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daddy of two  

Aidpage Open Letter: family needs help right away

Dec 20, 2011

To the attention of:

Barack Obama, US President;
Mark Dayton, Governor of Minnesota;
US Senators from Minnesota: Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar;
US Representatives from Minnesota: Betty McCollum, Chip Cravaack, Collin C. Peterson, Erik Paulsen, John Kline, Keith Ellison, Michele Bachmann, Timothy J. Walz;
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I am a young man 48 years old .14 years in st.paul school dist . laidoff in 2006 no job from that point 2 kids became disable in 2009 turn down by social security after two surgey still unable to work .now its xmas and can't pay bills or do for kids who is doing great in school .please help me before 12/25/2011 if you can the lord will bless you thanks you. the jenkins family 948 jackson #2 st.paul, mn 55117

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baby dolls  

need help

Dec 5, 2011
i am in tears i am a grandmother who has 5 grand kids that depend on me and this is going to be a mighty sad Christmas for them. I moved from MI was collecting unempolyment witch i'm fighting been with out money since Aug. of this year. we behind on rent. I have truned to anybody to see a smile on there face. there is one 8 year old boy and 11, 10, 5, 2 year old girls. this is a struggle i don't want to give them up but i may be forced to if something don't happen soon. Somebody please help us.
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ashleigh93  

please help with christmas! single parent very low income.

Nov 26, 2011
Hello my name is ashleigh. My mother is a single parent that does not have a job, she has three kids one boy 8, a girl 10, and im eighteen. She can barely take care of food and bills. Please help us with chhristmas I want my brother and sister to have a great christmas. If you can help you can get ahold of me at ashleighconaway93@gmail.com
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resigned  

No where to turn

Dec 17, 2010
Here I am so close to Christmas. I have a negative balance in the bank, no presents for my son, no job. We do not qualify for any assistance as they say my husband makes more than allowed. Let me say that what he makes is barely above the requirement. The calculate before taxes and medical bills, I do not understand that!

After taxes, medical bills, rent, we have barely enough for food and what about the utilities?

I am actively lookng for a job everyday - praying that someone will give me a job. I do not care what kind of job - I just need a job! I am sick and have been crying alot today. I have sold anything that I had of value which is not alot. I am wiped out, almost to the point of no hope.
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lulu72  

Please help!!

Nov 29, 2010

Hi my name is Maria I am a single mother I lost my job in February I am really trying to pull thru but it has gotten pretty tough especially now with Christmas around the corner. I have five boys the oldest is 15 and I have a set of triplets that are 14 and my baby is 7. It is very hard I am going to school now for medical assistant. I am doing this for them I love my boys so much!! Please help me in any which way you can thank you and God bless you.

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beccabaconbit  

About beccabaconbit

Sep 20, 2010

I am Becca. I am 18 years old. I am trying to become a teacher. I attended the Art Institute of Atlanta for one semester and decided it just wasn't the right path for me. I went to enroll in classes at a local tech school today to get started on  becoming a teacher. Well a month ago i sent off for my transcript and all from the school in Atlanta. Today the school i am enrolling in informed me that the school in Atlanta hasnt sent my transcript yet. I called Atlanta to find out why and they informed me that I have to pay them $6,003 for them to send my transcript. They said noting about me having to owe money when I withdrew. I have eight days to pay off the money and get my transcript if I am going to start at my new school this quarter. I doubt I will be able to do this seeing how I have no financial income, or family to help.

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22yearHELP  

About 22yearHELP

Sep 12, 2010

Hi i am a 22 year old female i live in Miami, i lost my job almost 3 months ago, my car broke down to a complete damage, i sold it for $400 to cover my rent, my front tooth was about to fall 6 months ago, and 3 months ago.. it finally felt, i've been going through a hard depression since all this happen to me, since i have no front tooth, this is preventing me from getting a job, i will like to know if anyone can help me , i have no health insurance and no money to pay for a dentist. =0(.. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!

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momofthree123  

About momofthree123

Sep 2, 2010

I am a single mom of 3, lost my job a while back, live in a small town,  have no vehicle to even go look for work.  We are about to be evicted.  Haven't had gas since last year,  I have tried everything.  If I could catch things up and come up with a vehicle, i could go find a job.  Help!  Thank you and God Bless

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pdhtoc  

About pdhtoc

Aug 24, 2010

Can't get a job without a car.  No money for a down payment.  Have terrible credit.  Have a pacemaker.  Am 71.  Am very good with PC's and windows7 - help, teach, install.    What to do???

 

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shell53  

About shell53

Aug 10, 2010

my mom passed away in may and she was my back bone, i quit working over 1 year ago to take care of her and now that she is gone i have no idea how i am going to pay the bills. they are all past due and i have no where to turn. i'm looking for a job but it's been hard to find one. i am running out of options here can someone help me.....

