Oliverson's Moving Fund
Most of you already know our story. Let me take a second to tell it for those who do not.
About a year ago, we decided to move to Roseburg, OR to be with family. We had a plan. We left Phoenix, AZ on March 28 2015, with the intent on living with my dad until tax season, when we'd get our own place. In Nevada, Dad's truck blew a rod. That should have been our first clue that things weren't to go as planned. Dad's landlords sold their property and wanted to move to his property, so we had until May 15th to move out. John got sick and was unable to look for work the first month we were here. We thought for sure we had a few houses lined up for rent, all of them fell through. On May 15th we moved into a motel. Dad paid for most of the motel for the first month. On June 22nd, John finally got hired at First Call Resolution. We have applied for everything we possibly could, but the price of the motel is keeping us from applying for some because of application fees. Here we are, 3 and a half months later, still in a motel that we really can't afford. Dad still has to help us with a partial week's payment. We found another motel that charges by the month, but our room won't be available until sometime around September 23rd. In the meantime we still have to pay our $377/week here and come up with the rent and deposit by the time the other is ready. We can pay our weekly rate here, but we can't make the deposit for the other. Once we are in this MUCH cheaper motel, we will be able to save up on our own for moving costs for a real home when we find one. We just need this little boost to get us to that point.
So, what we are asking for is help with the move in costs for the new motel when the time comes. We have 2 and a half weeks. I'm posting this in the amount of $800, as we're not exactly sure how much the total will be, or exactly when the room will be ready. We're looking at $450 for the deposit and $550 for the first month, which actually may be less if they prorate it. Any little bit helps. Thank you very much!
About a year ago, we decided to move to Roseburg, OR to be with family. We had a plan. We left Phoenix, AZ on March 28 2015, with the intent on living with my dad until tax season, when we'd get our own place. In Nevada, Dad's truck blew a rod. That should have been our first clue that things weren't to go as planned. Dad's landlords sold their property and wanted to move to his property, so we had until May 15th to move out. John got sick and was unable to look for work the first month we were here. We thought for sure we had a few houses lined up for rent, all of them fell through. On May 15th we moved into a motel. Dad paid for most of the motel for the first month. On June 22nd, John finally got hired at First Call Resolution. We have applied for everything we possibly could, but the price of the motel is keeping us from applying for some because of application fees. Here we are, 3 and a half months later, still in a motel that we really can't afford. Dad still has to help us with a partial week's payment. We found another motel that charges by the month, but our room won't be available until sometime around September 23rd. In the meantime we still have to pay our $377/week here and come up with the rent and deposit by the time the other is ready. We can pay our weekly rate here, but we can't make the deposit for the other. Once we are in this MUCH cheaper motel, we will be able to save up on our own for moving costs for a real home when we find one. We just need this little boost to get us to that point.
So, what we are asking for is help with the move in costs for the new motel when the time comes. We have 2 and a half weeks. I'm posting this in the amount of $800, as we're not exactly sure how much the total will be, or exactly when the room will be ready. We're looking at $450 for the deposit and $550 for the first month, which actually may be less if they prorate it. Any little bit helps. Thank you very much!
Organizer
Tasha Oliverson
Organizer
Roseburg, OR