Ari's College Tuition
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Hey everybody! My name is Ariel, and I am so excited to be attending Grand Valley State University in the fall!
However, due to my financial situation, I need to come up with about $6,000 dollars if I don't want to take out unsubsidized student loans.
My mother has, for the past several years (maybe even longer, I don't know), has had a heroin addiction. Not only has it robbed my sister and I of what should have been a great childhood, but has also (as anyone who has lived with someone with an addiction can probably attest to) robbed my family financially. If there was ever any money set aside for me to go to college, it doesn't exist any longer.
Things got worse, however, when back in January, my mother was staying in a rehabilitation facility. Just a couple days after checking in, she checked herself out, went across the street and carjacked a poor man's truck and ran him over with it, taking him from his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Now, she has to pay for her actions, but now my sister's life and my own have been flipped upside down.
Within the matter of days, we had everything we had known taken away from us. We moved in with our grandfather, and we now live in a house of 6 people, 4 of them teenagers (myself being the oldest which means being the first to go off to college).
Financially, we have just enough money to get by, and not really any extra money to help go toward my college education, and even if we had enough for me, my family has to start putting 3 more kids through college over the next 5 or so years.
Any kind of contribution will help immensely. Everyday I meet more people who are truly good, kind and compassionate, and it really helps to know these people are in the world when times get tough. Even if you cannot donate money, sharing my page to those who can is just as good a help as any and I thank you so much for what ever you can do assist.
As much as I don't want to put myself out into the world like this, I know that sometimes a person just needs to ask for help.
However, due to my financial situation, I need to come up with about $6,000 dollars if I don't want to take out unsubsidized student loans.
My mother has, for the past several years (maybe even longer, I don't know), has had a heroin addiction. Not only has it robbed my sister and I of what should have been a great childhood, but has also (as anyone who has lived with someone with an addiction can probably attest to) robbed my family financially. If there was ever any money set aside for me to go to college, it doesn't exist any longer.
Things got worse, however, when back in January, my mother was staying in a rehabilitation facility. Just a couple days after checking in, she checked herself out, went across the street and carjacked a poor man's truck and ran him over with it, taking him from his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Now, she has to pay for her actions, but now my sister's life and my own have been flipped upside down.
Within the matter of days, we had everything we had known taken away from us. We moved in with our grandfather, and we now live in a house of 6 people, 4 of them teenagers (myself being the oldest which means being the first to go off to college).
Financially, we have just enough money to get by, and not really any extra money to help go toward my college education, and even if we had enough for me, my family has to start putting 3 more kids through college over the next 5 or so years.
Any kind of contribution will help immensely. Everyday I meet more people who are truly good, kind and compassionate, and it really helps to know these people are in the world when times get tough. Even if you cannot donate money, sharing my page to those who can is just as good a help as any and I thank you so much for what ever you can do assist.
As much as I don't want to put myself out into the world like this, I know that sometimes a person just needs to ask for help.
Organizer
Ariel Jaffe
Organizer
Brighton Township, MI
