I'm just a regular man who was born in March of 1977 and I need a little help.

I have a lot of ambition and I work very hard when I have the opportunity to do so.  It's just that I have been disabled since 1994 and I cannot find any kind of gainful employment at all.

It's not that I haven't looked either because I have been to every single store or business in the small town I live in with no success.

So therefore, I plan to start my own business Web site where I can work from my apartment on my home computer but the thing is that I need someone who can help fund the purchase of the site builder so I can build my own site.

The overall purpose of my Web business will be to teach other people how to become successful affilliate marketers.

If you decide to help me purchase the program needed to build my site, I will let you know what Web site address I register and you will be able to watch my site's progress on a day by day basis.

Feel free to contact me with a Private Message if you want to help out...!

I am currently a 24 year old female student enrolled in the Adult Continuing Education Program at  Linfield College in Oregon, where I am pursuing my Bachelor's Degree in Social & Behavioral Sciences through online correspondence.  Although I have applied for financial aid through FAFSA, I still face a significant deficit of approximately $2000.00 for this upcoming Spring semester beginning February 11. I am at loss to how I will be able to continue my studies if unable to locate additonal funds. Any help or referral would be greatly appreciated.

I am here because I am a young, smart, dedicated mother of 2 very smart loving kids. I have come to a point in my life where the man that I trusted with our lives just decided to leave us with nothing. It is sad because he controlled everything and could care less about me and our kids well being. I have been a stay at home mother and I do not have any unnecessary bills. All I have is rent, utilities, food, car insurance and very little money for anything else. I want to go back to school to make something of myself but there are other things that stand in my way. I need a job but no one here will take a chance on me because I havent worked and I have no experience. I need money for everyday living and it makes it harder when I want to work and go to school and then I need money for a babysitter that I can trust with my kids. I am just so stressed that I cannot provide the things that I need for my kids. I here all the time about people going into debt and well I dont want to do that to myself or my kids. I want to have some stability for themand myself but it seems like I am getting nowhere and well the money that I still have will not last long. I am not sure what I am asking for I just know that I need help. I want to find a job at home but I cant invest the little money that I have. I have sold alot of my things to make more money and well that in itself makes me sad. I just really need something to help me get by. I would really love it if this site is real and well I am not afraid to talk to someone that is real and not looking to add to the stresses that I have. I am just so afraid that my kids will have to see the harsh realities of. I want to give them a roof over there head but I can only afford a few more months and I really dont know what to do. I just dont want them to feel in secure. I want the simple things in life but no one is willing to give me a chance to prove myself to them. Life is hard but it seems to want to keep me down rather than letting me and my family prosper.

 I have a list of things that I "WISH" I could have but then again I am not to lazy to make my wishes come true. I just need some help to be stabel enough to give my kids a home.I live in a small apartment and well to better understand my situation I am pretty much living off of 1500 a month and my rent is more than half that amount. I cant get a deposit for another place and well where I live it is a really reasonable price. My landlord is really nice and understanding but he is also struggling and well with 2 kids and we dont go shopping alot. Me and my kids have all second hand things, we eat canned goods most of the time, and we just spend time together so the good thing is that my kids dont need the fancy things to make them happy. They do want the new things but they know that I cant give it to them because I dont have the money. I would love to give them the nicer things for their birthdays and holidays but I cant sacrifice the money in that way. I am just feel so inadequate at times. I want to give them extra things because they are smart and deserve them but everything is so pricey. We rarely go to mcdonalds and when we go we only get the dollar menu thing and we go where we can get free refills. I mean that is a good thing but to have to explain to my little ones that I cant do more because mommy dont have the resources really makes me depressed. They dont know the things that I have to struggle with and I hope they never know but they see it and ask questions and I have to try and tell them something else that is positive. It becomes torture at times when they see the things that others recieve and how others indulge in the luxuries of life.

ADDED this on May 10,2008

I am really looking forward to making a life with my kids but now I am trying to find some grants that I can apply for so that I can go back to school. I am having a hard time getting a job and finding needed help. I would really love it if people could help me financially but that is a dream in it self. I understand that people dont know if I am real or not but all I can say is that I am and if someone is generous enough to help me out they would be doing a great thing. I would be happy with 5 dollars I mean every little bit helps. I have really changed so much in my life to make a honest life with my kids and it hurts me that I cant give them the things that once had. They understand the situation a little but it still sucks for them because they are so young. I want to give them some security but here in hawaii it is quite difficult. I dont know what can help me but I just really dont want to go in to debt so that is why I am asking for help before we have to suffer more with those things. I am a open person and real as can be. I am not lying and well I hope that a decent person is willing to get to know me and my family enough to see that I am not scamming anyone. I really want grants for schools and I just dont know which ones are legit. But if anyone just wants to help me in monetary things that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading this and I hope that there are generous people out there that would like to help me and my kids in our time of need. I know there are alot out there and i probaly dont have a really hard story but I just dont want my kids to have to suffer a moment of hardships. Please feel free to respond. Thank you again

Need info on dental plans. Thanks!

