If you have a few dollars to spare, from Washingtons to Benjamins, we could sure use your help with any of the fundraisers shown here (listed in alphabetical order). Urgent ones have an orange Goal/Progress box. Urgent with very close deadlines are orange all the way across.
Aji
Home. Now mostly living in the house, only the kitchen left before can totally move in. Need the outside work done before daytime temps drop below freezing. New goal is 1 week’s payroll for a 4-guy crew.
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Goal: $2,000
Progress: $1000
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Need to beat the winter with the external work. Need payroll, Lowes cards (appliances), Home Depot cards (materials), Wayfair cards (or the Registries) for furnishings — due to mold nothing from the RV can be taken to the new house. But once they’re fully moved in they can live in that safe, warm, healthful place and breathe clean mold-free air while it’s being finished. |
The Hurt and Abandoned Find Them
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Paypal (and email for commissions) is wingsoftaos at newmex dot com.
Lowes gift cards (AmazonWishList), Lowes gift ecards, Home Depot gift cards & Wayfair gift cards — also Registries w/ Bed, Bath & Beyond & Wayfair
Physical cards go to Aji Wings, PO Box 328, El Prado, NM 87529, ecards go to ajijaakwe at gmail dot com.
Kos Katalogue vendor, shop link below in that section
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Pushing Hard to Beat Winter...
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BFSkinner
Meds, lots of hospital bills —
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Full Goal: $30,000
Progress: $19,338
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Multiple health and dental issues in addition to depression. Needs moral support as well as help with mounting human and cat medical bills. |
Advice Needed... |
GFM — bfskinner medical fund
Paypal is houstonbfskinner at netscape dot net ← no fee to recipient
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FarWestGirl
Still needs help with, vet bills, 2nd vehicle, electrician, storage pod and gravel pad to put it on.
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Goal: $6,414
Progress: $2,442
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Fighting a legal battle, very long backstory (damn assistance request, damn back story, damn back back story), lost the house; we helped her save the land and there things sat as (some of) the legal stuff played out. Needs in order of importance: vet bill ($37), ’85 Subaru station wagon ($220) backup transport, $200 for the LLC so she can set up the Paypal, and finally that storage pod ($3,175) — also electrician, culverts, and gravel (still can’t get estimates so I’m calling it $500).
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Feeling Very Discouraged Right Now |
GMF/YouCaring — Lost the house...
Paypal is planned but not set up yet.
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Fineena
Help with past due vet bill from when Sam died
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Goal: $1200
Progress: $75
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Social Security doesn’t quite make ends meet and was having difficulties with doing the crocheting for her Etsy Shop (why it’s not listed below at the moment). She’s just started crocheting again and hopes to have the shop going soon. She still has the vet bill from when Sam died. Any help with that would be greatly appreciated |
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Paypal (and email) is palskaren at aol dot com
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jan4insight
Help with October bills and groceries.
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Goal: $280
Progress: $240
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Sales at the various online shops have been too slow to cover the month. Any help — donations or sales — will be greatly appreciated. $40 left to go
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Paypal is burchjan at gmail dot com
Kos Katalogue vendor, shop links below in that section
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jtg
Plumbing issue — leak under the house. no estimate yet
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Goal: $3,900
Progress: $2,999
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leak under the house (gray water, not sewage) needs to be fixed. |
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GFM keep me living indoors
PayPal James at JamesThomasGreen dot com ← ← fastest and no fees
Kos Katalogue vendor, shop links below in that section
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michelewln
Help replace car and medical bills
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Goal: $2000
Progress: $135
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She’s the critical caregiver for her disabled brother. Their combined Social Security make ends meet as long as there are no emergencies — but recently he was weeks in the hospital, she had cancer surgery on her face, is awaiting biopsy results of something in her chest, and now an accident last Monday totaled the car. Insurance paid $840 plus donations & reworking some things put a down payment on a 2012 certified used car from Hertz — $5330 financed at $110/month but needs to pay ahead before the hospital 20% copays come in so whether you call it helping with the hospital bills or helping with the care, another $1,865 would be helpful. |
Life Just Stop It! |
Paypal is artbymichele at aol dot com
Kos Katalogue vendor, shop links below in that section
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Sara R & Winglion
Property taxes due by 11/15/2017
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Goal: $5,000
Progress: $120
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The Quilt Sisters of Catnip Manor live in a state that doesn’t have sales tax — most of the state’s revenue is property taxes. Mostly they’re making ends meet with the Pootie Pads and community quilts — but not that property tax bill. If can pay it by 11/15 the state will “discount” enough to pay the quarterly water bill.
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Paypal is HAIRBRAIDER33 AT YAHOO DOT COM
Kos Katalogue vendor, link below in that section
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sheddhead
Help with car insurance, phone bill, gas & incidentals.
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Goal: $300
Progress: $25
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sheddhead’s been homeless for several years — sleeping in rotating shelters (PADS sites) — miscalculated credit union balance and needs help with car insurance, phone, gas & incidentals. Has several job interviews coming up and needs the transportation and phone to make them. (Hold the Good Thought one of them comes through.)
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Paypal is sheddhead at sbcglobal dot net
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slksfca
Help with Dixie’s veterinary bills.
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Goal: $4,000
Progress: $50
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slksfca’s beloved companion dog Dixie crossed the Rainbow Bridge Monday 10/9 after a long and expensive illness. Vet bills include many hospital visits. (Paying $250/month from his very fixed income — help on the vet bills means he eats.) PayPal address is his email — a supportive message would also help.
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Paypal is slksfca at gmail dot com
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swampyankee
Help with general living expenses for October
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Goal: $1,000
Progress: $400
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She’s undergoing chemo with a very painful tumor flare adding lots of extra medical expenses — like pain meds, oxygen, and trips to ER when her white-cell count gets too low. |
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Paypal is jennifercirino at sbcglobal dot net |
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Wiccaneagle
Daughter ill, can’t work & no paid sick leave
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Goal: $600
Progress: $200
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Wiccaneagle and her daughter live together with her online transcriptions and her daughter’s retail cashier’s job combined just covering expenses. The retail job has no paid sick leave — hold the Good Thought she isn’t fired for missing too much work — no work means no money with utilities and groceries still to go for October |
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Paypal (and email) is abqkellyeagle at gmail dot com
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michelewln (friend Kay)
Michele’s homeless friend Kay needs help moving to be near family.
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Goal: $7,000
Progress: $1,050
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Michele’s friend Kay is in her 70s and has been living in her truck with her cats. Her belongings are in storage. She plans to move from CA to CO where her disabled son lives and she needs help to cover storage and moving expenses. |
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GFM: kay allen move to CO
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michelewln (friend Aphex Angel)
Michele’s caregiver friends need help with bad divorce issue.
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Goal: $2,000
Progress: $1,075
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Michele’s friend Aphex Angel and spouse are caregivers for a disabled vet whose ex showed up with “no-alimony” papers the day after her parents and grandparents were killed in an accident, then filed for divorce after she signed them. Expected/promised funds were pulled at the last minute — both looking for jobs but need help towards October rent/food. |
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GFM: Help us survive a bad divorce
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Help by Spreading the Word
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