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I currently work 2 different jobs, sometimes pulling over 60 hours a week. I work hard and do my best, but I never seem to be able get ahead. I am asking for help because I have loans that my deferment runs out on at the end of next month. I will have to start making payments towards those as well as my usual bills. On top of that, my car broke down last week. The rear frame has rusted so severely that it is no longer safe to drive and is beyond repair. I just need to be able to have a vehicle to get to work and enough money to make the payments on loans. Please help if you can.

Hi all, i really dont want to bore anyone with desperate pleas so i will attempt to give everyone an outine of my situation and just hope someone can find it in their heart to help.
In short i was forced to leave work when i was abandoned by my wife, who left me with my young daughter, as a single father.
Now i have found a new, wonderful partner, who is about to give birth to our new miracle.
Unfortunatly, after being diagnosed with a degenerative issue with my spine, i am unable to continue work in the normal way.
Having these issues and refusing to give up, i looked for a profession that would allow me to still work to support my new family and get back on our feet with the bills that have built up over the years of being unable to work and (more importantly) allow me to offer help to others in return.
This opportunity i found in the form of Hypnotherapy, an option to allow me to get back into workand not suffer the usual pain and also allow me to offer help to many more people.
Unfortunatly, in order to allow me to do this i need to raise £2500 in order to go to college and get myself qualified and finally get back on my feet by opening my own business in aiding others with their issues.
If you could find it in your heart to help me support my family and help others in the process, then id be exceptionally gratefull.

I'm a 31 year old male, oh and my 4 year old kitty. Life has not been easy but I always did my best to keep moving forward. From dealing with childhood abuse to climbing the corporate/social latter and falling.. I've always tried to "handle it" and do everything the right way, all on my own and helping everyone I could in anyway I could along the way.

I've worked very hard and instead of being out there in the world stealing or making babies I can't afford I got a good job, car, and bought my first home at age 20. I'm the kinda friend you know has his own issues and he don't wanna bum you out with them but you can say "Hey James, I can't make my rent, can I borrow this.." or "James my house burned down can I come live wit you?" or "my boyfriend is about to be deported can you buy his old car so we can afford the lawyers?" and my answers are as follows; How much you need?, how long Can you stay + here's $2000 come buy a co-op in my building I'll put in a good word for you, and will it pass inspection?? All this before I was even 25 and these people were older than me! Grown men coming up to my desk at work tell me "I'm hungry" or even just a simple "Feed me" while perched atop my cubicle like a starving pigeon and we'd laugh and joke and sure enough I would buy or bring in something good to eat. I'm the kind of friend that for your birthday from me your most likely to get something we saw in a store window months ago, just to surprise you and make you happy cause it was meaningful to you. Also very kind to those I don't know who seem to be in need, even when we didn't speak the same language, they were drunk and I didn't know if I was walking into trouble.

Somewhere between then and now my life has turned completely upside down. The weight of what I had previously survived (praise God) and what I am now going through don't balance anymore. I lost that home and car and job due to a disability and even though by now you must think me a generally upbeat, diligent, resourceful, praise his name in wrong or right soul I'm lost and I need to rebuild. My entire support system was slowly picked off by my family and close friends life circumstances. I hate telling people how it all happened because to me it sounds like I'm saying I'm cursed and horrible things just keep happening to me. I accept my responsibility for my end and do self checks constantly. Even when thrown into situations far beyond my years, or no one should expect and try to deal with careful thought, civility and grace.

