Accomplished Phi Theta Kappa pre-law student graduated from an American Bar Association approved college at Inver Hills Community College and Metropolitan State University. I am proficient in all areas related to the practice of pre-law for supporting legal staff and attorneys.

I am trained in multiple areas of pre-law; Criminal, Domestic Relations, Probate, Business, Contract, Real Estate, Constitution, Juvenile, Litigation, Civil, Family, Conciliation, and Landowner & Tenant Rights.

I am looking for help in employment and college tuition in St. Paul, MN. I want to help others within the local and global communities in helping myself to find my way to law school.

I have two children in need of support by her father to find work. I appreciate any attorneys in the Twin Cities to contact me at wadding@usfamily.net. Please do not e-mail me ridiculous things, such as penis enhancement pills.

       My civic duty is defending human rights, and curbing overzealous, law enforcement practices. My legal education and the internship with the Ramsey County Public Defenders Office provide the tools for upholding constitutional rights for the accused and their victims. I came to Metropolitan State University to expand my knowledge of conscientious thinking for needy individuals. I can make a difference by communicating their civic responsibilities through the continuing criminal, procedural laws and social education. People must learn to correlate their behavior patterns together as a responsible, unified community.
       My lifelong social and legal education goals will benefit society as well as me. I created my Legal Advocacy & Criminal Justice Degree, and I want to apply it towards the disadvantaged population. Many people are ignorant of the laws, and nobody is above the law. There is no excusable defense of ignorance when law enforcement intrudes on civil liberties without society intervening. Americans must practice their liberties without the government’s interference of exaggerated fears about security and policy. For example, the Patriot Act is dividing America by eroding the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment rights. The present political environment is remindful of the fascist qualities of J. Edgar Hoover’s administration in the 1950s, and Hitler’s in 1930s Germany. People must remember the US Constitution is a contract among the federal government reserving the power of its citizens to govern their elected representatives.
       The political divisions among Americans and their policies give the elected representatives the misperceived power over their voters. For example, educated people must take the civic accountability and initiative for teaching the younger generations of the misguided nature of American pop culture. Unresolved social problems reveal itself as a negative act of aggression looking for direction, and the national consensus wants misguided juveniles treated as adults and imprisoned. This “Idea of shame” existed during the Dark Ages with negative results. Thus, responsible people active in local politics must address America’s problems for solutions by organizing and educating the community.    
        My participation in politics, law, and community development is my way of learning for completing my Individualized Bachelor Degree. For example, I like to share my experiences of the volunteer project, Save Our Streets. It is a creative, continuing, neighborhood initiative for reducing criminal nuisances in the residential, alleyway connected to Walfoort Liquor store. The project posted on the web page is the result of my educational experiences and vocational goals for helping the public. More information of this project is at http://aidpage.com with comments and information. I even took part in Campus Camp Wellstone to learn about political organizing and leadership skills. I am hoping to draw the attention of attorneys employing my search for leading a better community.
        In conclusion, I am working to improve my social position and the community I live in at Metropolitan State University. I am realizing the positive reinforcement from the faculty and administration offering me the chance for success. The Legal Advocacy & Criminal Justice Degree will provide me the skills for reaching my financial, educational, and self-realization goals. Thank you.

Here is a link for the St. Paul's Eastside Rallies at http://www.2fewcops.com/index.htm.
 

                                
                                                                                                                           
