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Hi friends. I am again humbly coming to you for help.
I know this is a very bad economic time for everybody, which makes it doubly hard for me to come to my friends and ask for financial help.
As many of you know, I am a widow, living alone. I can no longer afford to pay my lot rent where I have a mobile home, and I’m looking to move out of state. However, the vehicle that I was driving, a 2006 Chevy with 300,000 miles on it, finally went to rest in the junkyard. My other car is an 2005 Acura that needed a new engine. I got jerked around by two mechanics who said they would repair it and ended up not repairing it and dumping it back in my driveway, after I paid for the heads to be resurfaced and more.
The third mechanic, who is amazing, has completed the vehicle repair but I owe him $2500 to get the car back. I had already paid for the engine.
I WAS employed at a well known auto glass replacement shop but I was the casualty of a massive, countrywide layoff last Thursday the 15th.
Today I find out they’re only paying me for two days last week because I was let go on Thursday and they didn’t pay me for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
I never thought that at this age I would find myself alone and broke. Social Services are not available to me. In NY a single person can earn no more than $1400 (gross) to receive assistance.
I have already given my dog to my kids who, God bless them, are able to take better care of her than I can and I’m surrendering my cats in a couple of weeks when the SPCA can take them. For those of you who know me and how I feel about my animals, this is like cutting off my right arm. I can’t take care of me. I certainly can’t take care of them properly. That’s how dire my situation has become.
I continue to try to have faith that God has a plan for me and I do have gratitude because I know there is somebody out there that would trade places with me in a minute. But it doesn’t make my day-to-day any easier.
I realize this is a big ask in these tough times. Anything you can give would be so gratefully appreciated and I will do my best to pay forward my blessings as I am able.
My most humble and sincere thanks.
I know this is a very bad economic time for everybody, which makes it doubly hard for me to come to my friends and ask for financial help.
As many of you know, I am a widow, living alone. I can no longer afford to pay my lot rent where I have a mobile home, and I’m looking to move out of state. However, the vehicle that I was driving, a 2006 Chevy with 300,000 miles on it, finally went to rest in the junkyard. My other car is an 2005 Acura that needed a new engine. I got jerked around by two mechanics who said they would repair it and ended up not repairing it and dumping it back in my driveway, after I paid for the heads to be resurfaced and more.
The third mechanic, who is amazing, has completed the vehicle repair but I owe him $2500 to get the car back. I had already paid for the engine.
I WAS employed at a well known auto glass replacement shop but I was the casualty of a massive, countrywide layoff last Thursday the 15th.
Today I find out they’re only paying me for two days last week because I was let go on Thursday and they didn’t pay me for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
I never thought that at this age I would find myself alone and broke. Social Services are not available to me. In NY a single person can earn no more than $1400 (gross) to receive assistance.
I have already given my dog to my kids who, God bless them, are able to take better care of her than I can and I’m surrendering my cats in a couple of weeks when the SPCA can take them. For those of you who know me and how I feel about my animals, this is like cutting off my right arm. I can’t take care of me. I certainly can’t take care of them properly. That’s how dire my situation has become.
I continue to try to have faith that God has a plan for me and I do have gratitude because I know there is somebody out there that would trade places with me in a minute. But it doesn’t make my day-to-day any easier.
I realize this is a big ask in these tough times. Anything you can give would be so gratefully appreciated and I will do my best to pay forward my blessings as I am able.
My most humble and sincere thanks.
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