Foodstamps Tags

My job has cut my pay. I didn't realize it would affect us so much. I'm in desperate need for help for my family. I have tried to get assistance through foodstamps but they say we make to much. They don't take into consideration that you don't bring home much after insurance and taxes are taken out. Please help me out. God Bless You and Yours! Thank you in advance!

i'm a single father of 2 young children...i lost my job 3 years ago and decided to go back to school and get my cpa...i figured unemployment would last till i got my associate degree...well it ran out in sept and it is now april and i have made it this far with the money i saved but i dont get my degree untill aug if anybody could give me $2500 dollars that would pay my bills till then...i just got a part time job at wal-mart but since i did that they cut my foodstamps in half....so please if anybody out there understands please help

I come from a single parent household, with a mother that has taken care of 3 households. She can only do so much. I have had to stay off campus this last year in college, due to the school running out of housing, something unplanned. Since staying in this apartment since august, I have only had groceries in my household only 2 of those months, this is the 8th month here, I have had no food, and have only $1 in my account. All im asking for is help, so that I can finally have food to eat, because the next thing to do is to go to a food bank, and hope that they'll let me get food. This is the first time about me even hearing about this site, and if there is someone out there that is willing to help, this will help me carry over until my graduation in may in which i plan to then go into my career. However, I've just hit a point where having no food to eat,nothing to drink except tap water, nor money to even get something off of a dollar menu, is just added stress on top of school, my insomnia, my grandmother passing suddenly etc. I have tried to find employment while in school but after applying to over hundreds of jobs throughout the years, DENIED FOODSTAMPS, there has been no luck. I'm taking any donations...HOPEFULLY I CAN REACH AT LEAST 100 TOTAL IN DONATIONS SO I CAN HAVE FOOD FOR THE NEXT 2 MONTHS...I HAVE NOTHING RIGHT NOW

I come from a single parent household, with a mother that has taken care of 3 households. She can only do so much. I have had to stay off campus this last year in college, due to the school running out of housing, something unplanned. Since staying in this apartment since august, I have only had groceries in my household only 2 of those months, this is the 8th month here, I have had no food, and have only $1 in my account. All im asking for is help, so that I can finally have food to eat, because the next thing to do is to go to a food bank, and hope that they'll let me get food. This is the first time about me even hearing about this site, and if there is someone out there that is willing to help, this will help me carry over until my graduation in may in which i plan to then go into my career. However, I've just hit a point where having no food to eat,nothing to drink except tap water, nor money to even get something off of a dollar menu, is just added stress on top of school, my insomnia, my grandmother passing suddenly etc. I have tried to find employment while in school but after applying to over hundreds of jobs throughout the years, DENIED FOODSTAMPS, there has been no luck. I'm taking any donations...

I come from a single parent household, with a mother that has taken care of 3 households. She can only do so much. I have had to stay off campus this last year in college, due to the school running out of housing, something unplanned. Since staying in this apartment since august, I have only had groceries in my household only 2 of those months, this is the 8th month here, I have had no food, and have only $1 in my account. All im asking for is help, so that I can finally have food to eat, because the next thing to do is to go to a food bank, and hope that they'll let me get food. This is the first time about me even hearing about this site, and if there is someone out there that is willing to help, this will help me carry over until my graduation in may in which i plan to then go into my career. However, I've just hit a point where having no food to eat,nothing to drink except tap water, nor money to even get something off of a dollar menu, is just added stress on top of school, my insomnia, my grandmother passing suddenly etc. I have tried to find employment while in school but after applying to over hundreds of jobs throughout the years, DENIED FOODSTAMPS, there has been no luck. I'm taking any donations...

I come from a single parent household, with a mother that has taken care of 3 households. She can only do so much. I have had to stay off campus this last year in college, due to the school running out of housing, something unplanned. Since staying in this apartment since august, I have only had groceries in my household only 2 of those months, this is the 8th month here, I have had no food, and have only $1 in my account. All im asking for is help, so that I can finally have food to eat, because the next thing to do is to go to a food bank, and hope that they'll let me get food. This is the first time about me even hearing about this site, and if there is someone out there that is willing to help, this will help me carry over until my graduation in may in which i plan to then go into my career. However, I've just hit a point where having no food to eat,nothing to drink except tap water, nor money to even get something off of a dollar menu, is just added stress on top of school, my insomnia, my grandmother passing suddenly etc. I have tried to find employment while in school but after applying to over hundreds of jobs throughout the years, DENIED FOODSTAMPS, there has been no luck. I'm taking any donations...