To Whom It May Concern,

I am writing this letter in response to the desire that I have to go back to school.  I have been a single mother of an 8 year old child for 6 years and 5 months.  In this time, I have gone into a sales position, because I needed to make money to feed and support my son.  I presently hold a job that is in the telecommunications field and have a strong desire to work with children.  I unfortunately do not have the funds need to go back to school. Friends of mine have told me over and over again how I should go into teaching for many reasons.  First, I love children and children seem to be drawn to me.  Secondly, I would like to find a position that is suitable for my son, which allows me time with him.  Last but definately not least, I want to better myself and continue to recieve further education thus showing my son how much education is an important part of life. In 1992- 1994 I had gone to school part time while working full-time and was involved in a serious car accident which made it nearly impossible for me to continue going to school at that time. After rehabilitation and several operations, I was able to go back to work. In 1997, my son was born and I became a stay at home mom.  When I became a single mother in 1999, my life had basically come to a point in which I needed to just work to make money to support my child.  I have worked hard for the past several years and now would like to go back to school to seek a profession in which I enjoy rather than having a "job" to earn money.   

Hello.  I'm not here asking for money from anyone,  just information.  Due to the passing of my cousin, I've inherited her daughter to raise.  She gets $600 a month from Social Security.  What I need is real information on how to get grants so that I can provide for her.  I lost my job (due to my own doing) and there's no unemployment for me to file for.  I think I need to go back to school and get a marketable career but I need to find the funds to do that.  I've gotten behind on my bills and had damaged my credit so I don't qualify for loans.  Anyone know how to get a grant?  A real grant that could provide me with some relief?

Im not even sure what this site is for other than just having people out there who know what im going through. I have spent the last few years wondering if im going to be able to hang on. Im an adult survivor of child abuse and sexual abuse. For most of my life I have been able to maintain, but recently I feel like im comming apart. Im sure most of it is related to the fact that my life latley is so out of control. The economy is so bad right now that the stress level's have reached an all time high. I know im not the only one out here suffering, I just feel like I am.  I was diagnosed with Post Tramatic Stress Syndrome, re-occuring depression, Severe Panic and Anxiety. So with all this going on the lack of money isn't helping. I know what I need to do, and I want to be able to do it, I just cant. And I know what your thinking not with that attitude, but I used to have a great attitude, I just lost it somewhere down the road. My husband is Disabled with a bad Back and Knee, It makes it hard because we are trying to maintain a house and raise 3 kids on his disability pay and it just doesnt work.. I've tried everything. I have tried to work and tried to go to school but I just cant finish anything. I start out great and then fizzle. It gets so bad I get so over whelmed I cant continue I start getting panic attacks and then im done. If anyone can offer suggestions Im open. Anything.

until then Im still hanging in there.

I am a 36 yr. old woman and a recovering addict looking for a way to go to college.  I am unemployed, I have no savings, no car, no type of insurance, I am starting my life over from scratch and I am trying to finally fulfill my dreams.  I live with my "significant other" who takes care of my basic needs but cannot afford to put me through school.  I am trying to find grants or scholarships that will cover my tuition.  I am interested in a Bachelors Degree in the arts of Psychology.   Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone,  I am a 30 yr old single mom of two boys aged 3 and 11.  My life has been filled with so many traumatic times that I'm not sure where to begin....I was involved in a car accident in 1995 when I was 17 that caused me to be in a coma for two full weeks.  From that, I am blind in one eye, have grand-mal seizures, and I also needed to have multiple procedures to fix the left side of my face.  My cheek was shattered and I broke 12 different parts of my skull.  My short-term and long-term memory is severly damaged and I find it very hard to concentrate and thats just the brief portion of the problems that I have from that accident. Life has been such a struggle for me!! I wasn't able to finish high school but I did get my GED. I also applied for SSI but was denied 3 times. I always tried to stay positive and to not give up but its getting the best of me now. I have not held a job longer than 6 months because of my health. My family wrote me off after the car accident, I think because of the change in my appearance so I have no type of support. I did manage to have two beautiful, loving boys but their dad disappeared during pregnancy. I don't know how to go on, I cannot manage my bills and taking care of two rapidly growing boys has proven itself to be a challenge. I don't know what else to do and I don't know who to turn to. I just recently was fired from yet another job because of their lack of understanding to my health issues despite the fact that I was a hard-working employee, ya know, the one who comes in early and stays late to get the job done. I tried organizations in my area but I don't seem to qualify for anything!!! The only thing that keeps me sane is the love that my children have for me. Little do they know (and they never will) that I don't know if we are gonna be on the street tomorrow or how I'm gonna clothe them or that there are many nights that I go to bed hungry for the sake of feeding them first.  I've always had the idea of opening my own restaurant, nothing big and fancy, just something that I could get started with.  I am a great cook and I know that I wouldn't have any problems making money with that career choice. And I will be able to take care of my health better being my own boss.  I just don't know how to get started. My credit sucks and there is no one in my life that I can go to to ask for help with helping me finance it.  Are there any grants out there for low-income people to start a business?? Would I absolutely need good credit to start one??  Am I even being realistic about the whole thing?? Should I just go find a corner, tuck my head in and give up?? My whole life has been hard, when is it ever gonna ease up??  I know that I'm just ranting right now but thats how my mind feels, like its all over the place!! Any advice, referrals or cash assistance will be very helpful, I thank you in advance....Thanks everyone for reading!!

