Main fundraiser photo

Help get our family reliable transportation!

Donation protected
My name is Brittany and I hate reaching out to ask for help but I have been homeless pretty much most of my life i am looking into seeing if I can get some help financially. I live in the rural town of Wiscasset, ME temporarily, trying to get housing closer to my kids. I have 3 kids ages 7, 8, and 10. I became officially homeless when i was going through domestic violence abuse with there father in 2017, i lost temporary guardianship of them, it has been a very long hard road, the state also took all my benefits such as foodstamps and mainecare and then was forced to pay the state back for the assistance i was rightfully recieving, now since there father has passed, and im no longer dealing with that struggle, I have gotten my MaineCare amd what not back due to sleeping in a camper that has no running water, no stable electricity just not habitable for me.and my kids, its been very difficult to be without them not just for me but for them as well, its putting such a strain o. My mental health that ive lived eith since I was a child, I was thankful to have my car, but I was involved in a car accident back in December and my car was totaled, which has made it even harder to survive. Meaning I have no way to get my children to school or to get the to Doctor's appointments and also for me to go where i need such as, getting groceries or going to food pantries. It has been a very big struggle for me and has been extremely stressful. I also am mentally disabled. I have been fighting for years upon years to get my social security disability and continuously keep getting denied, which is extremely unfair i have some illnesses that I should automatically be approved for. I have lived in Maine my entire life and for some reason I just can't get the assistance that I need. I have struggled with mental health since I was a young child. I was abused when I was 5 until I was 9, by a family member and it was never taken to court. And then, as I got older, the abuse continued from then on out, varying between family members to mom's boyfriends to my intimate Partners. My children's father, it's been a train of abuse, my entire life. I struggle with borderline personality disorder, severe anxiety, manic depressive disorder, constant mood swings, I also struggle from PTSD, which has led to PTSD trauma survivor hallucinations, from all of my stress. It's a constant struggle just to wake up everyday, when i actually can sleep due to my insomnia. I really don't know how much more I can handle. I'm falling apart. I live in a camper that's completely destroyed. My roof is caving in because it had a leak and I couldn't fix it or afford to. And I couldn't get help from anybody. I don't have running water, or electricity unless i pay for it with no job its rough. I have to fill up 5 gallon water jugs at the laundromat. I have to pay to do laundry which I can't afford. I scrounge for change. I barely can get drinking water and I always run out of food before the end of the month every single month. I can't afford to pay for internet to be able to do any type of schooling or find activities online we can do i need to be able to help my children with things that they might need for school. I am reaching out because I am desperately in search of some help. I've never had a place that ive been able to call home, I've never had a safe place that was my own ever! I have never been financially secure, im always stressing over how im gonna pay something. I've never been able to just enjoy life. Not having a car has put a big damper into any type of security i may have had. We can't leave were just stuck home or what little we have of the home. So I'm here now asking for help!!
And I don't know what else to do or who else to reach out to?
This help will be going towards stable transportation for our family.
Donate

Donations 

    Donate

    Organizer

    Brittany Colby
    Organizer
    Wiscasset, ME

    Your easy, powerful, and trusted home for help

    • Easy

      Donate quickly and easily

    • Powerful

      Send help right to the people and causes you care about

    • Trusted

      Your donation is protected by the GoFundMe Giving Guarantee