The one last thing I had to hold on to, that was keeping me strong and helping me grow as a person was the love I thought I had but apparently I did not. Lying, fear, cheating, HIV, emotional abuse, sneakiness, poverty, hurt, uncertainty, finding out the person who was the love of your life gave him HIV on purpose but still didn't want him!, cancer and treatments, severely persistent and mental illnesses, self-centeredness, the loss of friends and family acting shady and all that was just my relationship with my EX! So of course me being me for the most part stowed my problems.. "as usual" even if it left me in a bad spot financially, emotionally or physically and I was there! Loving and Supportive even after I was almost attacked. It's a fine line between being a damn fool and doing the right thing, I know but now I'm all on my own. I'm on medicare but the co-pays and deductible are killing me, I can't stay where I am, I'm fat, unhappy and depressed but still thanking God for all the blessing, some time's I feel like asking for more would be an exercise in futility But I'm here. I recently learned that it's ok for me to ask for help. What I'm begging for is to please, please, say a prayer for one another and me! be good to one another and if you could please help me reach my $2,000 goal to a new begining of self sufficiency so I can stop being a broken person and go back to helping others, me and kitty would be forever in your debt and pray for you as well. Amen

hi there!
i am asking for help to buy myself a new wig! unusual request i know but it makes life completely different for me!
i have suffered with alopecia since i was 4, it is a hair loss condition, since getting older and more conscious of my looks i started wearing wigs to feel more feminine and confident in my apperance. however for a descent wig it costs about £700 i make one last for a whole year before buying a new one, previous years i have had help from family and when i was younger the nhs. but i am now 21 and facing another year of trying to find the extra cash for a new wig. i work full time but my wage just seems to meet the bills each month and not alot more. like every young person i am trying my best to save for a house, car and all the usual things. but it is so hard in this climate. any help even if it were $1 would be so appreciated! as a girl it is the worst thing to loose your hair, wearing wigs is a savier to me, so thankyou so very much!

Hi,I'm female and work full time but with the cost of living going up and wages staying the same I am now struggling to make ends meet. I have a loan and an over draft which I need to pay off plus the usual monthly bills. I got the date wrong for one of my bills and didn't have the money in the bank to pay for it at the time and ended up with bank charges which keep snowballing which is making it almost impossible to get from one month to the next. If I could get my over draft cleared (£500) it would not only give me more money every month it would help me sleep better and stop me waking up dreading the day ahead. I also need to see the dentist as 3 of my teeth have broken but can't afford to go and the longer I wait the worse my teeth are getting. I also need work done to the house to stop it falling apart, if I could get on top of the loan, bills and overdraft I could spend money on the house to make it water and wind proof. Thank you, I will not get my self in this position again if I ever get out that is.

I have taken pride in being able t pay my own bills and always saw to it my rent and all was paid first out of my paychecks.
On December 23 201l, I went to work as usual on ly to leave work that day without a job. Everyone fears this.
I am now 5 weeks behind in rent and am about to be thrown on the street. I go out every day seeking work but there just does not seem to be anything out there. I have applied for shipping and receiving jobs for which I have experience, but apparently 10 years is not enough experience.
I would much rather be working so any job leads would be greatly appreciated. I have to prioritize and keeping a roof over my head is also a high priority. I will even consider some type of work that I can do at home without a computer if necessary. I need to get the rent paid and get a steady income. There are jobs that I could do but could not apply for because I don't have the years of experience the employer wants. I realize that there are many people in need. I don't have family or friends to fall back on like most people. I have been pretty much a loner.
$525.00 would pay the back rent and help me keep my place. I tried to go to Family Independent Agency but they won't help until I can get a job. My past employer is fighting my unemployment and it is now in the protest stage. I had hoped to have it by now.

Hey and thank you for reading!
A little about me; My name is Alana, I am 26 years old and am privileged enough to have two beautiful children aged 6 and 3 who make life so much more bearable when life get's me feeling a little blue.

I've always been hard-working and took evening college classes after working during the day and juggling being a mummy, then passed last year with a distinction enabling me to go to university where I am studying English and History with high hopes for a future in teaching at college level.

So far I have achieved 2:1's in all of my assignments and have just got feedback that I have gained my first 1st in an essay, so my commitment and enthusiasm and sky high right now! Not to mention that my son is so proud of my going to 'grown-up school'and I just hope that I can give us a better future and be an inspirational role model to my children as they grow up.

Like most students I stay up till 2am to complete assignments, and during the day I attend classes, lectures and school runs plus the usual mummy stuff, so my hectic schedule means that I am always kept busy!

