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I'm a single mother and a full time college student with a part time job. I make roughly 240 dollars a week. This month I paid a rent bill, electric bill, water bill, car payment, auto insurance bill, Internet bill, and had to buy baby supplies along with the normal household necessities such as dish detergent, clothes detergent, soap, toothpaste, garbage bags, ect. No problem! I usually manage to pay all of my bills by the grace of something bigger than myself. I don't know how I'm doing it. I've been doing it for over a year now by myself. I do without a luxurious cell phone and television. I have to have Internet for school. Thank God for Google and Youtube. A girl deserves more entertainment other than deciphering her 9 month old's poop to determine whether or not its lime-greenish hue comes from the peas she ate 2 days ago, or if a fungus is among us.

The thing is.. I am hungry. I am not Ethiopian starving, but I'm hungry. My last meal consisted of a pack of chicken flavored ramen noodle soup and 3 saltine crackers. The 7 meals before that consisted of the same exact thing, except I was so lucky as to add a few broccoli florets to the soup broth. I have since ran out of broccoli and ramen. All I have left in my food pantry is canned baby food, and oatmeal. I am down to drinking tap water and falling asleep at night to the borborygmus sounds that my intestines sing to me out of pure hunger. I am so very blessed to be able to pay my bills and provide for my daughter while furthering my education so that some fine day we will both be living like Princesses. I have counted each and every one of my blessings. However, food isn't among these blessings of mine. All I'm asking is for someone to treat a girl to a hot nutritious meal.

Please help, I realy need it!! got no place to live, for the last 2-3 years got,. layed off, have not found a job, had unemplyment that ran out, and wasn't a lot, just enought to buy gas and look for a job,.I am so tied of looking for a place to sleep, everynite.. ,eat once a day at soup kithen,.. I have no life,,. Please help me get/find one,,. It got worse lately,. someone bkoke into the storage unit, that my old boss was letting me use for free,they took alot of my basic needs stuff, a lot of things that can't be replaced .memmorys,, I am so sad,, I just need a helping handout,,please try to find me on pay pal or mail it to Bowers c/o Jesse Thooft 2844 east pikes peak av. colorado springs co 80909. THANK YOU << >>GOD BLESS<<

I'm 25 and living in a bedsit. I have severe anxiety issues and have cut myself off from everyone. I work part-time but am not earning enough to support myself. I literally do not have a penny to my name, I'm living off tins of soup in the cupboard, and I have no idea how to pay my rent, due on the 1st. It's $450.
I have no one to ask and have never felt this hopeless, I need some help so desperately. If you can, please send something.

We desperately need your help! We are a small church located in an economically disadvantaged community. We own a house that was deeded over to us by a former pastor and are at risk of losing that property because of our inability to pay some past due taxes on the property.

The house was deeded to the church over 30 years ago by a former pastor of the church who had become ill and subsequently passed away. The house is not located in the same community as the church. (In fact, it is some distance away from the church, and therefore could not be utilized for church-related purposes which would have taken it off of the tax roll). As a result of gentrification in that community, the property values have increased tremendously. The property tax assessment for the property owned by the church escalated to staggering heights during the housing bubble.

Because of this the church has had much difficulty keeping up with all of the taxes on the property (a general tax, a school tax, and a village tax). The rental income from the property is used to assist the church with operating expenses, maintenance of all of the church properties, as well as paying the taxes. Finally, reassessment in the last couple of years has brought down the amount of taxes to be paid and we are better able to handle some of the current taxes due, but some of the older taxes were sold and consolidated in tax lien sales. The consolidation of the prior taxes due has hurt us tremendously. Numerous times the unpaid taxes were consolidated prior to our completion of raising enough funds to pay off some of them in their unconsolidated state. Individually some were $1,000 to $3,000 respectively. They have been consolidated totaling almost $19,000. We are not permitted to pay the liens individually which was viable, we have to pay them in total.

There is a holding company based in the community where the house is located which purchased those liens. That company is now a few months away from being able to begin foreclosure proceedings and take a valuable piece of real estate out from under the church. This would be devastating to the church.

