HELPING HUMPDAY URGENT FOR KOSSACK MUFFTOOTUFF — rent’s overdue, deadline Monday so need help ASAP to get it in her bank account by then. Raised $700 last night, only $300 to go. Anything helps. paypal:mmeriwether — fundraiser diary for more info — Kossack Mufftootuff in Need - Rent's overdue — r,r,t and tweeting out still helps
Making big gestures always feels good but big gestures are rare — can only be rare. They make a dramatic difference in the situation and of course they are a blessing to those who need them. But that kind of money or other resource is finite and like a well needs time to refill. So good but rare.
Making smaller gestures doesn’t feel as good but they can be made frequently, sometimes even daily. The difference they make may not make as dramatic a difference in the situation but they are just as dramatic to those who need virtual hug as much as they need the gesture of funding. Everybody on the needs list can use a small gesture of caring along with a mickle or two to add to the muckle. Slip $5 in a card or make a PayPal donation with a note saying “Thought about going out for coffee, thought I’d send it to you instead”. The $5 won’t make the dent that $500 or even $50 would — but it will still make a dent and the note will warm a chilled heart.
We simply do not have the kinds of community we did 50 years ago. Very few people know their neighbors — even their names much less anything about them. Very few people are close enough to lend a physical hand — mow the yard or bring a casserole to a household where someone’s sick. Walk the neighborhood taking up a collection for the lady on the corner whose husband just died.
We’re all internet connected now. I can’t help Fineena move or Aji paint or feed BFSkinner’s cats while he’s in the hospital. I can’t loan jtg my car or MaureenMower my spare bedroom until they get back on their financial feet. But I can let people know that they need these things and I can send them my mickle every pay day until the muckle’s made. And so I do. Because they are my internet friends, my internet family, my internet community.
We are community — family, tribe, company, village, culture, and ultimately the state survives beyond the life of any single member and supports/strengthens the life of each individual member by helping each other, by sharing. We survive, thrive only in and as community — all together.
So we persist in helping our community members in need of funding:
Folks needing help are in alphabetical order. Names link to their profile pages.
Aji — replacing the home repossessed after the ’08 crash rests on 3 posts: 1st sales of Wings’ NDN Silverwork + 2nd Lowes gift cards (AmazonWishList) for materials + 3rd fundraising. All are needed Big Time — the septic system guys hit water four feet down and which will add $12K to the ‘final’ phase. Partial septic system install + bathroom tile work + materials for exterior plastering have “eaten” the nice commission Wings got last month so back to Share links everywhere and donate if you can. PayPal — labor and local materials/equipment expenses ($30,000 to go, darnit): wingsoftaos at newmex dot com
arabian — catch up help — PayPal: arabean at att dot net
BFSkinner — encouragement & medical/dental bills (immediate target insulin — he’s hit the Part D donut hole and needs $1,800 (3 lots of insulin) to get passed it — $919 to go on that — but he’s been back in the hospital again). Multiple health/dental issues and Depression. Most recent diary — just when you think it can't get any worse… — please give him some moral support. Widget: jeremy's medical fund PayPal: houstonbfskinner at netscape dot net.
Dem — Depression and PTSD. Underemployed. Financial help (food, Rx), and moral support. PayPal robertallenproctor4 at gmail dot com.
Fineena — moving expenses goal met. Move date Saturday May 27th, eeff’s bringing his truck for the move. Need Charlotte area volunteers for schlepping boxes and furniture. Once she’s settled in we’ll work on car tags and repair. PayPal palskaren at aol dot com.
jtg — (car priority) — Safety stuff (airbag sensor, defroster fan, tires) est. $1,800. — $1,300 to go. jtg car repairs; • PayPal
jtg — (home) cancer survivor, late father’s caregiver (15 years). Substitute teacher. School holidays/vacation no subbing. Pay gap help. keep jtg living indoors • PAYPAL Kos Katalogue vendor (graphic arts, links below) to augment subbing.
MaureenMower — unemployed widow — 1st help with internet for online jobs, a window A/C unit for her efficiency, office chair, and June rent — est. $1,000 — PayPal: MOELOE1126 at AOL dot COM.