I am asking for a little help as although I have kept my family in the same home and our living cost's haven't changed, my diesel costs have quadrupled and my income has decreased significantly. I am making ends meet by requesting every bursary, repayable student loan and any other means of repayable help I can find, but I'm about to start my second semester at uni without any of my reading list books; this totals somewhere in the region of £300 for the remaining term.

I want to do everything In can to ensure I make the most of this opportunity to do the best that I can, and whilst I have used the library and bought second-hand books where I can, most aren't readily available.

So if anyone reading this would like to help me out, I would appreciate it more than I could express in this message, and will respond to every single donation! Any little amount would be a blessing, even the pennies count! I can't cut back any more of my outgoings.

Thank you so much for reading this far! Here's to working hard for a better future! Yours gratefully, Alana and her little (monsters) angels

Hi

i know this is not a usual request and not an essential, but i am looking to raise £400 to take my 7 month old son away on a family holiday this summer, my whole family will be going away and my parents are paying for accomodation but i am looking to raise this for the flights, my sons flight will be free as he will be under and can travel sitting on an adults lap, i have raised £100 so far by selling old baby bits and some of my old pieces, but am struggling to raise the rest of the money for this, i was made redundant when i was 4 months pregnant and have struggled to find any sort of work, any donations would be greatly appreciated

Many Thanks

T x

In July 2007 my husband was a passenger in a co-workers car; the co-worker turned left in front of a pickup and the car was T-boned directly on his side. The co-workers car was an older model with no airbags; the doctor said that if he hadn’t put his arm & hand up to shield his face than it would have been fatal. The subsequent and enduring “care” he has received via workers compensation (WC), for the grave injuries he sustained, has been appalling at best. This is just my personal opinion, based solely on our experiences since the accident, but I have concluded that workers compensation (that was put in place to protect the workers), is nothing less than an unethical, disingenuous corrupt system. They end up sending you to a doctor of there choosing and these doctors (who have "gone over to the dark side")cater to the insurance companies by writing lengthy reports downplaying any injuries (goal of saving insurance company money with zero regard for the patients well being) in exchange for more patients sent to them and guaranteed, probably higher than usual, reimbursements. All too often it seems like WC caters to those who abuse the system and discriminate against those who really are in need. The “timely” medical care my husband has actually been able to procure through this government supported system is a travesty leaving him with irreparable spinal damage and a life of pain to look forward to. The malevolent truth is, had this system acted in a timely fashion, equivalent to the expedient care that ANYONE else not on WC would receive, then something could have been done to improve his quality of life. Unfortunately, as it stands, due to the guileful delay tactics used by WC, it is too late to do much of anything to repair the injuries causing him pain. Clearly supported medically necessary needs have either gone unapproved or purposely neglected for months all the while he continues to suffer with intractable pain. It is just beyond my comprehension as to how these people can feel no remorse for leaving another human being in such agony. Due to WC neglecting to approve certain items we have had to outlay a significant amount of our funds for medically necessary items\services to help him do tasks that he could previously do unassisted.
Today he suffers unrelenting pain as a result of permanent whiplash, 8 herniated discs, and unacknowledged(despite films clearly showing injuries) unaddressed broken tailbone, ribs and pelvis. Nerve damage from the spinal injury has resulted in numbness in his extremities, frequent weakening of his legs and embarrassing incontinence among numerous other concerns - had these been addressed in a timely manner (much like they would have been if not WC injury) his suffering could have been decreased significantly thereby improving his quality of life. The most serious injury he suffered was the hip break (acetabuler break) the worse break possible - it was broken in four places. As alluded to previously, an injury this severe should have been stabilized by surgery - allowing it to heal properly and not leave him suffering in chronic pain. WC puts such demands on providers to cut corners in order to save money that, in my husbands case, his doctor decided to do absolutely nothing but send him home instructing him to stay in a wheelchair 100 % of the time for several months. This doctor did not follow up with an exam or x-rays to make sure everything had healed properly. When my husband tried to explain to him the degree of pain he was still in the Dr said hmmm that shouldn’t be and then said “I can’t do anything else for you…”. This Dr. was so engrossed with saving WC some money that he disregarded his patients plea for help- how dispassionate and cold. The way this physician treated my husband goes against almost every part of the hippocratic oath which he swore to uphold upon graduation.
After being in pain for years, with no help from WC when it came to pinpointing its primary source, we paid out of pocket for a film that revealed his pelvis had been broken in the accident. This was never discovered previously by the orthopedist, again, due to cutting corners to save WC money they didn't take the necessary films to do a thorough job. We have a hearing with WC before a judge in March to request approval of a doctor who can address his broken tailbone - regardless of the fact that he can hardly sit without being in excruciating pain WC has denied him access to a doctor to treat it.
Immediately after the accident WC paid for home care for my husband and I was his caretaker when they were not here. Once they stopped providing this in home care I had to take over caring for him in addition to taking care of our then one year old daughter. I soon realized that I could not work and take care of both of them so I had to leave my job to stay home. As a result of my loss of income we have used up every penny of savings and 401 K, that we worked so hard to earn. We had to purchase anything medically necessary for Randall that WC was denying or losing track of. In addition to all this bad news, he has had to go out on disability (10/10) due to the deterioration of his condition and as a result our income has been cut substantially. This leaves us struggling to survive with no savings and significant decrease in income. I am the primary caregiver of both my husband and 5 year old daughter and all I able to contribute financially is what I can find the time to sell on eBay and needless to say we are coming up short.
All of our credit cards have been turned over to collections and our house note is in default and I am terrified. My heart breaks for my only child my daughter who is just 5 years old - I want her to remember more than this devastating situation about her dad and what undeserved hard times we are facing. You can ask anyone who knows my husband and they will all say the same that he is one of the kindest, caring, and conscientious people they know. I know that he doesn’t deserve the heartache he is having to endure. He has worked hard his entire life, since the age of 15, up until he could no longer because of his injuries; and I know that prior to this accident he had saved and saved and was looking so forward to retiring and having fun times as a family. He hasn’t lost sight of those dreams but the money he had saved to fund them is all gone. Despite everything somehow he still maintains a positive outlook on life which makes him a much stronger person than I.
We all have faith that God will see us through this one way or the other but some days it is just so hard to maintain a positive outlook. We would be truly grateful for any help - do only as your heart leads you to do!
God Bless

