Have you ever felt that the harder you worked, the more things start to pile up? I am at that point now and I have tried to do everything in my power to avoid asking for help. I grew up in the system as a foster kid and was immediately labeled as someone who would not make it far in life. I have tried everything to avoid becoming another statistic but the odds are not on my side. At the age of 17, I was in school for Massage Therapy and I felt that I was making a good start to my life. Fast forward, a year later I enrolled in South University for online classes with the dream of obtaining my Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and then going to law school. Two classes away from graduating I was told I was out of funding and needed $2,000 to graduate. I didn’t let that break me though, despite the fact that I have $60k in student loans to pay and no degree. Instead, I started working online as a writer and was able to maintain comfortably for years. However, the writing world changed and there was so much competition. I still hung in there though. Fast forward, I had some kids, everything was going good, then my oldest needs to go to the ER and insurance was something I hadn’t gotten around to on my to do list. Here I am hit with $4k in medical bills. Next, stuff starts breaking down in the house and my landlord leaves it up to me to replace or tells me I am free to move. Credit card bills start piling up to purchase a fridge, washer, dryer, fixing plumbing issues and currently the stove is going to need to be replaced soon. I feel like everything is just turning upside down in my world and I am drowning and will never make it back up again. As a mom living off one income, I am campaigning for funds for my boys and myself. The living conditions here are getting worse and I am in dire need of a fresh start. I cannot continue to pay rent here and anytime something breaks I am expected to make a way to fix it, which drives me further into debt. Thanks for reading my story and I appreciate everyone who contributes to help me during this time of need.

I am in a desperate situation. I recently lost my job, and as a result, I am behind on rent. I need to pay $800 asap, or else we face eviction. I have a 2 year old son to take care of and I don't want him or myself to end up homeless. The one family member that I am in contact with can't help. None of my friends can help. Community resources to assist with rent have all run out of funds. I have no one else to turn to for help until I can get back on my feet again. Any sort of help is appreciated.

I'm 34, have had medical problems for a few years, rapidly advancing osteoarthritis being a huge problem, but a sleep disorder(dsps), depression, and possibly fibromyalgia(Dr. suspects it, but wasn't sure last time I saw him). I no longer have health insurance, I am only working part time. Due to pain I can not work more than that. I'm stuck in that I can't work more so I can't afford to go to the Dr for needed treatments or medications that would enable me to work more. It's incredibly frustrating. So here's what I need and what it's for: 1-I need to pay some lab bills before I would be allowed back at my regular doctors office (had these done when I still had insurance, but couldn't afford my part and still keep the heat on). That's $220.00 plus $50.00 to actually see my doctor. 2- An old hospital bill got sent to collection, which then got taken to court and a garnishment was awarded, my checks aren't big enough to make it to the allowable garnishment amount so they went back to court and have frozen my bank account. I had a whole $22.35 in there, so that's all they got out of that, but I can't use that account to pay my household bills because anything I would put in there would be taken for the garnishment leaving me unable to pay rent, electric, etc. I would always pay these over the phone through my account as my pay schedule leaves little to no mailing time. That bill is now at about $1700.00. 3- I still need physical therapy from an injury I'm still dealing with from 6 months ago, that's $150.00 a visit and I'm not sure how many they would require me to go to to learn the various exercises and maintain my progress so that I can get back to walking without the cane and to ease my back pain. So lets just say 2 visits for now, making that $300.00 4- my hospital bill from my injury(the reason I need all the physical therapy)I bruised my femur, tore up my knee (not enough to require surgery, but enough to keep me from walking for a while) and injured my back. It is currently $3300.00 but I'm trying to work with the hospital on bringing that down. 5- I need eye exam and new glasses, last time I was there 6 years ago it was about $500.00 for everything 6- I need to go to the dentist, I had 2 temporary crowns put on 2 years ago, and I need to have the final crowns put on before one of these breaks. thats about $1600.00 In total that's about $7670.00 that I need. That is more than half of my yearly earnings, and it's all for health related stuff! It seems crazy that it takes so much money to maintain a little bit of health. If I could get enough to cover the garnishment amount and the lab bill so I could see my doctor again and get my bank account access back, it would go a long way towards keeping me sane and taking off a little bit of stress. That is $1970.00 If I were to receive more than that it would go to the rest of my health care needs as shown above. Thank you very much for taking time out of your day to read this. Any help is greatly appreciated!

i am homeless and sick with pneumonia. need money for food and to stay in a hostel. my PayPal is joshwa1991@hotmail.com please help