I like to do volunteer work and help with children that lack basic needs.  I love children, but have none of my own.  I have helped out several single parent familes around the holidays for the past few years.  I've found that some families need ongoing help all year and not just at the holiday season.  I have been a public school employee for 22 years, and serve on a local church board.  I prefer to help someone directly without going through an organization.  I've done volunteer work before for organizations and was surprised at how much of the donated funding was spent on administrative expenses, and how little went to the recipients.   I really like the concept of Aidpage. 

I'M A STAY AT HOME MOTHER,

Hiya all.

Well, how do I introduce myself?

First of, I'm nobody and everyone...meaning I do not have a familiare name or face, but I have lived for a few years now, and during I have battled most fancy twitches and turns life has to offer.
On the basis of that, I like to think of myself as one that might lend advices and support to others fighting the same battles I have fought (and won)!

Most important to remember for all, no matter what the struggle is about; there's almost always a solution out there.

Looking forward to getting to know new folks...  ;o)

Hello,My name is nesha berry. I am 16 years old. I live with my mum, step dad and two sisters. My mum has bipolar disorder and me and my sisters look after her when she is having trouble. We do the house work and allot of the cooking.but with us being in school and me and my sister doin gcse's and a levels we dont have a llot of time to be teenagers. also because we are only young and in school we cannot bring in money to support our selfs and the bit of money my step dad brings in we have to make last. Therefore we don’t get the chance to have a break from our hectic life at weekends so we end up staying in and my mum gets stressed and her illness becomes worse. Also with our lack of money we can only afford enough food and drink to last and even then we sometimes struggle but our parents try to make sure we never go without. this week we are trying to feed 5 kids an my mum an step da and we are struggling allot because my stepdads wages have been doked for no reason.So I am asking if anyone has any ideas on how we can improve our lifestyle or help us in any way, please talk to me or my sister (perfectimperfection) please.

Loads of love,

God bless xxx xxx

Hello my name is Micki. Iam a single mother of two beautiful little boys, Braxton 8 yrs old & Aiden 3yrs old. A little over two yrs ago my son moved to NY with his father. I have court ordered visitation in the summer and on holidays. His father is going against the order and wont let my son come home. He hasn't been home in a year. This is killing us. Im under so much presure because my son made me promis that his little brother and I would move to Long sland N.Y. as soon as we could .There are no words to tell you what this has been like for my family, my three yr old starves himself for wks at a time when his brother left, and each time after he visits the same, and thats just the begaining of what we go through. It's been two yrs and we are no closer to moveing. I don't have the funds to move , don't know how to find a three bedroom home for my children and I there , not to mention finding a job there that will afford us to live. I can not afford legal councel at all, so I am unable to file comtemt charges against his father..... My son has some special needs, he has "CAPD" hearing difficulty, and "ADHD", also has an inoppreible "aracnoid cyst", in his brain that was descovered right befor he left to live with his father. I know nothing about my sons medical wellbeing now that he is there , I know nothing about his education now that he's there, and it was ordered that his father provide me with that info. His father never met "his" son untill he was almost three, and that was because we went to NY to make him meet him. ONLY after that did he imedietly file for custody of my son .We fought for over two yrs. untill I ran out of money, Im still paying that off. Please befor you assume I wasn't proven "unfit" , that law doesn't apply to Oklahoma. Just "best interest" = IE", who has more money. What I need is help someway to get there, (N.Y.) money, job, home. ASAP". Thank you for anything you can do. I'm not looking for a hand out, not looking for a new life , my sons needs me and we need him. What has happend is wrong and I can't let this go on till he is 18 . I will do anything to get back in my little boys life. If there is any thing I can do for you in return please don't hesitate to ask. P.S. I miss him so very much.....please, please help us!!!

I don't have anything to give right now but if anyone just wants to talk, I'm a good listener and will give you my thoughts and advice.

i am a 24 yr old female going to school for pharmecy technician. im hoping to buy a house by the end of the year but with bad credit i cant, trying to clear that up by paying things off, help of any kind appreciated, even just advice . thankyou. im hoping to not have another heart attack as well while im going through all this stress. the bad credit is from medical bills when i had a mild heart attack last october.