I posted this "beg" shortly after New Years, and have posted under rent yesterday as well as I have found out I will lose our home if I don't pay asap. I am new to this and believe me, far from lazy, just very ill. I would happily repay anyone once I get my ssdi awarded or work off anything on my "good days" when I can move around. I was amazed when I got an email that a woman donated to me, and for that, I am forever grateful. I am just praying more people see this and find it in their hearts to help if they are able to. I just copied the original one and its as follows:

Some background:

I am a mother of three wonderful children. I was married to their father for ten years, unfortunately. as with too many these days, it did not work out. I do not regret our marriage, for it gave me three wonderful children who are all almost grown now. 21, 19, 16. When we were married, we both decided it best for me to stay home with the children and raise them within our family, although this is pretty rare these days. Once we divoced though, I could only find manual type (cashier, inventory, stock, etc) work as I was married straight out of high school and did not try to go back to work until they were all in school. I did not mind working sometimes three different jobs in order to have full time hours yet work around the kids school schedule, son's physical therapy and the usual "Mom" stuff. People kept saying go back to school, but I could not figure out how to work three jobs, be the full time mom and dad and add school. Unfortunately five years ago I started feeling ill, like the flu that never went away. I kept working through it, with my kids being older as much as I knew I needed to be there, I knew I needed to pay the rent/bills too, so I started working split shifts at the grocery store. I'd go in at 6 am until 2pm, come home, be here for after school and dinner, then rush back at six and work until 11 pm. All the while I was getting sicker. I was hospitalized three times during this period. Unfortunately no one seems to want to agree with whats wrong with me, I have heard several diagnosis over the years, but RA is the one and only proven ailment, although they feel I have an overlapping autoimmune disease. I have no insurance right now, and hoping to get the state insurance soon, but I have a feeling treatment is a long ways away.