MaureenMower — unemployed widow — 2nd needs a car to get on-site jobs — $2,180 to go — need help for pets, car, housing
pale cold — partially disabled/chronic pain — estranged husband (divorce in progress) defaulted on a loan. House encumbered — she’s gotten a legal reprieve but must sell the house and relocate herself, her 3 daughters (adult daughter provides childcare for the younger two), and dog. (Re-establishment funds — $8,650 to go) — thank you and some upper updates — gofundme save my home — PayPal paypal.me/palecold
Mufftootuff — diary Kossack Mufftootuff in Need - Rent's overdue — she and her now adult son were caretakers for her mother for 11 years, lost her job in March — her son just got a job yesterday (hasn’t started yet) and she’s applying for Social Security Early Retirement but meanwhile behind on the rent and facing eviction next week — $300 to go — paypal:mmeriwether
slksfca — Vet bills — Phase completed but Dixie was in the hospital several times last week. PayPal: slksfca at gmail dot com & Dixie's medical expenses
michelewin friend Kay — 70s, widow, homeless living in a truck with her cats, stuff in storage. 2/24/17 Update: Kay hopes to move from CA to CO where her son lives. Est. $7K for truck, gas etc., storage fees — gofundme Kay Allen move to CO ($6,190 to go)
scamperdo has a temporary shared space so won’t be homeless but still looking for an efficiency or “mother-in-law” contained unit in Waltham, MA. If you know of such, please kosmail scamperdo.
Then see if meeting our needs and wishes [like gifts or gift certificates for Fathers Day] can do double duty in bringing revenue to the small businesses of our Kossack community — or share out the artisan/vendor site links to folks you know who are interested in that type of work (and help get/keep the artisans and vendors off the fundraiser list):
Physical expressions of love can lift the spirit — especially when from folks we know like our Kossack artisans and vendors. Our dollar vote is heard even when our ballot vote isn’t so double-duty cast that dollar vote for Kossacks and other small business communities and lift spirits, too.
From Pootie Pads to wearable and frameable designs to jewelry to web design to decluttering services — gifts from the heart are found in the Kos Katalogue.
Artisans with specials:
asterkitty — painting sale & postcard sale
edrie — jewelry — Edrie's Shop
elenacarlena — original cartoons to hang, wear, or drink from — les beastiables products, teepublic elenacarlena or kosmail to commission a cartoon.
Wings (Aji) — NDN Silver, Aji’s & Wings’ basic income. Hover on Galleries, then on Silverwork or Photography or Other Artists for click-links to see beautiful work or Contact for email to commission or purchase. (Donations to help build house, see above.)
Full Kos Katalogue. 2016-17 Kos Katalogue is OPEN YEAR-ROUND.
- Arts & Craftwork
- Books, Cookbooks, Magazines, Bookshops & Publishing
- Childrens', Craft Supplies, & Yarn: Knit, Crochet, Weaving
- Clothing & Jewelry
- Painting, Drawing, Digital Art, Photography, Sculpture
- Food-Drink-Garden & House-Home & Pet
- Service & Stationary Depts w/ Nasty Woman Merchandise Poll
- Software, Web Design, Music (CDs, DVDs) and Misc. Depts
Then pass The Fundraiser Word to the wider world to bring more help than we alone can give:
BFSkinner — (for insulin — $919) jeremy's medical fund
jtg — (car repair — $1,300) jtg car repairs; (Pay gap) keep jtg living indoors
justagurlinseattle — (mom needs transport to nursing home — $5,490) — please help with my mom's medical move
MaureenMower — (unemployed, needs car, help w/ living expenses — $2,180 to go) need help for pets, car, housing
pale cold — (save house if poss, new home if not — ex’s loan default — $8,650 to go) gofundme save my home PayPal paypal.me/palecold
slksfca — (Vet bills — Dixie was in the hospital several times last week) PayPal: slksfca at gmail dot com & Dixie's medical expenses
michelewin’s friend Kay — Kay Allen move to CO ($6,170 to go)
And give other kinds of caring support to our community as the needs arise
Vetwife’s asking for donations to — United Veterans of America — in honor of Memorial Day. The donate button is in the top left-hand corner.
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Community Transcripts Project (CTP), 2thanks admin; critical for those who can’t listen to speeches and giving everyone fact-check ability, transcripts are time-consuming and costly; community fundraising allows CTP to make them available at little to no charge. PayPal: communitytranscriptsproject.dk at gmail dot com
Helping. That’s what community does. E pluribus unum — one out of many. WE, the people.
Only strong together.