HI,

 My mother asked me to help her help others . so we came up with a way we can help mothers in need of clothing for children we will list many different clothing and to cover time and cost of doing this we are asking that you pay for shipping and 1.00 per iteam that we list. most clothing are name brands all used may come a cross some new . we laundry them befor shipping .

Hi, my name is Amy and I am a  Prescription Advocate  helping patients obtain medicine when they can not afford it or it is a financial burden. The general fee for my Advocate Group is $5.00 per medication application fee when applying but, I know some can not even afford their application fee. So I have came here to aidpages to let people know our Group does make acceptions for extreme circumstance and will be happy to assist families and individuals with applying for the free and reduced cost programs for free. All that you need to do is mention that you came from Aidpages! Some extra questions will be asked for your fee to be waived, so if you need help with your medication or need help with the application fees please feel free to call 573-996-9282 Monday-Friday 8:00 a-5:00 p. Please leave a detailed message if their is no answer. Some one will assist you shortly. WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES PLEASE CALL IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE IMMEDIATELY 573-996-9282!

Hi, my name is Rick Friar and I am in need of a vehical. I posted a blog about this today and feel confident someone may have some information to help me obtain such.

I have been in computer repair, networking, and web design for many years. Total experience envolving these are around 16 years. I am confident I can locate a job here in Missouri if I can get a vehical, given my experience. I would consider any job for the moment to get me started however. I am a motivated individual with a goal to pay back my financial respocabilities after I get a vehical to goto work.

Maybe you can help, who knows. :)

I am desperate to be self supportive and financially stable by my own hand. Single mother with no way to get ahead. I have just downsized and bought a smaller house and am very interested in the idea of buying, fixing and making them more energy efficient and selling houses. I have access to lots of proffessional construction small businesses and would love to churn economic life into area. I need to invest in a couple of houses in order to get this ball rolling. Then it should sustain itself if all goes as planned. Any help on investment capital or grants availability. Thanx  

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Growth Opportunity Connection (Go Connection)
4747 Troost Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64110
Executive Director: Alan Corbet
Microloan Contact: Alan Corbet
E-mail:acorbet@kc-cbi.org
Phone: 816-561-8567 Fax: 816-756-1530
Service Area: Platte, Jackson, Clay and Cass counties
Website:

Justine Petersen Housing & Reinvestment Corporation
5031 Northrup Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Executive Director: Robert Boyle
Microloan Contact: Sheri Fanigan-Vazquez
E-mail:sflanigan@justinepetersen.org
Phone: 314-664-5051 ext. 117 Fax: 314-664-5364
Service Area: Counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, Warren, and the City of St. Louis
Website: http://justinepetersen.org

Rural Missouri, Incorporated
1014 Northeast Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Executive Director: Ken Lueckenotte
Microloan Contact: Zola Finch
E-mail:zola@rmiinc.org kluke45@mailexcel.com
Phone: 573-635-0136 Fax: 573-635-5636
Service Area: Statewide excluding Platte, Jackson, Clay and Cass counties
Website: www.rmiinc.org

