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I been working a lot lately but with all my bills I can't seem to put enough aside for a much needed vacation. I just got divorced so that has taken a lot of extra money out of my pocket. I would really like to go on a cruise. Any donation of any amount would be very helpful. Just click the donate button! Please help send a yound newly divorced man on the trip of a lifetime! I will even send you a postcard from Jamaica or bring you back a shot glass! Please help so I can have fun in the sun while drinking a Mai Tai!

hi,my name is eric.i was living on the streets 4 over 15 years.yes i got into drinking n druging but i now have over a year clean and sober.a very loving and careing person took me in and is helping the she can.she has a 3 year old daughter that i love like my own.but i still have not been able to get a job.no one believes in giving 2nd chances now.plus i need to get my driving lisensons.but i dont have the money to do any thing right now.i would more then ever a chance at a good life for me and this little girl i look at as mine.thank you.any thing will help.

I dont have a 2 page sob story to go with my 'beg'. My husband and I both work over 30 hours a week, pay our bills on time etc etc but have never been able to save for a house of our own. The house we are currently renting has a hot water system in the roof which leaks and floods my hall way, a massive crack in my baby girls wall which lets mosquitos and bees into her room so she cant sleep in there at all, an airconditioner which leaks water everywhere, no drinking water to the premises which we have to drive 15kms to get any, mice enjoying living here with us and crappy landlords who do nothing to help fix anything. We have tried to rent at least 10 other properties (the area we live in is not very large) all of which many other people have gotten in before us, so the only option left for us in order to get out of this house is to buy one, meaning we need a huge deposit that we just dont have and wont for a very long time. Our main priority every pay check is to pay our rent and bills and provide for our baby and saving for a house just isn't feasable after these are taken into consideration. Your help would be VERY much appreciated!!!

I moved into an apartment with my fiance weeks before the birth of our son. Shortly after my fiancee lost his job. He began drinking and has been diagnosed with mental issues. He began to become very aggressive and hostile. I have also been looking for jobs but have had no luck. Around Thanksgiving I found out he was cheating and he told me he no longer loved me among other hurtful things. He moved out leaving me with no way to pay for rent or bills to take care of our son together. I need $1100 to pay my rent. Any donation will be greatly appreciated until I can find work. Thank you.

Never thought it would come to this.
My life was grooving along till about 2 years ago. I was in the military married with 1 child. I was drinking to much so I told the military with out getting into trouble. There are horror stories about doing this and didn't believe it would happen to me. IT DID! I was given a general discharge after over 12 years of service (about 7 years from retirement) a little over a year ago. My wife and I are divorcing. I now have 2 kids (1,4). She has custody. I have not been able to get a job since. There is much more to the story than just this but that's all I'll put for now but if you'd like to hear more email me at maksmojo@hotmail.com or you can just donate. Thanks in advance for anything that is donated.

Hi there...
The whole idea of asking for money makes me sick to my stomach. I have never been a beggar or a person who wanted charity. But I honestly have no other choice anymore.
My story starts in 2009 with my ex girlfriend, whom would turn out to be the worst thing that ever happened to me. I'm not going to play the blame game, because I have forgiven her since. However I am left with the lasting damage of that relationship.
We had dated when we were young, she had cheated with a friend and I had left her, but i always loved her most of all and was eventually able to forgive her later. I was a fool for love. This is where the trouble starts, we had begun to talk again in early 2009, and soon a relationship developed between us once again. By this time she had a daughter who was 7 years old. I moved to another state to be with her and her daughter, after awhile I loved her daughter as my own child. I took her fishing with me every chance I had. I did not realize it before I had went down there, but her family was a real problem. They took to controlling every aspect of her life, even going as far as taking her mail out of her mail box and reading it. From the very start I has hated, I could not be controlled or told what to do, though they tried. Later in the year I was working and I thought things had improved, they grudgingly accepted me.

I am not a cruel or an evil person, I am always firm but loving when it comes to discipline. There had started to be problems at school and home, with tantrums, and destructive behavior. My ex and I talked about it and we tried everything, nothing seemed to work save simple old fashioned spanking. When she threw a tantrum one day and wrote that she hated us and left it on a note where we would surely find it, and broke her own window in her room. I knew something had to be done, this was totally unacceptable. So I spanked her, not hard or vicious like i got when i was a boy. But just my hand. I left a red mark, not welts or bruises a red mark. Of course being a little girl, she tended to talk and tell everyone EVERYTHING. She told her grandmother about it, and that was it for me, suddenly i was this horrible terrible person. My ex and I quarreled about it a great deal and I left for awhile just to get my head around things and see if it was worth saving.

