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Hi,
I'm extremely new to this but I am just trying to find ANY possible way to help me finish my last year in school. I have been working since high school and have recently lost my job my junior year in college. My courses start in the summer because i had to sit out spring. I have used all loans and grants that are available to me and feel as if I have reached a dead end. I need $1300per semester and have two left so that is $2600. But if I can get ANYTHING that would be great!!!! Thanks for reading and if you can-- help-- if not that's fine. I'm sure God will find a way :-)

I am currently enrolled in school and carrying a 3.785 GPA. I am working full time (2 jobs). I do not qualify for much aid but I have applied for grants and scholarships. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

I come from a low class family with no way to pay for college. I have applied for fafsa and scholarships but as you know scholarships are not guaranteed and federal grants are continually getting smaller.

I love America and the smell of freedom and I want to help others in need, that's why I aspire to be a certified registered nurse anesthesiologist. I admit I am not the best student but I am hardworking and I promise your contribution to my education will not go to waste !!!

I ask for money to further my education even if it's a penny I am truly grateful for it ! I Thank You in advance and may you be blessed in return !

I am a 36 year old single mother of two awesome teenagers and I'm trying to fulfill a life long dream by going back to school.

For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to be an archaeologist and history professor as well as wanting to move to Norway since first reading the Prose Edda at the age of 11. Unfortunately those dreams got put on hold when I had my first child at the age of 19 and my second at 21. My children are now 15 and 17 and about to go off to university and begin their own lives and so it is time for me to revisit my dreams. This is going to consist of 3 steps each of wish I need help funding as I do not qualify for student loans/grants and cannot afford to quit my job to be elligible.

As the first step in this process I have been accepted to the University of Leicester to begin work on my BA in Ancient History and Classical Archaeology and am scheduled to begin classes on June 4th 2012 via distance education. In total the 3 year course will cost £10,350 with £1150 installments due every January, May and September 1st. Along with this one module requires me to go to England in year 2 for field school at Borrough Hill as well as a second trip over in year 3 for lab work. There is also an option to make a third trip for the graduation ceremony if funding allows. Each of these trips will cost roughly $2500 - $3000.

The second step in this plan is to complete a Master's degree in Nordic Viking and Medievil Studies at the University of Oslo in Norway. At this time UiO does not have tuition fees however they do require that international students have NOK 80,000 (roughly $13,500) per year of study. And Norwegian law prevents international students outside the EU from working while persuing their studies.

Finally the third step in the process much like the second involves doing further studies at UiO in the form of persuing a PhD in a topic related to Viking Metallurgy.

I have already taken steps to start covering costs on my own by working as much overtime as I can get (though this option is going to be limited once school starts as I will need to focus on school work) as well as moving from the house I was renting to a smaller, cheaper apartment with a roomate to cut costs. Unfortunately these measures alone aren't going to be enough to get me there. Any help you could give would be very much appreciated.

I'm an actor. I've known this all my life but didn't take it seriously. For years I thought only vain, shallow people went into acting. Or people who were a lot better looking than I am.

Well, now I'm 41 years old and not vain about my looks. I have no illusions about becoming a Hollywood A-lister. I just love the craft, the art of acting and am going back to school for it.

There are very few grants available to acting students. Although I've registered for classes and have been cast in next fall's University production, I'm not sure I'll be able to afford tuition, books and housing.

If you support your local arts and theatre community, please consider supporting a guy who discovered his calling a little later than most actors do.

Background:

I was born in Argentina, but have lived in Texas since I was 5. I had no say in it; my parents decided that’s what was best for me since Buenos Aires was so crime-ridden. I graduated high school like normal kids, went to a community college right afterwards, and worked part time to cover its costs. I got an Associate’s in Science (Nursing) and then dropped out since I couldn't afford to attend a university nor decide on a major. My GPA was a 3.4 at the time.

I'm now 25, working full time (Geek Squad, can’t do much with an associate’s), studying electrical engineering, married to my high school sweetheart, and have my goals set! I just have one thing holding me back...MONEY. Since I backtracked when I changed majors, I had a few sophomore classes to take. I'm finishing them at the same community college, and I'm registered for the Fall semester at the University of Texas at Dallas (Junior level courses). I have gotten nothing but As since I've been back!



