
Support Needed for Health and Housing Crisis
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I am reaching out to family and friends one last time. This is so hard to do since I have always handled my situations myself. I have helped many of you in the past maybe not monetarily but by volunteering being there when you need something and this has been very hard. Hard for me to bite my pride and ask for help I have posted twice and two people have blessed me with what they can for that I am very grateful and I don't want anyone to help if it's going to hurt them but it's important that you all know just what I am facing. I sent a goal of 500 which is nowhere near what I really need but I didn't want to set a high goal that scared people off. The truth of the matter is I fought to get my vehicle back then lost my job. Any of you who know me know that I have had two jobs and sometimes three at the same time and have never spent more than a week getting another job when I needed one. Now that I have been living in my car until recently when I am staying with some friends from church but that time to leave them is approaching quickly. The weather is turning cold and the stress that it's creating has my sugars well over 600 any of you who know sugar knows how dangerous that is. The veterans administration will help me with car payments only if my registration and insurance is current. Being out of work for 3 months has caused those two items to go by the wayside. I do have a real possibility of a new good paying job next week I've had interviews and should hear an answer Monday at the latest but my bills are not going to let me be able to secure insurance and registration therefore I really need some brothers and sisters to help me with love gifts. I know the wording of this is not the best but I've never been in this situation and I really don't know what to say or how to ask. I have a deadline to raise as much money by noon Friday. This is a dire situation and if I get any of these jobs that I'm interviewing for I will be okay but I have to make it through till that happens. I have lots of considerable amount of weight and unfortunately without my vehicle I won't be able to work and I will have nowhere to sleep if I have to. I know this sounds like a poor me sob story but I assure all of you I am not a drug addict or an alcoholic or lazy. I firmly believe I'm having a problem getting a job because I am 60 years old. I have been able to maintain car payments and my other bills that I have but I have run out of things that I own that I can sell and services that I can offer ie rides to others who need them. Please this is hard enough without having to beg but I did not put myself into this situation and I just pray that I touched the hearts of some of you. Sleeping in my car especially as it's getting colder now is not conducive for my health which has suffered since the situation has arose. I know in these times everybody has problems but it's just 50 people that I know could spare $20 it would change my situation and my life and I could recover get back on my feet and be good to go. I'm going to leave this in God's hands and pray that it touches your hearts. This is my last opportunity or resource to survive and I am serious about the surviving part. Any love gift will be a blessing and greatly appreciated. To the two of you who have blessed me please I do not want you to feel obligated to help anymore I love you and I do not want anybody to neglect their financial responsibilities to help me.
Organizer
Michael Caplan
Organizer
Holland, MI