      The U.S. Constitution is a contract among citizens consenting to give our elected officials authority to protect our liberties. To erode the Fourth Amendment is wiping out the checks and balances that protect American citizens. I believe the Justice Department needed restraint long before the Patriot Act became law. The F.B.I. and other law enforcement agencies are nearly untouchable, but not in a glamorous “Elliot Ness” fashion. The Senate is tailoring the Constitution to suit the needs of law enforcement, which resembles the old Soviet-bloc ideologies. Therefore, conscientious citizens must be familiar with the legal limits of police authority when they conduct searches.
      The police can violate the suspect’s rights when minor offenses become blown out of context. Citizens notice this erosion when the police behave badly while conducting “incidental" warrantless searches. Now, the concern is about law enforcement issuing warrants without probable cause. After September 11, 2001, Americans can expect greater unwarranted intrusion into their privacy than ever before. From here, people should safeguard the--no warrants shall issue-- part of the Constitutions that guarantees liberties to its citizens. For example, the Minnesota Constitution gives its citizens additional privacy protection in automobiles and personal property.
       Ignorance of the law is no excuse when the police educate people with intensifying, intrusions into their personal property and home. The Fourth Amendment has drawn a firm line at the entrance to the house for warrantless police entries. The police cannot enter absent an emergency chase of a suspect, the suspect destroying property or evidence or endangering life.    An officer's entry into private places, private business property, hotel rooms, or homes, will form a Fourth Amendment search.   
       For the reasonableness of intrusions under the Fourth Amendment, the Court expressed a preference for searching under judicial issued warrants. In Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 357 (1967) the Constitution requires the deliberate, neutral judgment of an officer interposing on the citizens searches conducted without earlier approval by a judge or magistrate, are unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment-- subject to a few specifically settled and well-delineated exceptions.
      One exception was the Supreme Court’s rally against the exclusionary rule and reasonable suspicion laws. Recently the Court held that there is no "special need" for a warrantless search of a home for a person on probation.   The legality of these searches balances between the public interest and the individual’s privacy. The Court expanded the circumstances of reasonable suspicion to hold where people live can color innocent conduct with suspicion. People living near a border town or socio-economic strained neighborhoods can draw the officer’s suspicion to use the totality-of-the-circumstances present. 
       I will argue the new anticrime laws evade the Bill of Rights protections using the “good faith doctrine,” which Minnesota law does not permit law enforcement to use the good faith exception. The “good faith doctrine” is an exception to the exclusionary rule. Evidence recovered from unsupported facts under a “good faith” warrant is admissible if the police relied on a valid search warrant.   Law enforcement officers must show probable cause to the judge issuing the warrants. Probable cause is a reasonable belief of finding seizable items by balancing individual privacy against public policy.   Without the “plain view doctrine” or firsthand knowledge from informers, or another, is lacking facts for a warrant. Officers cannot excuse their behavior on the “good faith doctrine” for erasing their Fourth Amendment infringements.

      However, there is one exception to the good faith doctrine that people should be aware of is the "inevitable discovery doctrine." Inevitable discovery protects law enforcement from violating the good faith rule if they can show the confiscated evidence would have been found at a later time if they followed the proper procedure.