I decided to leave, and I went home back to indiana where i was from, I left with a broken heart, but i knew the situation couldn't be fixed.
There were other things going on at the time I did not become aware of until later, one was that my ex was pregnant. She later admitted to me that she had been smoking while pregnant, drinking, taking more and more prescriptions, and when she finally told me about it she told me she was glad she had miscarried.
I have never forgotten that statment.
Now here is where the real trouble begins and why I am in such desperate need.
The child told her teacher, and child services became involved, as they always do and will for any reason.
Eventually it got turned over to the sheriff's office to see what they wanted to do with it. Now enters the grandparents into the equation.
The pushed it hard even against my ex's wishes, and managed to get them to file charges for child abuse and issue a warrant. A warrant I didnt even know i had until christmas time 2010. I was picked up and detained for extradition over it. The following monday I was released, I was informed that they didnt want to come get me. I called my ex, and she told me that she had told them to drop it, we talked and talked, she begged me to forgive her for all that happened, and eventually i did, for some reason I still felt like i couldnt live without her. So we continued to talk up until july of 2010. When something happened, grandmother got curious wondering what these numbers were on the cell phone bill. She confronted my ex and she told her that she had talked to me. Ever since that point I have this "open case" listed publically on my record. After about 10 interviews I discovered that was the reason I couldn't have a job. Who would want to hire a "child abuser" anyway? Here it is febuary its been about 8 months without work. I lost my place, and nearly everything i own, I even lost the will to live. I live with my parents now, and I know im a burden to them. I'm thinking about it everyday. It is tax refund time now, and I have half of what I need for my lawyer to try and fix this horrible mess. He is of the almost certain opinion this will be completely dropped, and I can have a job again, and recover somewhat of a life. If you can help please help, I am a desperate man, and I want my life back, I need it back, I cant take not being able to work, and being a burden to my parents who are dirt poor!

I am a single mother of a 3 yr old girl. One who just can't seem to get ahead. Or even even. Bills that are due, some being paid with what little I have are limited to the necessities. I am getting help from my state with food and healthcare and that is wonderful. But here is where my downside comes into play. On 1/28/12, due to (see subject title) I had to quit my job. A job in which I love, in a field that i love, that i still have (outstanding) school loans required for me to be licensed in the field. Hold on now, this does tie together...I quit drinking 3 years ago,(I am past my 20's if that means anything.) I found though, once I quit drinking, that I had been self- medicating for partially debilitating mental illnesses. Though I have been doing my part since quitting the drink (therapy, psychiatry,and just holding on for dear life), I cannot seem to get to where I need/want to be, to be able to continue to provide for my kiddo. My credit is shot, I wasn't approved for a car loan of ANY sort (CARHOP DENIED ME!)and my car is dying. The anxiety I feel every day when I wake up and find that I have to take 10 or so pills to make it through the day, and then still figure out how to pay for my car insurance. And rent and phone bills and electricity blah blah blah, you get the picture. My credit cards (in which I have to use to purchase clothing for myself and my daughter) are maxed. My little one bedroom apartment just doesn't accommodate for myself and my 3 year old. She has no place to play outside, except for a pavement parking lot, all the while trying to shield her from the illegal activities which take place around here. I am in the process of starting to apply for disability, because that is all i know to do for the time being. I will be applying for housing assistance, I gotta get out of this place.
I don't know whom may be out there, and whom may be reading this, I hope at least someone does. What I really hope, is that there may be some helpful, generous, kind and empathetic soul who might be able to help me with this huge anxiety ridden request for help. I have never done anything like this before, for the worst quality I possess is asking for help. Or lack of being able to do so. But, here goes nothin!

This is very hard to do, and I hate to say I believe it is just something I am doing out of desperation & deep down inside I think it doesn't matter & I will not be helped but here it goes .... I am 27 years old single female. At the end of September I moved into my parents house leaving my apartment behind to help them out financial.My mother who is capable of working has been out of work for 4 years now. She has a sever drinking problem & I know she is suffering from horrible depression. My father is a truck driver and works 12 plus hours a day & between my checks & his we just can't cut. It seems like whatever we do we cannot catch up on what's past due. Due to me handing over my paychecks so they don't get evicted I have now fallen behind myself. I received a letter in the mail the other day that my truck is going to be reposed because I have fallen 3 payments behind. If I could just get 3,000.00 dollars I can pay their rent they are behind on & pay at-least 2 of my truck payments so we can survive. I feel as if I am just speaking out aloud & no one will listen but I guess it's worth a try. Thank-you to whoever is listening ... god bless. Ashley

I'm an alcoholic,I like beers and I just can't go without drinking a beer preferably a 211 steel reserve which cost about $0.85 each.I like the 211 beer because it really makes me feel good and that's the only thing that makes me want to have great sex. So please if you have a few bucks please send it my way so that I can buy me a 4 pack 211.Thank You

I'm an alcoholic,I like beers and I just can't go without drinking a beer preferably a 211 steel reserve which cost about $0.85 each.I like the 211 beer because it really makes me feel good and that's the only thing that makes me want to have great sex. So please if you have a few bucks please send it my way so that I can buy me a 4 pack 211.Thank You

Not to proud when it comes to taking care of my daughter. It's been a rough couple years. The best part of it all is my beautiful 4 year old daughter who is my world. I fought and lost a lot to get custody of her but it was worth every penny. Thanks to her mother I lost a lot, my home, my car, thousands of dollars worth of possessions because of her drinking and drug use.

I've worked 2 jobs for 3 1/2 years to make ends meet. It's my daughter and I in a 1 bedroom apt, with a car that makes me wonder some mornings. I've had my house foreclosed on, had to file bankruptcy and had the bank remove items before they were legally able. That's another story.