Hi,

I am an unemployeed teacher, and have been for several years, initially to raise my young sons; now, there just are not any openings being I live in such a small town. This, of course, was good for the boys, but hard financailly. Then, about a year ago, my husband lost his job, which has totally devasted us. Like I said we live in a small town, out in the middle of nowhere, and little to no resources to help. My husband had no choice but to withdraw his retirement, which we have already exhausted. This is a feeling that cannot be described, knowing that there is nothing left. My husband has been a hard working man all his life, and still is at 58. He does do whatever job he can take in his trade for well below the going rate, but they don't pay the bills. As a matter of fact, I am extremely worried about my husband, because he feels so bad about our situation.

We would love to move to a place we can find work, but we can't afford the move. Since I have not been working, we could not save, so we only have money on hand, which now is only unemployment. We don't even qualify for foodstamps, or any state help, including medical! This is because the unemployment is 10.00 over the allowment, and the unemployment only covers the rent!
I'm not so concerned about my husband and I; it's my boys who are 11 and 12. They are good boys, who make good grades and are active in sports. This is a challenge to keep up the sports,as there are fees,and at least one usually goes on to All-stars, which costs more. I really don't want to deny them, if at all possible, but, I just don't know how to juggle it all....

We don't have any family to speak of, so this is why I am making this plea to anyone out there that may find it in their heart to help...

Thank you for taking the time to read my plea, and God bless you whether you can help or not.

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.

Hello everyone. I am doing this for my older brother who is basically homeless and has been for seven months now. He was taking care of our mother while she battled cancer and had to be home full time because we could not afford the private care.

Our mom passed away April of this year. She left him the house so he would have something that belonged to him but she also left behind some expensive bills. He has been unable to find work of any kind. The lights and water were eventually turned off in the beginning of June and he has had neither since then.

He has no way to bathe, clean, store food or anything. The electric bill with interest is several hundred dollars and I know the water bill is up to $504 AND they have a lean on the home until it is paid which means it increases by $25 every month. I was going to put the utilities in my name but apparently a "renter" has to pay high deposits if the owner owes money at that address and those deposits are just as expensive. All of this doesn't include the $680 in back taxes on the property. If I can just get his bills paid off I can maintain the monthly costs for him.

Yes he does have a home but essentially it is nothing more than a tent. He lives off of $160 in foodstamps a month and rides the free bus everywhere. In April he weighed 248lbs. He now weighs 152lbs due to having to eat cold canned foods. I don't know what else to do. I have tried everything I can think of. My husband is the only one working so we are unable to do much for him ourselves not to mention I live a few states away. We have no other family ... it's just the 2 of us. He deserves a little help in return for the sacrifices he has made. He had to put his life on hold to watch our mother die.

Seriously... every penny helps. We will not turn our nose up at any donations whether it be a $1 or a penny. I do not know what kind of proof that I can offer other than copies of the bills and shut off notices .. and an obituary.

ANYONE who can help I will be forever indebted to you and I swear on my life itself that anything that is left over will be given back to others on this site that truly need it.

If you have any questions you can contact me at alba_2oo6@yahoo.com

UPDATE: Lights have been taken care of ... thank you. Water and taxes are still hanging over his head. Today the city informed him he had 7 days to have both lights and water or the house will be condemned.

My name is Alexis.. I have temporary custody of my son Lucas.. Child services and the police were called due to his father abusing him..He is in my full time care til I get a court order. Child services is going to make two visits a week randomly to check how Lucas' life is with me..Lucas wants to live with me.I unfortunately got laid off in Feb 2009, then my ex cut my child support in half against the court order..I applied over 1700 jobs..had paid over 22 thousand on my car only had 3 thousand left..My car was repossessed on New years eve day 2010.I got this apartment when i had a job..Never lived beyond my means. I clean homes, babysit, petsit..do odd jobs..Today I got home and my son saw a 3 day notice on our door to pay the rent or get out. I have asked everybody for help..We do have foodstamps.Because child services is involved I have to show them a stable home because he will be given back to his dad or possibly go into foster care.. PLEASE PLEASE help us pay our rent.that is 2 months past due....so we don't have to go into a shelter.I'm doing everything in our power to change the situation.Thank you...and my son Lucas thanks you as well.