Why I Need Your Help:

Now, you may be wondering, why can't I use FAFSA? Well, I recently obtained my permanent residence. That was a big roadblock growing up. One of the agreements I had with our nation was that I would not use federal funds (welfare, food stamps, grants, FAFSA, etc) for the next 10 years. I work full time and attend as many classes as I can per semester; I have no time for lollygagging.

Sallie Mae can only loan me so much, and banks nowadays make it very difficult to borrow from for school. All the scholarships I’ve looked for require either citizenship or full time enrollment, neither of which I am. (Can’t enroll full time because I need to work full-time to make ends meet) My father is a construction worker and I don’t know my mom, she left us when I was 7. I just sold my laptop on eBay and made myself a cheap one from recycled parts. I've tried getting internships, but I'm not deep enough into my career to be eligible yet. Nearby family members don’t have any spare cash, and don’t make enough to co-sign a loan for me….So I’m here, hoping some kind strangers can help me out.

I am a hard working student, good Samaritan, bilingual, a jokester, drug-free, do calculus in my head, pay taxes, 740 credit score, and drive a broken down Pontiac. My only goal right now is to finish school with flying colors as soon as possible; just need this financial roadblock to meet a wrecking ball.

Will you help me smash it down?

Hi, I'm trying to go back to school. In order to do that I will have to pay for my classes for a semester, to get my grants back. Please help me go back to school, so I can give my kids a better life. I need about 1500.00!

When I purchased this home back in 2004 after finally getting away from an extremely abusive marriage, all I could see was that the price was right and that I would finally be safe - hundreds of miles away from my now ex-husband. As a single mother of 3 children on a limited income, I saw how I would be able to live completely mortgage and rent free. I didn't however see the major repairs that this house required - nor did I have the money to make such repairs. Over time, of course things got worse - and it brings me up to the point of where I am today.

The roof on this house is so badly deteriorated that it is leaking very badly in the downstairs bathroom, dining room, kitchen and front door areas. It has leaked so badly that now mold has started to form in the bathroom ceiling and the drywall has slowly been falling away on the one wall. The slightest wind and you will find shingles blown off and laying on the ground. The roof is so bad that I am fearful that even the boards underneath the shingles may need to be replaced.

Realize that this is my last resort in trying to come up with the funds required to get this new roof. I have tried applying to government grants for home improvement but unfortunately I do not qualify because 1. my property taxes are not paid up to date (I owe approximately $2000 just in property taxes), and 2. the size of the house is larger than the specified guideline parameters. Nor do I qualify for a loan of any sort as 1. I make a mere $200 a month working and 2. have bad past credit (being a single mom has taken some serious tolls on me - including financially!).

So the goal here is to get a new roof installed - and as soon as possible so that any further damage to the house is avoided. I also worry about the mold forming in the bathroom especially and one day the roof caving in in there. While my children have grown to teenagers now, I still have to worry about their health.

I have uploaded pictures and this story at Chip-In to show you the extent of the damage done especially in the bathroom area - and a view of the shingles as they are right now on the roof. Admittedly I realize that my house also needs some repair on the stucco, windows and such but right now my main concern is the roof. I'm surprised it hasn't caved in on me by now.

I thank everyone in advance for helping me with this. I do not normally like asking for help from anyone but at this point I am finding that I have no other alternative.

Please view photos of the damage, etc at my Chip-In page at http://escapetofreedom.chipin.com/imperative-home-repairs

I have to move 7 mos pregnant from a furnished place to an unfurnished place. I have almost no money to even move, but worse, I have no furniture, not even a bed, and no baby stuff. My unemployment ran out, and its awfully hard to find a job when you're obviously expecting. I don't know how to find grants or any other help for this, and everyone turns me away for loans because I have no credit. Please, any suggestions, furniture donations, baby stuff, or cash will help! Thanks so much

With the lowering of Federal pale grants from $7500 to $5500 i have begun to struggle immensely. Tuition costs are around $10,000 /yr for tuition alone. This does not include where/how you park, live, eat or pay bills. I need money for everyday luxuries, such as: food, electricity, rent and tuition. These payments come due in large lump sums and it is pretty outrageous for someone who is trying to better their education. Please someone find it in them to help. Thank you so much.