     The Supreme Court recognizes the individual’s consent to a search as one of the warrant requirement exceptions.   Police do not need probable cause or, articulable suspicion for searching the person or their belongings when they give consent to a search. Consenting is the product of a person's exercise of free will and often a common mistake. Police rely on the person’s fear and ignorance of their right to deny the search, limit the search, and withdraw their consent at any time, which Minnesota law mimics Matlock, 415 U.S. 164 (1974). The absence of suspicious criminal activity suppresses any evidence gained from circumstantial consent-to-search cases. Police entering by consent must prove the person consenting controls the property and the scope of the search performed.
       In assessing voluntariness, the courts look at the totality-of-circumstances surrounding the consent and examining the facts for pressure.   The courts will discount consent as voluntary when the police assert their official status of rights and the occupier yields.   Knowledge of the right to refuse consent is nonessential to voluntariness. Therefore, as a Fourth Amendment version of Miranda warnings the police do not need to tell the suspect of his or her rights before a search.   The latter action could lead a person to give consent to the police even though they ignored to follow criminal and civil procedures.  The Supreme Court holds consent as an unknowingly lawful waiver when the police use noncoercive deceptions for seeking consent. Getting consent by deception is a useful law enforcement tool for gathering facts when lacking probable cause. 
       However, some courts have requirements that officers must have reasonable suspicion of anyone engaging in criminal conduct before entering by deception.  Police officers using noncoercive deception must document the supporting factual circumstances of consent given, the area searched, and the technique used. The courts routinely accept deceptive techniques used by officers to gain consent, which any evidence gained is admissible.   On the other hand, consent gotten by misleading information voids the search,  and any infringements by police asserting a warrantless authority considers evidence inadmissible.   Consent to a search is moot when the police are aware of recoverable contraband or evidence of a crime.
      The “plain view doctrine” rule seizes objects falling within the officer’s physical senses when the officer has the legal right to be there. Limiting the “plain view doctrine,” the officers must believe that those items detected are contraband before seizing them. For example, seizing evidence from a protective sweep of a home or viewing contraband in the car. If the officer needs a warrant to search and seize the legitimate observation, it will provide grounds therefore.   Raising the officer’s senses with developing technology causes protests against unwarranted intrusions by infrared and contraband detection sensors. For example, some law enforcement agencies are using the P.A.S. III “Sniffer,” (Passive Alcohol Sensor), which looks like a flashlight and detects alcohol in the environmental air near the suspect. Therefore, the electronic “Sniffer” detecting alcohol allows the Officer to gain evidence under the "plain view doctrine.” 
      The American Civil Liberties Union protested that police are using the “Sniffer” to invade people’s privacy and Fourth Amendment rights. Protesters say it violates the "plain sight doctrine" because the officers are not using their own senses--but an electronic device. The fear of detecting windshield fluid and other innocent items will spark a probable cause to a search. The A.C.L.U. reminds us the "sensory impressions” gained by an officer is admissible evidence. However, the ruling in United States v. Kyllo, 121 S.Ct. 2038 (2001) could overturn the use of the P.A.S. “Sniffer” and other detection devices.
       On June 11, 2001, Justice Scalia delivered the 5-4 reversed decision in Kyllo against the use of thermal imaging cameras intruding on people’s privacy. The Court allows warrantless infrared searches if the surveillance equipment was equally available to the public. Therefore, looking down from an airplane is permissible, but eavesdropping is not. 
        I believe the Supreme Court obviously dislikes the exclusionary rule and fears the Constitution will become a basis of tort liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 with matters best left to the states. Thus, evidence got through an illegal arrest, detainment, or confessions are inadmissible in the court of law. People need to learn how to protect themselves from coercive and overzealous law enforcement practices by using the exclusionary rule under the Fourth Amendment.
        As described by one historian, abuses and misuses of search warrants were prevalent. By 1914, in Weeks v. United States, the prosecutors excluded all evidence got by an officer violating the Fourth Amendment. In 1920, the Court extended this rule to exclude both; illegal evidence found, but also information gained from the illegal search. Then, in 1961 in Mapp v. Ohio, illegally gained evidence violates the Constitution and it is inadmissible in court. Thus, evidence got through an illegal arrest, detainment, or confessions are inadmissible in the court of law. The exclusionary rule under the Fourth Amendment protects individuals of coercive and overzealous practices of law enforcement agencies.
      Proposing the 14th Amend. Section 5 by Justices Souter and O’Connor in appointing a Federal Ombudsman for resolving citizen complaints of police infringement. The Ombudsman will exercise independent judicial powers restoring the Privileges and Immunities Clause back into the Constitutional intent.   Citizens are not pressuring the Judiciary and Congress for its accountability about ineffective sanctions against the law enforcement agencies. Preserving the American culture is falling into second place in the chase against the ghosts of the government. Until the section-5 provision of the Fourteenth Amendment clause passes, citizens must become aware and politically active. Americans must rely on the law readily available to them in the law libraries, personal experiences, and the Internet. The two web sites that I have found below, will provide police contact survival information for the individual.
 (1) http://www.hyperreal.org/misconduct/rights.htm “Your rights and know how to use them” – [a “mirror image” of information of the public policing the police]; and (2) http://www.flexyourrights.org/faq.html#01  -- [A police contact survival guide]. 

In the spring of 2006, the US Supreme Court ruled that police do not need to perform the standard of "knock notice" when serving warrants. In other words, police can just break down your door and enter when serving warrants. God help us all!

  Payton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573, 590 (1980); Steagald v. United States, 451 U.S. 204, 212 (1981); Mincey v. Arizona, 437 U.S. 385 (1978).

  Minnesota v. Olsen, 110 S. Ct. 1687 (1990).

  United States v. Knights, 534 U.S. 112 (2001).

  United States v. Arvizu, 122 S. Ct. 744 (2002).

  United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 104 S.Ct. 3405 (1984).

  Beck v. Ohio, 379 U.S. 89, 85 S.Ct. 223 (1964).

  United States v. Matlock, 415 U.S. 164 (1974).