I had 13yrs with the Major utility in NJ. Was laid-off. My Wife then left me because of it, and took our two girls (6&9yrs old). Then she couldn't cope any more, and took her own life. Now it's me and my Girls, and my Unemployment ran out. I get Foodstamps, and that's all they will give, because of Survivor Benefits from SS. What we get from it covers the rent, and that's it. It's actually a little short every month. I am afraid I will lose them, and I am all they have now. I have to leave the room when they ask me for money for a Bookfair at school and I don't have it, cause I will break down. I have to be strong for them, they have been thru enough already. It's just hard, and they deserve better. Any little thing will help, until I find a job. Any job, I don't care at this point. I just don't want to lose them. I have everything to prove what I have said (Death Certificate) I just don't know where to turn.

ok so this is probabally not gonna work but this is the only option we really have..my mother recently spent the last couple of grands she had to go into a business with her friends to finally create a better future for us(my sister,brother,and me) she did not buy us school clothing this year..so we are wearing the same clothes from last year a little embarassing but its better then sleeping outside...we are currently homeless and we live in transitional housing we have 6 months left in our transitional housing..my father past away so he cant help us...we have nothing left over...no job..we are currently on foodstamps my mother was denied disability....she suffered a major broken hip....she cant stand for more than 10 minutes...i wish i was older so i could provide but i can do nothing but beg...my mother thinks that i entered a sweepstakes for her and she said i hope we win....our life really does suck...i get made fun of at school so does my brother...people say things like we wear the same clothes everyday if only they knew we go through...my mom is in debt and she wants to start a business.......any doantions help please help me and my family i hate being poor and my mom and family deserve better...please send me an email even if you dont donate your support will help a lot

i am asking for help for my mom ,we are homeless and have no place to go ,we have no car ,my mom get foodstamps that help alot but she is having it hard i here her cry at night and she prays all the time she keeps us up but we know she is in pain her feet hurt and her legs are bad.we can tell how she walks but she says we have to have faith so i am here asking for your help if everyone can just give 1.00 we just may come up with enough to get are own apt so please help. thank you and god bless

I don't know how to do this properly, but I will be honest.

My husband's teeth are really bad, he had his jaw broken 10 years ago and has since lost all of his top teeth and his bottoms are all broken. He has an infection in his jaw that could go to his heart but we can't afford to get his bottom teeth pulled. He is currently 20+ lbs underweight and malnourished. He also has a mass in his bladder that we can't afford to have biopsied, even though he has a referral.

We have no income because he is unable to work and I am disabled but still fighting Social Security for any assistance, with little success.

Neither of us use drugs or alcohol, though we do have a few friends that will smoke marijuana with us occasionally.

I try to donate plasma as often as I am able, but I have to go on days that my disability isn't apparent to them, so they don't ban me, as I, technically, can't afford the loss of white blood cells.

We have sold everything of value in our home and at this point we will be losing electric and internet on Wed, Sept 14th, 2011. My daughter is 18 but can't get a job due to the fact that we cannot afford the $10 to get a copy of her original birth certificate, so she cannot get an i.d.

We have no vehicle and take a rolling suitcase to the grocery when our foodstamps come, but due to bus fare, this is becoming increasingly difficult.

There are a lot of things that I, personally, need and go without, but I am genuinely most concerned with my husband and I growing old together, which won't happen if his health continues to decline. He is 39, I am 36, we have been together 16 years.

I don't know if this rant will do any good, but for the love of all that is holy, I hope someone, somewhere, sees it and feels compelled to investigate the reality of our situation.

Most sincerely,
Lori, Nick, and Brit

I am currently a father of two young boys , a two year old and a 10 month old who was born 2 months premature and has considerable medical issues. I was just recently laid off from my job and am uncertain when and if I will be returning due to lack of work. It is hard to be a single father as is , but now with no income or benefits it is even harder to pay for items such as power , water , mortgage for our home or even diapers for my boys or my 10 month olds medical issues . Luckily I am getting foodstamps for food but do not qualify for the kind of medical assistance my boy needs or any other assistance needed . Please offer some help so that I can care for my boys through this tough time . It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you and God Bless!

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.