The church has been in the process of trying to sell the house and use the proceeds from the sale to build a much needed new church building in the community it is located as well as to pay off those outstanding liens at closing, and to unload a property that was once a blessing to the church, but has long since become a burden. We don’t want to lose the property. We want to be able to sell it. We had some offers on the house, but at the last minute a promising deal fell through. Previously interested buyers, for some reason now, are less interested. We feel it is possible that there may some collusion within the community where the house is located to wait for the lien process to move forward and that potential purchasers connected with the holding company will be able to take the property and flip it to tremendous financial advantage, while leaving the church with nothing for thirty years of struggling to take care of the property.

It is important that we are allowed to sell the house and build our new church. We are in the final stages of making the new building a reality. All we have to do is secure the construction financing. Receipt of a commitment letter for the sale of the house is all that stands in the way of a 40+ year dream for the congregation. It would give us the down-payment that we need to move forward.

With the construction of a new church, we would be able to operate before and after school programs, have handicap accessible restrooms, and provide better services to the community. We have a senior citizens housing complex across the street from our church, and many of the residents would attend our church but they are unable to climb up and down the stairs to the single-person restrooms in the basement. We also operate a summer day camp which would benefit greatly from having more space in which to operate. We would be able to accommodate many more youngsters, many of whose families are unable to afford the other summer camps operating in the area. We have had to turn down prospective campers because of space constraints.

Our congregational makeup has changed over the years. The financial impact of that changed has been coupled with the severe impact of the economic downturn on our community. We have more retirees now on fixed income, youth, and small children, many of whom have young mothers, and some people who are working age, mostly with working class wages. We need to build a church to better meet the needs of our congregation and community. We operate a food pantry and soup kitchen which would be able to open more days a week with bigger pantry space and a modern commercial kitchen.

As I stated, we are in the final stages of the building project. We have our permits, plans, and contractor selected. We are ready to obtain financing. The congregation, which has always striven to do much with little, has invested much in this projected over the years and the sale of this property owned by the church is the one thing that stands in the way of it happening. Please do not let us lose this property just so a few people can make a quick buck. Help us to pay off these tax liens so that our church will be able to help transform an entire community!

Thank you so very much for viewing my post. I am a 21 year old woman that recently became homeless, due to my friends throwing me out.Both parents have passed away and I am an only child. I came to VA to start a new life from my home town of Austin Texas yet it seems its getting worst. I am actually in the library writing this. I was staying with my girlfriend but her boyfriend wanted to do sexual activities with me, I said no and they threw me out. I been on the street for 2 weeks now, washing up in gas stations and sleeping where I can find shelter (hospital, old building & lots). Picking out of garbage to eat and going to local soup kitchens. Please I am asking for any type of help to get me off the streets. I went to the local shelters here but so over crowded, they turned me away. Please I beg for any help. Please. I just want to stop sleeping on the streets. Thank you and God bless.

Thank you so very much for viewing my post. I am a 21 year old woman that recently became homeless, due to my friends throwing me out.Both parents have passed away and I am an only child. I came to VA to start a new life from my home town of Austin Texas yet it seems its getting worst. I am actually in the library writing this. I was staying with my girlfriend but her boyfriend wanted to do sexual activities with me, I said no and they threw me out. I been on the street for 2 weeks now, washing up in gas stations and sleeping where I can find shelter (hospital, old building & lots). Picking out of garbage to eat and going to local soup kitchens. Please I am asking for any type of help to get me off the streets. I went to the local shelters here but so over crowded, they turned me away. Please I beg for any help. Please. I just want to stop sleeping on the streets. Thank you and God bless.

Thank you so very much for viewing my post. I am a 21 year old woman that recently became homeless, due to my friends throwing me out.Both parents have passed away and I am an only child. I came to VA to start a new life from my home town of Austin Texas yet it seems its getting worst. I am actually in the library writing this. I was staying with my girlfriend but her boyfriend wanted to do sexual activities with me, I said no and they threw me out. I been on the street for 2 weeks now, washing up in gas stations and sleeping where I can find shelter (hospital, old building & lots). Picking out of garbage to eat and going to local soup kitchens. Please I am asking for any type of help to get me off the streets. I went to the local shelters here but so over crowded, they turned me away. Please I beg for any help. Please. I just want to stop sleeping on the streets. Thank you and God bless.