Hoooooah!!!! I am a soldier in the UNITED STATES ARMY. I am only an E-3, and was diagnosed as being bipolar, which sux by the way. Well they're kicking me out and I am so far in debt, they are just going to let me go just like that???? I need $1000 to get my dumb brand new car legal, but fuck that, I want to help humans in need. I've done it b4, through this site, I helped a lady with $300, she was so thankful, and kind. And as we all are here for help, we should also help those in need of stuff. I mean in whatever way we can hu??? Please help or write how I can help you?? Write back to me @ Tbeaumont83@yahoo.com Why not just call me?? Until they shut my phone off for reasons. Today is your day, HHHHOOOAAAHHH!!! 931-206-2660, Feel free to call anytime of day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please help us get our life back on track. We may be about to lose everything and don't know what to do.

My wife had to leave her job due to illness and our finances collapsed. Before things got out of hand I went for advice and was told I must seek help from my bank. I asked my bank for advice and was told if I didn't accept their financial assistance I would probably have to go bankrupt. As I thought it was the only option I accepted, only to find their interest rates higher than the ones I had with my previous creditors.

I eventually asked for assistance from a debt management company who I was with for 3 years. They promised to get my interest frozen and persuaded my creditors to accept lower payments. 3 years on I've paid out over 12,000 pounds in this agreement only to find my debts are larger than they were before. The interest hadn't been frozen at all. I only found out because one of my creditors sent me a statement by mistake. Under the agreement, the creditors usually sent all correspondence to the debt management company.

I took on a 2nd job some time ago which took my working hours up to more than 60 a week. On top of that, I've found out I've got a disease in my spine which makes my bones fuse together. Although working helps the condition because I need to keep mobile, too much work makes it worse. I need to reduce my hours but can't afford to.

My wife managed to fight her illness and get another job but it's getting worse again and I'm beginning to fear for her safety. She's recently heard she may soon be made redundant so the pressure on her is enormous.

We've worked so hard to try and overcome our problems but every time we make any headway, we just keep getting knocked back down again.

On top of this, over the last 3 years we've received over 600 letters threatening action against us or demanding immediate settlement, and received many more demanding phone calls, even though we've been making our payments. We're now too scared to answer the phone or to answer the door to anyone. The fear and stress are overwhelming.

We have tried for an IVA but even this was rejected, the creditors just wont stop hounding us.

We feel totally ashamed to be in this position, and I feel even more ashamed for posting this notice. It really is a last resort.

Although we accept responsibility for getting into debt, we've had a lot of help to make it worse - bad advice, being misled about the frozen interest and the interest itself, sometimes it's extortionate.

I'm not sure if anyone can help, I think we've gone too far down the line now, but if you can help in any way we would be eternally grateful. My email address is: wanderingsid45@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you for taking the time to read my message.

Sid

P.S. My wife will kill me if she finds out I've done this.