MY NAME IS SIDNEY, HOW ARE YOU PEOPLE I HAVE A 6 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER A 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND A 3 YEAR OLD SON. RIGHT NOW WE ARE STAYING WITH SOME FAMILY IN HOUSTON BECAUSE WE COULDNT FIND WORK IN NYC AND WE WAS FACING EVICTION.NOW WE ARE STAYING WHERE THERE IS REALLY NO SPACE BUT HAVE NO PLACE TO GO MY SON HAS TALENTS THATS NOT BEEN SEEN BY EVERY 3 YEAR OLD AND BECAUSE OF STILL NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND WORK HE CANT DO MODELING AUDITIONS ETC... THE ONLY WAY THAT WE EAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE ON FOODSTAMPS PEOPLE PLEASE ANYTHING YOU CAN LEND WOULD HELP US TO GETTING A PLACE FOR OUR FAMILY A CAR TO GET THEM AROUND AND TO PUT CLOTHES ON THEY BACK AND SHOES ON THEY FEET AND FOOD IN THERE MOUTH ALSO TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING I NEVER HAD AND THATS A STAND UP DAD PLEASE I DONT WANT TO TURN TO THE STREETS BECASE I STILL LOOSE WITH MY KIDS SO I SEARCHED AND SEARCHED AND I FOUND THIS SITE PLEASE IF ANYONE CAN HELP WE WILL BE VERY THANKFUL I TRY MANY THINGS AND NONE SEEM TO WORK FOR ME PLEASE HELP OUT THE ELLIOTT FAMILY MY OLDER DAUGHTER NEEDS THINGS MY SON NEED AND OF COURSE THE BABY GIRL NEEDS ALSO AND DADDY HAS NOTHING AT TIMES I CRY IN FACT IM CRYING AS IM TYPING THIS BECAUSE IT HURTS TO NEED TO COME TO THIS BUT I MUCH RATHER ME COME TO THE WORLD FOR HELP THEN TO LET MY KIDS END UP AS I DID COMING UP AND THATS WITHOUT MY SON HAS HIS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL COMING IN OCTOBER AND DONT HAVE MONEY TO GET THE THINGS HE NEED HE TURNS 4 OCTOBER 5TH AND I CANT PLAN A PARTY BECAUSE I CANT CANT TAKE THEM OUT TO NORMAL THINGS KIDS LOVE MY SON TOLD ME IM HIS FAVORITE DAD I CANT LET THEM DOWN PLEASE IN GOD'S NAME IF NOT FOR ME THEN FOR THE LORD PLEASE WHATEVER YOU CAN LEND MAY IT BE A DOLLAR OR FIVE IT WILL MEAN THE SAME TO US A CHANCE AT HAVING I MAKE HAND MADE SHIRTS TO SELL TO MAKE SOME KIND OF MONEY TO PROVIDE AND THATS NOT WORKING ANYMORE FOR US I HAVE DREAMS OF HAVING A COMPANY BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO PAY FOR THE NAME I GO OUT TO RAP CONTESTS TO TRY TO WHEN ANOTHER DOLLAR TO MAKE MY KIDS SMILE AND IT DONT HAPPEN BECAUSE I CAN PAY TO AMOUNT NEEDED TO MAKE THE MUSIC SOUND AS IT SHOULD IF I HAD ONE THING WORK FOR ME WITH THE FAITH OF THE LORD I KNOW I CAN KEEP IT RISING IF I ONLY HAD START UP FUNDS IT HURTS TO ONLY BE ABLE TO GIVE LOVE BECAUSE ALL ELSE HAS ENDED TO THE POINT NOW ITS LIKE OK THEY NEED MORE THEN LOVE AT THIS POINT MY SON LOVES GAMESTOP SO HE ASK ME THE OTHER DAY DADDY I WANT A NEW SONIC GAME CAN YOU TAKE ME GAMESTOP AND THOSE GAMES NOW ARE ONLY ABOUT 4 DOLLARS AND I COULDNT WHAT KID DONT LIKE MCDONALDS HE ASK I CANT BECAUSE I NEED TO WAIT FOR THE FOODSTAMPS SO I CAN TAKE HIM IN S SUPERMARKET AND MAKE MYSELF BELIEVE THAT ITS SOMETHING WHEN HE DONT UNDERSTAND SO IT MAKES HIM HAPPY UNTIL HE SEE THE TOYS OR SOMETHING FOR CASH AND ITS LIKE DADDY LET ME DOWN AGAIN I SWEAR TO YOU NOT MY KIDS IS ALL I HAVE IN THIS WORLD TO KEEP ME HOLD AND IF I CANT HAVE THEM THE SAME THEN I FEEL THERE IS NO REASON OF BEING BUT BEING A GOOD HEARTED PERSON I STAY TO FIGHT WITH THE PRAYER AND THE DREAM DADDY WILL SOME DAY MAKE THINGS BETTER SO THEY WONT NEED TO WANT AND CANT HAVE ASK AND GOT TO ACT AS IF IT WASNT HEARD TO CHANGE THE TOPIC BECAUSE DADDY CANT TAKE THEM OR GIVE THEM IM 31 AND IM STILL TRYING TO MAKE IT THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAS BEEN IS NO LONGER THE ONE THING THAT I DO HAVE IS MY FAMILY SO AS A MAN I NEED TO START PULLING THE WEIGHT OF TAKING CARE OF THEM PROVIDING I TELL THEM WHY I CANT GET OR TAKE THEM T THE THINGS THEY LIKE BUT REALLY THINK BACK TO BEING A CHILD HOW MANY TIMES DO DID YOU WANT TO HERE DADDY DONT HAVE IT DADDY CANT RIGHT NOW DADDY HAVE NO MONEY DADDY CANT DO THAT SO LET GO TO THE PARK HOW MANY TIME CAN YOU DO THE FREE THINGS FOR FUN THE ANSWER TO THAT IS WHEN YOUR 3 YEAR OLD TELL YOU TO YOUR FACE DADDY THATS BORING OR DADDY CAN WE GO NOW BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO WHAT THEY SEE THE OTHER KIDS GETTING OR DOING I PRAY SOMEONE WITH A HEART SEE THIS AND UNDERSTAND MY FAITH TO MY FAMILY IM ONLY DOING THIS FOR THEM THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO CALL HOME SO THEY ARE THINKING WHERE AND HOW WE ARE LIVING IS HOW ITS GOING TO BE ITS BEEN YEAR MY MY SON CALLS SOMEONE ELSE TV HIS TV BECAUSE I CANT EXPLAIN THAT MUCH TO HIM I SAY WE GOING TO TRY TO GET OUR HOME SOON HE SAY BUT DADDY WE HOME ME MY SON HIS MOTHER AND BABY SISTER SLEEP IN A SECTION OFF IN A HOUSE WITH A CURTIN TO MAKE A DOOR FOR US MY DAUGHTER IS GETTING BIG SHE NEED A BED CAN NOT GET ONE BECAUSE HOW CAN I AND ALSO NO SPACE TO MANY PEOPLE IN A 4 BEDROOM HOME THAT EVERYONE IS STARTING TO ACT LIKE WE IN THERE WAY OR MY KIDS ALWAYS PLAYING LIKE I NEVER BEEN AROUND PEOPLE THAT NEVER WANTS A CHILD TO DO WHAT A CHILD DO WHICH IS PLAYIT HURTS IM NOT ASKING FOR ALL AND DONT NEED TO KNOW WHO GOD WILL KNOW AND HE WILL BLESS YOU EVEN GREATER THEN I EVER CAN BUT PLEASE HELP ME HELP MY FAMILY. THANKS SO MUCH HAVE A BLESSED DAY