  Bumper v. North Carolina, 391 U.S. 543 (1968); Johnson v. United States, 333 U.S. 10, 13 (1948).

  Amos v. United States, 255 U.S. 313 (1921); Johnson, 333 U.S. 10 (1948); Bumper, 391 U.S. 543 (1968).

  Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218, 231-33 (1973).

  Amos, 255 U.S. 313 (1921); Zap v. United States, 328 U.S. 624 (1946); and Schneckloth, 412 U.S. 218 (1973).

  United States v. Maldonado Garcia, 23 C.M.R. 513 (1957) the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico stated:
“[O]fficers cannot use a ruse to gain access unless they have more than conjecture that criminal activity is underway. To hold otherwise would be to give police a blanket license to enter homes randomly in the hope of uncovering incriminating evidence and information."  
  Lewis v. U.S., 385 U.S. 206, 87 S. Ct. 424, 17 L. Ed.2d 312 (1966).

  People v. Roth, 80 N.Y.2d 239 (1977); McCall v. People, 623 P.2d 397 (Colo. 1981).

  68 Am. Jur.2d Searches and Seizures § 145-- Consent Obtained Through Deception Or Trickery (May 2004).

  Maryland v. Buie, 494 U.S. 325 (1990).

  Join Together. Org., “New Gadget Sniffs Out Drunken Drivers.” 08/15/2000. Boston University of Public Health http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0%2C1030%2C264087%2C00.html (1/22/05).

  The distinction that “off-the-wall observations” could be permissible while “through the wall” surveillance could be impermissible would lead to a trap as technology advances. The court held that any other approach, “[w]ould leave the homeowner at the mercy of advancing technology-including imaging technology that could discern all human activity in the home…where, as here, the Government uses a device that is not in general public use, to explore details of the home that would previously have been unknowable without physical intrusion, the surveillance is a ‘search’ and is presumptively unreasonable without a warrant.”
 
 
 
     

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My name is Reynaldo and I live in Lugoff, South Carolina, where I've lived for almost two years.  Prior to this I lived in Florida all my life -- my childhood years in Riviera Beach, and my adulthood in Lake Worth, both in Palm Beach County.  I am 43, single, never married, and live alone with my small dog in my apartment.  I'm about 250 pounds, 5 foot 6 1/2 inches.

My interests include forensics, medicine, criminal justice, and legal issues; movies, television, music, and being on the computer.  I have a home theater system with 7.1 surroundsound speakers.  The apartment I live in is a basic, modest apartment in which I live under a federal program known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program, formerly known as Section 8.  I am on SSI and SSDI, Medicare and Medicaid, literally living from paycheck to paycheck.  I also am into photography, aviation, and cooking/eating.

School Application Essay

I hope to turn my life around 180º by finding employment in the criminal defense and family law. I hope that I can reach juveniles from making the same mistakes I have made. Many types of disabilities retard a person from moving forward in education, but perseverance is the key that opens doors.

People must take the initiative of upholding, defending, and teaching our future generation of the misguided nature of our pop culture. The consensus of the nation wants misguided juveniles locked up and treated as adults. However, this “Idea of shame” existed during the Dark Ages with negative results. Many people feel lost when the world and its laws change and seemingly hopeless for the disadvantaged. I would like to be a part of the solution when I use my experiences within the judicial law when I help others in helping myself.

People must accept their own responsibility to take part in changing their views and political involvement. We, as a nation, shall not sacrifice our future and liberties for the sake of unproven doctrines of security and fears by our elected officials. When people become responsibly involved within their government, we will find the solutions to the problems plaguing the country. Together, each individual initiative and sacrifices are accomplishments we want to gain in our country. This is why I am glad for my criminal justice instructor and her teachings of our ever-changing laws.

My criminal justice instructor at Inver Hills community college created the person I am today. My instructor teaches her special model of preserving and defending the US Constitution locally.

Many people are ignorant of the law, in which there is no excuse for the defense when law enforcement intrudes on personal liberties in the name of government jurisdiction. Nobody is above the law. Everyone must protect and safeguard individual liberties from deteriorating. Today, the United States is a nation of laws and not of the people, even though the US Constitution is a contract among the Federal government reserving the power of the citizens to govern our elected officials. We, as a nation, must have the freedom to agree or disagree without infringement of each individual views.

