hi gang. i simply hate to do this but it's been a very tough year for your friends here at the olive garden. none of us currently have full time paid work and we're finding it hard to make ends meet coming to the end of the year. we have a big payment we have to make for the house, in addition to our regular bills, and on top of that, our roof needs repairs. the holidays are hard enough without massive expenses hanging over your head (literally in this case). $3500 would clear that big expense or get the roof fixed, $5000 would put a nice dent in both, which would really help going into winter.

i know shit is currently hard for everyone, so i am asking you to please, save your money if you don't have a full time job, or if your employment is at risk in any way. i'd hate to know you helped us out only to struggle yourself next month.

thank you. i hope that no one else needs this in the future, but if they do, i'm in a position to help by that point.