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Starshine  

Part Time Job Ended

Aug 9, 2010

Well news came this morning on a Monday, he is coming over to gather all the cards and make the calls himself. Great, I am busting my butt sitting here not eating or trying to call when I need to eat and get this in my emai.

I wish I and others could find work from home or out there a job. I see woman leaving going places and don't have to eat to have something to them to hold them up as I am like a stick without food. Well, frustrated to say the least. I thought if the cat didn't live, I put stuff in storage, find a roomate which I have been trying to find one or check into a homeless shelter if there is room in one. I like others get tired of struggling. What a Monday.

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princess6  

About princess6

Jun 27, 2010

I AM PREGNANT. MY FAMILY ABANDONED ME. IM 18. I GOT A PLACE WITH MY BOYFRIEND. HE BEAT ME UP AND LEFT ME HERE AND I CANT EVEN PAY THE RENT BECAUSE I HAVE NO JOB. IM GOING TO GET EVICTED AND I NEED HELP!!! PLEASE HELP ME IM BEGGING YOU!!

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bellabedbug  

About bellabedbug

Jun 4, 2010
Hello, I stumbled upon this site searching for help with home repairs.  I am 46 years old, married, and have two teenage children.  My husband has 4 kids ranging in age from mid 30's to 17.  If I were to read my own story, I would think that it had to be fictitious because no one has that much bad luck.  I will not even bother to go into detail about past situations, because it would BE a book!!! I think I will start with my physical ailments.  A few years ago I had to have a hysterectomy for growths.  It turns out that one of these growths was a very rare form of cancer. Luckily it was not an aggressive type and the treatment is to have a hysterectomy!!  None the less, it was a very scary time.  For some reason, the doctor who performed the surgery did not "believe" in using the usual drugs for pain management and talked me into using a spinal for this purpose. Unfortunately, my body did not appreciate this.  I remember waking up after the surgery and not being able to breath and before I passed out again, I had the pleasure of being ventilated while semiconscious.  Long story short-The second day I went back to work, I had a grand Mal seizure.  Back out of work i went, this time with a new and improved ailment.  I was put on drugs that made me a zombie, and after 3 months went back to work.  2 weeks of work and yep another grand Mal seizure.  I was out of work once again.  After two years, I finally stopped having severe seizures and started working again. I went back to work for the same place and all was good.  Then one day out of the blue, I had a bout of shortness of breath.  I also noticed that I had some very odd sores on my  arms, and they had some very strange looking hair growing out of them. As time went on more and more symptoms appeared.  I went to several doctors and, for the most part they told me it was....stress, self induced, stress, a virus, dry skin, anxiety, age, stress, looking for attention...need I go on.  I started doing my own research and realized that what i might have is  morgellons disease. This horrible malady is not even listed as a disease.  Most people who claim to have it are automatically told they are delusional.  This is not the case but that is what most of us are told.  I can assure you, I am not delusional, but infected with something that causes open sores on my body that do not heal, short term memory loss, severe fatigue, intestinal problems, respiratory problems, personality changes, brain fog or forgetfulness..the list is bigger, but I think you will get the point.  I became progressively worse, and in the middle of all this, I decided to take a different job.  Some days it was so hard to even get out of bed, but i managed to keep up and felt that even though I was suffering, my work was not.  Then last summer, one of the people that i did work for decided to go back to their country of origin.  About a week after this decision, all of a sudden my work was just not good enough.  I was criticized about everything I did, scolded, forced to produce document after document stating what I did minute by minute. I got yelled at for not doing things that I had implemented in the first place, endured people that I worked for changing their minds about what they wanted from me,,blah blah blah. One week before  Christmas, and a few days before this person left, believing that I was going to discuss family leave because my son had a MRSA infection, i was greeted with a room full of people.  it seems that I was now criminal, accused of falsifying my time worked. I was put on the colleges do not hire list, lost 15 years worth of severance pay, lost my insurance, lost the partial tuition benefit , and when I tried to grievance this, these people pretty much made it impossible to do.  Funny, I was never charged with theft and the evidence they used were emails that I sent saying that i was not or would not be at work.  Hmm, that's like calling a store to tell them you are stopping by to do a little shoplifting.  I can not collect unemployment because the college refused.  BAD huh.  Well 2 weeks after I was fired, my husband received a call telling him that he was not going to get called back after his normal winter lay off....reason-they wanted to hire someone younger, and also that he was absent too much.   So here we are, no jobs a small check of 150 for four people per week and the biggest reason i am writing this.  Several years ago, we had a house fire.  We could only afford a trailer after all was said and done.  The trailer was well used and 12 years old when we got it.  Through the years, it has slowly deteriorated to the point of being a health hazard.  Th floors are rotting, the electric is totally messed- have had 2 small fires,  the windows leak, the insulation is almost gone in the walls, and totally gone underneath(flood) the furnace and duct work don't work or have fallen apart.  The plumbing leaks,and over the winter the entire area was infested with a rat clan.  We have tried everything to get rid of them, but like many others around us, we are not making much progress----they have chewed holes everywhere.  We are in desperate need of a new manufactured home, but with no jobs and no money we are pretty much destitute.  I am having a very hard time finding a job because of my physical problems and the fact that I was accused of financial irregularities.  Did I mention that I think the trailer may have black mold from all of the leaks??  I know this sounds to far fetched to be true, but it is, and I am living it.  I am scared, embarrassed about the house, and feel so bad for my kids who can't even have a friend over because the house is falling apart.  I can't write anymore so I am going to stop( that is part of the fatigue)  I can sum this word vomit that I just wrote with one simple word  HELP
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Mellie1728  