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Hi, My name is Jessica. My husband Mike and I just moved to missouri from Arizona because we could not afford to live there anymore and we thought we might have more opportunities for jobs here. We were wrong. We have had nothing but troubles since we have moved here. Let me begin, we moved into a rental property that we cannot afford, the management company told us that it was the only house in the entire springfield metro area (including cities up to 25 miles out) that would allow our older rottweiler who has medical problems. We made the sacrifice to take care of him and chanced not being able to afford the rent, which is a blazing $800 a month. We also did't have air conditioning for 3 weeks out of our first month, the rental company didn't want to fix it, until we threatened them with the Health Department. We expected to find jobs pretty soon. It took me seven weeks to get hired on at Wal-Mart making $7.00 an hour, and I have to beg them to give me full time hours, which they did. So I generally get (if I am lucky) between 34-37 hours a week. I work very hard, any hours available and volunteer to be called in if they need me to replace someone elses shift. Mike on the other hand, has not been able to find a job. He has applied everywhere possible (at least 4 applications a day to different places, some online, some face-to-face) It has now been 3 months and nothing. Well, one week he was not able to turn in applications, or go to intweviews, because one saturday night, we was attacked. Two large, drunk men, who we didn't even know attacked him and brutally assaulted him. The police came and a report was made, but the men were never found. This happened in a parking lot not but 5 minutes from our house. We had to go to the emergency room because he was seriously injured. They had managed to beat his head into the concrete pretty bad. He had fractures in his face, and whip-lash, and a pretty bad neck injury. He had a black eye and nerve damage to his face and neck. We had to go back to the emergency room about 4 days later because he didn't feel quite right, and the doctors told us that he had post concussion syndrome. His eyes had been dilating in and out quickly, and his blood pressure wasn't right, and his heart was beating strange. The total bill for the hospital, came to about $4000. We contacted Victims of Violent Crime Compensation of Missouri to see if they could help pay for some of the bills. They denied him, because they didn't catch the men? Not sure why. On top of that bill, he has to see a family practice doctor once a month for medications that run us about $400 each fill. She recommends either continuing the medication for a long time, or getting a surgery that has about a 33% success rate and costs between $80,000 and $100,000 to do. We have been delinquent on our bills several times, and have resulted to food stamp benefits, which we think should go for people that need it worse than us, like families with children, but we wouldn't eat if it wasnt for that help. We get less than $100 a month. We basically have lived on tuna sandwhiches and eggs. Once a week I try to fit in some ground beef and rice. We are falling harder and harder, and I feel like my body is about to give out. More than that, I am scared. We have no support system. No money, If anyone thinks that they can help us out with money to pay our bills, or to buy some food, or to help with the prescrpitions that would be great. Or, If you have a job availible in the Springfield, Mo metro area that would be good for Mike, let us know. He had an assosciated degree in computer related field and some experience with computer repair, installation, and such. But he doesnt have to do that. Keep in mind that his injury limits him physicially (meaning he cant lift 50 lbs continuously) though he is pretty strong. Thank you.

  hello i want to introduce myself . I am a single LESBIAN  mom  of 3 beautiful children . I have a wonderful wife named keri and she does her best to take care of us all but i know it is hard for her . I will start with me and then tell you about my kids .... I have quite a few medical problems and the major one is called AVASCULAR NACROSIS  this is a bone disease which makes your bones die so in the past year and a half i have had 5 surgeries including a total hip replacement ! My oldest dausghterwho is 13  has TOURETTES and i am getting ready to try to get her on disability , i have not been able to to bring it to myself to tell her that if we cant get it under control soon she might have to have brain surgery ! THIS SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME !  My middlewho is 12 daughter is ADHD and  BIPOLOR  she takes meds also . Then i have my son who is 5 and my baby he has a speech impedement due to being deaf from birth till 9 months !  Well i am sure that all dosent really make alot of people get why i am on this site but i am looking for help !!! its so hard for me to keep my house clean and play with my kids all the time there are times i am in bed for weeks and cant help it and i need to find a way to get a grant to help me pay my bills i am awaiting my disability hearing and have been for 3 years so if anyone has some info i would greatly appriciate it !! THANK YOU

Hello, I am on disability w/one child and truly am in need of some assitance--I am not here to beg nor  for you to feel sorry for me--I just need a little financial help---I have fallen and its hard to get back up since I have been ill waiting to get disability and it hard to play catch up when u are sooo in the hole. -I am devoted person to any given task---willing to work part-time from hone if anyone can help me find a legit job from home w/no fee. Disability income is just not enough to fully take care of my daug and self--. Please can any help or direct me to part-time work from home job that is legit.  Thank you for you time.

