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Someone put transmission fluid in my brake fluid! Help!
Posted by pt1323 on 2012-05-21 15:58:15
Please consider helping me in any way you can. I understand life isn't easy for anyone and maybe someone else needs the help more than I do right now. But I do need help. And having to even ask has been really hard too. Please consider any donation. I promise I will find a way to someday help someone else in need in return.
Thanks for your time.
Single Mom (not in recovery, not a felon, not disabled, just unemployed)
Posted by cdimiceli on 2012-05-01 17:58:09
Iâm going to be a little blunt, because I'm tired and I want to give up so bad, but I can't. I'm better than that and my kids are my motivator. I wake up everyday and remind myself of 2 things :1) Faith is what you have when you all your beliefs are blown to hell. 2) What doesn't kill you makes you stronger -Nietzsche
I am a 35 year old educated, ambitious, head strong woman. I have owned my own business with my soon to be ex. I know what hard work and determination are. I went to private school and I am educated. I value my community and have always given back and will continue to do so. I also know that I have the drive and determination to get myself back on track. I'm not ASKING for a handout, I'm asking for help up! I also know what loss is. I don't have the business, a house or EVEN the car anymore. We lost everything. He bounced back , I didnât. All I have is HOPE, that someone or some program can help me carve a path back to self sufficiency.
It's gone continually downhill.I am amazed at the allotment of programs for both housing and employment for all different walks of life. However, what about those that are just struggling. No hang ups, no record, just struggling and are LOW INCOME. I'm not writing this to make you feel sorry, I'm writing this because I have exhausted possibilities that I have researched both on my own or been given the information to do the work with.
There are people who struggle everyday through no fault of their own. They don't want a hand out, but help up would be a relief. Society doesn't need band-aids they need solutions.
Not every county, city or state program fits everyone's needs.
First of all Section 8 has been closed since BEFORE I left my marriage so that idea could never work. The list has been closed for years. Because I have limited time with my children, I do not qualify for CALWORKS. I have tried getting assistance in every way possible. I had very little unemployment left since I have been struggling to find work. I was delayed for about 3 months because they needed verification and I had to appeal and request a hearing. I have won my appeal but will only receive $91/week and for a short period of time.
I took a project management class through WIA in 2011, and I was able to get CTB benefits. I NEED HELP. I have hit the absolute worst point in my life and still refuse to give up. I have been looking for work and am now HOMELESS.I am in week 3 of staying in an extended stay hotel (paid for by my mother back east, who makes maybe $26,000/yr in PA) I recently sold my car because I needed to pay bills and rent. I have maybe $75 to my name.
The fact that they say there are services for low income/ homeless is frustrating. I say this because there is no category for me. I'm not a drug addict or in recovery. I don't have a mental illness. I wasn't in prison, I donât' even have a RECORD. I can proudly say I've never been arrested or even in the back of a cop car. I'm not a victim of domestic violence and I do not beat my kids. Why aren't there programs in place for single parents struggling to make it? Everyday people that are responsible and respectable. I understand the need to assist those that may not have the capacity to take care of themselves. However, I have a huge problem with the fact that Santa Clara County & all programs (private, govt or state funded) will rehabilitate and reintroduced felons into the community, but if you're poor, homeless, no record, are looking for work, have high intelligence; sorry, you can't get help. This sounds extremely cynical and jaded, but I am a little after going through all I have.
I have been told constantly âI wish I could do something but we don't have any programs to help you.â My favorite reply is: "Yeah and you have done everything. I'm surprised you even knew about all the programs you did"
I have talked to employment counselors, program coordinators, program advocates and case managers, volunteers, just about anyone. The bankruptcy is hindering my chances of securing housing, even if I had employment.
The icing on the cake has to be with food stamps and General Assistance. I qualified for Cal-Fresh. However, at the time I had a car worth $2200. So I wasn't able to get General Assistance. Fast Forward a year later, I HAD to sell my car to pay bills. Now this month when I went for General Assistance, I qualify.
It's a never ending cycle, a constant push down. I can take public transportation to work, but to get around and see my boys and being able to transport them would be extremely difficult, not to mention financially stressing. I have scoured employment books, read articles, searched the library, spent hours online trying to find a job, program, a company, anybody who could be a resource whether for low income assistance or employment.
I can probably tell you about a plethora of services this county (Santa Clara) offers for both income assistance and job services.I am registered with CALJOBS; I know all the career sites and have my resume there. I get interviews, however I am starting to think the bankruptcy from loss of business is holding me back when employers do background check.