Regardless, I am a hard worker and at the suggestion of a friend took a job here in Cincinnati with a company. Everything was great, salary etc finally, until 2 months after I started. They fired the CIO and my hiring Director. Brought in a new CIO who basically is cleaning house. Not based on performance, but on financial reasons. Therefore, my entire dept is being outsourced to Lima Peru. After the first of the year I may be without a job.

I'm kicking myself for leaving my last job. Sure finance wise it was a struggle but I was doing it. Now I'm not sleeping, worried sick as to what I'm going to do. I'm not looking for handouts, I would rather a good paying stable job in this area or maybe someone to critique my resume and maybe beef it up so to speak. I'm an IT Project Manager with almost 10 years experience but can't afford,nor have the time to get my PMP with working 2 jobs and all.

Any help is appreciated and will definitely pay it forward once I have the means.

Thank you for reading and God bless

I am a fighter. My story is a long one with many trials and tribulations; perhaps not much different or worse than others, I am not sure. My name is Elizabeth Newton and I live in Loveland, Colorado; the Sweetheart City and Gateway to the Rockies. I was raised by both parents in a middle class environment. I am the oldest of four, in which, three are brothers. I was a creative child who staged puppet shows and created clubs in our neighborhood. I am not sure if you remember the fuzzy sticky feet, but I made my own with left over pieces of carpet and sold them to my friends.
Moving on, I really struggled in school and got into a lot trouble. I was reckless, promiscuous, used drugs and alcohol and was dangerous. To keep it short, I dropped out in my junior year. When I reflect on those years, I remember some of what I did but mostly I forgot. I guess I felt as though I was being pulled by the strings of a puppet master whose name I now know is Bipolar.
When I turned 18 I shared an apartment with a friend. We both worked for the same nursing home and later for the Bureau of Reclamation. In was at the former job, I received my GED. I was still behaving recklessly resulting in a lot of missed work. But I was having fun being independent, partying all night but slowly losing control of my life.
I became pregnant by my boyfriend and we married several months later. My daughter is a grown woman. I then had another child four years later. Money was also a struggle. My husband wanted me to work but it did not make sense financially. I paid more for daycare then I was paid. When I found a position over the weekends, my husband refused to watch the children. That being said, I was still reckless – the mood would not go away – still a slave of the puppet master. Eventually the relationship became abusive and my husband left leaving $200 on the kitchen table. I did not have a car so I borrowed my father’s truck. I drove my father’s truck with my two small children in back to a safe house. However, it was not so safe. My husband who insulated homes, worked on the safe house. He found the truck and wrote things, I cannot mention here, on the outside of the truck. He coerced my grandmother to call me; and she did! Having to deal with these distractions kept me from focusing on me.
Good news! I was able to move into low income housing. It was a struggle to get my possessions; I took what I could. My father out of the blue wanted his truck back. My mother headed him off at the pass. I think I remember that my life settled down a bit. I enrolled in college. I loved college. In spite of this, I quit school to work from my mother at her computer store. Did I mention my parents were divorced? I am not sure it matters at this point. About six months later, the puppet master caught me and off I was again.
I had a boyfriend – I was 32 years old – and pregnant again…..This relationship was worse that the first. It included drinking, drugs, sexual and physical abuse – oh my, sigh. In the course of it all, I secured a position for one of the largest companies in Loveland. I was thrilled. I had actually come a long way. I divorced my second husband and found my own apartment.
Wow – raising three children on my own was not easy. We got by – I was able to provide what we needed. I forgot to mention I shared custody of my third child and had to pay child support. I never complained; I met my responsibility. I was performing very well at work and procured a position of a trainer. WeeHee – my new position allowed me to travel the globe. Can you imagine, me, the girl from Loveland, Colorado? During this time, I encountered a lot of problems with my ex-husband. Once, he called me at work and said he had a brain tumor. It was a joke; I did not find it funny.
I was promoted again returned to school and bought a house!!! I cannot think of the words to describe these accomplishments. I transformed from the woman driving my father’s truck to a home owner; kind of like the Home Sweet Home book. I was still partying, drinking, but not like before. The puppet master must have been on holiday. I met the man of my dreams and we married in 1998 (I think). We are still together.
The puppet master had those strings a rolling. I could and did accomplish anything. I could see what others could not. I finished school with ease and received my BA in Organization Development in 2005. What year did my story start? We bought a new home in a nice neighborhood. It is a modest home but fits us very well. I was still partying but it was not disrupting my work and home responsibilities.
CRASH! He let go – how could he let go? A woman pulled in front of us and totaled our car. I realize this does not sound traumatic, does it? I really do not know anymore. What I do know is this rocked my world. More than any other event did – and there were many. I could not recover. My performance fell down the well. I could not sleep. I drank a lot. I would even get up at night to drink because I could not sleep. The unthinkable happened. My strings let me down. I swallowed a bottle of pills. I was so afraid. I spent three days in the psychiatric hospital and two months in intensive outpatient therapy. During this time I was on short term disability. I am a fighter; I have never let my circumstances stop me. I returned to work for about two months. Nevertheless, the strings dropped again, were they ever pulled, I am not sure; I spent eight days in hospital. I was out of work again. This time when I returned to work there was no position waiting for me. I was laid off the summer of 2009. I lost it all in one short year.
Remember I am a fighter. I returned to school in July 2009 to obtain a masters degree and I graduated in early 2011. The problem? I obtained a degree and I could not use without further education. I still do not say this out loud. During this time, I landed a part time job as an instructor for students seeking their AAS Human Resources degree. I make a third of the salary I previously did. I have performed this job since April 2010. It is hard. I forget – my memory is not that good. What you have reading are the highlights of my life.
Adult children and BABIES!! Not one baby; two and a one year old. My daughter was in a bad situation in Arizona. She was pregnant with twins, had a one year old daughter, had no car and was being evicted. The dad? Let’s say there is a lot to be desired. She packed as much as she could and moved in with us. Would anyone turn a loved one away in this situation? I could not. I was still drinking. As I write this, I now realize drinking was the one constant in my life. Sad. Her pregnancy had it challenges, but I think this is common. The first snowstorm of the year, December 30th, if you can believe that for Colorado, the babies had enough; my daughter was in labor. We called 911 since the roads were bad. Several hours later we welcomed two healthy baby girls! They will be one year old soon.
New Chapter. How many do we get? My daughter and 18 year old son live with us in our modest home. We clash, how we could not. I have been telling my doctor that I am depressed, damn strings. I can’t sleep and my body hurts so badly; especially when I lay down. Oh, I forgot to mention, no drinking! I quit over a year ago. Regrettably the depression and pain are driving my every moment. I think the puppet master is on vacation. There is no hope. I have been out of work too long. We are waiting for the repo man to get our car. We are barely holding on to the house. How can everything crash so fast and so hard? I am a fighter remember. My mind is full of hopelessness. I have a note that says “Please just let me go”. I am a fighter remember. I call the crisis line. They tell me to call 911. I don’t. I go to bed. Maybe it will be better tomorrow. Not a chance. The same message is repeating over and over in my head; “please let me go”. I tell my family I am driving to the hospital. I do not want anyone to come with me. I go alone.
Hospital