Sincerely, Sharrell

• (BEST Option 1) There are always about a dozen small older houses for sale in this price range (fixer-uppers, older neighborhoods) in a couple towns there. This would give me the most living space for the money - although it would need some repairs for that price
  
• (Other Option 2)   If necessary I will consider buying a used trailer home and buying a piece of land to put it on. I'm a bit concerned about the safety of this sort of home especially in that tornado prone region. Plus, friends of my boyfriend bought a used trailer, and they spent twice as much on repairs to make it safe ... so I'm not excited about this option - but it would be better than nothing if all else fails.
  

   I am new to this, and  think this is a very good thing. I mean lets face it some people are just looking for   handout's not trying to help themselve's.   We all seem to be  lost in this world and just trying to find our way and we all  need alittle help every now and then but you have to try and help yourself. I mean if you can't do it for your self then do it for the one's you love and the one's that depend on you, Let them be the wind beneath you wing's.  I would remind people that knowledge is the key. I mean for those of us that don't have a lot of money to give, can try to help by giving advice and encouragement or knowing where to go to find the help. As many caring people that belong to aidpage there should be nothing that cannot be solved if we all try. What is that old saying " Give someone alittle food and feed them for a day, show them how to plant a garden and feed them for a life time." My friend is a lawyer and very stupid, he told me that law school just basically showed him how and where to find information he need's. So let's help each other and if we cannot afford to help financially then let's try to find out how or where to get help.

     Jr2 

This is a picture of myself holding my niece, when I was

Younger, Healthier, and Much Happier!!

You think the pursuit of  happiness is sad come live my life................as a man this is hard to say and ask for ...............but i have an 19 month old son im a single father in a one bed room apartment whos car was stole at the beginning of this year in which like an idiot i didnt have full coverage insurance which now i take a taxi and bum rides wherever i go to work , grocery store etc  and lost an decent job as an forklift driver in an warehouse  and 2 bedroom apartment  i had because of it i live where there is no busline were i had to take a smaller place to live because of finances and now cant afford daycare,  or were i live and im really stuggleing to pay bills .......and my rents only $550 a month  in which im two months behind and there going to evict me by May 05, 2007   i payed it downed  to $867 but that doesnt count Mays rent  but also have an disconnection notice on my lights and gas in which my gas bill is $217 and my gas is $376 and because of the man that i am i refuse to get on any type of government assistance  for help because i was raised on welfare and i made a promise to myself to never in life live off the system as my family did, so on that note i was forced  to take  a job i walk at least 3 miles to and from work  if i dont have money for an taxi or who normally takes me home isnt scheduled which is kmart where i only make $7.00 dollars an hour and only partime because they cant afford a fulltimer right  so only can get maybe 27 hours on a good week and thats clocking in early and leaveing late  in which i can get in trouble for work if i do it too much now so on the side i cut grass , clean gutters cut  down trees  to just to try to make it but im at the end of my rope.......................... im lost and i dont know what to do all i want is an door open for me i pray everynight wit me and my son and  all in my miind i think i need is a good car not one to break down on me every week just a good $3000 to $5000 dollar car  and i believe in me and i know ill get a good job and take care of my business as a father first then a man...........I DONT WANT TO RESORT TO A LIFE OF CRIME .............. i dont want it..............i wanna see my son graduate and go to college and start an saving account right now for that ill do the struggleing for him  so that he can make it...............and if u wanna know where the moma at shes 2 steps from bein in the crazy house seriously and its not her  fought  its her.......thats all im gonna say on that ........man im stressing bad and my backs against the wall and i need a godsend........i wrote this from the heart........so if any bodys out there  listening i need a hand up thts all i ask for once in my life.....................................................goood will bless u ...........$3000-$5000 is worth a million to me right now................ any info for help email me at redofnrt@aol.com

