Help Amanda cover Vet & Storage
Portia, my cat and ESA, and I have been homeless for a year and a half. I stayed with friends for much of the first year and then moved into a local shelter where we could have our own room. Their idea is to get women through and out the system into housing within four months.
Well, I need steady income and I don't have it. I'm in my 5th month and going week-to-week. We could be booted any week now. No other shelter in the area has this kind of setup where we have our own room.
I've been waiting on the results of my disability hearing as well as applying for work I can physically do. I can't handle long transit commutes and I can't do anything where I'm standing for longer than half an hour. That knocks all retail and other "'hey, interview is tomorrow' right after submitting the application" out of the possibilities.
I am now working with CCC (Central City Concern) for training for bookkeeping work and anything else that comes with it, but it still takes time. They do help with housing and such as well.
But why am I talking about housing? Because more than half of what's in my storage unit is household stuff. My mattress, bedding, sewing machine and piano. As well as a lot of smaller things that, while I could replace them, it would cost a lot to replace everything.
It would cost more than what I owe on storage to replace everything I need and use that's in there. The rest of what's in there is "backstock" of supplies for sewing and such. Those can be moved back to a much smaller (and cheaper) storage unit once I get a place again.
I also have the vet bill, which is small compared to what's needed for storage.
Any and all funds raised will go toward storage and the vet bill. I'm so close to getting my life back on track. I appreciate any and all assistance.
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