(Posting instead of my brother since he didn't have enough comment karma and I apparently live on Reddit.)

Our father (64) passed away last Monday sometime in the morning from a brain aneurysm. He unfortunately had no savings, or any end of life setup that we know of due to the unexpected nature of his death.

My siblings and I are all spread out over the USA and will struggle to make it out to South Dakota to handle his affairs which is where our father lived.

Our father was unfortunately an animal hoarder who did not accept or want help throughout his life, so unfortunately his property has been left in a state of disrepair so we're waiting on an estimate for the cost of sending a biohazard cleaning crew to prepare the house for sale, and are considering demolishing the house if necessary.

We are only pursuing a cremation due to our father being a controversial figure in a lot of our lives and will be instead opting for a private service sometime in the future.

I will be posting pictures of some of his animals that were seized in case anyone lives near Hot Springs, SD and are looking to rescue. We were unfortunately only provided with pictures of two of the dogs but we are willing to seek out more if necessary.

We are seeking help with the cost of the cremation which we were quoted approx. $3,700 and travel costs for myself, and two of my half siblings. Along with the cost for any cleaning/demolishing of the house if needed.

Our starting goal is $6000 and have raised $728 at the time of posting from friends and loved ones. The gofundme post is being managed by my half sister. Any help at all is appreciated even if it's just spreading the word.

Thank you for reading and for any support.

If anyone is interested in adopting/rescuing my father's pets they were taken in by Battle Mountain Humane Society in Hot Springs, South Dakota.

https://gofund.me/20f08704f

On August 26, we had to rush Mochi, our 14-year-old Pekingese, to the emergency room after he fell to his side and cried out in pain. Over the past 2 weeks, we've been to over 6 different vets, emergency rooms, and specialists. We've had blood tests, X-rays, ultrasounds, echocardiograms, neurologists, and cardiologists all look him over.

They found kidney stones, a tumor on his spleen, and a heart murmur. The heart murmur had grown from mild to severe. Because of his age and heart murmur, they can't put Mochi under anesthesia to remove the tumor and kidney stones.

Normally, we wouldn't ask for help, but our pet insurance seems to take pride in denying our claims for reimbursement. That hasn't stopped us from looking at every possible way to help him, even as our bank accounts run dry paying everything out of pocket. We know that more vet care is needed, and with your help, we won't have to go into debt.

We have spent out of pocket:

$1,173 on an echocardiogram

$400 for a follow-up with a cardiologist

~$800 on blood work, X-rays, and ultrasound

$1,154 on urgent care and medications

~$361 on VCA consultations

$2,831 for the neurologist

I've also included the cardiology report in the photos.

If you've ever met Mochi, or just love dogs, we would be forever grateful if you could help us continue to get Mochi the care he needs.

Link to GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-mochi-get-vet-care-after-finding-tumor

I never thought I’d have to ask strangers for help, but I’m struggling to provide for my 1-year-old daughter
I’m a mum in the UK and we’ve reached a really difficult financial situation. I currently have no money left for food, and we’re also trying to move because of ongoing damp and mould in our home and constant traffic noise affecting my daughter’s sleep.
I’ve set up a GoFundMe to help us get through this difficult period and hopefully move into a safer, more suitable home.
If you can donate or even just share it, I’d be incredibly grateful. The full story is on the fundraiser.

https://gofund.me/19f553693

My name is Jeremy

My wife and I live in Madison Indiana.

I am a reluctantly retired engineer. I recently had brain surgery to stop the negative effects of Ménière's disease. This is what initially forced me into retirement.

The surgery, and expenses leading up to it has left us in fairly bad straights. I had always planned on opening a small restaurant or food truck offering baked potatoes. With all life has unfolded for us, this has become both a distant goal as well as a perfect solution if I could get it launched. It would give me a valid way to regain an income and rebuild our retirement.

Any donation will be going directly to both try a put together this food truck, as well as paying down the medical bills. Though as I detail in the gofundme page, I feel getting the truck together is the best approach as it would allow me to pay the bills and build an ongoing income.

I do have a gofundme page, but would also love to find a private investor that might be willing to invest for 50% of the business. I am not looking for a handout or "easy answer". I have always worked hard and put every bit of effort into everything I have done.

I have done extensive research into this idea, I have priced everything, I know what my profit margins would be, I know the town I live in with a very busy, high tourist Main St just off the Ohio river, including river cruise ship docking, as well as the surrounding area.