my husband and i are both disabled and trying to raise our grandchild, and the only money we can get is a small check for our grandchild. we both have applied for social security and have been waiting for a hearing with a judge for a couple years and the wait limit at this time is 5 yearsnso we are just needing a hand we do have foodstamps but dont get anything elsr because we own our house ande trust me it has so many leins from creditors and the taxes are behind and we need to pay them or face losing it and it is just a shack that is falling down around us as we cannot afford repairs and then my husband was arrested and he is 64 and was put on 3 years probation with the stipulation that he pay 1600.00 a month for restitution and we finally got that lowered to 800.00 a month because he was with a person that did a crime but they say he is guilty for being there and if he doesnt pay the money payment he will be violated and go to prison for 3 years and i know he would die there. this is really just the tip of the iceburg on my financial problems and i am afraid i will lose my house even though it is getting close to condemable status it is still a roof we are so close to homelessness that it terrifies me so i am asking anyone who reads this to remember sometimes we all just need a hand.Any amount no matter how small will be so helpful ande all i have to offer in return is my thanks and my prayers.
thank you all so very much

Hi, my name is anthony. i am a single father. I curenntly live in nyc housing with my son.my fiance passed away last year.. i am about to get evicted from my apartment anyday.. i am behind in rent 3 months....which totals. $1600. i was recieving unemployment up until 6 months ago....now my only income is 55 dollars every two weeks from welfare. and foodstamps for me and my son.... any donations would help..... thanks and god bless
Sincerly,
anthony Morano

I have never publicly posted a call for help, but figured it was worth a shot.

