or other ways I might be able to receive help besides financial aid or earn large sums of money fast or know anything that might be some help to me please leave a comment. Thanks for reading and for your help.

I have a story just like everyone else on here and would be happy to tell if interested but more importantly is keeping our power on. We have been late for the last 3 to 4 months but unfortunately after 8 months of service they feel that we need to pay a deposit of $150 to keep our lights on. Still hard to understand why if we are struggling as it is but at least keeping up for the most part. We have 3 little girls and can't be without power. I have tried looking for assistance but state funds are exhausted and could only find assistance for those over 62 yrs old. I had a lot of people saying they felt bad and were sorry there was nothing they could do. Time is counting down and thought I would at least ask...

Thank you!

I have a story just like everyone else on here and would be happy to tell if interested but more importantly is keeping our power on. We have been late for the last 3 to 4 months but unfortunately after 8 months of service they feel that we need to pay a deposit of $150 to keep our lights on. Still hard to understand why if we are struggling as it is but at least keeping up for the most part. We have 3 little girls and can't be without power. I have tried looking for assistance but state funds are exhausted and could only find assistance for those over 62 yrs old. I had a lot of people saying they felt bad and were sorry there was nothing they could do. Time is counting down and thought I would at least ask...

Thank you!

Love someone in a country where there is not recognizion of same sex relationship is a nightmare. Being a foreigner make it worst!
Is my case, I am in a relationship with an american woman, we love each other and want to stay together for the rest of our lifes.
I must leave the country if we don't marry! US government could not deport me due that the law DOMA was derogated by Obama, so I would stay in the USA without the right to leave the country until the law become federal. But I will be together with the love of my life.
We are 2 middle age women, my american partner is unemployed and I am a foreigner with not rights in the USA, we are surviving of the generosity of acquaintances and we don't have any financial mean to go to Washington DC to celebrate our ceremony, we are counting on your generous help to be able to make our dream come true, and make this journey there and get marry.
Please help on behalf of love!!

64 yr old vet with parkinsons

Ok my husband is in the army and is going through his advanced individual training course and my two year old daughter and I have been living with my father who is financially hurting. I have been here for 7 months and the first month I was here I found out I was pregnant with my second child due in september. Well all my husbands pay has been going to buying baby items, feeding our daughter, paying our couple bills and also helping my father immensely. We have literally no more to give because at the end of august we have to move to our duty station and buy a car. My father has a water bill that I promised to help pay before I found out we had to move so soon and he's counting on the $300 for it because he cannot pay it himself and if he doesn't pay it he gets kicked out (along with my step mother and her two kids and me and my two year old daughter) because he pays it to the landlord and it's a 3 month bill and paying the rent/water bill on time is in the lease agreement and he breaks lease if it's not paid. I really need this $300 for him and I just can't afford to give it to him out of our money that we need for a car, move, and two kids... Please please help.

Where do I begin? Perhaps I'll begin by saying how awkward I feel writing this - it isn't everyday that I sit down in front of a computer and decide to plead for money online, but with things not going very well I decided to do it for my family. We've been in a downward spiral since the unexpected loss of my full-time job in the end of December 2010 (Happy New Year!!!!). I've been doing what I can to keep the family's head above water, but the rent / utilities are falling behind. I have been frantically searching for an employment solution to no avail - time (and what little we had in savings) has run out. I never in my life imagined being in a situation like this. Well, in the midst of this crisis, my wife and I continue to stand as pillars of strength for one another and for our 9-year-old son, but we're immersed in depths of uncertainty and anxiety. Thankfully, we still find ways to smile to escape the despair. We do hope for a positive result. Perhaps with your generosity, we can find one. I think of the many people who are in similar situations and are asking for help. I cross my fingers hoping that I am one whose request luckily finds you. Please imagine someone placing an hourglass in front of you - they say to you: by the time the sand runs out...that's it...it's over for you. Imagine how overwhelming the fear and anxiety becomes as the sand marks the passing of time - time you no longer have. This is exactly the way I have been feeling lately...ever since I lost my job in the end of December. I have been immersed in anxiety ever since. I search diligently every single day for work to get the family back on the right track - in this economy it seems it really is to no avail. My stress increases as I watch what little we have in savings is whittled down to almost nothing - we are now counting mere pennies. I got so angry and frustrated on my son's last day of school when my car (a 1996 Buick Century) decided it had nothing left to give. I break down crying with envy at times when I hear of someone who has been lucky enough to land a job...get a new car...or receive needed help from a Good Samaritan. With all of the personal stories this website gets on a daily basis, I doubt that mine will reach the right people or impact anyone. But...if by some miracle it does...I want to thank you in advance...from the deepest part of my heart!

At this point, I don't have much to offer. But, I can promise you this. I will pay your generosity forward. I believe very much in the power of giving. I once purchased a handful of groceries for a homeless man who stood on a street corner. I will always remember the look on his face when I approached and handed him a week's worth of food and asked for nothing in return.

Sincerely,
Charlie

I am a single mom with 2 children ages 8 and 11. My husband and I separated last fall and I have struggled to make ends meet ever since and usually manage to get by. He is not able to help much financially as he just returned to seasonal hotel work in May. On May 29th I lost my job of 3 years and have since fallen behind on my rent and utilities. I was counting on getting Unemployment before the rent was due for July but just got word that I will not be eligible due to my dismissal from my job and will need to earn from another employer before they will pay. I am on a waiting list for Section 8 help with my rent and my DHHS caseworker told me that I would not be eligible for TANF until I was without income for 30 days. My last pay was received on June 2nd so I am getting close but my landlord is very strict about the rent being paid on time and threatened eviction when I was 4 days late last month.
So I am very humbly asking for whatever assistance you are able to give me in regards to getting my rent paid ($650) and my electric bill caught up (about $200).
Thank you for your time and generosity.

My wedding is coming up in 2 months and I was just laid off from my position a couple of weeks ago. I'm getting a whole $91 dollars for Unemployment, which I'm trying to stretch just to pay for food and gas to job search.

It seems like there is nothing out there right now and I have no idea how I'm going to be able to pay for the other half of the deposits that I committed to when I was still working. I'm selling everything that I can to try and make things work, but my family has invested everything they could into the wedding already and I don't want them to be out the money because I couldn't cover my portion. I'm the only child and the only one in our close relatives who will actually be having a wedding, and the same goes for my wonderful (though also struggling) fiancee... so it's a big thing for our families.

Other than a back injury that prevents me from doing certain kinds of general physical labor, I promise that I am applying and trying for anything I can get. I would really appreciate any little bit of help that comes along. If you've been in a stressful situation like this where everyone is counting on you to make something work, and if you don't you'll be letting so many people down, then give me a hand and I'll pass it along to someone else when I'm in a situation where I can. (Hopefully when I'm done with school and can qualify for an actual career instead of a potentially unstable job!)

Thank you!!! ^_^

Currently I have been unemployed since 2010, the company that I worked for downsized and I was out of a job. Since I have worked plenty of temporary jobs but not enough. I enrolled in school for Physical Theraphy, but unable to pay my titution or other bills. My Electric is cut off, I owe AEP $1,300.00 I'm in desperate need of some help. Please find empathy and compassion in your heart to help, just once I wish I could get the help I need. I've asked several agency for help but none was given.

Thanks for considering my needs God is able to do ALL, and I'm counting on God's people to see me through.