Help Minnie & Val get a new start
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I'm Val, Christopher Martinez was my husband and Minnie is our daughter. Chris was only 37 years old when he died. We had a whole life ahead of us and we had no plan for either our deaths. Chris was employed full time and he was about to record an album. Chris had a 2014 Honda Civic and I we were going to buy a car for me. Chris enrolled us in multiple programs; Familes Forward, HUD, amoung others. Everything was in Chris's name and all the passwords were in his head.
They took Chris's car back a few days after his death, I don't have any passwords to the accounts Chris created. I have been searching unsuccessfully through all of the thousands of papers Chris left behind for information.
I am a very capable person and I am confident that Minnie and I will be financially secure in the near future. Chris's death was so unexpected that Minnie and I are left in a lurch. We have no car and no home. Without these basics we are in danger of becoming stuck in the poverty trap. Because, it's much more difficult to get a job if you have no home and almost impossible to get a home if you don't have a job. This funding with make it possible for me to keep our status with the housing programs, putting us at the front of a long line of people
All money raised will go toward:
1st: purchasing a used but mechanically sound, modest car with a clean title, smog and registration outright from a private owner for between $800 to $1500
2nd: applying for leases, about $25 to $45 per application
3rd: move- in costs (deposit and first month's rent) looking for an average price of about $1200 so move in will be approximately $2400
4th: any left over funds will be spend on necessities like furniture. we have nothing literally but we can find everything we need for very little $500 to $1000
Lastly: if there are any funds beyond the costs above I will use them to pay for daycare costs for Minnie.
If I get help with an apartment and car it will take us out of survival mode so that I can focus on making money. I'm not worried about my ability to make money, or find a job etc. All funds are appreciated immediately, we are staying with different friends at the moment to save all that we can. This fund is very important to Minnie and I and the begining of our new life.
I will be emmensely thankful for any help we recieve. I know that this will be enough help for me to get started, then to thrive and someday help other people. Supercharge your Karma for 2016.
They took Chris's car back a few days after his death, I don't have any passwords to the accounts Chris created. I have been searching unsuccessfully through all of the thousands of papers Chris left behind for information.
I am a very capable person and I am confident that Minnie and I will be financially secure in the near future. Chris's death was so unexpected that Minnie and I are left in a lurch. We have no car and no home. Without these basics we are in danger of becoming stuck in the poverty trap. Because, it's much more difficult to get a job if you have no home and almost impossible to get a home if you don't have a job. This funding with make it possible for me to keep our status with the housing programs, putting us at the front of a long line of people
All money raised will go toward:
1st: purchasing a used but mechanically sound, modest car with a clean title, smog and registration outright from a private owner for between $800 to $1500
2nd: applying for leases, about $25 to $45 per application
3rd: move- in costs (deposit and first month's rent) looking for an average price of about $1200 so move in will be approximately $2400
4th: any left over funds will be spend on necessities like furniture. we have nothing literally but we can find everything we need for very little $500 to $1000
Lastly: if there are any funds beyond the costs above I will use them to pay for daycare costs for Minnie.
If I get help with an apartment and car it will take us out of survival mode so that I can focus on making money. I'm not worried about my ability to make money, or find a job etc. All funds are appreciated immediately, we are staying with different friends at the moment to save all that we can. This fund is very important to Minnie and I and the begining of our new life.
I will be emmensely thankful for any help we recieve. I know that this will be enough help for me to get started, then to thrive and someday help other people. Supercharge your Karma for 2016.
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Val Myers
Organizer
Pasadena, CA