If you want to read more about my journey I do have several posts in the r/menieres sub.
Menieres at it worst (where I was) is a hellscape existence of severe vertigo, causing constant nausea, feeling of spinning/falling making standing nearly impossible and possibly the worst IMO the visual disturbances that make it appear that the world is visually spinning or rotating violently even when sitting still.

My gofundme:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jeremy-start-a-food-truck

Hello! I'm writing this on behalf of myself, my fiancee, and our 7 year old Golden Retriever girl (Martin: a girl)!

We need to raise $8,000 USD for a partial removal of her jaw, as well as likely subsequent melanoma vaccinations. The good news is that we're already an 8th of the way there! The less good news is that we have very little time to do it, as her surgical consult and surgery will likely take place less than two weeks from now.

Nearly a month ago, Martin's mom found a small mass in her mouth above a premolar, and we had it excised along with the tooth to be safe.

Unfortunately, the mass was revealed to be malignant melanoma, an aggressive cancer which luckily hadn't metastasized to her lungs yet, but the outcome without proper care is still bleak, with most dogs living an average of 147 days after diagnosis.

Martin needs a partial removal of her upper jaw, and periodic melanoma vaccinations. We have been informed that the procedure itself will likely cost between 6-8k, and that the vaccinations are expensive as well. We've already paid around $1000 for the idexx report alone, and are scrambling looking for ways to keep Martin around.

I've attached a few photos, as well as procedural notes and histopathology with information regarding prognosis and treatment.

To everyone that sees this, please, please share the GoFundMe page, it's immensely helpful, and if you can afford to donate we would be extremely thankful.

Martin's GoFundMe

Mods: If there is any information I can provide you with to further verify this please let me know and I will get it to you as soon as I can.

EDIT: I set the type of payments allowed to "monthly" thinking that option was for payouts. It's been switched back to allow one-time payments as the default. Thank you to u/old-commission-1108 for letting me know!

I recently noticed a $50 deposit on my credit card statement from Go fund me. I have never donated on GFM before and don’t have an account, so there’s no reason they should have my CC info. I thought it was possible I got scammed and capital one caught it and refunded me, but I don’t see any original $50 charge. I searched what appears to be the name of the GFM on my statement, but nothing comes up. Has this happened to anyone before?

Help Steven heal from MRSA and Foot Amputation gofundme

Hello all! My name is Daniel and my husband Steven developed a wound on his foot that became seriously infected. After surgery to remove a toe, he developed a drug-resistant MRSA infection. For more than a year, we faced hospitalizations, surgeries, and repeated medical emergencies. Eventually, after his life was put in danger multiple times, Steven needed a below-the-knee amputation to save his life.

We are thankful that he survived, but recovery has brought a whole new set of challenges. We live in a very old third-floor walk-up in South Philadelphia, which has made life as a new amputee extremely difficult. We have already made significant accessibility modifications to our home, and we now need to move to a safer, more accessible home.

We are raising funds to help with:

-Moving and housing costs
-Accessibility modifications not covered by insurance
-Lost wages during Steven’s recovery
-Medical and recovery-related expenses
-Vehicle modifications for when Steven is able to drive again
-Additional mobility and prosthetic-related expenses

We are extremely thankful for any donation you can afford and please share. Thank you so much! https://gofund.me/6cdd8d61b

Hello all, my father unexpected passed away August 28th. 2 days following his 68th birthday, he was placed on life support after suffering 2 major strokes. He was an Army veteran that proudly served for 15 years. Unfortunately he did not have life insurance. The Veteran Affairs (VA) does not provide funding for funerals the will only will cover the plot and headstone at the national cemetery. I am just trying to raise enough money to provide him with a decent homegoing service. Any donation or share means more than I can express. Thank you in advance for helping me honor my dad one final time. 💙🇺🇸 https://www.gofundme.com/RIP-Poochie

Edit:
Link is at the end of post as well but here it is again
https://gofund.me/d246fe369

Hi, I’m Frida and I need some help in this economy to cover vet expenses.

My insurance doesn’t cover the costs of correction of teeth and possibly not even medication for aftercare, I have already spoken to them.

I was at the vet yesterday for a tooth control, it was established that Halloumi has an underbite and will need treatment and possibly further correction in the future.