I'm not someone who usually asks anyone for help. I'm a 28 y/o mother of three who is in an abusive relationship. Finally opening my eyes I've been desperately trying to get out of the situation but recently lost my job and am currently pennyless. I'm about to lose my current home and only vehicle. I have tried to get help through local organizations and the only thing they will do is put me in a lice infested woman's shelter. I'm desperate. I need about $800 right now just to keep my car and my home. I'm applying for jobs on a daily basis. I also need enough money to find another place to live so I can get away from my boyfriend. I've asked him to leave which only leads to fights at the end of which he still won't leave. He hasn't physically abused me in a while so the police won't do anything and I don't know where to turn. I found this website and am praying that someone might help me out. I'm willing to repay the money when I get out and on my feet. I've worked since I was 12 y/o and have only been unemployed for 2 weeks (unemployment was due to unexpected closure of my place of employment). Please I'm desperate. I was most recently waiting tables and bartending and had no savings so I lived day to day literally just making enough to pay my bills. I can't get any social aide until I get my birth certificate which cost $32 that I don't have to acquire so welfare isn't even an option. I just want to keep my car and get away from this man. Any help would be most appreciated.

  I am a married lady who is trapped in an abusive marriage, because of the debt we have incurred.  I work and my husband works, living paycheck to paycheck just isn't cutting it.  I am ill with arthritis and emphsyma and can't seen  to gain any weight, I am 5'7" and weigh 94lbs.  

My one wish is that some kind person will come along and offer to help, I can't pledge anything as I have all I can do to work now,   I am estimating to pay off everything would be around  $10,000.   

 I would appreciate any help offered.  thank you. Nancy 

 Well, I guess we will go on the way we are.   I am still hoping for the best, but  doubt is taking hold.

HELLO, I am a Post Bacalaureat student with a degree in Political Science and a minor in Criminal Justice. I raised my family four children but I am now divorced and single. I have maxed out my student loan borrowing power at the undergraduate level and until accepted into a Graduate program I cannot take out any more loans. My education has been a struggle of children, balancing jobs and trying to save my marriage thereby my GPA is not good enough to qualify for  a Masters in Teaching Program at Missouri State University. I need to take courses for a semester and pay my own tuition. I currently have been forced to pay old Health Fees to this same university for the time w hen I was sick in 1996. This eight hundred dollars had to be paid before I could be allowed to register for classes. I registered for courses and I do not know how I will pay my tuition of two thousand dollars. I live in Public Housing  but have low rent by the time I buy food  and pay my monthly espenses there is not much left of the social security disability Irecieve from the government (five-hundred and sixty-nine dollars per month.)  I want to teach Art and Social Studies. I pay tuition to Drury University where I completed my last twelve units of my Bachelors Degree in 2003 and I did not qualify for a student loan then  either so I am over six thousand dollars in debt to them for which I pay fifty dollars a month. I owe the  government over 40,000 thousand dollars for my education this far which compounded interest continues all the while I am out of work or school. yet at my age (56)cannot find a job. I need to complete my education and be ready to start a career. I am between a rock and a hard place and if you write to me please use this in the subject matter. If this can lead to any help I would be grateful. I am not a smoker, or a drinker and do not use any illegal drugs. I was injured in 2000 by a man who claimed to want to help me and got a broken leg instead of any help. I still have a bad knee which leaves me out of some jobs requiring a lot of physical labor. I was planning to go to law school and run for Congress of htis country. I thought I could make a difference. As a social studies/art teacher I can do so one student at a time. Any help offered would be greatly appreciated. my email is rianarings@hotmail.com and my home phone is 417 862-1731. I am not asking for a hand out . Just some help. I have tried to get out of this mess and jsut cannot find a job. In this state it is said that it is not what you know but whom you know that matters. All donations will be viewed as money i will use in the future to help some one else when I get myslef straightened out. Thanks for listening at any rate. I pray every night for an answer to this dilema. Sincerely, Mary L. Mayfield 421 W. Madison Street Apt 403, Springfield, Missouri. P.S. I am the only one in my family who has earned this much education for six generations. I will provide more info if you need I do have good references from my former schools.