Helping me define where I wanted to go in criminal defense, she allowed me to work with her in the Public Defense office and see the world many of us hope not to see. This rare talent provides for the fair treatment of procedural laws is what I revere most about her. However, many people share the honor of shaping my focus on helping, defending, and upholding the Minnesota State and the US Constitutions. My instructor is my mentor and guidance counselor.

I am happy that I have turned my life around and shared my experiences with her, even though I posses an old criminal record that has no bearing of my current lifestyle, which is a disability to me.

Disabled people face many perceptible stigmata’s in society that they are separate but equal. Society’s political correctness places invisible barriers on disabled people with outworn support infrastructures and myths that they are different.

Many disabled people suffer from separatist attitudes resulting in rejection, isolation, and negative psychological impact. Many disabled people want to live their life as the disability does not exist and want to experience life equally without judgment. The negative psychological impact of the disabled person shunned by society as an effective participant deepens the scars for otherwise capable citizens. Some people treat disability as an individual in need of support and retarding certain civil liberties because some lack mental capacity.

Disabled people recognize the help and empathy in their routine, but it should not become an outworn path when people “try to care” beyond being helpful. Many people are ignorant of their separate behaviors when encountering the handicapped. Instead, society should use empathy and compassion to encourage disabled citizens without sympathy for their loss. Disabled people must become productive members in society without exclusion because society then becomes handicapped.

My application to this school reflects my struggles and triumphs of becoming a responsible citizen looking to help others out of situations similar to mine.

Thank you.

I love dancing, singing, rapping, arts & crafts, writing poetry, and playing video games. Even though That's what I like I know that I need an education and a degree. Paying for it is the hardest. Time is always against me so any little bit helps.

My name is Felicia Rock, a social worker and prospective grad student who resides in Snohomish County.  I have lived and worked here for over two years now, and have enjoyed much of what the county has to offer.

So why do I write?  After working at my job with f homeless families in transitional housing for close to a year, I felt it was time to get some more education to balance out my experience in the social work field.  I applied, and was accepted, for advanced standing at Eastern Washington University’s School of Social Work, one of the better programs in Washington state.  I will even be able to continue working and living in Snohomish County while attending school.  Financial aid is in place for the year and a half long program.  There is just one complication:  Federal aid does not cover the seminar I need to begin my post-undergraduate education.  I was informed of this two weeks ago, after several days of communication with the university.  It is a six credit 2 week class that begins at the end of this coming August.  I cannot start spring quarter without attending this seminar.  I am respectfully requesting sponsorship for this class in any amount up to the $1700 needed for tuition and books for this summer seminar.  I have tried all the conventional means, and those options are unavailable to me as well.

By beginning graduate school now, I feel that I will gain even more skills and knowledge to continue to aid the disenfranchised of this community, and later on a more global scale.  Thank you for your time and consideration.

I am a student in the midst of the legal studies program and I  need to find grants, scholarships, and other means of financial support for completion.

I have a partial disability, unemployed with a two-year-old duaghter, and an old criminal record needing expungement. However, these disabilities will not slow me down to complete my Paralegal Bachelor Degree this coming spring.

Any tricks or links to ease the suffering out there will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Brighan

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People have forgotten basic survival instincts in modern society. Recent natural disasters, downward trends of global economy, and terrorism proved the ineffectiveness of our government to help its citizens in an emergency. People in the community must prepare for any disastrous emergency, especially for people in urbanized areas. Most people ignore the skills of their grandparents and teachings from organizations; that is, Boy Scouts, Red Cross, military, FEMA, and other survival classes. To survive, you do not need to be a genius or have large amounts of money to keep yourself and your family safe. What you need is three survival tips: knowledge, preparation, and a strong will to survive.

The first necessary plan you should make is the location that you plan to survive when the crisis happens. The plan should include a retreat far away from metropolitan areas and near freshwater and wild game. You may not have a choice when disaster strikes but your chances of survival will increase if you prepare yourself. You must have in your possession various types of decontamination supplies for purifying your air, water, food, and body. You can carry decontamination wipes and water purification tablets wherever you go and it is small and cost-effective.