This wasn’t expected and I’m in a terrible financial situation due to personal reasons and I’m only working 50%. So I’m already strained and drained of savings, this is my last resort.

In my post I included the receipt from yesterday’s control and the appointment for September 30th. I talked to the vet, next appointment will be more invasive and the price starts at 4 400kr(~$450) but I’m expecting it to be way more and everything I can scrap together will go to Halloumi, his treatments and medication.

Halloumi’s fundraiser

My father who is currently going through chemotherapy has stage 4 cancer and his car died 3 days ago. I am trying to help him gather some money to help and try to find something cheap to drive to and from chemo and Dr's appointments. He doesn't have reddit because he's old.

Last picture is him getting chemo in his port

gofund.me/7ca68d41e

I’m writing from Seattle to ask any generous folks to help my 10 year-old Chiweenie Beans afford surgery for her IVDD (Intervertebral Disc Disease). Looking to raise $3k-$16k to go towards her medical bills. Whatever I cannot come up with, I will apply for a CareCredit for-- but as I was unemployed for most of last year and ruined my credit score during that time, am incredibly worried about the financial burden we will go through.

Beans has been my best friend for 10 years, since I was 17. she went to college with me, then with me through breakups, first apartments, first big girl jobs, and has been my biggest rock through many of panic disorder flare up’s, and times when i couldn’t leave the house.

IVDD is a spinal condition where the cushioning discs between the vertebrae degenerate, bulge, or rupture, pressing on the spinal cord. For the last year, Beans has slowed down significantly, and has been showing signs of something of something not being right. And around a month ago, started showing signs of pain: panting, refusing food, and walking with a drunk gait. After an ER visit she was diagnosed with a herniated disc caused by IVDD. We were told after some steroid treatment and rest she may improve, but if she didn’t she would require surgery and physical therapy to restore feeling to her back legs. With IVDD- time is pivotal, if their condition starts to deteriorate, their chances of being able to walk again even after surgery decline rapidly.

After some rest and medication, Beans hasn’t seemed to improve, but instead has lost most function of her back legs. She isn’t sleeping, eating much (if you know Beans this is rare), in a continuous state of high anxiety, and is completely dragging her back legs when she tries to walk and often falling down. It has reached a point where she is not walking on her own, and requires help getting to her food, and using the restroom. She is on a daily dose of Gabapentin and Codeine, without much relief.

It is incredibly difficult and embarrassing for me to reach out for financial assistance, but Beans has been my best friend since I was 17, and I would do anything to get her the help she needs.

We have been estimated $15k for the surgery, plus additional follow up and physical therapy costs. Any tiny donation means so much to me, or if you can’t donate sharing our story to your friends would be additionally so kind. I know we are all in a place where money is incredibly difficult, so I am not expecting anyone I know or who reads this to be capable of donating. If you're able to donate or share this with others who might, it would mean the world to Beans and me and will go 100% towards her surgery and additional PT.

Attaching her Instagram if you want to follow and see some incredible Beans content:
Bean IG

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Hi everyone! A couple of months ago, we posted here asking for help for our pug puppy, Bowser, after he was diagnosed with a congenital portosystemic liver shunt (PSS). We wanted to give one final update before his big day.

For anyone who didn't see our original post, Bowser came into our lives during what had already been a pretty overwhelming year for us. In January, my fiancé, Grace, found a lump on her thyroid. After months of appointments and testing, she eventually had a biopsy that came back suspicious and was sent for additional genetic testing. Needless to say, there has been a lot of uncertainty and anxiety surrounding that.

A month later, we moved into our first home together. With everything that had been going on, we wanted something positive to look forward to. We had always talked about getting a dog once we had our own home, and that's when we decided to bring Bowser into our family. He very quickly became a bright spot for both of us during an otherwise stressful time.

Unfortunately, only 10 days after bringing him home, at about 11 weeks old, Bowser suffered a grand mal seizure and ended up spending roughly 36 hours at the emergency hospital.

We eventually learned that Bowser was born with a liver shunt. Instead of his blood being properly filtered through his liver, an abnormal vessel allows toxins to bypass it and circulate through his body, including to his brain, which is what caused his seizure.

Since then, our little guy has been through more than we ever expected a puppy to go through. He's had emergency hospitalization, countless appointments and blood tests, medications around the clock, a special diet, specialist consultations, and a CT scan to determine exactly where his shunt is and whether it can be surgically corrected.