Here's my situation; I'm a 24 year old male who has part-time employment making $9.00 an hour working about 30 hours a week. Between rent, electric, gas and phone, I can't afford everything. Between keeping the electric on, paying back rent and keeping my phone on I would need 1050.00 but am begging for and appreciate whatever people can give. (I did apply for food stamps and am receiving $100.00 a month in foodstamps).

My deadline to pay rent is the end of this month (May 2011)

I have no family that can help, nor do I have friends or anyone in my support system who has the money to even loan to me. I don't have many options, and hope that someone out there sees this. I realize that my story is sort of general so if you have any questions please leave me a comment. Many thanks to all who can help!

I have never publicly posted a call for help, but figured it was worth a shot.

Here's my situation; I'm a 24 year old male who has part-time employment making $9.00 an hour working about 30 hours a week. Between rent, electric, gas and phone, I can't afford everything. Between keeping the electric on, paying back rent and keeping my phone on I would need 1050.00 but am begging for and appreciate whatever people can give. (I did apply for food stamps and am receiving $100.00 a month in foodstamps).

My deadline to pay rent is the end of this month (May 2011)

I have no family that can help, nor do I have friends or anyone in my support system who has the money to even loan to me. I don't have many options, and hope that someone out there sees this. I realize that my story is sort of general so if you have any questions please leave me a comment. Many thanks to all who can help!

I have never publicly posted a call for help, but figured it was worth a shot.

Here's my situation; I'm a 24 year old male who has part-time employment making $9.00 an hour working about 30 hours a week. Between rent, electric, gas and phone, I can't afford everything. Between keeping the electric on, paying back rent and keeping my phone on I would need 1050.00 but am begging for and appreciate whatever people can give. (I did apply for food stamps and am receiving $100.00 a month in foodstamps).

My deadline to pay rent is the end of this month (May 2011)

I have no family that can help, nor do I have friends or anyone in my support system who has the money to even loan to me. I don't have many options, and hope that someone out there sees this. I realize that my story is sort of general so if you have any questions please leave me a comment. Many thanks to all who can help!

Hello World: I am a mother of a 7 year old, and a 10 year old. I have a fianc'e. I live in a four bedroom house that I can not afford but got to have a place for my family and a spare bedroom to help out a fellow Person in need. I have always been the kind-hearted to help others and take people in, give money, and contribute to every charity that I came across. In September, I was laid off from my job. I couldn't afford my bills. I joined a carnival and it ended in October. They will not rehire until May. My kids are in school and I can't travel until summer anyway. I have looked for a job, Donated plasma, took odd jobs, Sold almost every family heirlom I owned. I still am behind on my bills. It seems i have no hope. My boyfriend can't find a job, so He goes out everyday even Sundays looking for aluminum cans and scrap metals to try and help. Local Churches and Charities all say they are out of funds. Online Home jobs are all scams it seems. Currently My landlord is taking me to eviction court. My utilities are about to be shut off. I have even thought of selling some of my foodstamps and i know that is wrong and Illegal. I have tried to hold a sign, Panhandle and beg for help. I have gotten into trouble with the police so I quit doing it. I've had yard sales, rented rooms, and whatever else I could try to pay my bills and provide for my family. All to no use. I feel like such a failure. I have contemplated suicide. I use to think " I need to be here for my kids." Now, I think, What good am I to them anyway? I wonder when the state will come take them away from me. If there is a God, If there is any Good Decent people left in this Cold world, Anyone who cares at all, Please help. I don't want yor money. I don't want a hand-out. All I need is a hand-up. I will gladly accept work of any kind. So will my boyfriend. If someone truly wanted to give, I would ask that they pay my bills or a portion directly to the utility company and the landlord. Nothing ever needs to be in my hand. This way, Everyone knows i tell the solemn truth and I really truly just want to keep my family together. PLEASE?