With the lowering of Federal pale grants from $7500 to $5500 i have begun to struggle immensely. Tuition costs are around $10,000 /yr for tuition alone. This does not include where/how you park, live, eat or pay bills. I need money for everyday luxuries, such as: food, electricity, rent and tuition. These payments come due in large lump sums and it is pretty outrageous for someone who is trying to better their education. Please someone find it in them to help. Thank you so much.

With the lowering of Federal pale grants from $7500 to $5500 i have begun to struggle immensely. Tuition costs are around $10,000 /yr for tuition alone. This does not include where/how you park, live, eat or pay bills. I need money for everyday luxuries, such as: food, electricity, rent and tuition. These payments come due in large lump sums and it is pretty outrageous for someone who is trying to better their education. Please someone find it in them to help. Thank you so much.

With the lowering of Federal pale grants from $7500 to $5500 i have begun to struggle immensely. Tuition costs are around $10,000 /yr for tuition alone. This does not include where/how you park, live, eat or pay bills. I need money for everyday luxuries, such as: food, electricity, rent and tuition. These payments come due in large lump sums and it is pretty outrageous for someone who is trying to better their education. Please someone find it in them to help. Thank you so much.

I am a student who is currently taking a break from school because I need to find a job in order to make some money in order to continue my education. With grants and loans, I still manage to fall short every semester. It would help tremendously and be greatly appreciated if anyone could help me as much as possible. It is going to cost approximately $3000 to attend school in the summer, that is including tuition cost for summer, cost of living in the residence hall, and also the cost of food in the cafeterias on campus. I am a student, and cannot rely on my parents for this because they simply cannot afford to help me with this. If you could, please donate so that I can return to school.

Hello my name is Alex. I am 19 and I live on my own in a small one bedroom apartment. Recently I began my spring semester of college at a new school: scottsdale community college. In the past, my former schools gave me my grants and loans quickly, and easily within one or 2 payments days within eachother. BUT, my new college has a different payment plan, with my last payment being february 19th and the next being around match 28th. I recently lost my job and am currently searching for work. I owe 362.38 currently. Yesterday the manager of
my apartments gave me a notice stating I have 5 days to pay the remaining balance due. I only just turned 19, and I feel as if I am already beggining to fail in life...I turned to family with little help. I'm affraid to be on the streets. I am willing to work for money. Honestly i'd do almost anything!!! Please help!! Even a penny helps. Please I will be so thankful.

I am desperate to get a culinary certificate. I graduated with my BS in Criminal Justice and racked up 50k in schools loans and because I am a current graduate, I no longer qualify for grants. I have just realized what my true passion in life in and it is cooking! I have a true gift and I know it is going unnoticed because I have yet to show my talents to anyone besides my family. I truly believe is using fresh, local grown ingredients with humane animal practices. I am missing out on fulfilling my dream of cooking because no restaurant out there is willing to hire someone with no kitchen experience!

Please help fund my dream!