I also could teach the business writing class or the resume writing classes they offer at Work2Future, I practically did when I took them. I could do the same at Sacred Heart. I've been to InnVision and EHC. Iâve talked to Sunnyvale Community Services. Boy he was a treat he sounded older then my 80 yr old grandma. When I said I need housing and employment help, he gruffly told me to check the newspaper and hung up. I've called St Josephs in Gilroy. I've talked to a program coordinator at West Valley Community Services. I called the Sobrato Organization hoping they had ties to something and one the employees just by grace of god happened to pick up and take my call. I was able to talk to someone at HIF (they couldn't help)
.
I am responsible, respectable and just want to work, have a place to live, and be able to have my children 50/50. I have no police record. I am not in recovery, nor have I ever had to be in a program
I want to work and am attaching a compilation of ALL my work skills. I would not send this out otherwise, I would tailor it specifically to the job I am applying for.
I used to volunteer as much as I could I like being active in my community and helping others. I'm still about that I believe in PAY IT FORWARD. I believe the good you do comes back to you tenfold and that no matter what is going wrong in your life, someone else is struggling just as much if not more; so be thankful for what you have.
I attend church and was a hospitality volunteer for that as well.
I just need help getting on my feet. I have no family, other than my children here in CA.
I do not want to move back east and be far away from them. I want to work, I want to live again. I want to smile and mean it.
I hate what my life has become and know that I am SO MUCH BETTER THEN THIS.
Please help me : money is fine, but it's only a temporary fix, please help me find a program that can assist me in getting on my feet, direct me to employment, and most of all afford me the opportunity to have my children much more consistently so I can be a mom again.
Thank you
Courtney DiMiceli
Help me with food please, vouchers or anything, giftcards also
Posted by keeppraying on 2012-04-29 14:58:35
just a little would help A LOT!
Posted by jholiday91 on 2012-04-17 12:58:40
in a dire need of help
Posted by halloffamz85 on 2012-02-29 16:58:22
i am a veteran and its hard for me to get a job right now.I'm having trouble paying my vehicle off because I don't make enough for unemployment.i just need a jump start before i start back working.It would be a blessing to have this vehicle paid off in full. I owe $19,000 on it. yes thats right it was suppose to be finance for 5 years but i got chaptered out the u.s. army.Guys I'm just asking for 20,000 to pay off this vehicle and to get clothes and things i need. I know thats a lot but I really been stressing on my end without any help. God Bless Those people that will help me out. I believe Godly people will help me because I would do the same if I had it. THank YOu!
need help paying rent and utilities
Posted by steward on 2012-02-14 12:58:33
Need Help With Final Expenses For School
Posted by CaliAtHeart on 2012-02-12 16:58:23
I am eager to leave home once and for all, and put all my energy into my future. I've saved what I could, paid what I can and will continue to work diligently towards establishing myself as a productive adult.
However, despite my best efforts, I am still a couple thousand dollars short of my expenses for school. I've asked family members and friends, sold everything I can on Craigslist, and have spent many nights stressing about whether or not I'll be able to actually attend the school I've worked so hard to get into.
I'm not asking for alot, I know that anything will help. This is me asking for perfect strangers to look into the kindness of their heart and donate what they can, or are comfortable with.
I thank you ALL in advance, for even taking the time to read my post, and assure you I will pay forward all kindness.
Here's Hoping!!!
Please be our Angel
Posted by Joanae on 2012-02-09 15:58:18
My name is Jamie and I have a daughter named Jo Jo...i am expecting a baby by July 8th and soon we will jave no were to live. We are look for some start up mobey to get an apartment before this baby comes...if not then I have no choice but to give this child up for adoption...I was expecting twins but I have been stressing so much about everything I have lost one. Just waking up in the morning is hard knowing that one day we may be on the street. Im looking for roughly $5000 I will even work for the money if its not to much labor seeing that I am on bed rest...i believe in God and I pray every night so where ever u r my angel...Thank u Thank u and God bless
wedding help!!!!
Posted by helpmyweddingplease on 2012-01-26 15:58:30
my world is crumbling
Posted by sad78 on 2012-01-25 01:58:22
we both worked hard and paid our way but this dreadful illness has robbed us of time money happiness and i just have a lonely future ahead if we could have help to get happy memories not worry about bills we could have quality time together before the cancer takes him thank you
mother feeling stress in the poconos
Posted by mel53 on 2011-12-19 02:58:43
sincerely, a Mother in the Poconos.
Please, help us survive until the IRS Refund arrives?