I did not want to go the ssdi route until I had no other choice. Too bad that's not how the system works. I, for the last three years have been dealing with such pain and illness, a "real job" became out of the question, so I'd work here and there, whenever I could get work and be able to do it, as some days are a little better than others. Believe me, nothing is below me, I'm happy to scrub toilets, clean dog poo, I will do anything legal to make it, most days now though I feel so bad I can't do much .Well, I have finally reached that "I can't do stage", just yesterday my daughter had to get me out of bed as I could not move. Problem is, SSDI takes up to two years to get, which I didn't realize, so now due to my inane pride, I am absolutely stuck. I just know if I can get on top of the important bills, I will be able to continue as I have (fingers crossed) until the SSDI is accepted, which I did finally file for.

More important than anything else, I need to get some food in the house for my son. I truly don't care if I eat, as long as its enough to survive, which believe it or not is very little. However, I want my growing son to be able to eat when he's hungry and have good healthy choices along with the occasional treat. My 19 year old is very self sufficient and has moved into her own apartment and after taking college courses all through high school is on the right track. My 21 year old moved out when she graduated high school and she too finished college and is self sufficient. (she has now moved back in with her daughter) That's why I only mentioned my son. I have plenty of clothes I can donate as he grew so fast, many very nice, and also more than willing to repay any amount, just can't promise when.

Please, any help at all, anything, is greatly appreciated. Food is first and there is a very cheap store nearby where I can grocery shop. Bills are secondary right now, so believe me, every bit helps. Thanks for reading my story and giving your time and any help you may be able to handle.

I am disabled, and like most folks, unable to make ends meet. But I'm hopeful I can sell my art and get past the hard times. I make beautiful paper collage art on glass and have received much positive feedback from friends and family. The usual response when I show finished pieces to someone is, "Wow, those are beautiful...you should sell them!" So, that's what I want to do, but right now I need money to cover my living expenses for the month. I am confident I can sell art to supplement my disability check, but I need to get past crisis mode so I can focus on the tasks necessary to be successful. My home is my studio; I have some supplies to get started and a modest computer set-up to sell online. Can you please help an honest artist get a hand up by donating $1,000? I would be so very grateful. I also promise to pay it forward. Thank you very much for your consideration.

Some background:

I am a mother of three wonderful children. I was married to their father for ten years, unfortunately. as with too many these days, it did not work out. I do not regret our marriage, for it gave me three wonderful children who are all almost grown now. 21, 19, 16. When we were married, we both decided it best for me to stay home with the children and raise them within our family, although this is pretty rare these days. Once we divoced though, I could only find manual type (cashier, inventory, stock, etc) work as I was married straight out of high school and did not try to go back to work until they were all in school. I did not mind working sometimes three different jobs in order to have full time hours yet work around the kids school schedule, son's physical therapy and the usual "Mom" stuff. People kept saying go back to school, but I could not digure out how to work three jobs, be the full time mom and dad and add school. Unfortunately five years ago I started feeling ill, like the flu that never went away. I kept working through it, with my kids being older as much as I knew I needed to be there, I knew I needed to pay the rent/bills too, so I started working split shifts at the grocery store. I'd go in at 6 am until 2pm, come home, be here for after school and dinner, then rush back at six and work until 11 pm. All the while I was getting sicker. I was hospitalized three times during this period. Undortunately no one seems to want to agree with whats wrong with me, I have heard several diagnosis over the years, but RA is the one and only proven ailment, although they feel I have an overlapping autoimmune disease. I have no insurance right now, and hoping to get the state insurance soon, but I have a feeling treatment is a long ways away.

