Holiday season is upon us, and, as seems always to be the case, beloved friends are in trouble. Our own TiaRachel has fallen on hard times: her electric service has been cut off, she has no reliable Internet connection, and she is unable to pursue her work of writing.
Her talent all of us can attest to. Like so many of us, TiaRachel has health issues which make the current economic conditions we all face particularly difficult for her. And with our new Congress, any help from our government seems further away than ever. We need to depend on ourselves, our friends, our community in these benighted days. And that's why I'm asking this big, generous community for your help. She has already posted a plea for help, which some of us were able to catch and respond to. But she needs more help, financial and otherwise.
TiaRachel needs at least $4500 to climb out of her current hole and begin again, at least for the time being. Please consider dropping her a little help, if you're in a position to do so. To get the ball rolling, I will match the first $250 in donations, so your contribution counts double! If anyone else would like to make a matching pledge, please volunteer in the comments and I'll feature you up top here. She's also mentioned help with possible job referrals in her diary cited above, and I know those would be appreciated as well. And as always, Recommends to keep this diary visible are great, as are expressions of love and good will for our dear TiaRachel.
Please Help TiaRachel
If you've never used PayPal to send money to anyone, it is really simple.
- Go to PayPal.com. You do not have to have an account to send money.
- Click Send Money to Family and Friends.
- Enter TiaRachel's email address (which is tiarachelgordon@gmail.com) and amount you are sending. The sender's name is visible to the recipient
- If you'd rather send a check in the mail, you can Kosmail TiaRachel to get her mailing address.
Here is the plea for help posted yesterday morning by TiaRachel - So. Um. I need some help. Please help her as much as possible. Tip/rec this diary. Republish to your Daily Kos Groups. Link to your Facebook pages. Tweet to your friends. Many thanks.
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Please donate via Paypal gift to tiarachelgordon@gmail.com. And let us know how much you've helped, so we can keep track and match you. Don't be shy to tell us you've stepped up!
9:48 AM PT: UPDATE: As of 10:47 MST, we have $275 in donations, which matches my $250. An anonymous Kossack has just offered another $100 match, so let's keep it going! This community amazes me, and I know TiaRachel is deeply grateful!
12:00 PM PT: As of 1:00 MST, we have a total pledge of $670, with seven other donors too shy to give us an amount. We have wonderful Tweets and Facebook shares and scores of Recs for this diary. And we have dozens of prayers and best wishes and expressions of love and concern for our dear TiaRachel. Thank you all so much for everything you've given and done! Let's keep TiaRachel in our thoughts, and keep this diary and its successors on the Rec List so more people have a chance to help. THANK YOU ALL!!!!!
3:39 PM PT: As of 4:30 MST, admitted donations have risen to $870, with several other donations made as well. OUTSTANDING! I know TiaRachel is very grateful for everything all of you have done, but she's probably too shy to admit that she could use even more help. Please do what you can to spread the word while this fundraiser is ongoing, so we can bring her back to where she deserves to be. THANK YOU ALL EVEN MORE!!!!!
Sun Nov 16, 2014 at 7:33 AM PT: MORNING UPDATE: At 8:30 MST, this unbelievable community has donated a declared total of $1380 for TiaRachel in her time of need. WOW! The Recs and shares and expressions of love and support are priceless, and are also deeply appreciated. My thanks to everyone who's donated and given TiaRachel their invaluable emotional support. The fundraiser will continue today, so let's keep it going for our dear TiaRachel!!