HELP OUR FAMILY AVOID HOMELESSNESS
ANY help at all is appreciated. We are losing access to our home on Sunday 10/25/15 latest. We're in dire straights & hoping for a miracle. Please disregard the $5000 "goal" amount. I didn't know what to put and just filled it in. ANY amount will help us in some way. Anyone who knows me knows that I am the last person to ever ask for help but this time there is just no way out without help. I have been out of work on medical leave due to a back injury since April 2015 and prior to that was missing alot of work because of the pain and didn't have much to go on when I lost that income. Disability is such a huge process and I'm buried in applications and appeals with no income to pay for necessities. To compound our situation James lost his job due to lay off in April so we've been barely surviving since and are now out of hope & time for recovery. James does have a job now but it took 6 months, so we now are buried in living expenses and my credit cards are maxed fom things like groceries insurance and car payments.
The final nail in the coffin despite our efforts was that we have learned during all of this that our landlord, who we have only ever spoken to through email, quit paying the mortgage on our rental home while continuing to take our money and now our home has been forclosed. We have an eviction notice and have been fighting this as well for months but it's just too late now and hopeless. We have until Monday at the latest to get our belonings out of this house or the eviction crew will take it all, my entire life on this earth and put it in the dumpster and we will be homeless.
We've been desperatly trying to dig out of this forever it seems and our time is up. Both myself and James, our two dogs and two cate will be living in my car, the only thing I actually own and James' car which still has much left on it to pay. Hopefully we won'y lose that in all of this as well.
What we need is money and/or assistance finding shelter before we have nowhere to live in a few days. If you know of anyone who has rental property in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida that is willing to allow us to move in and cut us a break on move in expenses that would be a Godsend. We desperately need time to recover and try to dig out of this financial nightmare. At the very least we need to secure at least 600.00 to pay movers to move our belonings out of here before we lose everything. This was the estimate we were given and is dependent on exact location if there are stairs, etc. so may be more or less. I can't physically move because of my injury and James is only one person. Our hands are tied with the movers and neither of us have friends or family with the ability to physically help. We also need to secure a storage unit that will accomodate our life's possessions in order to save them and that will costs us 230/mo plus tax and a 10$ deposit for the lock and key. We then need temporary housing for ourselves and our pets, which are our only family and children and honestly most days our only happiness. Everywhere we turn they want first month rent equal security deposit, pet deposits. If we are only able to find somewhere outside of our current electric company area, the alternative requires a 300.00 deposit just to have electric. It's so overwhelming I'm just breaking inside. The only public assistance out there we are denied because James and I are not married so I'm not a "dependant" and I have chosen not to have a bunch of kids that I could not care for so I am now not eligible for any other public assistance program to hopefully keep us from going hungry and living in my car. No kids= no help. Our pets are everything to us. They are our children and giving them up is something that I cannot even consider. They will eat before I do. I'm certain James agrees. I also lost my medical insurance when I was "medically discharged" from my job and I am in need of medical care. I was referred to a surgeon right before I lost my job. In the meantime I am unable to afford the medications that I need which with no insurance toal almost $1600 a month. We paid my doctor cash for a visit in which he prescribed my one most needed medication ansd I am just going without the rest. Medications that it took years for my body to adjust to and are literally living hell without. The one precription I have is at a cost of 200.00 a month and I have until end of November to obtain insurance or I will lose that too. I cannot live without medical care and this back injury so I'm struggling with so much physically during all of this that it's incomprehensible. Lastly, Sake my Chinese Crested and best friend in this world needs vet care as well. Immediate vet care that we have been unable to provide because of money. He has a rotted tooth that is now absessed, His gums are a fire red color and it appears to be all the way up into his bone now. I can't even address that which is killing me everyday and has me sick with worry for him as these things can even be fatal. But again, it's all just so much that I can't even address. We need help, Desperately. It's so hard to convey just how dire our situation is. It's all piling up and we have nowhere to turn.
Anything you can do will be a blessing to us. I don't know how I could or if I will ever be able to pay you back. But I promise that I am the type of person to pay it forward if I ever get the chance. This is my last resort and I'm overwhelmed with shame amongst all of this. We are at the end of the rope with nowhere to turn. Please help us. It made me attach a photo and I didn't know what to put so I attached picyures of our pets/family, a picture of James with Sake doing what they love and of Neko and Atreyu so you can see our motivation in this life. I appreciate even advice at this point. Anything I may not have thought of that I can actually do to save us in the next few days. Go Fund me says there will be a way to contact me through this site as well so please reach out if you think you can help in any ay besides money. I'm very lost right now. I should also mention that the site takes 5% of any donation and also 3% on top when I transfer it to my bank. If anyone that is willing to help is also a USAA Member, there is a way to transfer directly to my account free of charge and securely for each of us. Contact me and I'll tell you how if you don't know. But if you know me personally just type in my email or phone number under "Send money" and USAA will transfer account to account without sharing information and at no cost to either of us. Thank you.