I have always been starting from the beginning and optimistic trying to accomplish something in this country (CROATIA), regardless of that this system is pushing me at the bottom literally in all the ways. I have fought bravely and honestly, until I found myself in a situation that I am no longer alone and need to provide life to my daughter. After divorce from a violent husband who left us on the street without a cent I’ve lost everything I had no incentives to pay kindergarten and school, schoolbooks, etc. I came into a situation that I must either pay the bills or school and credit. I enrolled and studied computer science for 4.5 years, but for financial reasons I have never finished it though for the end I have to pass few exams. I was hopeing to get a better job for myself and bigger salary. I have been working 2 jobs for 18 years and but I can’t pay my bills and food . My girl is only 9 years but she’s the one of the best in her class, she’s singing, danceing, acting and have a lot of success in all of that. But she has a problem with her violent father. He took her on 20.08.2011. on a vacation that turned into horror. He drinks, beats her and threatens her not to say that she wants to go home. I don’t have anybody to ask to help me in this. However, we do not have funds nor for lawyers nor for such ventures. I am considering about that the daughter and I move to another city and start life all over again, but unfortunately, for that funds are also needed. Please believe that even the smallest donation would help us begin the fight with a windmill and provided us with a small chance and hope that following years we will be able to live normally. I want to continue working and fighting, and with my own hands keep feeding this little family consisting of my daughter and me. However, I cannot begin without funds and in debts. We in Croatia as single parents, that is legal representatives of a child after divorce, have no financial aids, donations or grants, except the child allowance, which is approximately 26 Euros per month. I do not want to complain or write letters of 10 pages, and believe me I have printed them in hundreds (about that I am writing my first book - "Our million beginnings"). I am writing only out of fear for my child and the fact that I am aware that I must take her away from the father abuser as soon as possible. Honestly, I do not expect anything but I must try on, one way or another, to realize for my child a better life. Thank you in advance.
I’m sending you our documentation like reference for psychiatric care for my child (http://www.poliklinika-djeca.hr/english/) and other doc. If it needed.
Sorry for my bed english. Best regards,

I have always been starting from the beginning and optimistic trying to accomplish something in this country (CROATIA), regardless of that this system is pushing me at the bottom literally in all the ways. I have fought bravely and honestly, until I found myself in a situation that I am no longer alone and need to provide life to my daughter. After divorce from a violent husband who left us on the street without a cent I’ve lost everything I had no incentives to pay kindergarten and school, schoolbooks, etc. I came into a situation that I must either pay the bills or school and credit. I enrolled and studied computer science for 4.5 years, but for financial reasons I have never finished it though for the end I have to pass few exams. I was hopeing to get a better job for myself and bigger salary. I have been working 2 jobs for 18 years and but I can’t pay my bills and food . My girl is only 9 years but she’s the one of the best in her class, she’s singing, danceing, acting and have a lot of success in all of that. But she has a problem with her violent father. He took her on 20.08.2011. on a vacation that turned into horror. He drinks, beats her and threatens her not to say that she wants to go home. I don’t have anybody to ask to help me in this. However, we do not have funds nor for lawyers nor for such ventures. I am considering about that the daughter and I move to another city and start life all over again, but unfortunately, for that funds are also needed. Please believe that even the smallest donation would help us begin the fight with a windmill and provided us with a small chance and hope that following years we will be able to live normally. I want to continue working and fighting, and with my own hands keep feeding this little family consisting of my daughter and me. However, I cannot begin without funds and in debts. We in Croatia as single parents, that is legal representatives of a child after divorce, have no financial aids, donations or grants, except the child allowance, which is approximately 26 Euros per month. I do not want to complain or write letters of 10 pages, and believe me I have printed them in hundreds (about that I am writing my first book - "Our million beginnings"). I am writing only out of fear for my child and the fact that I am aware that I must take her away from the father abuser as soon as possible. Honestly, I do not expect anything but I must try on, one way or another, to realize for my child a better life. Thank you in advance.
I’m sending you our documentation like reference for psychiatric care for my child (http://www.poliklinika-djeca.hr/english/) and other doc. If it needed.
Sorry for my bed english. THX to all good people!!! Love!

I guess I'm one of those people that keeps on trying to get ahead but I can't seem to roll with life's punches. I live in a very economically depressed area of the country, and I haven't been able to find work for almost two years now. I've been living off of student grants and loans while I attend a local community college pursuing a degree in Paralegal Studies, but the money is about to run out. Please send anything you can to help a guy stay in school and make a better life for himself. Many thanks.