Hey  !! My name is Crystal Coleman I am 20 yrs old and I have two twin boys that are Five months old and their names are Trevor & Leland . They are my Life. . To start off. Evey since I was little I was always in a family that did drugs and stayed in trouble I never knew my mom very well because she was in and out of jail, and I finally met my real dad when I turned 18YRS.I grew up with two brothers one is in jail now and has been in jail since he was 16. My little brother in in high school now and it is his senior year. When i was little i was sexual molested by my Uncle.. I felt that i could not tell anyone but when i did i told my Grandparents because they were the one we called mom and dad . When i told them they didnt belive me so the sent me off to live with my aunt here in Texas.. When i moved here i was treated like crap i had to go to school, cook dinner , wash dishes , wash clothes, clean my aunts room and rub her feet in the middle of a a school night . Her thought on school was that it came after what she wanted me to do for her! I belived in school first .. Anyways I finally ran away from her house at the age of 17 , from their i lived from house to house, and went to school. Thats when i met my husband , I fell in love i thought he was the real thing so we got married Oct 28, 2006 , but little did i know that when I said i do i would be put threw Physicaly and Emotional abuse. ( I got married at 18) I just put up with the abuse because i had no family to run to ... When i got married i was still in High School my husband didnt want me to go to school because he thought i would flirt with the boys , and he didnt want me to go on any school trips for all the same reasons.. Well thats when it all strarted the first time he just punched me in the face once and called me many names but I belived that he loved me so I didnt want to leave him.. But i did and when I had no were to turn to or no one to turn to I went back to him ... and the abuse got worse i had just had my gawbladder taken out when he decided to beat me the second time i was on the couch he decided that he wanted me to go to bed with him and i told him i was not ready for bed that i would be in the room in a min , well he didnt like that he followed me to the bath room and beat me in the shower , when he was beating me I went into an asthma attack and and refused to give me my medication. I left him that time for the second time. But as you might know already i went back because i felt in love and i felt that I couldn't live with out him. The third time he beat me he stopped in the middle of the high way and was yelling at me i told him to get out and let me drive because he was driving crazy because a EMS worker waved at me , when he got out of his little blue GMC truck i slidded over to the drivers side and as i was reaching for the door my husband grabed the door and slamed my head and arm in it many times and left me on the side of the road . This time i was determined i was not going back to him my aunt let me move in and while i was at school she also let him move in felt traped so i was with him again.. The Last time he beat me i was pregnate My friend was going to throw a graduation party for me because i had grauated well i was maken glasses for my party that said Senior Class Of 2007 and in the middle of maken a glass my husband asked me a question I didnt understand him so i asked him what he said and he started beating me, little did i know i was pregnant he held me in a conner and beat me and when i tryied to call the cops he took the phone and beat me more and the tore the house phone out of the wall and called his step mom and told her not to let me use the phone... I got out and when i did i went to the hospital and i found out i was pregnant 2 weeks later i was so excited but when i went to the hospital i found out that i was suspost to have triplets but when my husband beat me i lost a child. I was so upset with him, i couldnt figure out why he would beat me so much and just think everything was ok. I stayed away from my husband for 4 months and then i decided i was going to give him one more chance and this time it was not for me it was for the kids.. Well i didnt go threw physical abuse this time it was all emotional abuse this last time and i ended up having my babys earily because of all of stress and stuff he made me do , When i had the kids i thought it would change my kids lived in the hospital for 35 days after they were born i never got to touch my babys when they were born just a little while after they were in the hospital. They had so many cords on them because i had them 2 months earily. I went everyday to see my babys and my husband started getting jelious so i told him he better fix his act because if he didnt that the kids and i was leavin because we didnt have to put up with his crap. When the babys got out it was getting worse he didnt want me to have anything to do with my kids, and remember me telling you that my kids are my world well my kids gave me the strength to leave him for good , I went to a Family Abuse Center for a week now im living with a friend and i am getting a divorce. Every now and then I think mabey I should just go back because it might be easyier to just live with him because I have no car , no money and no house, but you know what  I refuse to go back to him when im breaking down and thinking about going back I listen to music . I Call this a Lesson Learned, and hold my two wonderful boys . Because it was a lesson Learned . I learned the hard way , but alway turn to god even when no one eles is their he is!! God knows what i went threw and he will take care of it at the end!!

Hello,

Well, i am a single mother of three beautifull children ages 2, 6, and 7. I am not working right now due to my lack of experience and flexable schedual. But I am trying to work that out. I often find me self struggling with food and gas. which I think is normal with alot of people these days. My main problem right now is i want to move but i dont have the swecurity deposit.i will have to write more later....................

after reading other peoples post i really dont feel i should be asking any one for help. i have alot more than most and consider my self very lucky. one should not ask for more than they know they need.

We are a low income family looking for assistane to help us make it! Ok let me get a little bit more into detail on how we need help. My husband is a Iraqi veteran he is 27 yrs old and is now disabled he was injured in iraq, and when he came home was discharged from the military. I am unable to work out of the home due to this and our 3 children. We live in government housing and would really like to have our own home. please any info possible would be great!

Hi to all kind people,

I am Yugoslavian but I live in Cyprus, small island between Europe, Asia and Africa. I came here with my girls in 1999, to avoid war in my country. I met my husband here and we got married 3 years ago. I don't know where to start, which problem is bigger than other. We are all healthy and I am very greatfull for that. Our financial situation is very bad, so bad that we can't afford bread and milk every day, not to mention clothes and shoes for my girls. My husband moved to Greece in order to find job and he is working on a constraction but the money is hardy enough. I am not able to work due to other reasons, my status here. This is very big problem because in order to apply for residence and work permit I need $2.300 guarantee to deposit which I don't have. I am stuck here with children and I can't provide anything for them. I can't even go back because there is nothing and noone to go back to.

Another thing is that I bought a car when I came here. I bought it through the bank and I was paying for it monthly. I had an accident and car was destroyed. I got check from insurance which I gave to the bank. Since then I didn't receive anything from the bank until recently, stating that I owe them $8,000. I really don't know what to do and where to find that kind of money. I can't afford a lawyer and I am not entitled for an legal-aid since I dont have resident permit.