I did not want to go the ssdi route until I had no other choice. Too bad that's not how the system works. I, for the last three years have been dealing with such pain and illness, a "real job" became out of the question, so I'd work here and there, whenever I could get work and be able to do it, as some days are a little better than others. Believe me, nothing is below me, I'm happy to scrub toilets, clean dog poo, I will do anything legal to make it, most days now though I feel so bad I can't do much .Well, I have finally reached that "I can't do stage", just yesterday my daughter had to get me out of bed as I could not move. Problem is, SSDI takes up to two years to get, which I didn't realize, so now due to my inane pride, I am absolutely stuck. I just know if I can get on top of the important bills, I will be able to continue as I have (fingers crossed) until the SSDI is accepted, which I did finally file for.

More important than anything else, I need to get some food in the house for my son. I truly don't care if I eat, as long as its enough to survive, which believe it or not is very little. However, I want my growing son to be able to eat when he's hungry and have good healthy choices along with the occasional treat. My 19 year old is very self sufficient and has moved into her own apartment and after taking college courses all through high school is on the right track. My 21 year old moved out when she graduated high school and she too finished college and is self sufficient. That's why I only mentioned my son. I have plenty of clothes I can donate as he grew so fast, many very nice, and also more than willing to repay any amount, just can't promise when.

Please, any help at all, anything, is greatly appreciated. Food is dirst and there is a very cheap store nearby where I can grocery shop. Bills are secondary right now, so believe me, every bit helps. Thanks for reading my story and giving your time and any help you may be able to handle.

Hi.I'm in dire financial straights and could dearly use a helping hand. Here's a little about me. In 2007 I was hospitalized for 10 weeks with pheumonia with a recovery period of about 9 months. On December 22, 2007, my Dad passed away. In May of 2008, my fiance, at the age of 45, suffered a stroke on Mothers Day and passed away 3 days later. The kids are, unfortunatly, with their father now. On December 11 2010, my Mom passed away. Since then, I have lost my drivers licence and have been let go from my employer of over 20 years. I am currently on short term employment insurance, receiving benefits of 55% of my usual income. The past 4 years have been a bit unnerving. I'm having trouble staying afloat. I know my situation will improve but it will take some time. If there's any way that you can help out with a small donation, it would be greatly appreciated. A lot of people have told me to look towards God, but quite frankly, God has not done a lot for me lately

In June my husband's and mine 10 year wedding aniversary is coming up. I would love to take my husband somewhere special because he had made these past ten years smashing. He deserves a break from our usual jobs of work, raising our three kids and just our stressful life. I thought maybe this wil get us a trip to show him he is not only special to me but its an important aspect our family of five. I hope you can help me accomplish this goal. Thanks. Make it a Great Day.

I am a 46 year old traffic policeman in South Africa. In 1993, i married accross the racial barriers to a white afrikaner women. we have two children, James aged 11 and Kyle aged 8. Since 2006, our lives went downhill when we were faced with a serious financial crisis.Then my wifes entire family (father, mother and brother) were wiped out in a car accident and this just added to the strain at home. we live in a government prefab house. My salary just cannot sustain my family and i have basically given up any hope of getting out of this situation. there are just so many bills, school fees in arrears of R30,000 other bills in excess of R80,000. i have been blacklisted at the credit companies so i cannot even buy anything on credit. i know this sounds like the usual story, but belive me this is not a normal story. i can give you more evidence of my predictament if you so wish. you can even visit me and my family to wittness what i am saying. pLEASE HELP ME!

Hello World!!! I need your help desperately. I have Stage IV Breast Cancer with metastatic sites to my long bones. I have a right broken hip which has shortened my right leg by two inches. My left humerus had a hole the size of Calcutta, however it did get a nice big pin. I am receiving Social Security which does cover my rent and utilities. The State of California awarded me In Home Support Services for 117.8 hours per month which is wonderful with a BIG BUT!!! Since I receive $1156.00/month from Social Security and the federal poverty level is $607.00/month, I have to pay her the first $566.00 a month of her salary. I dont have it and will never have it. I live on a tight budget and don't have an extra $566.00/month. I need my caregiver. Since I cannot drive, cannot walk for any type of distance, she is my legs and my arms. She comes to my apartment daily and helps me get in and out of the shower and the usual things that we take for granted. She cannot continue to work for half of her salary and I understand this. She also has a family to feed.
Any help and every dollar will go to pay her the $1500.00 that I owe her.
Thank you and god bless.
Beverlylagrange@msn.com

