helping people

About Resources at a Glance:

This page was created in response to an AidMate who has had eye surgery and simply can't tolerate much online search. I'll be adding to the list below, so check back from time to time.

Happy hunting all you advocate AidPagers!

Nichy Links
http://www.nichcy.org/resources/default.asp

Loans for People
http://www.prosper.com/

National United Way
http://national.unitedway.org/

Georgia Dept of Human Services
http://dhr.georgia.gov/portal/site/DHR

Modest Needs
http://www.modestneeds.org

United Health Care Children’s Foundation (grants)
http://www.unitedhealthcarechildrensfoundation.org

Open Directory Project
http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Philanthropy/Organizations/Cheer_and_Support/Wish_Fufillment/

Prescription Assistance for those w/o Insurance
https://www.pparx.org/Intro.php

USDA Rural Development
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/common/program_info.htm#SFH

Operation Breakthrough
http://www.operationbreakthrough.org/about.htm

Free Cycle
http://www.freecycle.org

Micro Giving Community
http://www.microgiving.com

Food at a Discount, w/ or w/o Food Stamps!
http://www.angelfoodministries.com/about.asp

Locate Your Insurance Docs at a Glance
http://www.americaninsurancedepot.com/lost.htm

Non Profit Warehouse
http://www.nonprofitwarehouse.com

Medicine At Little or NO Cost!
http://www.bridgestoaccess.com/

National Transplant Financial Assistance
http://www.transplants.org

Free Medical Camps
http://www.freemedicalcamps.com/index.php

Idilogic , History of and Free Grant Resources
http://www.idilogic.com/about.htm

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)

Greetings,

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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

I am a 24 year old female with a graduate degree in Social Work. I have two jobs working in child welfare and mental health to get by on the basic needs of life. I have always been a hard worker and a good citizen including working 3 jobs to get through college. I am always helping others and trying to improve the child welfare system as well as trying to figure out who I am and what I want in life. I am now discovering who I am as a person and learning to love myself. I want to know who I am before I chose to get married and have children. I want to help improve my community and am always on the go trying to find "the answer" to making our world a better place. I love life and feel lucky to be alive and healthy! I am trying to buy a home and am having little luck b/c I work for a low salary and do not have enough money for a down payment. If I recieve help with a down payment I will pay it forward when I am older to help someone like me- someone who has always done the right thing and worked as hard as possible but doesn't make enough to own a home!

hi my name is Francesca Johnson and i just got my 1st apartment. i am a single partent with 2 kids and 1 on the way. i got laid off my job that i had for 8 months. nobody wants to higher me because i am pregnant. i have no money to pay my bills and i just moved in my new place 2 months ago. please help me.

I am a 30 year old man, looking to basically follow my dreams. Over the last seven years I've dedicated my life to fulfilling my dreams, only to now have come to SC where I feel stuck. The money that I need would help me to get out of a State that I feel is oppressing what God has placed in me to fulfill. I want to move to Stamford, CT a place that when I was living in NY, I got lost there one day and every since then I have been trying my hardest to get back. Without a doubt I feel that I was called to go to this place and all of what I hope for in my life will be accomplished if I can just make it back. Right now I have my own truck, which is broken and have no way to fix it, if I could just get some money in order to get my truck fixed so that I could get a job it would lead me to fulfilling so much of what I hope and pray for. I really just feel stuck like I can't move, and want so much to be able to go forward so that in return my life will be a blessing to someone else. If I had $3000 I could get my truck fixed, move to Stamford, get a job, and begin a life that is pleasing in the site of God, and one that like I said would give me the opportunity to bless someone else. I have so many ideas for companies that I want to start, and have worked on making all of what I hope for come to reality by planning, studying, and the like. I have over eight written business plans and plenty of ideas that will help others if I can just get the help I need. I don't know, I just need help from someone...............

"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

Im a mommy of a beautiful 1 year old little girl. Trying to get on my feet and give my daughter the best life I possibly can. 