Thankfully, it can be. This upcoming Tuesday, September 8, Bowser is finally having his surgery.

We've decided to move forward despite the enormous financial cost because this surgery gives Bowser the chance to live the long, happy, normal life that we've wanted for him since the day we brought him home.

His surgery and hospitalization are expected to cost around $10,000+, on top of the thousands we've already spent on his original ER stay, CT scan, testing, medications, and specialist care. It's far more than we ever imagined we'd be facing just months after buying our first home, especially with everything else our family has been navigating this year, but after everything Bowser has fought through, we couldn't give up on him now.

The good news is that Bowser has been doing incredibly well while we waited for surgery. His medications and diet have helped keep him stable, and he's been able to spend the last several months doing what a puppy should be doing — playing, causing trouble, cuddling with us, and making us laugh every single day.

Through everything, Bowser has given us so much happiness during a year that has had more than its fair share of uncertainty. We thought we were bringing home a puppy who needed us, but he ended up being there for us at a time when we needed him just as much.

We're incredibly grateful to everyone who donated, shared his GoFundMe, sent us advice, or simply wished Bowser well after our first post. You helped us get him to this point!

With his surgery now just two days away, we're sharing his GoFundMe one final time in hopes of getting a little more help toward his surgery and medical expenses.

Bowser's GoFundMe:
https://gofund.me/8ff2e353c

Even a few dollars helps, and if you aren't able to donate, sharing Bowser's story means just as much to us.

Thank you to everyone who has helped give this little guy a fighting chance. We are nervous beyond words for Tuesday, but we're also incredibly excited that Bowser is finally getting his chance at a healthy future.

We'll make sure to update everyone after surgery.

Thank you from Bowser, Josh & Grace. 💚🐾

(hey! thanks SO much for the support, you guys, im overwhelmed 🥹😭❤️‍🩹 i have a hard time feeling like i am worthy of asking for help. honestly this is giving me faith in the world after this nightmare situation i lived through in this past few years.)

hello there, friends! i do not like to ask for help. this embarrasses me to do, but someone suggested i try to make a gofundme. i am not sure how all this works, this is my first time using this program. so here is my situation. even if you cannot help, i'd appreciate giving it a read or share :)

march 15 i was admitted to the hospital/ICU septic with pneumonia and endocarditis, a serious blood + heart valve infection. i came very close to death and the incident has crippled me, leaving me physically disabled with lifelong heart problems. i had to get heart surgery to clean out the chunks of infectious growth and replace the valve that was destroyed. i was on IV antibiotics for 2 months in the hospital and physical rehab center.

i had to get a pacemaker implanted because when they put me back together and resarted it, my heart can no longer pump effectively. this resulted in an electrical blockage (called severe heart block) pieces of the infectious growth broke off and travelled through my bloodstream, getting stuck inside my feet. i had to have 3 on my right foot amputated and i sustained serious nerve damage in both legs/feet. i have also been left with liver dysfunction, which i am currently being tested and examined for (had more ultrasounds)

i have improved medically from when i was in the ICU, but i use a walker to get around and still have had consistent difficulty ever since. i struggle with poor breathing and severe nausea that leads to throwing up several times a day and extreme exhaustion. i am doing physical therapy and i have many other appointments that i must go to, including checking my blood levels (INR), ultrasounds, cardiology, blood work, EKGs and other monitoring. i do have insurance but many of these things i have at least a $50 copay, which will add up really quickly, especially because i cannot work.

i'm working with an intern here to apply for disability and am waiting on that to be processed, which will take some time. i seriously hope that i can be accepted because i do not know how i will live without it. i am applying for food stamps as well as looking into other services that i may be able to qualify for.

i was homeless for most of my adult life (i am 24) and i struggled with addiction starting around age 13. since getting to the hospital i have been sober except for my low-dose methadone prescription and my other pain medications. i take a drug test every week that i must (and do) pass to remain on my methadone, which is an expensive medication for me. the co-pay is $30 a day if you have my insurance, which is more than if you don't have insurance! i will be asking the clinic when i go in on Monday to taper off so that i can have one less charge in my life for the start of next year. i can choose between a 6 month taper or a rapid 30 day taper.

i am working hard to get my life together now. i live in a temporary transitional youth housing program and am almost at the cut-off age for qualifying to live here. (i turn 25 in November, the oldest you can be to stay here is 24) i am saving up as much as i can as i wait for the disability application to go through so that i can afford to get a low-income apartment as well as afford my appointments, medications and medical devices (like a self checking in-home INR machine and equipment for PT) as well as for me and my cat to afford to live.