I have been married for 2 1/2 years to an abusive drunk. I was a teacher in another state for 11 years and moved to Ohio to get married and start a new life. Almost immediately, I realized I had made a mistake. He drinks heavily and is verbally and physically abusive. I often find myself locked in a bedroom with our cat, who he also threatens to kill. I have slept in my car, in cheap hotels and on friend's couches.
I want to leave and go back to the state where I taught before moving here, but cannot afford it. I am in need of $1500 to buy a plane ticket and to help pay my bills until I can find a job.
I am currently working a min wage job and want can barely pay my bills (student loans, credit cards, insurance, living expenses)and can't afford to leave. I am desperate, scared and tired of living this way. I want out, but have no place to go and no money to do it and wouldn't be on here unless it was a last resort. I can provide a police report from when he was arrested for domestic violence if you want proof of my situation.
Please, if you can find any way to help me, I would be so grateful. When I get out, I would pay back by serving in the community I move to. I currently volunteer at our local cat shelter and would do that in my new city, as well as work in the soup kitchen and find other service opportunities. I believe in paying it forward.

It took my dentist about a half hour to numb me up, and 10 minutes to extract 22 teeth. It was the most horrible thing I've ever experienced! Twisting and pulling and cracking and bleeding and swelling..bruises and infection. NEVER let anyone do this to you. I cant believe that this was the best option for me. I hate my dentures, I hate the hassle, I hate the "glue" and I hate my toothless reflection in the mirror and I hate myself for letting it happen! I want dental implants if possible on the lower teeth. There's nothing to secure the denture to. Cant speak clearly, cant eat, cant chew....Been eating soup..smoothies and mush! HELP!!! Why are dental implants sooo expensive??? If 4000 people would donate $1.50 each, my prayers would be answered!Until then, I'm SOL..I'm in pain...I'm scarred for life!

Hi, Thanks for reading my ad :-)
Im on here basically as its my last option, here is my story........

I have recently moved to a new area and started a new job, about 3 weeks
ago, with my long term boyfriend. He needed to get out of the old town we
were living in due to work issues as he'd recently been sacked. Being the
doting girlfriend I continued to pay his mortgage as well as all my own
bills and help him out with cash from time to time until we got back on
track and everything sorted. He has now got a great job in York and Ive paid
for him to get a room in a shared house so he could start things straight
away. Ive continued to fund everything else,including the fees of moving and
getting a new place for the both of us to live close to my new job and
obviously put down my name on all contracts since it was myself paying and
setting it all up.
Now after leaving my home, family friends and job, spending my life savings
and trying to create a lovely home for a new start for the both of us, the
sale of his house has now come through and he has decided to break up from
me! I know nobody for 120 miles, have no savings and signed up to a 6month
contract on the rent etc with now half the income expected and need to now
pay for everything myself, exactly how Im supposed to do this I have no
idea. I cant afford food or cleaning products and the place is a state,but
living without extras I can deal with, but I just dont know how I can pay
the standard bills. I owe out monthly £1400 and my pay is only £800. I
know people are a lot worse off than myself, but I dont qualify for any
benefits with me being 24 (apparently you have to be 25 or have a child to
qualify for anything) and Im all alone here now and I dont know what to do.
Ive got another job on evenings and weekends but it really doesnt even make
a dint in the bills.

I know its a lot to ask but even a spare 10p is greatly appreciated, it may
just mean I can buy a tin of soup and have a decent dinner one night!

Again thankyou for simply taking the time to read this, and if you so much
as feel bad for me then your a good person and I could do with remembering
that those do exist!