 Well I know there are a ton of people that need help and I wish everyone could get the help they need. But unfortunately I am in bad situation myself. I am working two low paying jobs right now that is not even coming close to making ends meet, basically 12 hrs. a day between the two. I am about to not have a place to live anymore on top of lose my car which is junk anyway. I am behind on some city taxes because I could never afford to pay them and they are threatening me as well. I need a place to live and to be able to take care of myself and my daughter and it seems impossible. I spend my days telemarketing to raise funds for veterans which I love the cause but it's almost like volunteer work, it pays a small commission based on what i sell. And before that I go into yet another phone room. I just can't keep going on like this i'm tired of worrying about where am I going to live in the next month, or what is goig to go wrong with my car today, or where am i going to get money to eat today, it's horrible. No one should have to live like this and I can't believe aas rich of a country as we supposedly are there are not programs in place to help people such as myself that are in such need. Any ideas or help would be much appreciated. I have so many major financial things bearing down on me and yet not a dollar in my pocket, i can't make it like this. It's been a very hard few years I've lost so much and I keep telling myself things are going to turn around somehow, that I will get a great job I never expected or some stranger will come up and just offer something to me out of the blue, i've heard of that happening before, but it never happens to me. Help.

My husband may be starting a job but its not for a month from now and we have to pay our mortgage this month or  give up our home we have asked everyone we know, does anyone know where we could go?? we already filed bankruptcy.

This is the most desperate of pleas...

Two years ago, I was the first person in my family to make it to college.  Albeit design school, it was a great achievement on my behalf, and I'm still excited about it to this day.  When I was denied the loan to finish my last year of my associate's degree, I was expected out of my apartment by the next day at five in the evening.

Fast forward to nearly two years later, I'm scraping by in Chicago, with barely enough to eat, sleeping on couches of friends I met along the way.  My life has absolutely no shred of meaning.  I've discovered the worst in people due to their selfish pursuits for personal gain.  I've seen more privliged individuals drink an entire tuition away, and brag about it to my face with a devilish grin.

I'm over it.  Obviously, I've got a bit of wit about me, but that doesn't pay the bills, or get a job going.  I've tried everything, and I can't keep my head above water without a degree.  Anything on any level would be fantastic, even if it is a gem of advice that strays from anything obvious (e.g. Save your money, move out of Chicago).

Thank you.

-Tony

Okay seems I just spent 2 hours writing a post and had too much to say, I dont think it posted. LOL! Well phooey, Ill try to shorten it. My problems seem so small and I hope I can lend some support to you all, even if it is for now, only in words. Right at this moment Its all I got.

Mom of 4.5 children, a 19 yr old son who is stationed in Virginia in the Coast Guard, and 18 yr old Daughter in law (thus the .5), that I have raised for a year, and still am, a 15 yr old son, and two daughters 11 and 9.   I also have 2 dogs and 2 cats.      My hubby and I have been together 16 yrs. He is an awesome man, would give the shirt off his back if he could. He is a good man and I am very lucky to have him.        

We however are what you consider the working poor, both have full time jobs, minimal pay....only bills we have are mortgage 1500$ electricity $250, gas $200, water 150$, car notes $720, insurance $250, and a payday loan $120 (BTW DO NOT GET THESE!!! I have had mine for a year and we are just paying the interest on it). We have numerous medical bills which I ignore, and are supposed to have more as my husband is supposed to get back surgery. But he cant just yet, as we need him to work.  It costs to much even with insurance. We have no credit cards, thank goodness, do not want any either. With the rising cost of gas it is getting us farther and farther behind, we have to buy it though to get us both to work. My husband uses alot of it, $20 to $40 a day, as he travels all over the area and then some. I use my car for work and the kids. Its killing us slowly.

Between food and gas, and trying to keep our utilities paid, we have fallen so far behind I dont think we will dig out. I am 1 month behind on both cars, and 1 month going to be 2 behind on our home. I just paid Januarys... it  Took us 15 yrs to finally get a house, and in 5 mths of living here we may lose it, it makes me feel useless. There are times I just feel like curling in a ball, I am just so depressed, somedays. If anyone has any advice I will gladly listen. I am at a loss, we cant qualify for public assistance, Where else can you turn?

I know I always say the sun always rises, but somedays I sure wish the clouds would part so I could enjoy it.

Anyway hope this was shorter and it will post, sorry if I made your eyes bleed. Anyday is a good day if you wake up and breathe. :O) Like I said my problems are small. Any advice would be helpful.