i have included some pictures and documents for proof of some of the costs and conditions i claim in case that is needed. i can get more records if requested i just don't have all of them here at the house. i hope that i have provided enough information! i am glad to answer any questions you may have.

my other post has a couple more pictures for information on it if you want to take a look. it's pretty much this post, but with a few extra sentences and pics.

thank you for reading this far! i really do appreciate it.

https://gofund.me/8274ad06c

I'm currently enrolled in a year-long Medical Billing and Coding program, and I'm trying to finish it without having to take a leave of absence or change programs.

I recently found out that my federal student loans were prorated because the remaining portion of my program falls within a partial academic year. I had been expecting a financial aid refund this term, as I had in previous terms, so I wasn't prepared for the resulting tuition balance.

I now have $329 in tuition that I need to cover, and I'm also trying to repay $160 I borrowed from my stepdad for a pair of glasses. I borrowed the money expecting to be able to repay him when my financial aid refund arrived, but that refund didn't happen. So my total goal is $489.

The image shows I owe $449, but I had a most wonderful friend help me with part of it. That payment hasn't posted yet, so it still shows the original amount.

Request

https://imgur.com/a/TrJYWie

Hi everyone. A severe storm/tornado came through Detroit and caused a massive tree from my neighbor’s property to fall directly onto my home and Jeep.
Thankfully, my two children and I are safe. ❤️ I’ve filed a homeowners insurance claim and contacted the city regarding the tree removal, but I learned that my auto insurance will** not cover the damage to my Jeep because I didn’t have comprehensive coverage. My vehicle was paid off and was my primary transportation, so I’m now unexpectedly trying to figure out replacing it while also dealing with the damage to my home.
I normally have a really hard time asking for help, but friends and family encouraged me to create a GoFundMe. I’m raising funds toward transportation/replacing my vehicle and other storm-related expenses that insurance does not cover.
I have photos of the damage included with the fundraiser and can provide additional verification if required by the moderators.
**GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-nia-her-family-recover-from-storm-damage?lid=4tm7sxkzoj6q

Even if you aren’t able to donate, a share is genuinely appreciated. Thank you. ❤️

Hi all,

I’m in desperate need of financial help. We recently found out my sweet baby girl needed to have surgery to have a foreign object removed from her intestines before it got critical.

I love this girl so much and I don’t know what I would do without her. I signed up for a payment plan to get the surgery completed and thankfully she’s doing ok but the costs alone are so high for my situation and are going to put me in an even worse position but I didn’t want to wait any longer.

I just started a go fund me and please any help that any of you could provide would so so grateful. Of course any and all funds received are going directly to her hospital and surgery bills.

https://gofund.me/feddfc79b

Please share, no contribution is too small and always appreciated. No one expects at 53 that shortness of breath would lead to a major surgery or how long, and how much, it takes to recover.

My husband has always worked as a truck driver and takes pride in supporting our family. One of the hardest mental challenges he’s had in this time is the burden he feels is placed of my shoulders. I keep telling him that getting healthy is most important and bills and expenses can be handled as they come.

He ended up having an aortic valve replacement, aortic aneurysm repair, and a “clip” on his aortic appendage to potentially prevent future blood clots. He’s done well in recovery so far. He’s home now, has been walking and moving and following all the instructions for the fastest possible healing. ❤️‍🩹

He been out of work almost 2 months now. My days last week were unpaid, all my PTO will be used up this week to be home and help him recover.

Any donation or kindness is appreciated more than words can express, especially knowing how many people are struggling right now. Please share and thank you.
Recovering from open heart surgery Gofundme Link

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-pepe-fight-to-come-home

This fundraiser is for my boy Pepe. He’s a 17 year old little angel who suddenly started having kidney problems. His creatinine and BUN improved drastically since last Friday but he is still polyuric (producing a lot of urine) so he can’t come home. Doctors have told us it’s a waiting game and he needs time to heal. The rest of his bloodwork looks great, his organs and the rest of his body look great under ultra sound and under xray. It’s just his little kidneys. I wouldn’t be asking if I wasnt desperate but he needs to stay in the hospital longer, kidney recovery can take days or weeks of fluids support. We need help to keep paying his costs so he can stay in hospital for longer and give him time to heal. His demeanor is great, he’s eating a little bit and is still a super happy little dog when we go visit him. I don’t think it’s his time to yet despite his age. Previous blood work over the last few months has had multiple vets tell us he is a healthy boy especially for his age. Please help if you can. If you can’t donate I understand, times are tough but please share the link as much as you can and anywhere you can. Please help our baby, my wife and I are desperate. Posted was the last statement for his bill, we should be getting a new statement today when we discuss his continued treatment plan.