Hi,

First of all, thanks for reading this.
I am a 21 year old Irish student and am currently studying abroad in Madrid for a year. I have been working since I was 13 so that I could help out at home, and am also paying for university by myself with loans and by working.
I am not entitled to any grants and now my loans have been maxed out. My family tries to help me when they can but at the moment it's not an option.
When I am at home in Ireland I can manage to work and go to university, but since I moved to Madrid I have been really struggling financially. My dad got really sick in August and so, I've had to fly home to see him twice- any money that I had saved was spent on flights.
I was working nights in an Irish bar but it didn't pay my rent so now I teach English classes. They just cover my rent, but I can't afford travel, loan repayments or food. I'm late on my rent because I had to take money from it to try and pay all of these small bills.
I'm really stuck and that is the only reason that I am asking for help. I've spent the last 7 years working and I help out others when I can. Once I get back to Ireland I can start working in a restaurant or something again and I might be in a position to help someone else.
Every little helps...

Thanks for your time

Hello. I am a 35 year old woman who has finally returned to school! School is paid for thanks to the grants and loans from the government, what I need help with is just normal day to day living. I am putting 110% into my schooling. I have had a hard life. This is why I am just now in university at age 35. I am in my 2nd year and I am a Psych major. I am doing very well with school and I am going to finish and get into a great career and be able to help others! I can't wait! I am going to be a social worker. My lifetime dream is to help others! But... thats still a few years away. Right now I am the one in need. I can not even pay my bills. My laptop is very bad and I need this for school! I cannot even afford internet service at home. I am doing so well in school that I hate that I have to be stressed over money! I cannot find a job because of my past without a degree. But I have turned my life around! And am now dedicating it to help others! I just need a little bit of help too right now. I am that person that would give the other person my last dollar if they were hungry and I would go without. I have done this. I would give someone the shirt off my back if they asked me for it. It's just how I am. I believe in karma and I believe that my good deeds will be re-payed. Now I am asking for that repayment. I would even be willing to pay someone back if they could help me or sponsor me through school. I am a really good person, looking for another really good person to help me. Thanks for reading.

Hi, My boiler has broken and been disconnected by the gas engineer. My husband and i both work, and because we earn just over the limit we cannot claim any grants to help with the cost of replacing the boiler. If i was a single parent or on benefits we would be able to.
We have a four year old son. The small amount of savings we had, had to be used when my husband was made redundant last year. As the weather has just turned so cold and we only have 2 electic heaters, which cost a fortune to run, if anyone is able to help we would be very grateful.
Thank you

Hi I am a student studying fulltime at college working towards a degree in admin/office tech, currently I live with my partner in a local authority rented flat. The government decided that £3995 was how much our household was entitled to claim and that was mostly a student loan and small bursary. We have applied for many other grants and been refused. We are now in debt with our rent, gas and currently feel like we are both going hungry too much. The government are more than happy to pay for anything for you if you are a heroin addict or alcoholic or have 6 children but someone who wants to better themselves by studying to earn a living has very little help. Its no wonder the uk is in such a state with unemployment when people are encouraged to become mothers to get benefits and houses, or encouraged to be a junkie. PLEASE if anyone out there can help in any way please donate and help me to stay in education and get the career I deserve.

Hi.. Not sure what to write here as this all seams strange to me!!
I am a 28 year old mature student who is struggling with student fees. I have not really known what to do with my life and worked for various charities for 5 years. Then decided to educate myself so that I could have a future.
I have enrolled and been studying for the last year and a half. I haven't been able to get all the grants and loans that others get. I am struggling with rent bills and food. Not the extravagance that some students live. I have been looking for work for the last 2 years but never get further than the second interview. I have no remaining family that I can ask for support. I am not hoping for much and anything people can give will help!

I recently had my daughter on the 7th of December, and all was going well until the beginning of the new year when my maternity pay went down, and now isnt even enough to pay our rent. Ive worked non-stop for the last two years, and now feel like its not been worth it. We arent entitled to any grants from the government, my partner cant get JSA, and child tax have told us itll be upto 12 weeks before they can do anything. Any donation would be greatly appreciated, even 50p! I just want to get back on my feet again. We havent been able to pay any bills this month, and have barely had enough to buy food for ourselves, and nowmy daughter wont even fit into 0-3 clothes properly. I really hate asking for help, but Im now officially desperate.