Hello, my name is Danny & my mothers name is Carol. I’m going to share some of our difficult story from recent years, and why I am asking for help. Since August of 2024; me, my mom, and our pets have been homeless, struggling to find stability after losing our home. We had lost our home due to my mom falling sick and undergoing and surviving 4 brain surgeries for a tumor. Because of that she no longer could work, which led to the loss of our home. She was a Special Education teacher & a part of the crisis team for almost 22 years. My mother had also just fairly recently gone through lung cancer surgery. It’s been extremely tough. She has helped me through everything & has helped me stay here. I am an 18 year old transman who is disabled, meaning I cannot work enough to afford nearly anything, getting a job is so difficult these days and have been living off of SSD (social security disability money) which is nowhere near enough to survive. Having sought out help for the home, it did not go well and quite a few things fell into the wrong hands of people who claimed they’d “help us”. In August’24 after the loss, we had moved down to North Carolina in hopes of a fresh start after endless tragedies, but it took a turn for the worse. I was physically assaulted by my aunt, receiving over 25+ bruises, scratches and gashes combined. My mom had protected me, getting my aunt off of me by using her Special Education Crisis training, but due to NC laws my mother was arrested and incarcerated for just about 4 days but in those four days I couldn't get anyone to bring her medication for seizures, and the jail didn’t provide any help or medical assistance despite countless requests, and my mother was having seizures on the floor. When I was finally able to get other family to help bail her out, we were living in hotels before not having any more help or funds to stay, and ended up living in a tent for over a month in January of 2025. Eventually we had also lived in the car for multiple days at a time to weeks. We tried to return to NY, and as our last attempt at seeking stability & after an 11+ hour drive my own father turned us away after a lengthy time of communication and plans. We again were living in the car up until someone let us stay in her home, which we were extremely grateful for. But after some time things ended up going bad and we were again without a roof over all our heads just weeks after my moms lung cancer surgery. We returned to NC in hopes of someone helping us once more, but now it’s been hard just days after arriving. There is a lot of verbal abuse, and it is triggering PTSD in both me and my mom, reminding us of the physical, mental and verbal abuse from my childhood with my extremely abusive father, which he has constantly fought against paying child support as well. This June 2026 we will once again be without a home. I have been hospitalized repeatedly due to the sheer amount of fear, stress and mental strain this has caused me. It has made me struggle so much worse. I can't work, as I again am disabled and I'm on disability, but haven't received payments for almost two months despite constant communication and visits to the Social Security office. We need help to get into a house, a camper, or anything better than the car or a tent.

Funds raised will go toward securing housing, putting down a deposit, or getting a camper. They'll also help with medical expenses for me and my mom, and care/supplies for our pets. As someone who has helped others endlessly, even at our worst, we desperately need support now more than ever to try and have a better life for us and our fur babies. We would be forever grateful for any help received. Thank you for listening to just part of our story.