This is a sincere and genuine offer to struggling single moms. I have decided to help 5 single moms out there to give their kid(s) a Christmas that they wouldn't otherwise be able to afford. I am specifically looking to help single moms of any race or age who are in the most need, desperate, homeless or about to be, immigration issues, etc. I am not offering to solve all your problems but if you can convince me that you are for real and truly need help, then I may offer you some $$ to get what you need.

I hate to start such a positive offer out with a negative comment, but I want to get this out of the way: I will not help fakers and scammers. How will I know? Because you're going to have to do a little work to prove you are for real (not much I promise).

If you are serious about wanting help, email me at EastCoastSanta@gmail.com and include the following:

1. Tell me a little about your family and your situation, why are things so desperate. I'll warn you right now, lazy college kids looking for drinking money will be ignored. This offer is for people who NEED IT.
2. What city are you in?
3. How much money or other help you think you need, please be honest but reasonable.
4. Finally, if you are for real I want a picture of you, with at least one of your kid(s) dressed in Christmas colors (red and green) holding a note saying "Hello Santa!". Yes this is bizarre, but it will give me some little reassurance that I'm dealing with real people and not likely some fraud.

You may ask how safe is it to deal with me?

1. I'm not going to ask you for any money or bank info (friendly advice by the way, don't ever send anyone money or account information, they don't need that to send you money).

2. If you don't like the thought of doing a picture, it's easy, don't reply to this offer. I understand the concern but unfortunately a few rotten apples ruined this offer last year and now I ask for proof before giving.

Please note, I can't help everyone who requests it, much as I wish I could. but I will make a decision based on each situation and help as many as I can.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, and whether I can help or not, I truly hope things improve for you this next year.

I'M OUT OF WORK JUST LOST MY HOUSE BEHIND IN CHILD SUPPORT LIVING IN MY CAR BANK OVERDRAFTED NO FOOD DRINKING WATER OUT OF RANDOM HOSES NEED CLEAN CLOTHES SHOWER BED FOOD MMMMM FOOD I NEED A REAL MEAL PLEASE HELP

We lost our home in September and had to go stay with the only family we had out of state. After 2 weeks we realized my son in law has a serious drinking problem, explaining his violent and irrational behavior. At the end of Oct we'd saved enough money to fly back to our hometown where we'd feel a bit safer and could get into a not so bad weekly hotel long enough to regroup

Well, the snowstorm in NYC cancelled our flight, and at the same time my wife developed severe problems with her blood glucose levels. She has child onset diabetes. After various tests at ER they discovered a serious abcess in her jaw and admitted her for antibiotic therapy. (Yale Hosp). This caused us to miss our flight again and had to buy tickets once more.

After returning to Atlanta she wasn't doing better and was readmitted because the infection was resistant to antibiotics. Meanwhile I am having to go from one hotel to the other getting dirt cheap rates on Priceline.com but no longer having money for food or the weekly hotel.