To the kind people of the world,
I am writing this to you as a last effort to aid in my families dire situation. 4 years ago I was diagnosed with Spondylolisthesis, A chronic and crippling disease of the spine. As a father of a 3 year old, this disease renders me unable to do a lot with my son. Social Security Disability has denied me, and to add to it, we have no health insurance.
I find it hard to work due to the constant pain of my disease. I cannot afford treatment, nor am I able to keep up with my current bills. (which is not "out side my means of living", but are basic needs. Electricity, HEAT (in these very frigid times in upstate NY). We had 2 phones given to us last year from medicaid, all which are exhausted of minutes from calling looking for work.
My fiance Has finished school leaving her with student loans to be paid back in an ever so declining job market. This does not help our situation. We are very capable of working with in our means, but to no avail.
This will be my sons first Christmas where he actually knows something is going on. We have unfortunately had to cancel all lay a ways, and events we had planned for this holiday season. Our thanksgiving consisted of canned soup and baked beans. (not to sound materialistic) but it was heart wrenching to me, thinking to myself, " I cannot provide for my family"
Then, with all these situations plaguing us, our car becomes in operable. With more repairs than the car is worth. We are now left, in danger of not only having our heat and electricity shut off, but we face eviction unless we can come up with back rent owed of 4 months. We do not blame this on our landlord, as she lives in the same times as us. Her hand will be forced to evict us.
I have never brought myself to do such a thing like this, asking for money. But I guess I am hoping that there are still caring individuals in this world that can extend a hand to a fellow human being. So with the greatest humility I ask of you to donate what you can. This is not a long term goal to just see how much I can "panhandle". I am a 29 year old man, sitting typing in tears, at a public library. This is my last hope. We have sold everything we owned in order to keep our heads above water.
Please, I can not stand to look at the wonderful smile on my 3 year old son, and know inside that I am running out of options.
The most important of all is our back rent though at 350 a month times 4 gives me an outstanding balance of 1400

Hi my name is Dave and I'm disable my wife works really hard to support our three kids and myself I was a truck driver for over twenty years mostly doing contract work over the last three years I developed,CHF "Congestive Heart Failure" I was found eligible for SSDI up here in Illinois, but was denied assistance because my wife makes enough money to keep us out off the soup line I've only been married to her for six months and I only came to Illinois to marry the woman that I love so much and go back to Texas were I have the ability to work we are trying to make the move but my wife ex-husband the guy that left his wife and three kids wants to keep us here so we have to fight in court I'm trying my best to get a job and help her all I can, but its hard to keep a job when you stay sick most of the time we desperately need to make this move it would help us to better support our kids we could give them a better home and better school and most of all I could get a job to help my wife
please,please, Help with what every you can spear

When I was young my dad passed away my family did ok I worked hard to try and go to school... It just couldn't happen so as the years went on I tried to help my mom keep our home.. He lost another person in her life years later and I came back to help. I have spent my life helping her and I'm ok but I have never owned anything of my own car home ect. I am still with her trying to keep the hone my dad built her and doing this right now actually makes me feel pathetic she works 3 jobs me 2 trying to keep up and to a point now were living paycheck to paycheck we live on soup and sandwiches and that's ok too) but now we are behind and in danger of losing the house... Both our cars are on the last limb I am afraid if we can't catch up soon we will lose the house the cars will finally give out and well have no way to work... There are probably a billion stories like this I guess and I could go on forever about what's gone wrong and even if this doesn't help pay some bills well I guess it's a small way to vent? I am a good person and have always tried to help others prob why I havnt gotten farther ahead.. I can be a push over I guess. But I have always belived in karma and maybe I just needed to try and see if this might be part of mine. Thanks for listening

Hi,My name is Kris and I'm looking for someone can help us pay hospital bills.My wife Bozena two years ago she had breast cancer operations and chemotherapy entire year.Because at the same time I lost my job for 3 months, our medical insurance has been terminated and 70% bills is still not paid now is over 60K.Every month I fought in court for a reduction of these bills,without any effects they still growing.We are struggling financially even I working 14 hours a day seven days weekly.My current earnings are not sufficient to cover all payments and unfortunately my wife can not get no work anywhere and the money earned by me are mostly spent on doctors,food and fuel.At the moment we are on the way to lose our house because we pay as we can.And our two children are no longer happy, because in most of the time usually they eat cheerios and instant soup.We really need desperate help to stop this madness. If there is anyone that can help we would be grateful for any donations to stop this madness.Thank you all very much and God Bless you!
Kris

Updates: September 11, 2011 - I have been able to get a part-time job which is good news, but the rest is just about the same. Thank you for your help Malum Designs
and Pete B.
Since my previous posts have yielded only four donations over the last five months I thought I would try this approach. My financial problems are quite real. If you find my fable entertaining please send a small donation.
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The Grasshopper and the Ant
A Classic retold by Joseph the Beggar King
Part One

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, there were two friends, the Grasshopper and the Ant. Why these two became friends is a bit of a mystery. The Grasshopper was a dreamer and a drifter. The Ant was a believer and an achiever.

