Help Christine Get to Planned Parenthood

Hello everyone, this is new for me, but I’m starting a GoFundMe to request a little help.

My name is Christine Mangum. Since the pandemic began I’ve been struggling to find a new job as I’m sure a lot of people have or are still currently going through. That strain was alleviated for a time with unemployment benefits which were very helpful for me to pay my bills in a moment when I needed it. Even before my benefits ended, I have been on a very vigorous hunt to find a job so that I wouldn’t be put in the situation I am in now. I’ve worked with temp agencies, found independent gigs for work, applied to jobs that were less than ideal so I had some form of income for the time being. It’s clearly been really difficult to find something that was stable. But there finally seems to be a light at the end of this godforsaken tunnel.

With so much patience and persistence, I am thrilled to say that I FINALLY managed to land a job working with PLANNED PARENTHOOD. It’s been such a stressful and emotional time trying to get something, but to know that there’s finally a job for me is all of the relief I needed to know that I’m not incapable of finding one.

Unfortunately that job does not start until the middle of March. And the reason I’ve decided to do this GoFundMe is because I just need a little help getting to my first paycheck with Planned Parenthood before then.

The amount I’m asking for would be for cost of living in the amount of $2,000. The breakdown of that would be for my portion of rent, my phone so that I can communicate with my new job, supplies I’d need in order to prepare for this new job and to help with public transportation since I do not have means to a car yet. I don’t expect anyone to give a lot because times are really hard, but just know that any amount of a donation would be most helpful and appreciated. There’s a job on the horizon, I just need a little bit of help in order to get there.

I’m not one who usually likes to ask for help because it makes me feel a sense of guilt and embarrassment because I’m usually a very independent person who is used to just figuring it out myself. So like I said at the beginning, this is completely new for me to make a request like this and once again allow myself to be vulnerable with you. But with the many conversations I’ve had with loved ones, they’ve all told me the same thing; that I shouldn’t be ashamed to ask for help when I need it.

So there it is. I hope you might consider helping me and thank you so much for taking the time to read this.