Losing our car.My husband is dissabled and I recently quit work because of fibromyalgia.I dont mind losing our car the payments are too high.I just cant stand not being able to work anymore>I worked 9 years in the same restaurant serving.I have filed for social security.Any help Would be welcomed.I can do small jobs like cleaning but am not able to always work so can't get a job. I would love to do some work, where I had an understanding boss for when I am too sick.Ruthie

My Name is Jaimie, I am A mother of 2 Little Beautiful Babies. My son is 2 and my Daughter is 1. When My son was born it was hard We started getting behind on bills and tried to get help from family but they just wont help because My husbands family doesnt like me and mine doesnt like him.  We love each other very much and trying to make a better life for ower children BUT cant I was working but i lost my job because I dont have my High school deploma or GED witch I am trying very hard to get. His is working full time at a jail and is not making enough to even pay one bill. Right now ower kids are staying at there grandparents because they told his they wore going to call DFS if we didnt let them take them. I miss them so much and I need help. We are probably going to be homeless again and I really want to see my babies.  We want to move back to the City were we can get good paying jobs and help my family but we just dont have the money for it and probably never will living in the middle of no where. The only way I can get my babies back is if I get us caught up and out of debt witch will take most likly a year and i cant wait that long to see my kids. I feel lost with out them and Depressed all the time. I even walk around the house like im lost or like im looking for them. I cry every night because i miss them so much and knowing i cant do anything about it hurts even worse. I jst saw them 2 days ago and i cried when i had to leave them they cried when we did leave.  The only communication i have with them now is the computer and cam. Thats it. I would give anything just to be able to pick them up and smell them and raise them and kiss them any time i want to.  Its really tearing me and my husband apart. i got to were i dont even want to look at him or do anything with him anymore.  Please If someone can help me I promise I will do everything in my power to help you back as well. All i want is Enough money to start all over again and prayers. I MISS MY BABIES!! If only every Family new how this feels I think u would understand.  Imagine someone coming in and taking ur kids after trying so hard to keep a rough over there head and food in there mouths.  Im just Happy its only the grandparents who have them and not DFS. But I still want my kids back. 

If you can help me please you can contanct me by e-mail at JDeLu1985@yahoo.com thank you so much for just reading this

I am currently in the process of looking for a home/apartment to rent. I cannot seem to every save enough for first and last months rent mainly because I have no means of reliable transportation to and from a job. I am looking for some kind of of help to get me started in the right direction. Currently I cannot afford rent and deposit and I am not well acquainted with the Missouri welfare system no do I want to be a burden on the working class. However, I have reached rock bottom and do not know what to do and when to turn and I am completely exhausted and sick of staying with friends and family I want a place to call my own. If you know anything or of anyone who can help me any and every little bit of information is greatly appreciated. Thank you

 IAM REACHING OUT FOR SOME HELP IN 2003 I WAS TOLD BY MY DOCTOR THAT I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 3YERS LEFT TO LIVE LIFE. WOW! AT THAT TIME I WAS DRIVING A 18 WEELER TRUCK OVER THE ROAD. THE DOCTOR TOLD ME I HAVE  A. L. S.  I REALY NEED SOME HELP ON FINDING OUT HOW I CAN GET MONEY TO BY A HOME.  I KNOW THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF PROGRAM. PLEASE IF ANYBODY CAN GET IN THE RIGHT PATH LET ME KNOW.PLEASE. THANK YOU VERRY MUCH. GOD BLESS.  RICHARD.

Hi, I am a single mom of 7 year old Trevon. I recieve little state assistance and NO assistance from my son'e father. I am disabled and not able to work at this time. The state of Missouri tells me they cannot put a child support order into effect due to my son's father recieving only S.S.I. benefits, and they cannot garnish that check or allow my son to draw off of his father because it's ONLY S.S.I. I am struggling to pay bills and buy food (I only recive $83.00 in food stamps because of my income). I have NO transportation and have to rely on the Metro (bus). I can't even visit my son at his school because it is so far away (30 minutes away although he rides the scool bus). My disabilty check covers the rent and phone bill but I am struggling to pay gas and electric. If there's anyone that has information or is able to assist me SOMEHOW, I will forever greatful and I am a firm believer in the Pay It Forward method.