Three years ago, the Christian bookstore where my wife had worked for 12 years closed. She has only been able to find part-time work since then, and is making only about 1/3 what she earned before. We were managing (barely) until last October, when my employer dropped our PPO plan to avoid a 25% premium hike. We now have a high-deductible health reimursement arrangement, which requires us to pay all of our medical costs up front, then wait up to 45 days for reimbursement of 1/2 the deductible, until the deductible is met, then the usual 80% reimbursement will kick in. With prescriptions alone costing us over $1200 a month, we are having to charge them, racking up interest while we wait for reimbursement. Any little bit that you can give would be GREATLY appreciated!

Hi there, I'm not your usual beggar. I'm a mom with 2 beautiful children, one of whom needs help to correct a skull deformity. I am registered with justgiving.com and all money donated goes directly to the charity Headstart4babies, I do not seek to gain anything financially myself, only to make sure my son gets the treatment he needs. I need to raise £1950 (about $3000) to pay for my sons treatment. All donations through the site go directly to help my son and if we are fortunate to raise more that the £1950 needed any additional funds will stay with the charity to help other children like him with the same condition. There are more details about his condition on the website. www.justgiving.com/Jennifer-Okanay.

Please help if you can.

Many thanks :)

Family of 5 needs a little holiday cheer. After being homeless for a year this family of five finally have a home of their own, there's just one thing. They lost everything they owned clothes, personal items, furniture, that were in storage they could afford no longer to pay. They are in an empty house with a couple of mattresses on the floor. None of the usual things that make the holiday bright. food,etc. If anyone who reads this and has any plates, kitchen items, an old table, old toys, anything a family might need to start a household from scratch. ANYTHING is appreciated, and Happy Holidays. Please do not flag this ad for removal this family desperately needs help. CL kept removing the ad so thats why I am trying here.

30 year old female artist from Scotland is seeking help to fund one academic year at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, China, from September 2011. I dream of studying the Chinese language and painting the urban landscape.

I am not eligible for the usual Chinese government or Confucius Institute Scholarships that most people use as I am too old/too long out of education.

I am trying to raise US$2000 for the tuition fees and $1300 for the return airfare. $3300 in total.

I do have a paintings of Europe for sale at: www.etsy.com/shop/scully where all profits go towards my educational goal. This also shows my work. Alternatively, if you can offer $200 or more, during my time in China, I will paint and send you an original 5x7" watercolour as a thank you. I can offer larger/more paintings for larger donations. Please ask.

Xie xie (thank you)

Hi, I’m Yoda the cat. I was abandoned by the roadside and met with an accident and am paralyzed from my bottom half. Fortunately, I was adopted by a loving family and was nurtured back to good health.

However, I can’t perform my usual activities. Crawling on the ground sometimes cut my knees, and I have troubles crossing drains, or going up small curbs.

I've recently found a company in the US that sells wheelchairs for animals like me. Please donate to my wheelchair.

Go to my donation page to start donating: http://wheelsforyoda.appspot.com

My family and I just recently lost our home and everything to a fire Nov 2008. We feel overwhelmed and strapped as the insurance company as usual never fullfills their end of the bargain. It's hard enough to have lost everything we've built up together our whole married lives and also things we've had since we were kids but our 3 childrens things seem to strike the hardest. The Lord was watching over us that day. We are trying to get back on our feet, but in this uncertain economy its proving more difficult everyday. We have been big givers and enjoy to give. Now we are in a serious time of need and thankyou for any donations or love offerings you may want to give. Thankyou again and God bless.
You may send donations to paypal email csmojo04@yahoo.com Thankyou!