#community aid

[mousedetective]

Please Help A Homeless, Disabled & Mostly Queer Family Get Ready For Housing By Helping With Paying For Much-Needed Loans!

PAYPAL | AMAZON WISHLIST | KOFI | GOFUNDME

VENMO: @penaltywaltz | CASHAPP: $afteriwake23 | ZELLE: DM me for email address

4/25/24 - New Post

So last week, I had the county share my County of San Diego Section 8 housing application (which I've been waiting on for 17 years) with the City of Oceanside Housing Office, which is the city where I currently have a three-bedroom house waiting for us. So we're still waiting to hear if they'll bump me up on the Oceanside list, but yeah. That's where housing currently stands.

To pay off many immediate bills, I had to take out a bunch of payday loans and two longer-term loans (which weren't for much, but the repayment rates were reasonable). This is what I still need:

$255 for my loan from Speedy Cash (due by April 26th)

$300 for my loan from Ace Cash Express (due by May 2nd)

$486.86 for my loan from Moneylion (due May 2nd)

$177 for my loan payment from Green Arrow Loans (due May 3rd)

$277 for my loan payment from Greenline Loans (due May 3rd)

$546.90 for my mom's loan from Moneylion (due by May 15th)

$285 for my Moneytree loan (due by May 25th)

$285 for my mom's Moneytree loan (due by May 26th)

I listed them in order of priority so any help with these would be amazing. If I can get this month's batch of loan payments paid off, I shouldn't need much help next month. In May I have to cover all three storage units (I think) so if I can get help with the first five loan payments listed, I should be able to cover them and still be able to cover immediate expenses.

$513/2613 (Total Goal)

$513/$1496 (Immediate Goal)

#signal boost #mutual aid #mutual aid request #urgent #emergency #time sensitive #community aid #gofundme #venmo #paypal #zelle #cashapp #amazon wishlist #ko fi link #buy me a coffee #buy me a kofi #ko fi support #financial assistance #financial aid #direct action #crowdfunding #fundraising #please boost #please reblog #please share #please help #help needed #anything helps #bills #homeless support

[stevenmwitas-blog]

Help black disabled🦽 diabetes get insulin

Hi! It's kinda shameful to go this route , but being diabetic person .Now over 6 months my unemployment still pending This has been the worst couple of years of my life. Our house was destroyed in a storm. Then I am desperately in need for help. I need my insulin to bring my blood sugar back down. It’s $300 That’s all I need. I’m not asking for a windfall, just a little help, please.

DONATE AND SHARE PLEASE🙏

#gofundme #emergency #emergency funds #community aid #art #charity

[sobeautifullyobsessed]

desperate times, desperate measures

Tonight is turning out to be my fifth night of sleep deprivation due to a nasty upper respiratory virus running its course through my system. Thankfully, it's not Covid (which I've already had twice), but I'm only getting about three hours of sleep each night due to excessive post nasal drip & phlegm that wakes me up from coughing and bad nausea. Unfortunately, I used up the last of my sick time to call out on Sunday (with Monday as my regular day off) and had to go back to work on Tuesday. Between the exhaustion, coughing, and nausea, it was pure misery.

If I call out again, I will reach my work limit (only 5 absences allowed in a rolling six month period) and will be subject to dismissal (sadly, that's the state of employment for most 'essential workers' in the US these days), so I'm going to have to apply for a 3-day leave of absence (minimum I can request) in order to save my job. Meaning I'll be short three days pay towards my lodging next week.

As much as I hate to ask for help once again, I have to try to raise $300 to cover the difference.

Donations of any amount will be immensely appreciated, and thank you in advance for any reblogs of this post!

#coping with homelessness #relying on the kindness of others #homelessness #tw: homelessness #ko-fi support #ko-fi aid #ko fi request #ko-fi donations #ko fi support #ko fi aid #ko-fi request #ko fi donations #community aid #community support #financial aid #financial support

[inkjette]

So at my workplace, we fund a Food Is Free shelf. It's the basics: take what you need, give what you can - our town has a high level of poverty, there's a cost of living crisis, be the good you want to see in the world etc etc.

Today we had a guy knock on the door and ask if we had a plastic bag he could use to carry a few things - I said sure, got him a plastic bag, and he started packing up his 2 rolls of toilet paper, his 3 or 4 foodstuff items. He said he'd been to a funeral out of town (1500 kms away) and spent his paycheck on fuel - he was only broke till Friday, he said.