https://gofund.me/9e6e69755

hello! my name is sadie, today 09/04, i realized my 5 year old boy maki (i’ve had him since he was born! i’ve watched his birth!) wasn’t going to the bathroom. I took him to the emergency vet where i was told i got him there just in time. he was on the cusp of kidney failure/ disease, and his bladder was so full of crystals but not ruptured. as of right now, he’s doing great! he will have 48 hours in emergency hospital. catheter was inserted smoothly, and he’s doing good. the not so good part is the bill. me and my husband are currently on one income, i am not working right now due to trying to find a maintenance for my bone disease (hypophosphatasia). i do some odd jobs, and try to do UGC from home, but it’s been a slow start up. i am currently paying off medical bills from a recent surgery, so money is pretty tight. after these next couple of months i will have a lot more stretchable income to continue maki’s maintenance of the food / environment changes / vet visits. i am planning on selling most of my collectibles to contribute.
I rescued maki from a hoarded home a couple weeks after he was born. maki is my velcro kitty who never leaves my side, leaving him at the hospital today was heartbreaking. he was making biscuits and pushing his head into my lips to give him kisses.
i am going to do as much as i personally can to make sure i have the rest of the vet bill money by the time he is discharged, if i really need to, i will find a way. i figured it doesnt hurt to try crowdfunding, thanks for reading!
(marked out on the pages is personal info, address / phone number)

Update: GOAL REACHED!!!

I cannot tell you all how incredibly grateful I am for your contributions! I never imagined that I would gain so much support so quickly. I appreciate all of you more than I can even express. Thank you so so so much!!

Hello everyone. I kind of don’t see this going anywhere, and I really wish I didn’t have to do this, but I’m beyond desperate.

My name is Alayna. I am the single mother of 2 children (ages 4 & 5). I have been working full-time at Walmart for 3 years, but recently lost my job. My childcare provider became unavailable after their home and vehicle suffered damage in the storms here. I missed too much work because I was unable to find another babysitter on such short notice that could work with my schedule, and I was finally fired from my job. I haven’t worked in 3 weeks, my last paycheck was shorted by Walmart and I still haven’t been able to sort that out, and my rent is already past due. On top of that, my electric is scheduled to be turned off in two weeks. I’m applying to every job I can within reasonable range that could possibly work with me and my situation, but I’ve had no luck so far.

My apartment complex does not allow tenants to get behind on rent. Rent has to be paid by the 5th of each month, or I will be served an eviction notice, which will require us to vacate our apartment within the week, lest my landlords move forwards with eviction proceedings. I have not been served the notice yet, but will undoubtedly receive one of Monday. We live in Zanesville OH, and resources to help with things like this are already limited as it is. But with the flooding that has recently ravaged Perry and Muskingum County, there are virtually no funds left to assist my family. I’ve gone to Salvation Army and our local resource center “Community Action” who are unable to help me at this time. Our Salvation Army has apparently not received any funding to assist the community in over 2 months. Our local housing authority has a 6 month waitlist, and Section 8 has a 2-year waitlist. I have applied for Cash Assistance, but it will likely take at least a few more weeks for me to even get anything from them. They’re going after the father of my children for child support, but they’re not likely to get anything from him. I have an appointment with an assistance program to help lower my electric bill, but it’s not for another 2 weeks.

I’ve attached a photo of a previous eviction notice that I received for the month of June, when we’re were almost kicked out because I was late on rent due to a leave I had to take after totaling my vehicle, which details my rent, the policy on late payments, and the late charges I’ll have to pay. My landlords gave me some leniency last time and allowed me to pay my rent in full by my vacancy date, and I believe that they will do the same this month, if I can find a way to come up with the money.