Hello I am a single mother, who is also a college student.  I will be taking my last colleges at ODU this summer.  I have a job but its not paying all of my bills.  I need help with rent, utilities and expenses for my four year old.  My goal is not to quit school, but I am drowning, I hate begging but I am left with no other options.  Can someone please help me?  If you can please email me at vicwlk@gmail.com

Mother of 5 year old with Leukemia and Developmental delays. I am needing help with transportation costs and related expenses of getting him back and forth to do the doctor and therapy sessions.

Dear Soulight,

I am in desperate need of some financial assistance to help me through this difficult time. The one thing that really bothers me is how my university of 4 years, has put me off from completing my Masters Program because I cannot afford to pay them $1,800.00 and because I am not working they have taken me off the program until I can pay this amount.  Although I feel it was not my fault I have no money to pay for a lawyer that can help me to fight this.  As it stands, my school loans from this univeristy is at 75,000.00, and I completed my bachelors with them in 2006.  My gpa stands with this university at 3.89, and they have no intentions of working with me to try and solve this situation.  They told me they cannot schedule me for classes because I am not working.  I feel discriminated from this university and hope that you can provide for me any organization that will help me to find financial assistance to gain some satisfaction towards this matter I face.  Presently, I am unemployed and am struggling to survive on a $422 a month income.  What type of individual grants are available to low income people like myself?  Please anything would help me.  

I want to know are their scholarships and grants for people who have family members to

alcoholis and cancer. I am finishing my master in education and looking for grant to pay for my

PHD in Counseling and transportantion.

Last year I was hit by several tragedies and I am still in disbelief. March Seventeen of     “06” I broke my

ankle and I was in the emergency room for three hours a doctor walking by saw my leg he got x-rays.

The first week spent in hospital with my leg wrapped because of the swelling they couldn't do any

surgeries. Second week I had the surgery. After I was well enough to go home my dad me a wheel chair

and walker. At, the time my dad was sick going in and out of hospital it was an everyday thing. Then my

dad ended up in the hospital. I was at home and the phone ring and picked it up it was hospice which I

had no idea what hospice was for. Then told my dad was dying and he would put on hospice in the

house. I was called to meet with the doctor and my sister. The doctor told us my dad had two weeks to

live and he had liver cancer and any cancer treatment would instantly kill him. Since I had huge casts in

bed everyday while dad was slowly die across the hall.  May Ninth of last year, I came back home from

my second surgery to find my mom crying over dad his was slowly shutting down with his last tears we

prayed and on the same day at 8pm he passed. Now my mom takes care of me and my disabled

sister.But I have my education and I want to continue it my dad was my inpsiration and he still but my

mom has join my team. My education has become my number one priority it has kept me together and it

has become theraphy for all the pain and saddness is still there but I have future to look forward to. My

dad would have been proud.

I would like to know how I might be referred to a doctor for my lower back, since I am a self pay patient.

I am 46, an ex-businessman, lost all my savings and assets to clear part of my debt and still in debt may be due to fate.  I have three childrens, one is a kid.  Now I am not in  a position to feed and provide education for them and I am also out of mental peace due to this and I cannot concentrade on any work.  My skills gone vein, my dreams of serving society, my dreams regarding spiritual thoughts, writing, good work to nation and world all remains yet to start due to my problems.  If I get help I can live a useful life and also serve to many in future.

my mailing address: rkathira@yahoo.co.in      

My son is now 15 years old. He was dx'd with Asperger's, ADHA, Touretts, and has

sensory intregration disorder. He has been in special ed, but for the past 3 years

has been main streamed into class. He just graduated 8th grade with 1 A'S AND 6 B'S

on his report card. He also rec'd a special medal on a writing assessment essay that

he did and only 4 kids in the whole class got it. The highest grade you could get was

6 and no one in the whole 8th grade made it. But my son and 3 other children made

the 5. I was so proud and he was too. We are worried about summer, because he needs

some extra help with tutoring so he does not forget everything he has learned this 

year. He performs better if he is getting some type of learning on a constant basis.

He is very good with computers and he would like to attend some type of classes but

we are unable to afford them. I was looking to see if there is some sort of grant for

children in his situation. He needs to be evaluated by a neurologist because he has

a tremor and no one in the area takes his medicaid. I work at a physicians office but

I have no insurance and I cannot afford to take him where he needs to go and pay.