Fellow Giving people, please help Vanessa get back up!

Please help Vanessa in this difficult moment get one step back on the path, so she in turn can give back and contribute.

My possessions in my rented storage unit were slated for auction. I owed a few months rent in addition to all the fees they added.

I thought of asking for help here too late. It was and is very difficult for me to write and share this appeal. I ran out of time to raise the money to prevent me from losing my belongings. With great difficulty, I got a loan for the amount, that I can’t repay, to stop the process. That allowed me a few weeks time before the next rent is due in June.

I’ve been doing my best to clear the unit since I posted initially. I am by myself. The unit is 10x10. It is almost packed full, with boxes in the front and top, and the more valuable items like the artwork and the big furniture in the back and sides against the walls, unreachable to me at this time. It is not junk.

I moved my belongings into the unit at a particularly stressful time in my life. The items are not organized. I haven't had the time, transportation, and the mental and physical capacity to go through the unit by myself. The threat of losing these items is even more painful because I am not completely sure what is in there—irreplaceable items would be lost.

Currently, I am unemployed, caretaking for an ill and elderly family member. Recently, I had emergency surgery, and I am currently managing several health issues.

The storage unit is indoors. I do not have a car. It has been an overwhelming and tedious process trying to clear one box and bag at a time. I have to bring home what I can manage to clean and then take to Goodwill for donation. I have also recycled and given away items.

I want to keep my framed artwork, the other artwork collected, and the sentimental items. The other items can be used and appreciated by others. Especially, in this time of tariffs where the cost of goods are or will be rising. I want to sell what I can at a fair price, not for people or businesses with more financial resources to profit. If I had the property, the ability, the resources and the help, I would have a yard sale.

I am remaining faithful that with a little more time, resources and help that I can at least clear the boxes from the unit-leaving the furniture. Once I do that, and if I can hire help or receive free help I can get to the furniture. Then, get it sold.

I am appealing to other compassionate people who know how it feels to face a situation like this alone, especially with mental health circumstances that make it even more difficult. People who know that there are often many details about circumstances that have to remain unsaid. I just need a hand.

I am asking for your financial help —no matter how small. Just five dollars even from many people would help me. Kindly please share my post with at least 5 other people.

Any funds generously donated will go to June’s rent first, hiring help (if free help not found), and then paying back the loan I can’t afford.

I am a compassionate person who has volunteered, voted, organized, and donated to the community. Now, I just need some help.

Thank you for your consideration. Truly.