Marabout40 needs our help. If you want to help, please do two things:
1) send a bit to Marabout40 via Paypal or otherwise if you can (see below).
2) rec THIS diary, so it gets on the rec list and becomes visible to a lot of people (normally, I would suggest reccing the original diary, but it's been so long since it was published I doubt that it would pop onto the rec list no matter what).
This morning the diary, Marabout40-Has-Landed-Now, never made it to the rec list, despite getting numerous recs. It's even trailed off the recent list. Another diary, Please help Marabout40 keep her home, is also not attracting much attention.
Which is a shame. Marabout40 doesn't need much assistance. Perhaps another $500. We've come up with a lot more for many people!
Here's the most important information from the original diary:
... Marabout has had an unusually long run of bad luck starting with her 2009 divorce, 2010 layoff from her job of 10 years just two weeks after being diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer, her move back to NYC, subsequent eviction, and finally, her disappointing and unfortunate stint in Maine. She was only able to stay 5 weeks with the person who invited her there, and ended up in an Extended Stay outside of Portland for two and a half months. All her attempts to find work and a room for her and Tucker were unsuccessful.
She needs the first months' rent of $300.00 immediately and as much of a cushion as we can provide. One challenge Marabout will have living in rural Mass. is transportation, so she'll also need funds to get around for job search and getting to and from appointments and interviews. Donations by PayPal would be greatly appreciated. Marabout40's PayPal address is dionne_jacques@yahoo.com. If snail mail is better for you, you can contact her through her sig by Kosmail.
So please help me help her. And visit the original diary to see some nice pictures!
Thank you.
5:55 PM PT: Marabout says:
An additional $80 to the $70 raised in Horace's diary.
Now I know we can get more than $150 donated. Let's shoot for $500.
9:37 PM PT: Marabout says
Now up to $284.26!!
But that was back at 6:30 PM (I had to go out for a few hours). I assume we're well over $300 by now, hopefully nearing $400 or even $500.
9:51 PM PT: If I count all the comments that say they sent something but don't say how much as a $10 contribution, along with summing all the ones that do mention an amount, I get $280. Plus the $70 from Horace's diary means $350. And hopefully there are others who made a contribution but didn't want to comment.
Wed Aug 08, 2012 at 7:29 AM PT: From Marabout:
My last tally before going to bed was $284.26. This morning, I awoke to find an additional $544.80 in my paypal account. That's $829.06.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTG, people!