Nourishment, not food should keep your strength for survival. Storing dehydrated food and water in mass quantities in caches in your car, office, and any emergency retreats you may hide from marauders. Sometimes contaminated air is present and a good military protective mask, preferably with an NBC rating should be nearby with five changes of replacement filters. A good survival weapon, or I prefer a Swiss Army knife, would be handy to carry with you. However, building security in metropolitan areas object about knives carried around.

People must face the truth about weapons possession. Laws outlaw possession of firearms during a national crisis but survival against criminals and terrorists replaces fears of prosecution. However, people may substitute firearms with slingshots, archery, and adult-sized pellet rifles for their survival. I recommend the RWS 1250 or the Gamo 1250 pellet rifles.

When disaster strikes, banks, credit cards, and gold will be worthless. The second necessary plan you must take is for economic survival. Everybody must barter goods and services for income and survival. People must carry portable items of value and cash to keep themselves for ninety days or more. Ironically, the most valuable items that you will carry are the survival items you have, so have extra items for your emergency team members or for trade.

The third item for survival is a good team of friends, family, and neighbors working together for support. Assigning each person for specific duties and helping others to survive until help arrives is essential. Each person should know basic medical, decontamination, emergency survival, and weapons skills. Keeping caches of books, manuals, and flash cards for reference wrapped in waterproof containers. You must have reliable transportation loaded for emergencies and a full tank of gas that will get you out of the area.

Hello to all of you! 

I am brand new to AidPage, but I will try my best to express my needs: here we go!

My name is Reynaldo and I have Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.  I created a nonprofit organization, www.aspergeradvocacy.org, to advocate for those with my disorder, especially adults for whom at the time they were children no help or information was available about this disorder.  In addition to having Asperger's syndrome I have spinal stenosis, thus, limited mobility, whereby I use a power chair.  I live alone with my dog Ginger.

Recently, after many years of fighting for my Social Security benefits, I have finally received them.  The first objective that I met was to get permanent housing.  Now I live in an apartment under a section 8 housing choice voucher.  After living in Florida for over 35 years, specifically Palm Beach County, I am now living in Kershaw County, South Carolina.  I moved here because this is where they issued a voucher for me much quicker than any other housing authority to which I applied for a voucher.  This was a move I do not regret!

Instead of going on a waiting list in Florida, which would have taken many years for my name to come up, I was issued a voucher instantly in South Carolina.  Of course I had to move over here in order to use that voucher, somethign I didn't mind.  My plans are to stay in South Carolina, or anywhere where it is not too warm and not too cold.

Because of my disorder, characterized by behaviors often misunderstood and the result of adverse stimuli, I had been the target of bullying by several of my neighbors here, who themselves have disabilities ranging from bipolar disorder to mental deterioration because of age. 

I did not know what to expect when I initially moved here to South Carolina.  While it is considered the sixth most dangerous states in the United States (FBI, 2006), most of the longtime residents here have raised families for many generations, and in essence are quite comfortable.  About 70% of the population here are chubby and very content with their Southern cooking and hospitality.  I have gotten to know many people here and am glad that I made the move as though I didn't really have any other choice.

The area in which I live is rural.  There's only one bus that comes through here, and it only comes twice a week, very early in the morning, and once in the evening during those days.  Because of my disability and situation, I have to depend upon a paratransit vehicle, which can be expensive as they charge more money based on the fact that I'm a wheelchair user.  I had been volunteering in a social service agency that provides energy and rental assistance to those in need.  But because of lack of transportation and more medical issues (now I'm diabetic as of December, 2007), I had to quit my volunteer position.

I believe that by having a decent vehicle I can be able to reach out to people farther to be able to assist them in their special-needs.  I therefore am wishing for a vehicle: either a minivan or a large vehicle with a power chair/scooter ramp to accomplish this.

Here is a bit of my story.

21 yrs old. Working on a degree. Working at my family's job of $8/ hour. Not really getting paid any money. Baby's dad no where to be found. Alot of things going DOWN. Currently living with my grandparents (my pa is dead, an mom left when i was 15), turns out my only family is leaving in 3 months time. Now, i'm stuck no where to go. No money saved. Looking for help an not getting any. All i get is " we will call u back", an no response. So what do I do? I pray an pray. i don't even concern myself with anything else but getting my life straight. i don't go out. I stay at home. I work all day long. So i can't even go to downtown to ask fo assistance, because if i miss one day "ur fired" they say. So i look on the net to find new ways, of helping me out to move up in my ways. and nothing... nothing at all....