In school the Grasshopper would look out the window without thought and only learned the subjects he found interesting. Sometimes he would fall asleep in Math class, other times when a angry teacher would jump him with a pop question he would give the correct answer in way that would confound them.

The Ant was a teachers dream, he soaked up every subject the system taught him, gave the correct answers in the correct way and got straight A s. He would delight his Math teacher by doing compound interest in his head. The Ant believed that what they taught him would help him succeed and was very completive. After graduating High School the Ant got an Academic Scholarship and the Grasshopper got a Pell Grant.

Within four years the Ant got two BS degrees in Business Management and Engineering. The Grasshopper dropped out after the first year. He went to live with the Rainbow Tribe for a few years. On the way to the bus station he found an old fiddle in a trash pile along the road and when he got station he was able to panhandle his bus fare. That was the Grasshoppers first beg.

The Ant took the College like a fish to water. During open Rush some Greeks invite him to be a brother in their Fraternity. He earned his dues by being the Frat Houses Accountant and made beer money by writing term papers. One day while visiting the Tri Deltas he watches the girls play volleyball and is amazed that even though they are playing a vigorous game not one of them breaks a sweat. It is there he meets the girl of his dreams, Polly Fishbane.

While the Grasshopper was living with the Rainbow Tribe he never meets the girl of his dreams, but it does not really matter too much because they believe in Free Love. So free, in fact, that after what you might call the Honeymoon he found himself getting a little bored with it. From the Rainbow Tribe he learns to live off the fat of country and from his new friend, Buffalo with Runs, he learns to live off the land. Buffalo with Runs was an very old Indian that was adopted by the tribe. He taught the Grasshopper what wild plants were safe to eat or use for medicines. He showed him how to set traps and hunt small game. Then, during one winter Gathering four people froze to dead because they were too stoned to come in out of the cold. The Grasshopper became very sad and hopped away.

The Ant is recruited by a Aerospace firm even before he graduated college and goes to work on the Apollo Program. He and his new wife Polly loved the Florida sunshine and settle down to start the American Dream. They decide to have two and half children. Even though the third kid looked a bit odd the Ant loved him as only a father can. With easy money down and mortgage tax deductions compliments of Uncle Sam, they get a house with a two car garage. Next they get two cars and the Rat Race is on. The Ant loves it! Working on the Apollo Program is more than a job, it is being part of history. Polly loves it! Raising their kids and Keeping up of with the Jones. She starts selling Avon products on the side. The Ant buys the best bass boat in the neighborhood, but only uses it once a year because he too busy working. He sets up his retirement funds and a small stock portfolio. Life is Good!

After leaving the Rainbow Tribe the Grasshopper panhandles his way across the country. He sets up in parks and subways where he pretends to play his fiddle while selling jewelry made of deer anthers and beads. The noise he makes with his fiddle sounds like a cat being killed and people give him money just to make him stop. Before the Cops run him off, the Grasshopper usually made enough in one day of begging to cover his needs for the week. When he is hungry he goes to a Soup Kitchen and when he needs clothing there are the Sharing Centers. Every now and then he lets some good hearted woman try to save him. Life is Good and he hops away.

The Apollo Program ends and the new Shuttle program does not start for a couple of years. The Aerospace company were the Ant works at does not win any of the new bids. They offer him a job in California at 20% less of his salary. Polly and the kids are in a rage. Nobody wants to move and leave their friends. The Ant sells his house at a loss because the real estate market in flooded by the laid offs. The one car and the boat are reprocessed. He sells off his stock portfolio for the down payment on the new house in California and even though money is tight the Ant decides to take the family on a short vacation to Key West to uplift their spirits. He finds the Grasshopper selling deer antler jewelry at the Front Street Market. While Polly and the kids go shopping, he and Grasshopper catch up and have a couple of beers. The Ant tells his friend about the laid offs and the move. The Grasshopper asks him - Are you Happy - ? The Ant says - Yes -. His friend says, - Good - . They watch the sunset and see a green flash on the horizon.
To be continue.

