Main fundraiser photo

Calling on humanity to help Keep me safe from harm

Donation protected
Organized by: NewScience101 education community host Drea 

Calling all friends and angels to come rest on my exhausted over burdened shoulders.
I am exhausted well beyond tears and placing my faith in God and humanity.
In the midst of this awful pandemic, that has watched even some of the most stable among us run out of savings and struggle for even the most basic food & survival necessities with very little gov assistance,  life has take a turn for the worst for me here in Florida and am going to need everyone's sense of humanity and help just to keep breathing, remain safe from harm, and survive. I don't have any family alive to turn to and closest friends are already doing everything they can to help.

Recent  lab work indicates my cancer has returned,  placing me at even greater risk for serious-critical illness  from Covid than before. I am uninsured at the moment and awaiting  legal case rejection appeal, because I previously did not meet all qualifications for medicaid/medicare and other state/fed social service assistance and am a couple years shy of qualifying for county senior citizen assistance.  As a result much more than I've got is already currently coming out of pocket for medical, food, housing and other immediate survival needs.

Meanwhile,  On January 19, my elderly housemate of 3 years,  unexpectedly died.  His out of state children informed me at the end of January they absolutely cannot afford to keep the house and be landlords and  would need me to move out by end of February as they are immediately letting it go/returning it to the lot/community property managers.  Rents are absolutely skyrocketing here in Orlando.  Several hundred dollars per mnth for even a tiny closet sized room with no bath in a shared home and even the least expensive motels are running $1,500+ for a very basic one month stay.  I no longer have anything left in savings and landing enough remote education consulting work is too unreliable during this pandemic.  I'm now on a very long wait list for affordable housing. I am told by Orange county Fl, the only alternative option available at the moment is to go stand in line 4:30 pm each evening at the homeless shelter and check out at 6 am with all my belongings each morning. This would place me on very dangerous streets, without a vehicle, during the day in all kinds of weather,  and would only very quickly land me in a hospital or worse.   Fortunately, I have now found a small safe room in a private home nearby that is willing to board me month to month and a dear sweet friend help me meet the necessary deposit to secure it,   but it too will cost more to sustain month to month than I have.   

I haven't posted a set amount, but I am currently looking at a few thousand+ dollars in the most basic housing, food, medical and survival needs just over the next 3 months,  so really anything you can pitch in to help me maintain a safe dry roof over my head while I work on stabilizing the situation and wait out vaccine availability and resource assistance applications,  is more than greatly appreciated.  God willing,  with caring neighbors and friends helping one another we will survive this difficult dark time in Orange County Florida and across the world and begin to get all our lives and livelihoods back on track by mid year. 

Any funds remaining I don't need will go to helping another local individual or family in desperate need.

Thanks so much for any and all your human care and kindness. I'll be sure to keep everyone updated.

Organizer

Drea Crysel
Organizer
Orlando, FL

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.