She was discharged from hospital last night.

Tonight is our last night and tomorrow we are out on the street with no food, nowhere to go and no money forger medication.

We are both professional 40 yr olds, lost our jobs and now our home, had to give up our animals and had car repossessed. Please, somebody, somewhere have some kindness and a generous heart.

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My name is Rashmi and i am 26 years old. Few weeks ago my one year old baby suffered from Trauma and couldn't bear the pain. The accident happened on a Saturday afternoon and unfortunately my baby's Pediatrician was not available. Not sure what to do with the baby crying out so loud and in intense pain i thus rushed her to the nearest hospital in Roseville, CA.
The doctor's at Sutter Medical Hospital did not look at me for an hour and a half because may be they were busy?
But even after that they couldn't tell the reason my baby was crying for. She cried for 5 long hours without eating or drinking and yet they couldn't figure out what was wrong with her.
Her pediatrician finally gave a call only to tell that she will not be able to come-in to check me until the next day.
The doctor's finally asked us to stay at the hospital for the entire night. We were discharged the next day by giving a trivial reason that my 10 month old had some kind of infection in her right ear.

Few weeks later that is today, we got a bill from the hospital saying that we need to pay $3,209 immediately upon receipt.
I being the baby's Mom lost my job 2 years ago and haven't been successful in finding a new job. We even had to downsize our apartment and moved to the smallest available 1-Bedroom apartment few months ago. I work hard in the home to feed my baby home cooked that is cheaper than any formula and baby foods at Walmart. At the moment i don't see that i have any future amidst the dearth of this situation until someone is kind enough to help me out.
Can i rely upon you to help me out?

I am a 46 yo woman. I recently fell in love and married a very sick man. He is a clinical alcoholic and needs medical care to get better. We are being evicted from our home because we can no longer pay our bills. He is unable to hold a job,because of his drinking problem, and wants very much to sober up, but has seizures when he does. I applied to online health sciences class's, and was accepted, and financial aid paid for it. But because we are being evicted and are unemployed i have to postpone my class' until we can get stable. We have both made alot of mistakes in the past, which is why we are in the position we are in now. I have admitted and accepted this. I am ashamed of the situation i am in, and i want to change my life and be happy and healthy. I am very determined, and a hard worker. I dont want to be pitied nor do i want to sit on my behind while some one else takes care of me. I want to start my nursing career, and build a new life for my family.
I need full time work while i attend school
transportation
and a stable affordable home
and medical help for my husband
I am very willing to provide what proof i have of need. and to also talk face to face or over the phone. I am not dishonest or a phony looking for a free ride. I am desperate and very scared right now, and i need real help from anyone who is serious and i will be very greatful for any serious contact.
thankyou in advance and God bless

Please help me raise $20,000.00 so I can pay off all our debt and acquire an apartment convenient enough for me and my kids to survive because I cant stand our current condition of living in a place packed with mouse- one time I was bitten I'm afraid my kids might suffer also and cockroaches . All I want as a mother is a convenient clean place for them.No matter how clean our house is if the surroundings and neighbors has very small space between each house this is really susceptible to such animals.

For our medical needs I have hypertension that requires daily maintenance and my kids has pneumonia and other health problems that needs medical treatment and daily maintenance also.

Please if anyone can help us survive I will be forever thankful for giving me the opportunity to restart our life by donating food, toiletries, school supplies for girls ages 4 and 8 and clothing for girls ages 4 and 8 and for single parent with an XL size. All I want is a good education a proper clothing and shelter for my kids.

If it is not too much too ask any toys for girls for I cant afford to buy them we would gladly accept.

I am a single parent and as of now has been drowning from debt that whereas creditors are threatening me,I can't afford to lose my children they are my life... that I know any loving parent will do anything to survive specially for the past years of their life that they have been hospitalized twice or once yearly for their poor immune system,I borrowed money and yet the interest has piled up, borrowed for their education and school supplies also.please help me with this one shot of request that can make my little family survive . It makes me cry to realized that I might lose them for all of these debt. I cant loan anymore for I have no more income to pay for the said debt.

In case we have survive this time of our life, I will start by starting a canteen business. If I have the money to start one.

I am hopeful for the people with good heart to hear our plea. I understand praying alone cant help us. That's why I making this plea. Please help us.

I am a single parent from the Philippines. I really really love my kids and my parents that I don't want to be a burden to them anymore for us they have been drowning in their debt to help us specially in times of hospitalization. Please help us survive. Please make me a mother who never had to sell herself just to survive it really is something that I can never do.
In any case someone is willing to help, I have plans after surviving this that if I have the money, I am planning to put a business water station(drinking water) and canteen or cafeteria. So that the chance I may get from this will not be wasted... I wanted to start a new life.