- Wicked.

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Hi, my name is Laura. I am 21 yrs old. I am a student and work as nanny as well to help my mom with bills and rent and to pay for my school as well. I work full time and take some classes at a community college at my free time. I live with my 17 yrs old brother and my mom.

I am 23 years of age and I am currently a licenced vocational nurse. I am currently in school and working full-time. I got into a lot of debt from my previous years in school and it is getting harder and harder for me to pay all my bills. I work with alzheimers patients. I love my job. I love helping others. Im just asking for help from you to help me catch up on some bills. Things are getting real hard for me, and your help will be surely appreciated. I can assure you that God will bless you for helping me, as he blessed me to receive help from you. Thank you can God bless.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

I HAVE BEEN AN ADEPAGE MEMBER FOR MONTH'S NOW, AND I HAVE YET TO SEE ANYONE GET HELP. MAYBE IT'S JUST ME, BUT I'M TIRED AND WEARY. I'M AT MY CROSSING. SO IF NO ONE IS INTERESTED IN HELPING ME, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I WROTE TO OPRAH WINFREY FOR HELP OVER THREE YEARS AGO, AND ALL I EVER GOT FROM HER WAS THE UPDATE OF HER NEXT SHOW. THAT LEADS ME TO WONDER IF OPRAH HELPING PEOPLE ISN'T A FRAUD. SASSY57 

Hi everyone,

My name is Daniel, I am a local student in Orlando, Fl. I recently moved with a roommate closer to college. I work with a local company providing Tech support for MP3 players and memory cards. I also attend Valencia CC, mayoring in Digital Media Video Production.

I have been paying for college out of pocket since i don't qualify for any federal aid :-( and my parents really can't help me anymore. So, now I work everyday just to get by, while managing my bills on my own like any other adult and thats ok.

I founded Black Cherry Enterprise a digital media company striving to make local digital video projects for business and individual right here in central Fl. The company is still in it's infancy looking to grow to a nationwide business within 2- 4 years. Right now we have with 4 partners, a tresurer and me (CEO).

Right now, I have some credit card debts of around $7,000.00 and looking to pay them off with in two years. I would really like to get it down to less than $4,200.00 by the end of the year. Donations are always welcome. (PayPal)

As time pass by I reallize how furtunate I am to be here but sometimes the limit amount of cash flow limits my output like right now. It would be very helpful to get this debt taken care of before it becomes an even greater weight.

Thanks for visitng my page.

Sincerely,
Daniel M.

I am a single mother of three.  We recently had to leave our home in Chicago due to a family member who lived with me and was using drug/alcohol in front of my kids.  This person would become verbally and physically abusive.  I could not get that person to leave my apartment so I took my children and what little we were able to take with us and left for Florida.  I has taken me seven months to find a job, but unfortunately that is not enough to even make a difference in all my past due debt.  I am a proud person, and have never asked anyone for help, but what I make from my job is barely enough to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table.  I am doing this more for my children than anything else.  I know that they see me depressed and worried about all my bills.  That is why I am asking for your help.  I have no family, and I don't know anyone in this city.  Please help me and my kids get on our feet.  I thank you in advance for your generosity.  God Bless You!!!

Hi world I feel helpless thats why I diceded to use this page to find someone that helps me and my family.

I am Alberto Zegarra from Lima, Peru. When I was 17,I came to USA with a dream to finish my school and university, so, I star living with my dad for the first time in 17 years with his wife and she didnt like me, my dad couldnt help me because of her and I diceded to live. I finish high school by myself but I star to miss my country and feel lonely when I turn 19 I found my wife. She had a hard life toothats why we love each other a lot well we have are second baby coming and she is being thinking about giving our future baby to adoption and we are sad and hurt but if we can get some help to pay are debt around $10.000 dollars we can keep are baby.

Please lord help me find somebody or many people that even helps with a little cooperation to keep my future on. Thank you. please call (317)8980103 or write to 2238 braeburn east dr. indianapolis,indiana 46219 or email at androck_2a@hotmail.com thanks.

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