If you have a few dollars to spare, we could sure use your help with any of the fundraisers shown here (listed in alphabetical order). Urgent ones have an orange Goal/Progress box. Urgent with very close deadlines are orange all the way across.
Aji
Home stretch for Aji & Wings — interior flooring, wood-stove installation, last exterior plaster coat, kitchen, trim, & furnishings to go — so donations, share the gallery & PayPal sites, and Home Depot, Lowes, and Wayfair gift cards
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Goal: $7,000
Progress: $4,725
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They’re a little short for materials, more short for labor, and a lot short for appliances. Lowes cards for appliances, Home Depot cards for cabinetry, Wayfair cards for furnishings — but just a bit more and they can move in. No kitchen cabinets until next spring but they’re planning a temporary “utility kitchen” and they’ll have a safe, warm, healthful place to live and breathe and no more mold that turns flu into can’t-get-rid-of-pneumonia. |
The Hurt and Abandoned Find Them |
Paypal (and email for commissions) is wingsoftaos at newmex dotcom.
Lowes physical gift cards (AmazonWishList), Lowes gift ecards, Home Depot gift cards and Wayfair gift cards — physical cards go to Aji Wings, PO Box 328, El Prado, NM 87529, ecards go to ajijaakwe at gmail dot com (because of the mold, they can’t take anything from the RV into the new home).
Wings silver work, photography, and more — NDN Silver
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They can’t go home without us…
Winter is Coming & They Need Heat...
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BFSkinner
Meds, glasses,vet bill & lots of hospital bills — & $800 rent now due.
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Full Goal: $30,000
Progress: $19,073
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Multiple health and dental issues in addition to depression. Needs moral support as well as help with mounting human and cat medical bills. |
BFSkinner another quick note |
GFM — bfskinner medical fund
Paypal is houstonbfskinner at netscape dot net ← no fee to recipient
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Back in the hospital. Again. Prayers/Good Wishes also needed
Fineena
Help dog-proof backyard (fence repair/strengthening)
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Goal: $1,500
Progress: $190
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Needs to dog-proof the fence and back door for Julia and Henry even though Sam has crossed the Rainbow Bridge |
I’m Busy Packing But… |
Paypal (and email) is palskaren at aol dot com |
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funtony47
Help with car repairs so he can keep going to the doctor
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Goal: $1,500
Progress: $1,000
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Cancer and chronic severe pain, needs car fixed: Ball joints, 2 tires, and alignment are all that’s left — est. $500 — So he can work and make his many doctor appts (chemo and chronic pain meds Rx). Chemo is really taking it out of him, so he’s not online much. He checks back when he can. |
Updates! Updates! Read All About It!... |
gofundme - car repairs
Paypal is louisvillebuschs at gmail dot com ← faster and no fees
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jtg
Needs help with car repairs (safety issues: airbag, defroster fan, and tires).
No school June-Aug, no income June-Aug — needs $400 more for utilities (& kibble) — food bank & food stamps covering his own needs. School’s in session so OK for Oct.
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Car Goal: $3,300
Progress: $2,090
Pay Goal: $3,900
Progress: $3,500
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jtg is a popular substitute teacher in about 6 districts. The car is required to get him to those 6 districts. No school so no income in summer — $400 to go for utilities, gas, etc. He’s been subbing steadily since school started again and will be OK for Oct. as long as he’s covered for Sept. An artist as well as a teacher, another way to support him is by becoming a Patreon subscriber or buying his artwork. |
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GFM car repairs
GFM summer income gap ← $400 utilities ASAP
PayPal keep jtg living indoors — (business acct “Otternaut Technologies)
Teepublic (for t-shirts)/FineArtAmerica page
Patreon page
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MaureenMower
Most urgent medical and some food
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Goal: $1,500
Progress: $875
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County Services rep didn’t enter her change of address so Medicaid and Food Stamp renewals went to wrong address. Both have stopped. She’s appealed but meanwhile has no meds and running out of food. In too much pain to even stand in line at the Food Bank — and seriously needs her pain meds. Maureen literally cannot function for more than a half hour at a time and only with hours of bed rest in between until she gets the pain meds which are the largest expense here. $625 to go and needed urgently. |
Major Bumps in the Road Medical Update |
GFM Urgent Medical and Food Needs
Paypal is MOELOE1126 at AOL dot COM ← fastest & no fees
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FYI — this is urgent meds and food only — this situation means she’ll need October living expenses.
pale cold
New Offer — should know by 9/25 - Seriously send Good Thoughts as well as funds to help w/ bills & groceries while she’s still in it.