And I said, well I'm glad we could help, it's why we have the shelf. We want the community to use it.

And he said:

But people ABUSE it! I've seen people take heaps of stuff from it - and they don't even have kids or anything. And it's fair enough, some people are struggling until the next paycheck, but other people just ABUSE it. You need a sign that says TAKE ONE ITEM ONLY or something. I've taken something from here maybe twice, but I've seen people coming round every week! I've even put stuff on the shelf! Yeah, you need CAMERAS or something. People abuse it.

So here is a man who is actively utilising a public resource that we created to support our local community...And yet he is so brainwashed by capitalism into thinking that people don't deserve basic needs - if they're not working hard, or maybe they're struggling but they don't have it As Bad as others, or they're using a FREE RESOURCE more often than HE thinks is acceptable. He thinks that we should use security cameras to crack down on people "STEALING" from the Food is FREE shelf. Like he's more worthy, like he's a better person, because he doesn't need as much help as others might.

Sometimes, when something is free, people might abuse it. But isn't it better to offer the support to people who need it? To offer an opportunity for people to get back on their feet (even if they're only broke till Friday)? To provide help, no questions asked and no conditions needed?

So what if people abuse it - isn't it worth it if helps someone?

#capitalism can die in a hole #people are fundamentally good and all they need to do is the basic resources they need to survive #still cannot get over the fact that we need CAMERAS to stop people from *checks notes* using a food pantry for its intended purpose? #anticapitalism #solarpunk #mutual aid #community aid #community networks #food is free #food pantries

[pliablehead]

DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE PRESERVATION OF PHYSICAL MEDIA? DO YOU WANT TO HELP MY 93-YEAR-OLD GRANDPA?

(cw for deaths in the family)

My grandfather has until the end of this calendar year to move out of the house he's lived in for my whole adult life. While he's been living here, he's lost his wife, his son (my dad), and his oldest daughter, each of whom was living in this home with him at their time of death. The house is way too big and old and nasty for one nonagenarian, so we're honestly glad he's getting bumped somewhere else, but what this means is that all the accumulated STUFF of four people is in this house, and he absolutely cannot take it all with him when he moves into his new tiny apartment for one.

A piece of this project I have taken on is trying to help get rid of three HUGE boxes worth of DVDs. I know not a lot of people have DVD players anymore, but I also know that a lot of people here on the internet (myself included!!) are really passionate about media preservation in an age when Netflix and other streamer services can just remove your favorite programming at the drop of a hat and there's nothing you can do about it. I would REALLY love to send these DVDs to people who care about them rather than just trying to offload them at a media resale store or something. Everything is pay what you want, although I'd love if you'd at least cover shipping (though it's honestly fine if you can't), and ideally I will be giving anything I make back to my grandpa to help him with the transition into this new living situation.

>>CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF ALL THE FUN DVDS FOR SALE<<

** IMPORTANT NOTE TO KEEP IN MIND: Any titles marked with an asterisk are NOT official, commercially released DVDs, but are burned DVD-R copies made by my dad (an obsessive collector/tinkerer who in hindsight was so incredibly neurodivergent). They're still all in nice cases with legit-looking paper inserts that he made and everything.

This list includes things like: a lot of BBC or PBS public programming, classic films from before 1970, war movies, huge chunks of Monty Python, random sci-fi and horror offerings, and much more! If you or anyone you may know is at ALL interested, I encourage you to reach out, or to please at least share to a wider audience, and I will do my best to stay on top of people's requests, ship them out promptly, and keep the gdoc list up to date when things go! Thank you so much for helping me and my Pappap out! ♥

EDIT TO ADD: I am from the continental US, as are, I imagine, the majority of these DVDs. I am happy to ship internationally if I can be reimbursed for shipping, but I cannot guarantee the DVDs will play in another region.

~

OCTOBER 21 UPDATE: Visited again this week and picked up EVEN MORE DVDs! List in the original GDoc has been expanded to include the rest of the haul. Maybe take a second look if you were on the fence at first!

#signal boost #DVDs #media preservation #community aid #also just like a shitton of tom selleck's jesse stone movies

[kryptidkhaos]

Keep the lights on or put food in the fridge? Help us not have to decide.

Our last two paychecks lined up real bad with the holidays and got massively delayed in depositing. You know what didn't get delayed at all? Any of our bills drafting out of the bank! 🙃

So thanks to "fuck you for being poor" overdraft fees for bills that should have been covered, we lost nearly $500 to overdraft fees.