Please, hep me. Anyway that you can. I need advice, I need money, I need someone to see my situation from a distance. I can't judge any more for myself, I can't even see things clearly.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Marianna 

I am here to see if anyone or anybody knows a source of Income tol end for me to move to another state to get a JOB. I have been asked to leave my home and need assistance to get to Georgia to start a job. If anyone could help, please reply...

                  I want to open a business that offers educational and recreational tours and cruises on our historic Apalachicola Bay. Our seafood industry (oystering, crabbing, shrimping, etc) is fast being replaced by townhomes and condos. After working on the water most of my life and raising four children from the bays resources I dont want to see a part of our local hertiage gone forever. I need advice, contacts, grants, loans, etc. I have bay front property to start already. Any help or knowledge in this area would be appreciated.

I am a 44 year old divorced father with bipolar II living in Missouri.

I HAVE STRUGGLED THE LAST TWO YEARS HARDER THAN EVER. WORKED TWO FULL TIME JOBS;MANAGING ALL DAY & BARTENDING ALL NIGHT, SO THAT I COULD REPAY A DEBT MY HUSBAND LEFT ON  ME. WORKED MYSELF INTO THE GROUND SO THAT MY 4 YEAR OLD COULD HAVE A NICE HOME, AND FOOD, AND TOYS,AND A HAPPY UP BRINGING, & NOT SEE OR FEEL THE HARDSHIPS THAT I'VE BEEN FACING. SO MANY TIMES I WANTED TO GIVE UP.I FELT LIKE SUCH A FAILURE. NEVER BEING ABLE TO SPEND ANY REAL TIME WITH MY PRECIOUS LIL GIRL. HER ALWAYS HUNGRY FOR MY ATTENTION. IT BROKE MY HEART. I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN SHE WAS BORN, THOUGHT HOW WONDERFUL MY LIFE HAD BECOME. MY WORLD FEEL OUT FROM UNDER ME THOUGH IN 2006, WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS ARRESTED AND I WAS TOLD BY OFFICERS THAT MY HUSBAND AND LOVING FATHER, WHO I HAD BEEN WITH FOR 4 YEARS ;WAS A FUGITIVE AND WAS LIVING WITH AN ALIAS NAME.    HE  OWED SO MUCH MONEY TOO. TO PEOPLE I HOPE I NEVER RUN ACROSS AGAIN....I'VE MADE IT THIS FAR. I JUST FINISHED PAYING THESE PEOPLE OFF IN MARCH.....I PRAISE MY LORD THAT THIS BURDEN IS LIFTED, BUT NOW STRUGGLE WITH HAVING JUST LOST MY JOB, IN SEQUINCE I HAD TO GIVE UP MY HOME AND ASK MY MOTHER TO LET MY DAUGHTER AND I SLEEP ON HER FLOOR, TILL I CAN GET BACK ON MY FEET. I FEEL LIKE SUCH A FAILURE AGAIN. IM TRYING TO BE POSITIVE, AND WORK THE LAWS OF ATTRACTION INTO MY LIFE, AND GET BACK ON TRACK,AND START LIVING , INSTEAD OF EXISTING, BUT I FEEL SO BROKEN..........

A Hug Certificate for You!

This poem is very sweet. It will be interesting to see who sends it back. Forward this on and back. I'm counting on you not to let me be the number one type person on the list below, but if you've got better things
to do, then at least you'll prevent me from being the number six type. Thanks!

If I could catch a rainbow I would do it just for you
and share with you its beauty
On the days you're feeling blue.

If I could build a mountain

You could call your very own;
A place to find serenity,
A place to be alone.

If I could take your troubles
I would toss them in the sea,
But all these things I'm finding
are impossible for me.

I cannot build a mountain
Or catch a rainbow fair,
But let me be what I know best,
A friend who's always there.

                    This is a Hug Certificate!!

Send One to All Your Friends You Think Deserve A
Hug (Which, Hopefully Includes the Person Who
Sent It to You).

You might send it to your enemies as well! It'll really tic 'em off!

If you don't receive this back .. nobody likes you, and they wish you'd stop bugging them.

If you receive this back 1 time ... Open up! Find more friends, enemies, or enemies pretending to be friends ...

If you receive this back 2 times ... You're off to a good start ... unless you sent it to yourself. that's cheating!

If you receive this back 3 times. You're a good friend

If you receive this back 4 times ...... You are popular,
-- I wanna be just like you.

If you receive this back 5 times or more. There are Angels watching over you....

If you get this back many more times than that, for cryin' out loud, get off the computer and get a life!