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I am a single mom to 3 kids age 13-8 we came for a visit to see the kids grandparents and my youngest dad called me and told me not to come back. After 8 years of dealing with his medical problems and his drinking addiction. Anyways we are starting over with nothing I do not even have a vehicle a friend came and got me and we were only suppost to be spending the weekend with their grandparents. I have horrible credit due to having fibromyalgia, degenerative disc disease, IBS, osteoarthritis, asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic migraines & depression. I have not worked since 2002 when I was injured at work and had to sue the company but by the time I paid Medicaid back & the lawyer I got a whole $4000 and a surgery that has left me with a permanent handicap due to it never healing right. We are staying with my parents but need are own place ASAP, my youngest daughter needs size 7/8 clothes, my oldest daughter needs 14/16 in shirts and size 3 in jrs. & we desperately need a bed we are sleeping on air mattresses and the queen size one has so many holes in it that it deflates every nite and I end up waking up on a concrete floor. My ultimate dream would be to have a tempurpedic mattress but would settle for any kind of new bed I can not ask for one on freecycle because my parents are worried about bed bugs getting into their house are state has had a bad outbreak of them. I also REALLY need a LAWYER the only income I have is my daughters social security check and I have a LOT of debt and I need 2 file for bancruptcy since I see no other way of digging myself out of the hole. I also will need to find out if I am considered common law married and what I need to do to make sure I have custody of my daughter and her alcoholic father can't get her. If you have read this all the way to the finish Thank You!

Can you help my new mommy? She adopted me on 6/30/11 from an animal rescue organization. I spent the first 12 weeks of my life in a nasty puppy mill, and boy, was I happy to go home with her! I had a pretty good first day in my new home. I ate and drank a lot. Good thing - I only weigh two and a half pounds! The next morning I didn't feel very well. My mom knew something was wrong, so I went to the vet and was given an IV and some medicine to settle my tummy. The doctor told my mom to bring me back if I didn't start eating or drinking. Well, I didn't get better. My doctor told my mom to take me to an animal emergency center where they could keep an eye on me around the clock. The nice new vet sadly discovered that I have PARVO, a disease that kills 80% of untreated puppies. I guess I wasn't given the shot that would have protected me from this disease at the puppy mill. My mom has a job, but not a lot of extra money, but she decided that I deserved a chance to live, especially since no one loved me or cared about me before this. I was admitted to the hospital, and put in isolation. I have three IV's, and I take a lot of medicine. The vet and the techs are nice, but they have to poke and prod me a lot. It makes me cry. I'm getting better, but I am lonely and sad. Today the vet discovered that I have pneumonia. It could be caused by kennel cough or aspirating some vomit. My mom told the vet to just make sure I get well. She wants me to have a long life filled with love, lots of petting, long walks, and good food. All of my care is very expensive. So far my mom has spent close to $5000.00 to keep me alive and once I'm healthy I'll still need regular puppy shots and neutering. Can you find a few dollars to help my mom pay for my care? I don't know her too well yet, but I do know beyond a shadow of a doubt that she loves me.

My name is Lisa, im 25, and i am a single mother with one on the way. my kids' dad is in prison for drinking on parole....i work for 8 dollars an hour but my rent is 550 a month, electric 90 a month, gas for car 150, my daycare is around 350 a month cell phone 60 a month, car insurance 56 a month, daipers kids clothes food: usually over 400 a month and i make about 900 a month. when my kids dad was not incarcerated we were doin very well because he made very good money. I dont know what to do as i was just told by my dr i have preeclampsia and should be on bedrest for the remaining of my pregnancy. my father was a truck driver for ten years when in 1991 my mother decided to go on a trip with him and my father drove his semi truck over a cliff in oregon (by accident of course) killing both my mother and father. the only family i have is a grandmother who is the epitome of selfish and my older sister who has 3 kids in a 2 bed trailer and struggles and works very hard as i do. i grew up in foster care until i was 16 and then lived with my older sister. i love my kids dad with all my heart and hes a very very hard worker. but hes in jail until july. i had a local rent assistance pay my rent for me for april but beyond that im not sure what to do. i will feel i've failed my children if i bring my newborn son into a homeless shelter. i luckily have no credit card debt because i dont believe in them. my daughter is 17 months old and i have no summer clothes for her and my tags expired on march 31st on my car. i owe my babysitter 600 bucks and like i said rent is paid for april, but future is soooo unknown and its making me very afraid for my kids. if you could help, in any way at all i would probably cry tears of joy. ive been so emotional with this pregnancy and absence of my boyfriendkids dad and the fear of homelessness and unhealthy baby is making me manically depressed. and i think: just a year ago, before my boyfriend was incarcerated life was so simple and consistant. bills were paid we would go to the lake, go fishing, go to church on sundays and had even planned to start saving for a wedding and nice honeymoon in some far away place! now i just want to be ok. anyways, im sure youve heard alot of horrifying life situations such as mine....and God bless you for your incredible generosity. Please let me know if you could help in any way.
my email is meshorty85@yahoo.com thanks and God bless all in need and especially those who give freely