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Goal: $3,000
Progress: $1,495
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Partially disabled in chronic pain. Estranged husband (divorce in progress) defaulted on a loan. OK’d until 9/30 to try and sell house (instead of foreclose/auction). Can’t move/buy mobile home until the house sells — but needs food & utility help til then for herself and family — three kids ages 10 to 23 (eldest provides childcare) and border collie. |
Just a few more weeks. |
GFM — save my home
Paypal is paypal.me/palecold
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slksfca
Help with veterinary bills. 2 new hospital visits added another $1,000
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Goal: $12,000
Progress: $8,000
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slksfca is disabled and adopted Dixie from a senior dog rescue group. He is devoted to her and makes sure she gets the medical care for her heart condition and recently-developed kidney problems. Vet bills are really high, include several hospital visits. (Paying $250/month from his very fixed income — help on the vet bills means he eats better — or at all.)
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GFM — Dixie’s Vet Bills
Paypal is slksfca at gmail dot com ← fastest and no fees
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swampyankee
Help with general living expenses for September
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Goal: $1,000
Progress: $225
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She’s undergoing chemo and having a very painful tumor flare with lots of extra medical expenses — Also if would prefer to send her cat food, linens, or prepaid credit cards directly, please kosmail me for her physical address. |
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Paypal is jennifercirino at sbcglobal dot net |
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the pollster
Needs $600 more for October rent by Friday 9/29
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Goal: $800
Progress: $200
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Lost her job in May. Looking but still hasn’t found anything. She’s running out of savings and will need help with October rent, cable, electric, etc. |
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Paypal is lsmastellone at gmail dot com |
michelewln
Michele’s homeless friend Kay needs help moving to be near family.
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Goal: $7,000
Progress: $1,020
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Michele’s friend Kay is in her 70s and has been living in her truck with her two cats. Her belongings are in storage. She plans to move from CA to CO where her son lives and she needs help to cover storage and moving expenses. |
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GFM: kay allen move to CO
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michelewln
Michele’s caregiver friends need help with bad divorce issue.
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Goal: $2,000
Progress: $1,005
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Michele’s friend Aphex Angel and spouse are caregivers for a disabled vet whose soon-to-be ex showed up with “no-alimony” papers the day after her parents and grandparents were killed in an accident, then filed for divorce after she signed them. They need help getting through September while he looks for a job to support them all. |
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GFM: Help us survive a bad divorce
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Help by Spreading the Word
When someone is in a tough situation, it really helps to get the word out. The more who hear about it, the better the chance of connecting with people who can lend a hand.
So if you are active with Social Media, go to the linked fund-raising page then use the social media icons on that page to share it with your friends via Facebook, Twitter, or whatever platform you prefer. Be the link between helper and helped.
Help by Buying From and Hiring Kossacks
Want to keep people from getting in a financial jam in the first place? You can help make a difference by supporting Kossack artisans and tradespeople. Here’s a list of people who would appreciate your business! TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT COMMISSIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS! And sending these links to your friends and family who are starting to think about commissions and gifts for the holidays.
You can browse the 2016-17 full Kos Katalogue or browse the departments using these links:
Kos Katalogue Department link list— by mettle fatigue
- 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
We Did It!!
Here are our most recent success stories. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Aji |
$1.5K Match Met — Down payment made for wood stove installation! |
jan4insight |
GOAL MET — September mortgage! |
jtg |
GOAL MET — September rent. |
Mufftootuff |
GOAL MET!!! September rent, meds, car & electric bill! |
Wiccaneagle |
GOAL MET! — car insurance and Association fees covered. |
Thanks mettle fatigue for — DK Health-Medical & Related Groups&Series links, 2011-Aug2017
Helping directories with links to individual states. You have to drill a bit but there’s a lot of help out there. The first three are for everybody, the last is for seniors: Need Help Paying Bills and 2-1-1 Finding Helping Services and Find Food Pantries and Nat’l Council on Aging Benefits Checkup
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