I am so embarassed to be doing this,but I feel now its my only option. I am a married mother of 2 with one on the way. My husband was layed off last December and just recently found another job working from home taking calls for a major tv provider. I have worked all year but have just been unable to make the kind of money he was. I was also fired from my job just before thanksgiving. They say it was for "production" I know it was because I was pregnant. There are still people there that where producing alot less than I was but thats besides the point. We are 2 months behind on house payment,had to switch electric providers because we just could not pay the bill. Our water bill is over 500 dollars. I want more than anything to just be able to go back to work but no one is going to hire me right now for me just to leave in Feb. I pray someone will help me I can prove everything and you can feel free to email me at momofthree2011@hotmail.com No Spam please! I have become everything I hate I already know I shouldnt have gotten pregnant while my husband was not working things happened and I know it wasnt helpful.I know my choices are stupid so please I dont need any more lectures. I am on all the government support I can get they dont give us TANF because my husband works. I get a meager amount in foodstamps and medicaid. Plus WIC for me and my son my daughter however is too old to recieve the benefits. I would be willing to work for anything you sent or even pay you back with my income tax. Please help. Thank you for just taking the time to read this I apperciate it!

I'm a 37 yr. old man with a family that includes me,my wife and 4yr. old daughter.I also have 2 daughters from my previous marriage that I pay support for and take every weekend.2010 was a year long downhill spiral for us.First I lost my job of 6 years due to a company shutdown.I was told of the closing the day it happened.We were already struggling to make ends meet and my wife had just started back to school at night for nursing.After going on unemployment my wife had to stop school to pick up more hours at work.We had to take our daughter out of daycare which meant she had to stay home with me which put me at a big disadvantage for looking for work.However,I can't tell you how many times I've taken her to put in applications and even on some interviews.Believe me,it does'nt help your chances of getting a job showing up with your 4yr. old to do an interview.I finally did get another job only to be laid off 3 weeks after I started.This meant I was'nt there long enough to apply for unemployment.This was over about a 7 month span in 2010 and over that time we fell further and further behind.Luckily I was able to work off a good bit of rent by doing work for our landlord at night after my wife was home.He had alot of properties and I'm a professional painter/handyman by trade.Then in August my landlord came to us and said he was selling the house and we had about 45 days to move.He also refused to help us financially in anyway to make the move and even kept our deposit stating,"I filed bankruptcy,sue me".We found a program that helped us secure another apt. and we moved within 30 days.After we moved in we found out the apt. was infested with mice,ants and other insects.The new place was a nightmare.We found out the young man living under us was physically abusing his girlfriend almost every night as we had to listen to this every night and my daughter witnessed several acts of abuse in the hall and driveway.Continuous phone calls to the property manager and police resulted in nothing being done.These two would break and smash things,yell,swear and slam doors that shook my whole house and broke things on my walls.After about our 5th call to police and the manager we woke up to 4 flats and all our windows broke on our car.Then another couple moved in across the hall from these 2 and this man was physically beating his girlfriend and doing drug deals in front of our house.3 days after they moved in our apt. was broken into and we had several things stolen,including every new toys and clothes we had been buying little by little for my daughters Christmas.It was'nt much,but it was all we had for her.Alot more went on there everyday and I knew we had to move but we had no money.I ended up posting an ad on craigslist and asking people for help and we found someone to let us move in with no deposit or anything.We were forced to move a week before Christmas.Christmas morning we had 3 presents for our daughter,all from toys for tots.Now we're in a new apt. with no way to pay the next months rent or much of anything else.My wife's hours were cut almost in half due to downsizing and cutbacks,I am unable to find work and I don't know what else to do.we don't even have a phone for potential employers to call.I use a free voice mailbox and then have to go to a payphone to return calls if I can find change.We've had to sell anything we had of value over the past 4 or 5 months to semi-survive.We have a car that someone donated to us and I was just told it needs about $2,000 worth of work.Neither my wife nor I have any family still living.We do receive foodstamps and are told that's all we're eligible for here in Mass.We also go to foodbanks every week.I actually tried panhandling 3 times and once I was arrested,another time I was beaten up and the last time I made $12.00 in 10 hours.I don't know what to do.It's gotten so bad the last two months me and my wife have discussed possible temporary(hopefully temporary),foster care for my daughter.I can't imagine losing my daughter for any period because we don't have any money for a place to live.It's tearing my heart out to have to write this.We are very good people.We've always worked hard,have never drank or used drugs and done our best to be good,honest people.We just need a little help.Anything anyone can give will help.Be it a dollar or two or even 50 cents.PLEASE HELP my family in anyway you can.May GOD bless and keep you all.