That's our grocery budget for the entire month, much less just this two week pay period, and it's left us short on utilities. 3 out of 4 of us have doctor appointments this month and prescriptions that need refilled.

We're kinda screwed. It's especially upsetting on top of everything else because I'd done a lot of very careful and tight budgeting before the New Year, and I had a sliver of hope in me that we might be able to at least get through a few months of 2024 without having to beg for help. All that's being helping me cope with this situation is the reminder that I've done my best and capitalism actively wants to punish me for existing.

If you'd like to help four disabled trans people stay warm and fed, it would means the world to me. If you have nothing to give, please reblog this post to give us a wider net.

[email protected]/chaosqueer

v3nmo: @chaosqueer

c@shapp: @chaosqueer

#2024 has not been off to a great start #i'd probably also be coping with all of this *a little bit better* if i hadn't been oFF MY hORMONES FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS 🙃🙃🙃 #but that's a different rant #donations needed #donations #grocery help #groceries #community aid #crowdfunding #signal boost

[teacakecutie]

PLEASE HELP ME MOVE MUCH SOONER THAN LATER

Hi, it's Tea.

Long story short: I originally made this ko-fi goal (that has been up for a while, I just never got around to making this post here) to gradually save up to move out in 2024. However, things have been extremely stressful and frustrating ever since my abusive father moved in with us back in 2022. And NOW things have escalated to the point where I no longer feel safe in my own home. I just can't do it anymore.

I was originally planning on moving later in 2024, around August-October, but now I'm looking at moving closer to May/June. I have a job that pays decently, but I've had to periodically dip into funds to pay off other expenses. Thus, I set the goal of $5000 to have as a cushion in addition to my current income. Depending on how things look for me in the next few months, I may or may not raise the goal, but this is a good start for now.

In addition, I plan on making adopts again (and still have a couple left up for grabs), in addition to opening my commissions back up to offset the expenses, but donations help the most.

Thank you for reading. Have a nice day.

$0/5000

#crowdfunding #donate if you can #commissions open #open commissions #ko-fi goal #ko-fi #anything helps #community aid #tea talks

[sithprincex]

Hi everyone. After paying for rent and some bills, I’m in major need of help.

To get through to my next payday, I’m in need of at least $400. That’s for bills, food, and my rides to work every day.

I’m a disabled Mexican indigenous lesbian who works full time and still can barely make ends meet. I was ill last pay period and had to miss some hours that would’ve helped me a ton.

Please share this and donate if you’re able. It would be so so helpful and most appreciated.

Venmo/cashapp: sithprincex

PayPal.me/ajfund

Thank you 🥺💞

#mutual aid #mutual aid funds #community care #community aid

[mousedetective]

So I can't edit this to show what it is exactly, but I basically just got shamed by a Facebook "friend" for offering to share this link to get laundry supplies for my birthday. So now I'm miserable and that wasn't what I'd wanted to happen at all.

So if anyone would like to cheer me up, this is my family's Homeless Supplies list. I need as much of the laundry and disinfectant stuff as I can get. Clothes for me (or even my mom, because she still needs pants) would be a huge help, as I lost 40 pounds last year and most of my stuff is too big or it's full of holes. Food is much appreciated by all three of us.

Can't help? Reblog. Don't care/don't want to help? Don't be an asshole about it. Just ignore me or block me or whatever. But I am thankful to everyone who has helped, everyone who continues to help us, and everyone who is inspired to help. It's basically a waiting game with disability at this point for us to get housing, so all I can do is wait and hope.

But yeah. If you can help, or even just reblog, it would remind me there are good people in the world, and I sorely need that as much as I need anything on the list.

#signal boost #mutual aid #mutual aid request #urgent #direct action #community aid #amazon wishlist #please boost #please reblog #please share #please help #anything helps #help needed #donations #homeless support #groceries #laundry detergent #clothing

[unadulteratedchaosmentality]

Life's been a rollercoaster lately, and I've hit a bump without insurance. Long story short, I can't manage the $300 for my Zoloft prescription right now (I suffer with schizophrenia).

If you've got a few bucks to spare, it would seriously make a world of difference. I don't usually do this, but thanks for even considering it.

