Akili Desperately Needs Financial Support

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Hi friends

If I'm being honest, I am no where near comfortable doing this. And it wasn't even my idea, I had to be convinced - but I'm running out of options.

I've been out of a job now for a little while, and while it seems and can feel freeing, I actually feel more caged now than ever. So, I'm asking for help - with a few things:

My baby sister (pictured with me in the photo - this was taken in the hospital about 2 days ago) has been recently hospitalized and it seems that she will be there a little while. I want to have a few hundred dollars to give her once she is back home and feeling better. I don't want her to have to feel what I am feeling right now
In the midst of a lot of chaos this weekend, my other sister's dog got hit by a car. I was the only one there to witness it, as I was the one trying to catch the dog when she ran into the street. Illyia (the dog) ended up with a hole in her lung and had to get an emergency surgery. Mind you, the guy that hit her had ample time to stop but didn't and then just kept driving like a jerk, while Illyia cried and hobbled from the middle of the street to me. I can never get that vision or sound of the car hitting her and the yelp she released out of my brain or ears. I'd like to be able to help my sister by donating a few hundred dollars to her as well to aid with covering expenses.
I have 0 dollars to contribute for bills that need to be paid this month - rent, water, gas to put in my partner's car, which needs serious maintenance. It's our only source of transportation and we can't afford for it to be down and out of commission for any amount of time. That would actually ruin us.
My storage unit is soon to be up for auction and I am about to lose everything I own.
I desperately need a car so I can commute to and from just.. anywhere. I just want to be able to private buy or but a down payment and cover a couple months of the bill. I've spent almost a year now without one and it has been challenging in ways that have turned me into a homebody. I am so thankful for those of you that saw my recent post and supported me with offerings of rides and show tickets. I saw some great shows this past weekend and I am so so grateful.
My phone bill has been behind 1-2 months for at least 6-8 months now. We can not make any changes on our account and my partner can not get a new phone though his has been broken for months because the bill is never up to date.
A lot of people don't know this but.. I'm in school. I'm getting my Bachelor of Science. I have to pay $500 to retake a class I failed because of .. some life circumstances. I've been working so hard and don't want to get put out of the program because it means so much to me to get this degree.
Student Services sent me a box of non-perishable goods , (thank you so much, Full Sail, you are amazing). However, it has had to make up some of what I use to put meals together. Here and there I can afford to get some small groceries but I have not been able to afford much, meaning I don't eat as much as normally would for my general health and wellness. So to those of you that have noticed my weight loss.. yeah.
I was supposed to finally get health insurance this year, and when I got food poisoning from Chipotle, I lost out on a lot of money from odd jobs I had to miss because I was too sick and hospitalized. That money was supposed to pay for my insurance so I could afford my therapy and just be able to keep up with my general health. I haven't had a proper physical or seen an OBGYN in two years.

I'll stop there for now. I could go on and on but the truth is, I'm exhausted. I'm losing motivation. I'm really.. depressed. I have fought and worked so hard to keep myself above water. So. Here I am. Naked and afraid.. asking for help. I've been applying to jobs and submitting auditions and submitting auditions and applying to jobs. No bites. Lots of no's or just no responses at all. Which is the business, but not helpful. I want to relaunch my business but have no idea where to start. My next steps are applying for unemployment, but I've been denied before and don't know why. So.. fingers crossed.

Anything helps. Just.. please. I can't do this by myself and I can't keep waking up wishing I didn't. Thank you all so much in advance. Thank you for just even reading all of this, if you did.

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