This pic was from two years ago, I had one of my front tooth fixed and you cant see all the problems. I will try and get a recent pic

Goodness, this is so hard. This is such an awesome site, and so many great people helping each other on so many ways..I really have a long story and I truly am not trying to whine, really but oh my Lord times are tough. O.k. I'll just jump right into it so here goes...:)

Married to a U.S. Army Veteran for almost 15 years, (my junior high sweetheart)..Two bright, wonderful, sweet children directly from God. They are 14 and 11. My husband got out of the Army in '97 and went directly to work in the field he is still in today. In 2005 Katrina hit us, and right after that he was laid off from the company he had been with since he got out of the army. The company was forced to close due to too much loss as a result from dear Ms. Katrina. Luckily at the time we had a little savings, but that went so quickly. Family helped as much as they could and he finally was able to get on with a new company doing the same job in 2006, we doggy paddled trying to get out from under the mountain that formed amazingly fast and things were starting to look alot brighter for us by 2007. During this time we were living with his parents, and finally got back into a home of our own in March of '07. Things went smoothly for a little while until a new corporation took over the one he was working under...there were alot of adjustments to make and work slowed down to a snails pace. Our family motto is "Through God all things are possible" and "And this too shall pass". We believe these things like nothing else. In January of this year his company just pulled out without any warning, their home office is in another state and there is no phone number or address in which to find these people. There was no last paycheck, no severance package...no "sorry, tough luck"..nothing..It is amazing how cruel life works sometimes, but we keep fighting the good fight..but we are losing fast. The landlord served a 3 day eviction notice today, I had been able to scrape up the rent for February, but didn't pay until Feb. 28th. We are now late,late, late for March ($600.00)..and going into April :( Another (600.00)....Utilities (500.00)

Total:$1700.00 that hurts just to type that

Now for the second part of our story..On March 5th, my husband had been out job hunting and was on his way home..well about 6 miles from home he ran out of gas on the side of the road. This was at about 7 p.m. He walked part of the way and then a great samaritan stopped and picked him up and brought him home. We thought we would just hop into my car and go right back to pick up the truck..here we go...the battery in my car was dead..no battery charger and none of the neighbors was available to jump us off. So my husband..bless his heart..at 1 a.m. he took off on our son's bike with the gas can in a plastic shopping bag slung over the handle bars.. Rode the 6 miles back to where the truck was and no truck was there..he had left his hazard lights on...left his strobe lights on...put out safety cones ALL around the truck..it was gone! So he rode the bike all the way back home, it is roughly 2:30 a.m. by now. We call the Sherriff's Department "Yessir we had it towed due to the fact that it was obstructing traffic"...just great...all of his tools, equipment..his entire livelyhood is on that truck.......so we call towing company...($120.00 towing fee + $25/day storage). "Can we at least get his work equipment off the truck, so that he may work to pay to get the truck out of storage"???????? "No ma'am, not until you pay all the fees".......By the time we got any amount of money the fees has accumulated so much that we cannot even touch what they want now, which is over $600.00..they are selling his truck April 25th...I guess right along with everything he needs to work.......My grandmother always said "when it rains it pours" I never knew quite what she meant until now. So we keep chugging along, just trying to make lemonade out of all these lemons, but I am so tired. We are both looking for work continuously. The bright side of all this, my babies are still smiling and holding their heads up...God is awesome! I am hoping that someone...somewhere may be able to help us, while we are trying to help ourselves..I have always believed in "doing my good deed for the day", because it always comes back around... be it in a special prayer from someone..a chuckle...a hug..a hand up??? Please if anyone can find it in their hearts to help, I will find any possible way to "pay it forward".

God Bless

After 25 years of renting I finally bought my own home...Little did I know the real estate market would change.

I met my agent back in 2005 he showed me this one home on our list, actually the last home on our list that I qualified for. We both entered and turned to each other saying at the same time " this is the house". We have been together ever since.

Due to the market slump, we are behind on the payments, I work two jobs and he is doing consultation work for a local church. I would like to have peace of mind finally in my life. My dear love is so frantic on how to help me pay the bills and the house. I am a caregiver to my mom who I moved in so, really I work three jobs.

30 years of caring for the injured, sick and dying is what I have done with my life. I worked as many shifts as I could to help my son get through school . He just started a new job and has college bills to pay off.

I am not proud, but a real person who has so much heart. The many I have helped derserved the help, there are many others who deserve the help more than I do. But if you find that you have loose change, pennies, nickels, etc...I'll take it with much thanks...contact me if your sincere about helping. My biggest desire is to keep the roof over all the heads of those that live here. I love my home....help me save it !!!

Thank you and may the Lord my Father bless you...

    My name is R.Frank Dryer I have had two real bad Marrages, both my ex wifes left me in the hole ,people are trying to sue me left and right ,i'm gpoing back and forth between camp ground and Big Brother.s house and they cant aford me ether for they have there own family and i'm on ssi disabled can't aford a home and food and bills at same time plus $200.000.00 in det and medical and dental all at same time and i'm dieing a slow painfull death for i have real bad teeth seepin pision in my body at all times medicade don't want to pay for it please help me.