#mutual aid #donations #crowdfund #disabled mutual aid #signal boost #ko fi support #financial aid #direct action #signal b00st #direct aid #mentally ill #mutual aid request #community aid #actually schizophrenic

[thattouceyboy]

This is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do for my pride, and I know that it is a long shot. I am taking the biggest shot in the dark that I have ever done, and I hopefully will never again in my life need to do this.

My name is Severin. I am going to be homeless soon if I cannot find some way to gain money, and I am making this post to beg on my hands and knees to find help.

You can message me for the links to help, as I have no follower base and I'm afraid this post will disappear entirely if I try to out in a link or tag it in any way. If you'd like a tarot reading, I can do those. If you'd like a piece of writing, I can do that. I'll edit your school paper. You do not need to send me anything for nothing, if you want something in return I will do what I can. But I need help. What I need in the long run is $2,550— what I am asking for is $500, even $100 cumulatively from anyone, anywhere around this site who has anything to spare.

I know this is a long shot. I know this is the site of disabled queer folk who have nothing for themselves. But I am hoping against hope that if I swallow my pride and put this out there, I will be able to scrape by without ending up homeless.

Please reblog if you can... I know most of us don't have money. I'm just trying to not be out in the literal cold for a Canadian December.

#mutual aid #community aid #tarot reading #writing commisions #please gods let there be someone who can help. i know what i am asking. please no one feel obligated i just dont want to freeze to death. #i will give a breakdown of what the money is for if asked i just. i cant bring myself to put it out there like this. #also if anyone has tag recs to grt this out there...please send them to me

[dovesndecay]

Roomie already has a donation post going over here to try and get us groceries to get us through til the next payday, but I've personally still got $600 worth of bills to pay this month, some of which are very overdue, and some are medication refills which require a doctor's appointment, and exactly $9.96 to my name as of right now.

if you are both willing and able to comfortably help, that would be wonderful, but if you can't, boosting is always a huge help!

PayPal | (link)

Venmo | (dovesndecay)

Cashapp | ($dovesndecay)

(and as an aside, if you're interested in helping me build up a regular income, my patreon is here and i sell my photography here)

#mutual aid #help needed #dono post #community aid #okay i'm gonna go pretend i don't have to do this to preserve my sanity

[kryptidkhaos]

My family needs groceries and our medications.

We're a polycule of four disabled and neurodivergent trans folks who are constantly living paycheck-to-paycheck and struggling to make ends meet with our several side hustles stacked on top of each other in a trench coat.

We're very lucky to have been able to cover all of the major bills like rent and utilities for this month, but it left us with less than $100 to our names and that's not nearly enough to cover all of our medications or to feed four full grown adults for two weeks until we see another paycheck.

I went to the store last night for a few staples and some cheap dinner ingredients, but we'll be scraping the cabinets by Monday.

The holidays are fast approaching and everyone is going to be tight right now, but we could really use the help.

[email protected]/chaosqueer

v3nmo: @chaosqueer

c@shapp: @chaosqueer

If you have nothing to give, then please reblog this post. My following is pretty small, so getting this in front of as many people as possible helps us a ton as well.

#donations #groceries #community aid #crowdfunding #assistance #signal boost #original post

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A restaurant in Windsor, Ont., is cooking up extra food for people who cannot afford a meal — and dishing it out for free.  But the staff say they're the ones getting the benefits. Ten Friends Diner, at the corner of Wyandotte Street and Moy Avenue, is a non-profit establishment that provides support and employment training for people with mental illness. The staff collect donations in a jar to pay for meals for anyone who can't afford them, said Steven Cromie, the restaurant's peer leader.

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Tagging @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #community aid #free meals #ontario #mental health #charity

[changelingkat]

Hey. This is Kat, just another white nonbinary communist on this hellsite. I need some help today.

I have a disorder called EDS that affects my joints. I literally get dislocations in my sleep, which happened last night.

Only difference is, this morning I couldn’t put it back in place. It’s been almost six hours of pain. I can’t do anything, not even comfortably lie in bed. It hurt dressing myself. I almost threw up trying to brush my hair and at one point curled up on my floor crying. I can barely think.

I need to see a doctor, and I’m about to. But I don’t own a car. Ubers cost money, and as I am saving to move that cuts into the funds for my security deposit. I could use a little help.

My Venmo is ChangelingKat and my PayPal is KBjornstad. Anything I receive over what pays for my hospital trip will he redistributed to other queer people in need. I anticipate it costing about $50.

Photo of me and my cat for tax.

#mutual aid #community aid #crowdfunding #trans crowdfund