Posted by BadTiming on 2011-12-15 02:58:24
I am a single mom of 2 sons; 1 grown & doing wonderfully in the world & the other just entering his teen years. I've raised both boys on my own, survived despite chronic poverty & worked very hard for the past 25 years to do so. I am an unusually-talented & tenaceous woman, having changed careers several times in order to assure that my boys were always properly taken care of. Since 1995, I've worked in positions where I was unsupervised & done well ethically in that type of independent environment. As a subcontracted cab driver for the past 5 years, I've worked 60+ hours a week consistently, without vacation or any other benefits. I've missed only 8 workdays in all that time: 3 days for illness & 5 days straight this past August to care for my mother while she died. I'll be happy to provide direct contact with the cab company owner, should you wish to verify this information.
Several things have changed for me in the past few weeks. I came across an opportunity to start my own business. I crave the day when my earnings are no longer confined to poverty levels & the majority of my waking hours dictated by the terms of a subcontracted position. At 49, I'm still young enough to start fresh again, during these last few years before my youngest son flies the coup. I'm already well-practiced at working on my own. It's finally time for me to do that & reap the rewards as well.
In the meantime, my demanding schedule caused me to be lax in filing tax papers for 2008 & 2009. So, the last week of October, I filed the 2008 returns through a local tax preparer. I've just completed the 2009 books & submitted those to the tax preparer 2 days ago. The importance of the tax filings is that I have a refund of $2000 coming to me from 2008. The tax preparer told me it would take 2 to 4 weeks to receive those funds. So I began preparations to become this region's very first fully-trained SmartPhone & Tablet Repair Tech. Being a frugal woman, I formulated a plan to use the tax refund to pay $395 for the 10 days training & startup business tools. My son & I can easily live off of the remaining money while I launch my business. And with the additional refund from 2009 pending in another 6 to 8 weeks, I will be well-set to get my business rolling.
With the business plan & pending refund in mind; & following a serious disagreement on matters of proper customer service; I gave the cab company 30 days written notice & finished my last day on November 6th. I left on good terms with an option to return. But the owner has since filled my position, so even if I returned immediately, the hours would be sparse. Plus, I could no longer be happy there, having to repeatedly apologize to my customers because the company owner habitually re-contracts drivers of poor character. Swearing at, name-calling & being generally rude to customers & co-workers is unacceptable behavior, in my code of ethics.
However, my tax refund has yet to materialize. I called the IRS just today & finally got some information on my refund status. I already phoned them just 2 weeks ago to correct a major error by the tax preparer. The kind young woman I spoke with today informed me of yet another major error by the tax preparer; & because of that error, it will now be another month before they send a refund to me!
So here I am, trying to keep the faith & maintain my patience, but stressing over unpaid bills. The first of the month has passed. I live in HUD subsidized housing, & my rent is only $110, but it was due by the 5th. I have never been late with my rent, but this month I had to practically beg for the apartment managers to be patient in getting the rent paid. There are also utility bills of nearly $200 due, & my prepaid phone was shut off for several days last week until a good friend paid that bill for me. I had faith in my tax preparer & was counting on having my refund by now to pay those bills. Needless to say, I am very unhappy with his service at this point.
I spent 2 weeks trying to get a 'payday' or personal loan. But because I was a subcontractor & now I'm unemployed, no one is willing to make such a loan. I even dedicated a full day last week to 14 fruitless hours straight online, just trying to click enough surveys to pay the $50 phone bill. I receive no child support or welfare benefits. Sadly for my son, Santa will not be arriving until well after Christmas. At this point, my income is 0.
So what I am asking for is just enough money to get us by until the tax refund arrives. I can reasonably make $750 stretch through to mid-January.
I am proud. It is hard for me to ask for this. But it is even harder to grovel to my landlords & the utility companies. And it was never my intent to risk us losing our home. I am deeply concerned that this may happen. The timing is simply bad for us not to have our refund yet. I wish my tax preparer had done a better job for me.