Cornfedfarmg,

I really don't believe that sending you a dollar indicates whether I am good person or not. I tell you what, if you send me a dollar, I will send you a dollar and then we both can be considered, by your definition, good people. I willing to do it if you are.

Again, I think there are plenty of good people out here but it is up to those individuals where they send their money.

I contribute to several organizations a year who would consider me "good". Again, for your research, you can easily go to any philanthropy website or directly to charities and find out how many donors are out there including companies that donate. That would be the best way to see how generous people are. Your approach, although it may not be, comes across as a scam for you to profit from our generosity in the name of an "experiment".

"Our only hope ls our children and olderfolk," Good God in heaven knows, the "powers that be" sure won't change their ways and help the backbone of america. Things went bad when we started moving Grandpa & Grandma out of the home into oldfolks homes. The kids lost precious teachings that are vital to life. The olderfolk lost their reason to be. All in the name of Bigger, better,faster and longer! We have a vast number of children lost in fostercare, on the street,and in broken homes. And with the great number of functioning olderfolk lets take some of the failing family farms and put them together? This is my idea. The children have not only lost the joys and lessons that Mom and Dad have no time to teach. But what is more, They don't learn how to be Human. Look around, We are in deep we must begin with our children so that when they are "The powers that be" they wil treat their familys with a bit more Humanness. One farm is all we need to start.   A. Hillbilly

Due to an unexpected divorce, I am an older woman now trying to re-start my life.  I have no dependant children now ... they are grown and flown.  I gave up a career to raise my children and be a stay at home Mom.  Now, I have to re-enter the work force and take care of myself.  I want to go back to school ... a retail job just won't pay the bills.  I can't earn enough to pay for school AND the bills.  I keep searching the internet for possibilities, but it seems much of what I see as far as "aid" looks like a scam.  I don't know how to sort out the real from the fake. Who do I trust ? Who do I stay away from ? 

I would appreciate advice from someone who has been there, or would like to know how YOU made it.  Anyone willing to be a Mentor ?    

We recently found out we are pregnant and that our insurance only covers complicated pregnancy. I hav enot seen a doctor yet, because we already have some medical debt and I want ot see if there any help out here before make that debt even larger. I'm not sure who to contact for help or who's out there. If you know who I should speak with, please let me know.

Our family makes to much for Medicaid, not enough to pay for everything upfront. We live in Tx near the Dallas Fort Worth Area.

Thank You!

• where our economy went wrong

Hi, everyone.I'm here looking for assitance.my name is Thasku Joseph. I am from Guam USA a tiny island in  the south pacific about 300 miles a way from the Phillipine.the problem I had since June 2003 until now is my spinal cord and diabetic. I was in the wheel chair before I went to Hawaii for surgery but now I'm still suffer and pain I cry to our lord to at least make me walk again. I thanked to the Lord for let me walk with gain but I walk very slowly like an old man.I'm 46 yrs old. because my family is poor and my self I can't afford to pay for my plane ticket and another surgery. my doctor in Hawaii recomanded me to get another surgery after 2 or 3 yrs but I can't because  of financial situation. when I had my first surgey, it took 10 hours that day to have my procedure done. but when my doctor visited me in my bed the next day he told me I still have left over problem on my spine to remove the deases from spine cord (disc). he also told  me with in 2 or 3 yrs he would remove the rest of spinal cord deases that causes my nerve system not funtion properly.my spinal cord problem is at the edge of my spine on my neck close to my head. this is the main reason it affects   both  my harms, and my body, especially, my legs are the worst. I suffered daily and cried to the lord to protect and take care of my pain and other difficulities. this is including my family's needs.I get SSDI only $373.00 a month, I have 2 girls 9 and 10 yrs old. they are in school.my wife is unemployed and also has menthal problem. I hardly can't afford to buy my kid's personal needs such as clothes, school supplies, and etc. my SSDI goes to our house's bill.I was lucky the first time I had my first surgery because I was fund raising and especially coupon churches were helping me out.and now Im just staying home sometimes I excercise swimming and praying.I write my story because I need you people out there to  at least read and know that I need you people help to send my kid's used clothes or for my family as well. if you can please help me with little money, I do really appreciated and I accepted. I also thank you for that too. please do not hesitate to e-mail me. you can reach me at easyinfo2002@yahoo.com or my mailing address is P.O. Box 27677 GMF, Guam 96921

Thank you very much for your cooperation and understanding,

Respectfully,

Thasku Joseph