My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer about 2 years ago, and with all of the doctor's visits and time missed from work, she was laid off. The company said it wasn't related to the medical situation my mother was going through, but you could tell it was. She worked for a very successful bank and was one of the top workers. Anyway, she's been living off of her unemployment and it's run dry. I did have a job for almost a year, but since we became homeless I lost it due to missing days. We slept a different place every couple of days, and I just couldn't keep the job. I am 20, my mother is 41 and I have two younger siblings. We are on the verge of being evicted and have not even eaten today. Luckily, we are going to a soup kitchen tonight, but I don't know what we will do after that. Any help would be appreciated, even if it's small. Thank you!

So let's get straight to it: I'm a 28 year old double bachelor's graduate. I initially had a Finance degree (magna cum laude), couldn't find a steady career, went back for my Accounting degree (again with honors), and still can't start my career due to "lack of experience". I hold down two terrible paying jobs and typically work from 7am to 9pm on the weekdays as well as 1pm-7pm on Saturdays, totaling to over 70 hours a week.

I live at home with two elderly parents: my father is retired and legally blind thanks to macular degeneration, my mother an immigrant with no driver's license with a list of medical conditions a mile long. We enjoy a crumbling house which desperately needs repairs to the roof and driveway thanks to harsh rains and a heavy winter.

I'm doing all I can to keep things afloat and maintain the household, which is hard with the limited amount of time on my hands, not to mention the occasional flair ups of my Crohn's disease. Oh yeah, I don't have medial insurance and cannot afford the ridiculously priced medication. Thank you to the Doctor who helped diagnosed my condition at a VERY discounted price.

I know I can make it through this and somehow regain the semblance of a normal, healthy life. All I'm asking for is whatever relief I can get to help chip away at my expenses and keep things moving forward. The immediate plan is to repair the house and finish paying off my student loans and my parents' high credit card debt while trying to start a career.

If- no WHEN I make it to the end of the tunnel, I will absolutely pay it forward to someone else in a similiar situation. I do have a history of volunteer work when things weren't as bad, and I still sometimes give time to a local soup kitchen. ANY help is appreciated. Thanks for your time!

First let me say God Bless Everyone that is in need and have to give and have a giving spirit,God will truly bless you.Right now I am really stressed and at my wits end because I have been unemployed for the last 5 months and have been living in a boarding house where from time to time my mother brings me sunny meadows meals meant for the elderly in the nursing homes.I feel really sad I am at this point in my life,thankfully I had saved $ to help pay my rent and some groceries until almost a month ago.I have until May 30th to pay 712.50(rent) but in the mean while I must eat,some days I have enough strength to walk the hours it take to the soup kitchen.Through it all I still feel blessed more then some.If God lays it on your heart to help after you pray,thankyou in advance you kind souls and I promise when I get back on my feet to help the less fortunate too. wisdomisgreaterthanintelligence@yahoo.com

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I lost my job due to disability and I have been eating at a soup kitchen. I have lost my children to child protection. My friends, my family and my significant other have left me. I owe $375 in rent money and it is getting cold outside. I don't have anywhere to turn and I will be homeless soon if I cannot pay the rent. Please Help!!

I am starving!! I lost my job due to disability and I have been eating at a soup kitchen. I have lost my children to child protection. My friends, my family and my significant other have left me. I am wasting away. Please Help!! Donate anything you can.

I lost my job due to disability and I have been eating at a soup kitchen. I have lost my children to child protection service. My friends, my family and my significant other have left me. I owe $986 in hospital bills and it is getting cold outside. I don't have anywhere to turn and I will be homeless soon if I cannot pay the bill. Please Help!!

I lost my job due to disability and I have been eating at a soup kitchen. I have lost my children to child protection. My friends, my family and my significant other have left me. I owe $168 in bills and it is getting cold outside. I don't have anywhere to turn and I will be homeless soon if I cannot pay the bills. Please Help!!