I have been blessed with great health & an optimistic outlook, despite all my life's trials. Others are not nearly so lucky & I am truly grateful for my blessings. I am also grateful to you for your consideration in this matter. Giving to others to help them improve their lives is indeed a noble endeavor. Bless you
need help to catch up on bills
Posted by RIXCHIK on 2011-12-13 12:58:13
Struggling Graduate Student
Posted by StrugglingGrad on 2011-11-17 03:58:29
struggling
Posted by rusmc75 on 2011-10-19 09:58:56
Need Help so I don't end up homeless
Posted by leslie on 2011-10-04 19:58:51
Family Crisis
Posted by Lukerclan on 2011-09-24 08:58:42
Single Mom Struggling to Make Ends Meet
Posted by alishany on 2011-07-30 11:58:18
I am a single mother struggling with two children. Ages 11 and the baby 11 months old. I am a full-time student in college obtaining my bachelors degree in february of 2012. I've worked all my life; never imagined myself in a position where i couldn't provide for myself or my children. I set goals and high expectations for myself and now that my life is at a standstill, i find myself falling into a depression, granted i am going to school but it's hard to concentrate on my studies with all that's going on in my personal life. I pray to God day and night, but i understand he must have a plan for me, i truly believe that what doesn't break you will only make you stronger. i am a person that was the one to help others if they needed, but now that the shoe is on the other foot i don't see these people anymore, i have no family or friends that can help me in my situation right now.
We live on a fixed income, not enough to make ends meet. i buy what i can but it doesn't last more than two weeks, then baby needs pampers or more milk or we run out of food and i have to humble myself to ask the manager at the supermarket for store credit. Paying him back is still shortening us.
I can't afford to buy my son a crib, since he's grown out of the bassinet, he's been sleeping with me and has fell off the bed at least five times, thank God he wasn't hurt, Thank God for carpet, i have spoken to social services and other charities requesting a crib because i can't afford it and they've told me that i don't fit the criteria, i'd have to be leaving a shelter into an apartment or i'd have to be a victim of a fire where my belongings were all destroyed. It's unreal, but i'm fighting it now.
It hurts when you can't give your children the things they need. My oldest is walking around with the sad face because she see's what i'm going through. She doesn't ask me for anything..., not like she use to. but she tells me that she understands and she's patient because she knows it will get better. She says this because she see's i'm out everyday i'm only home when the kids are home, i'm in school monday thru friday if not in class then in the study hall. MY daugher sleeps alot now and i'm praying she's not seeping into a depression. I talk to her on a daily basis and try to do fun things like go to the park or take a walk around the neighborhood but it doesn't seem like it's working. she's becoming quiet and it's bothering me, i'm considering counseling for her. she's going through alot for an 11 year old and she shouldn't be, but i always tell her she's my trooper and i need for her to be strong right now, she's angry...., i know she is and it probably has to do alot with her father for not helping us and for a few other reasons, but i explain to her that how can he help us when he can't help himself.
School time is coming around again and i have no money to get my daughter what she needs. Baby boy is beginning to grow out of his clothing and i'm worrying and stressing. I am a honest person, a respectful person..., the kind of soul that would do what i can to help sum 1 else and in my current situation, i have. i remember just a few weeks ago it was this woman who looked to be about eight months pregnant sitting in front of mcdonalds holding a sign up that read something like "we're hungry can you please help". i gave five dollars knowing i needed it, but i just couldn't see a pregnant woman not feeding herself and her baby...., as a mother i couldn't see it. And if she was running a scam, then God will deal with her, but at least i know i did what i felt in my heart was the right thing.
I've tried high and low to look for legitimate work at home jobs while i'm in school to help supplement my fixed income but i've run into nothing but scams.
I am asking for a kind hearted individual to please help us. I've never done anything like this before. I had come across this website while searching 4 work at home opportunities, and maybe this is God's way of answering our prayers. This is a temporary situation and once i get myself back on my feet i vow to myself and my kids that we will never be put in this situation again, i'll save..., i'll do what i have to. This hurts so bad.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story, if you've read this far then it means your a caring person. God Bless you.
Need A Guitar
Posted by Guitarplayer on 2011-07-16 18:58:29
Need A Guitar
Posted by Guitarplayer on 2011-07-16 18:58:28
I desperately need some money for bills
Posted by megsap on 2011-06-15 18:58:39
We need money for all our bills but at the moment I am stressing about our car payment, car insurance, and rent as they are all due this week and we have zero money to our names. We need about $1600 to pay those three bills.
I am one of those people who pays it forward, so if you were to help me today by making a donation, I will also make a donation to someone as soon as my husband or I find employment.
Please, please help us.
In Debt from Student Loans Pay check to Pay check only 22yrs old
Posted by AdrianJ on 2011-06-05 01:58:44
help to pay bills
Posted by cn_serna on 2011-05-31 22:58:33
I want to clear all my depts
Posted by adisak on 2011-05-19 22:58:30
medical insurance cut
Posted by helpless on 2011-02-24 10:58:09