The final nail in the coffin despite our efforts was that we have learned during all of this that our landlord, who we have only ever spoken to through email, quit paying the mortgage on our rental home while continuing to take our money and now our home has been forclosed. We have an eviction notice and have been fighting this as well for months but it's just too late now and hopeless. We have until Monday at the latest to get our belonings out of this house or the eviction crew will take it all, my entire life on this earth and put it in the dumpster and we will be homeless.
We've been desperatly trying to dig out of this forever it seems and our time is up. Both myself and James, our two dogs and two cate will be living in my car, the only thing I actually own and James' car which still has much left on it to pay. Hopefully we won'y lose that in all of this as well.
What we need is money and/or assistance finding shelter before we have nowhere to live in a few days. If you know of anyone who has rental property in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida that is willing to allow us to move in and cut us a break on move in expenses that would be a Godsend. We desperately need time to recover and try to dig out of this financial nightmare. At the very least we need to secure at least 600.00 to pay movers to move our belonings out of here before we lose everything. This was the estimate we were given and is dependent on exact location if there are stairs, etc. so may be more or less. I can't physically move because of my injury and James is only one person. Our hands are tied with the movers and neither of us have friends or family with the ability to physically help. We also need to secure a storage unit that will accomodate our life's possessions in order to save them and that will costs us 230/mo plus tax and a 10$ deposit for the lock and key. We then need temporary housing for ourselves and our pets, which are our only family and children and honestly most days our only happiness. Everywhere we turn they want first month rent equal security deposit, pet deposits. If we are only able to find somewhere outside of our current electric company area, the alternative requires a 300.00 deposit just to have electric. It's so overwhelming I'm just breaking inside. The only public assistance out there we are denied because James and I are not married so I'm not a "dependant" and I have chosen not to have a bunch of kids that I could not care for so I am now not eligible for any other public assistance program to hopefully keep us from going hungry and living in my car. No kids= no help. Our pets are everything to us. They are our children and giving them up is something that I cannot even consider. They will eat before I do. I'm certain James agrees. I also lost my medical insurance when I was "medically discharged" from my job and I am in need of medical care. I was referred to a surgeon right before I lost my job. In the meantime I am unable to afford the medications that I need which with no insurance toal almost $1600 a month. We paid my doctor cash for a visit in which he prescribed my one most needed medication ansd I am just going without the rest. Medications that it took years for my body to adjust to and are literally living hell without. The one precription I have is at a cost of 200.00 a month and I have until end of November to obtain insurance or I will lose that too. I cannot live without medical care and this back injury so I'm struggling with so much physically during all of this that it's incomprehensible. Lastly, Sake my Chinese Crested and best friend in this world needs vet care as well. Immediate vet care that we have been unable to provide because of money. He has a rotted tooth that is now absessed, His gums are a fire red color and it appears to be all the way up into his bone now. I can't even address that which is killing me everyday and has me sick with worry for him as these things can even be fatal. But again, it's all just so much that I can't even address. We need help, Desperately. It's so hard to convey just how dire our situation is. It's all piling up and we have nowhere to turn.
Anything you can do will be a blessing to us. I don't know how I could or if I will ever be able to pay you back. But I promise that I am the type of person to pay it forward if I ever get the chance. This is my last resort and I'm overwhelmed with shame amongst all of this. We are at the end of the rope with nowhere to turn. Please help us. It made me attach a photo and I didn't know what to put so I attached picyures of our pets/family, a picture of James with Sake doing what they love and of Neko and Atreyu so you can see our motivation in this life. I appreciate even advice at this point. Anything I may not have thought of that I can actually do to save us in the next few days. Go Fund me says there will be a way to contact me through this site as well so please reach out if you think you can help in any ay besides money. I'm very lost right now. I should also mention that the site takes 5% of any donation and also 3% on top when I transfer it to my bank. If anyone that is willing to help is also a USAA Member, there is a way to transfer directly to my account free of charge and securely for each of us. Contact me and I'll tell you how if you don't know. But if you know me personally just type in my email or phone number under "Send money" and USAA will transfer account to account without sharing information and at no cost to either of us. Thank you.
Organizer
Sheena Cunningham
Organizer
Zephyrhills, FL