My name is Lisa, im 25, and i am a single mother with one on the way. my kids' dad is in prison for drinking on parole....i work for 8 dollars an hour but my rent is 550 a month, electric 90 a month, gas for car 150, my daycare is around 350 a month cell phone 60 a month, car insurance 56 a month, daipers kids clothes food: usually over 400 a month and i make about 900 a month. when my kids dad was not incarcerated we were doin very well because he made very good money. I dont know what to do as i was just told by my dr i have preeclampsia and should be on bedrest for the remaining of my pregnancy. my father was a truck driver for ten years when in 1991 my mother decided to go on a trip with him and my father drove his semi truck over a cliff in oregon (by accident of course) killing both my mother and father. the only family i have is a grandmother who is the epitome of selfish and my older sister who has 3 kids in a 2 bed trailer and struggles and works very hard as i do. i grew up in foster care until i was 16 and then lived with my older sister. i love my kids dad with all my heart and hes a very very hard worker. but hes in jail until july. i had a local rent assistance pay my rent for me for april but beyond that im not sure what to do. i will feel i've failed my children if i bring my newborn son into a homeless shelter. i luckily have no credit card debt because i dont believe in them. my daughter is 17 months old and i have no summer clothes for her and my tags expired on march 31st on my car. i owe my babysitter 600 bucks and like i said rent is paid for april, but future is soooo unknown and its making me very afraid for my kids. if you could help, in any way at all i would probably cry tears of joy. ive been so emotional with this pregnancy and absence of my boyfriendkids dad and the fear of homelessness and unhealthy baby is making me manically depressed. and i think: just a year ago, before my boyfriend was incarcerated life was so simple and consistant. bills were paid we would go to the lake, go fishing, go to church on sundays and had even planned to start saving for a wedding and nice honeymoon in some far away place! now i just want to be ok. anyways, im sure youve heard alot of horrifying life situations such as mine....and God bless you for your incredible generosity. Please let me know if you could help in any way.
my email is meshorty85@yahoo.com thanks and God bless all in need and especially those who give freely

NW-COLUMBUS, OH

I am a 27 year old woman who has been hopelessly stuck in an unbearably abusive relationship for 6 years now.

I was only 21 when I met my husband. I was a college student struggling to make ends meet on my own. Ive never had much in the way of familial support, my mother is an abusive alcoholic and my father left when I was 8. Therefore I held a full time job the entire time I was in school. It was a big accomplishment for me, but it was rough.

When my husband came along he seemed like the perfect guy. He was wonderful, funny, sweet, generous, smart, kind, he was easy to fall in love with. After only a few months we moved in together and he proposed on our one year anniversary. I put school on hold and quit my job to help him get his business off the ground, thinking, at the time since his earning potential was so much higher than mine, that it just made sense for us as a couple and a team.

It didn't take long though for him to change. He quickly became distant, depressed, violent and moody for no apparent reason. He began drinking in excess and popping pills frequently, lashing out at me over nothing, lying, hiding things and cheating. My happily ever after was now a living hell! Every time Id get fed up enough to leave he'd cry, apologize very sincerely and beg me to stay, promising he would change and admitting how wrong it was for him to treat me that way. When that stopped working he started trying to bully and control me, threatening me, emotionally manipulating me and being physically aggressive & abusive with me. My husband is 7 years my elder so at first I suppose I was naive and easy to manipulate...Because I believed him and loved him I stayed.

But by year three I had, had it with the abuse and no longer believed him when he promised to change, I now knew better. Unfortunately I didnt have a parent or family member I could go to for help. Therefore my options were to either be homeless or to stay with him until I was financially able to be on my own. So I decided to make a plan to leave him. I had worked on and off in the Real Estate industry since my college years and so I went out and got an entry level job in that field and opened up my own bank account so that I could put money aside to pay off my large amount of debts (over $45,000 in student loans, car, credit card, etc) and move out on my own.

It was hard putting money aside without him noticing, I could only use commission and bonus checks that he didnt know about to put in savings. After a year I had only managed to save just over $6000, which barely made a dent in my student loan debts, much less allowing me to pay off the others.

So I began searching for a better job. After about a dozen interviews I finally landed an assistant manager position in a leasing office at a property owned by the city that paid better and was more in line with my capabilities. The position required me to work in a very dangerous part of town. I was dealing with drug dealers, murders, and other various felons on a daily basis, having my life threatened and irate residents screaming in my face wasnt an abnormal occurrence! But I was so determined to get away from my husband that I stuck it out. In just under a year I was promoted to Property Manager after the previous one had quit. I was elated! Finally I would be making enough to get my own place. I worked from 9am to 9pm most days since we were understaffed. I never went home until everything was taken care of. I gave 200%, going above and beyond to make my property the best it could be. I often received compliments from my superiors and the owner of the company on my job performance as well.

However before I was able to move out, things took a terrible turn. About four months into my new position, the company had hired a new person to be my superior. Unfortunately for me this person, now being in a new position of power, decided that they wanted to give all their friends from their previous company jobs. Since there were no openings available they decided to terminate current employees in order to make positions for their friends. I was one of those people! I remember the day so vividly in my head, being told they were letting me go. I just kept asking why? Id never once done anything wrong, I got complimented on my work performance frequently and even the residents who used to hate me, now loved me! My new boss and the companys owner agreed, Id done nothing wrong and offered me severance pay. But I didnt need severance pay, I needed a job! I was devastated. I had come SO close I could taste it, just to have it all ripped away like a cruel joke of fate. I nearly had a nervous breakdown. The thought of having to start over again with a new company from square one, the thought of staying with my husband another day was unbearable. I couldnt understand why this was happening to me, Id worked SO hard and after more than 2 years, gotten no closer to getting away from him.

