Hi, my name is Brad. And I’ve gotten myself in way over my head. I work for a small family business, and when the pandemic hit I opted to stay the course instead of taking unemployment. I had savings and figured I could ride the storm. I could not. As my savings dwindled I started to sell off what I could to make ends meet, and stay afloat a bit. But in the summer of 2021 the business got bad news, our landlord sold the property we ran the business out of. I spent the entire month of November helping my parents move almost an hour north, and made absolutely nothing doing so. I was suddenly unable to make rent. This started a dangerous ball rolling that I thought I could hold off by applying for COVID-19 rental assistance. But the paperwork has taken so long that my landlord has run out of patience. And I have run out of time. I have a court hearing on the 28th, and I am going to spend every day until then trying to sell whatever I can to make up the difference. As well as get an early paycheck hopefully.

But to be honest. At the end of the day I tried running my own business with my family, and supporting two households, and was not prepared for the storm that COVID-19 brought on. This is entirely my own doing. I tried to have pride for too long and it has damaged me further than anything. I am pre-emptively apologizing for even asking for your help, but I am here and desperately asking for anything.