About Mellie1728

May 21, 2010

I am drowning. I am a mother of 1 without a job. I am trying to go to school to become a nurse but I am not able to get into a nursing program because I do not have previous medical experience. My unemployement has been exhausted and I cant find a job. I have no way to buy food or pay my bills. My electricity is about to be turned off. I am estranged from my family and my kids dad has disapeared. Please will someone help me. I dont know what to do. I am lost.

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ValiGirl  

About ValiGirl

May 12, 2010

im a senior in high school about to graduate but my mom would never let me get a job. im 18 and i cant stand living with her any more. we get along when i stay somewhere else but my sister dosnt have room for me to stay at her house because she just had a baby. i want to get my own apartment. i was thinking a two bedroom. me and my boyfreind will share a room and i want to get an apartment with one of my best freinds and his bestfriend also wants to get an apartment with us so either way we need a two bedroom. but i dont have/am not allowed to get a job untill im moved out. and my boyfriend is having trouble because of his record. my friend has a job but she likes to spend alot of money and is used to shopping everyday. she has an apartment ut needs to get out of it cuase he bf is abusive. also his friend will go halfs for an apartment with my boyfrind and i, he has a job and dhas already saved up atleast 750. i need help first to find a cheap temporary place then to pick a roommate and a better apartment. please help.

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georgia_talley  

About georgia_talley

Apr 10, 2010

My Dad died 3 yrs ago. Mymom died this past August. I haven't worked since 08'. We're selling the house )me & 4 siblings. They all want money but I want the house. My Dad built this home, did all the landscaping himself,w/some help from my brothers. I walk out into the 1-3/4 acre yard and just breathe in clean air. Nobody has mowed the grass yet since winter. All the wild flowers are out, yellows, purples, blues, etc. My moms daffodills & azalea bushes are all blooming. All my siblings do more than just get buy. All they talk about is getting me and my son out. One of my sons died here, upstairs in the bedroom. His last gasp of air was right here, in the room I sleep in now. I know that sounds creepy to some people, but it comforts me.

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malibumom  

About malibumom

Dec 16, 2009
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jenred  

About jenred

Dec 14, 2009
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Angels Over All  

Crave His Love {Poem}

Dec 8, 2009

we all go through so much as woman! Even though we have to worry about how to support our family, we still have to go through the hell with the men we are with because they will not stand up and be real men. But we still love them all the more. I hope you like this poem explaining the feelings we go through with our men!

Crave his Love

As a woman, we go through so much.

We crave the love of a mans touch.

When that love develops into relation.

All we can think about is the sensation.

We love the thrill of how he makes us feel.

Especially when he flaunts his sex appeal.

We’ll do most any thing for his attention.

Even turn on close ones, did I mention?

I crave his Love like no other.

I love him more than my own mother.

He took my emotions and threw them away.

But still I pray that he would come back the next day.

I crave his love, like a devil in heat.

Even though he treats me like a piece of meat.

Will this craving ever subside?

Or will I have to run off and hide.

Hide from this man that I can’t get out my system.

Be for one of us turns into a victim.

Because I am afraid to let him go.

Even though he has me around just for show.

These feelings are getting real deep.

If they don’t change soon, I’m going to kill the creep.

Crave his love, us woman always give the most.

When they are finish taking, they move on to their next host.

                                       By: Genevieve James {P.E.P}

                                      Pure Encouragement Poems

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countryhoney  

About countryhoney

Dec 3, 2009

i need help to buy christmas gifts for my kids.  I have a 9year old son and a 10 month old daughter.  I have been looking for a job for months and can't find anything.  My husband isn't working right now.  we owned a big truck and it burned and the insurance isn't going to pay it off. 

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