I tried to find a replacement job with equal pay right away with no luck. By now the economy was very bad and good job offers were few and far between. Employers could afford to be picky, and people with three times my experience were applying for the same jobs. I decided to meet with an employment lawyer to see what options I had about my situation with my previous employer. He agreed my termination was wrongful and thought I had a solid case, to at the very least, get a larger severance. But he also informed me that while I had been wrongfully terminated, in the state of Ohio, employment is at will and therefore employers are allowed to fire you for no reason, as long as they dont discriminate against you! He preceeded with legal action confident that they would agree to work something more reasonalbe out, but things did not go as hoped.

So here I am. Six years into an abusive relationship that Ive been trying to escape for three! Ive now been unemployed for 8 months. Aside from the bad economy, the fact that I have taken legal against an employer and no reference from that employer due to filing a complaint against them, has made me practically un-hirable in my field. Ive tried interviewing for other jobs, but I either dont have the experience or they dont pay even half of what Id need to take care of myself. Ive thought about going back to school, but, again money becomes an issue. Ive done the math and I simply cant afford it. Ive spoken with divorce lawyers and since I have no children and have worked during my marriage, a divorce wont render anything in the way of financial support.

Ive exhausted every option I can think of and need help desperately!!! At this point my life is like walking a tight rope, trying not to do anything or say anything to set him off. Even so, his volitle moods and angry outburst are a daily occurrence. Im terrified and feel very hopeless. Ive had to spend almost everything I was able to save while employed, since being unemployed and am now down to almost nothing. I cant get welfare or go to an abused womens shelter because I have no children. I have nowhere to go and no one who can help me. I dont want to be homeless, but I am afraid if I stay Im going to end up dead.

Ive never in my life asked anyone for a handout. Ive always had to be very independent and self reliant. Im a good person, and am the first to help others when they need it. I am smart, loyal, talented, trustworthy, compassionate and moral. And I dont deserve to be in this situation. Ive never been one to complain about my problems. I always thought, where theres a will, theres a way, and that if I worked hard enough I would get where I wanted to be. But Ive fought tooth and nail trying to get out of this hell Ive been trapped in for years now to no avail.

If anyone out there is in a position to help me, I would be eternally grateful. Unlike most other people, going home to live with mom & dad until I get back on feet just isnt an option for me. I NEED MONEY and I need it NOW. I either need a steady, stable job paying at least $60000 annually or enough money to support myself while I finish my college degree. My current debts (student loans, car, credit card & medical bills) total just under $40000!!! I pay $1800 cumulatively toward these debts alone per month. Add in a VERY modest budget of $2500 for the cost of living (rent, utilities, phone, food, gas, toiletries and other necessities like car maintenance, insurance, dog care expenses, etc) and I absolutely cannot live on less than $60000 annually, and even that will be very tight, considering how much taxes get taken out.

Ideally I would love to work with animals, and given the time and money I would love to go into Veterinary Medicine one day. Im also very interested in holistic health, both for animals and people, specifically, holistic nutrition, herbal medicine and holistic treatment of illness, afflictions and diseases. I dont have any job experience in these fields, but I am very knowledgeable in them through my own experiences and research. And I have a love of animals that would be hard to surpass. Im a very eager and fast learner. I have tons of experience doing just about everything office related; Im good with computers and different types of software and have experience managing a small staff. I have great leadership skills, am very organized and give much attention to details. I am a night person by nature, so early morning jobs can be difficult for me if there is a hard start time. I work best in less rigid environments, with more flexible hours. Please dont get the wrong impression however! I am a very diligent and reliable worker, and will always do my job efficiently. I have so much to offer and could be doing so much more with my life if given the chance.

Any job opportunities or cash donations would be greatly appreciated! Please help me to finally break free of this misery Ive been living in. I could never thank you enough!

Sincerely,
Linda

Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to build several alpine shelters for tourists. Also, I would like to set-up small water captions - somewhere in the mountains from my country.

There are many mineral springs in the area where I live. Most of them have proven therapeutic properties. Unfortunately, they have been abandoned by the local authorities.

I cured myself from a stomach disease after I sistematically drunk water from such a spring! I would like to help others to become healthy, too.

The problem is that the springs are located in remote, difficult to reach areas. I need money to clean up the mountain paths, to pay the construction materials, to transport them up on the mountains, to pay my co-workers, to pay the tools, plus the shelters' endowment, and to acquit countless other smaller expenses.

If I want the job to be done properly, I would have to spend tenths of thousands of dollars. Unfortunately, I do not have such an amount. But I have the will to work hard; and the determination to live in harsh conditions, for several months, in order to materialise my dream.

Any amount you can offer me, it would be welcomed.

At the donor's express wish, I can inlay his/her name on a stainless steel plate, accompanied by the following words: "Spring caption made with the invaluable help of Mr/Mrs [your name]. Please say a small prayer, for your benefactor, before drinking from this water."

I thank you for your generosity.-