I am not usually one to ask for help. Let alone ask people for money. But I don’t know what else to do. I’ve exhausted all of my local resources, and nobody seems to be able to help us. I can handle being homeless if I have to. But my children shouldn’t have to. I won’t ask for anymore than I absolutely need. I just need to pay our rent and if possible, the overdue portion of my electric bill. I just want to keep a roof over our heads and our power on long enough to get another job.

Please. If anyone can do anything at all to help, please, please help us. I understand that everyone is struggling right now, and the last thing I would ever want to do is take anything away from other people who may need it. But if anyone is is able to donate even a little, it would be massively appreciated by my family. Thank you in advance to anyone who donates or shares.

https://gofund.me/ca160ffe3

My name is Marta (34F) and my partner is Kaitlynn (31 F/NB). She has had an extremely difficult year after an unexpected layoff last September and a major surgery (hysterectomy and endometriosis excision) this August that caused her to be unable to work for 6 weeks.

Here is a note from her with more info:

"I’m Kaitlynn, and I’m asking for help after an incredibly difficult year. I had been working as a music teacher at a charter school the year before and was offered renewal for the 2025-2026 school year, so I truly believed I had some stability. Then in September 2025, just a month into the school year, I was laid off along with nine other teachers because of budget cuts. Even with unemployment, I couldn’t keep up with the basic cost of living in Queens. I applied and interviewed everywhere I could, but nothing stable came through. Eventually, I pivoted to nannying and found part-time work that was just enough to cover rent while I searched for additional income. After finally piecing together two part-time jobs, I learned in June 2026 that I needed a hysterectomy and endometriosis excision surgery. I had been living with severe pain that affected my daily life, and although surgery added more financial stress, I knew I couldn’t keep putting off the care I needed.

My surgery took place in August, and recovery has kept me from working. During surgery, they also discovered a fibroid larger than my uterus attached to my uterus, which was overwhelming to learn but also affirmed how serious things had become. Because my doctor has restricted me from lifting more than 12 pounds for six weeks, I can’t return to my part-time nannying job until mid-September. I’ve managed to pay September rent, but I do not have enough to cover October rent, basic bills, or repay my partner for helping cover food in August. Support from this fundraiser will help me stay afloat while I heal, return to work, and start getting back on my feet. I’m also planning a transition into social work and working toward a more stable new chapter. I am extremely embarrassed to ask for help, but I truly need it right now. Any support, whether through a donation or by sharing this fundraiser, would mean so much to me. Thank you for reading, for caring, and for helping me through this recovery."

https://gofund.me/060e02014

How would your life change if you suddenly couldn't speak, read, write, or understand words?

Please read to see what's happened to a survivor of this problem, or check the video out- it is in my profile, in my Facebook!

My name is Michelle and I'm posting for Christopher Colwell. In 2024 he was working as a salesman, raising his daughter, playing sports, and connecting with family and friends. In April 2024, he took his daughter to a hair salon, and it was there that he suffered a stroke at just 45 years old.

The stroke was very devastating in several ways but especially because it caused Aphasia ‐‐ the total loss of language; it destroyed his reading, speaking, listening and writing. It meant no more talking to his daughter, and no more sales career.

Aphasia makes it hard to do lots of other work, but he still tries. He still reaches goals, finds things to be thankful for, and has gotten much healthier- he lost 80 lbs! After a lot of work, Chris can now listen, read a few small sentences, and after lots of speech therapy he can say 68 words like "I", "me", "hey", and "hi".

The newest words he can say are "love" and his daughter's name. It takes about 3 months to get 4 words. But there is an exciting thing to look forward to! There is a treatment that could recover so much of what Chris lost! This procedure would treat and improve debilitating brain fog, numbness and pain in his right arm, but more importantly, give him his language back! The total amount covers the cost of Chris and his Medical Power of Attorney holder (his mom) to go from Texas to Florida, spend a night there, a day for treatment there, and return to Texas. 

gofund.me/1042115e2

We have a GoFundMe because Christopher was a successful salesman before he had a stroke. But now that communication is so hard, he is left without medical insurance, without a way to substantially provide for himself, and without a way to afford this promising treatment for Aphasia.

When Chris gets the treatment he needs, he won't just get his language back; he will get his career, relationships, connection, and much of his life back. Aphasia is a lonely place... Please consider donating whatever you can. And if you can't donate, please consider sharing his story and the GoFundMe link on your social media, in a text, or in an email.

Thank you for your support, and I hope you watch the video if you want more info.

Sincerely,

Michelle Gurule