If you have a few dollars to spare, from Washingtons to Benjamins, we could 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
Now mostly living in the house, only the kitchen left before can totally move in. Need the outside work done before daytime temps drop below freezing. New goal is 1 week’s payroll for a 4-guy crew & weatherization for all exterior wood (deck, windows, doors).
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Goal: $4,000
Progress: $2,100
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Need to beat the winter with the external work and the kitchen. Need payroll, Lowes cards (appliances), Home Depot cards (materials), Wayfair cards (or the Registries) for furnishings — due to mold nothing from the RV can be taken to the new house. Once they’re fully moved in they can live in that safe, warm, healthful place and breathe clean mold-free air while it’s being finished. |
The Hurt and Abandoned Find Them
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Paypal (and email for commissions) is wingsoftaos at newmex dot com.
Lowes gift cards (AmazonWishList), Lowes gift ecards, Home Depot gift cards & Wayfair gift cards — also Registries w/ Bed, Bath & Beyond & Wayfair
Physical cards go to Aji Wings, PO Box 328, El Prado, NM 87529, ecards go to ajijaakwe at gmail dot com.
Kos Katalogue vendor, shop link below in that section
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A shower, dogs, sink, range...
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BFSkinner
Meds, lots of hospital bills —
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Full Goal: $30,000
Progress: $19,338
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Multiple health and dental issues plus Depression. Needs moral support as well as help with mounting human and cat medical bills. |
Advice Needed... |
GFM — bfskinner medical fund
Paypal is houstonbfskinner at netscape dot net ← no fee to recipient
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FarWestGirl
Still needs help with vet bills, back-up vehicle, electrician, storage pod and gravel pad to put it on.
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Goal: $6,414
Progress: $2,492
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Fighting a legal battle, very long backstory (damn assistance request, damn back story, damn back back story), lost the house; saved the land — and there things sat as (some of) the legal stuff played out. Needs in order of importance: vet bill ($37), ’85 Subaru station wagon ($220) for backup transport, $200 for the LLC so she can set up the Paypal, and finally that storage pod ($3,175) — also electrician, culverts, and gravel (still can’t get estimates so I’m calling it $500).
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Feeling Very Discouraged Right Now |
GMF/YouCaring — Lost the house...
Paypal is planned but not set up yet.
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Fineena
Help with past due vet bill from when Sam died
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Goal: $1200
Progress: $100
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Social Security doesn’t quite make ends meet and was having difficulties with doing the crocheting for her Etsy Shop (why it’s not listed below at the moment). She’s just started crocheting again and hopes to have the shop going soon. She still has the vet bill from when Sam died. Any help with that would be greatly appreciated |
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Paypal (and email) is palskaren at aol dot com
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jtg
Plumbing issue — leak under the house. no estimate yet
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Goal: $3,900
Progress: $2,999
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leak under the house (gray water, not sewage) needs to be fixed. |
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GFM keep me living indoors
PayPal James at JamesThomasGreen dot com ← ← fastest and no fees
Kos Katalogue vendor, shop links below in that section
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michelewln
Help replace car and cover medical bill co-pays
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Goal: $2000
Progress: $535
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She’s the critical caregiver for her disabled brother. Their combined Social Security just make ends meet — if no emergencies. In recent weeks he was in the hospital, she had cancer surgery on her face, is awaiting biopsy results of something in her chest, and on 10/23 the car — totaled. Ins. paid $840, so w/ donations & reworking some things she got a 2012 certified used car and financed $5330 at $110/month. Needs to pay ahead before the hospital 20% copays come in so whether you call it helping with the hospital bills or helping with the car, donations will help. |
Life Just Stop It! |
Paypal is artbymichele at aol dot com
Kos Katalogue vendor, shop links below in that section
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Sara R & Winglion
Property taxes due by 11/15/2017
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Goal: $5,000
Progress: $2,872
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The Quilt Sisters of Catnip Manor live in a state whose basic revenue is property taxes. Mostly they making ends meet with the Pootie Pads and community quilts — but not that property tax bill. If paid by 11/15 the state will “discount” enough to pay the quarterly water bill.
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Paypal is HAIRBRAIDER33 AT YAHOO DOT COM
Kos Katalogue vendor, link below in that section
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slksfca
Help pay off Dixie’s final veterinary bills.
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Goal: $4,000
Progress: $275
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slksfca’s beloved Dixie crossed the Rainbow Bridge Monday 10/9 after a long/expensive illness. Vet bills include many hospital visits. (Paying $250/month from his very fixed income — help w/ vet bills means he eats.) PayPal address is his email — a supportive message also helps.
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Paypal is slksfca at gmail dot com
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swampyankee
Help with general living expenses for November
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Goal: $1,000
Progress: $400
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Undergoing chemo w/ a very painful tumor flare adding lots of extra medical expenses (pain meds, oxygen, and trips to ER when her white-cell count gets too low). |
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Paypal is jennifercirino at sbcglobal dot net |
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Vetwife
Help with electric bill due 11/7
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Goal: $500
Progress: $300
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Vetwife (runs a non-profit for vets in her area — without salary) is still recovering from Irma — evacuation, health-affecting mess cleanup, and higher food costs — needs help covering her $500 November electric bill that’s due to a mal-functioning HVAC or appliance the utility company’s audits keep not finding. |
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Paypal is amandakato at msn dot com
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michelewln (friend Kay)
Michele’s homeless friend Kay needs help moving to be near family.
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Goal: $7,000
Progress: $1,050
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Michele’s friend Kay is in her 70s and has been living in her truck with her cats. Her belongings are in storage. She plans to move from CA to CO where her disabled 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 (friend Aphex Angel)
Michele’s caregiver friends need help with bad divorce issue.
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Goal: $2,000
Progress: $1,075
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Michele’s friend Aphex Angel and spouse are caregivers for a disabled vet whose 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. Expected/promised funds were pulled at the last minute — both looking for jobs but need help towards October rent/food. |
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GFM: Help us survive a bad divorce
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Help by Spreading the Word
If you can’t help directly — or want to do more — then be the link between need and fulfillment.
If you are active on Social Media, go to the linked fund-raising page and use the social media icons on the page to share it throughout your contacts on Facebook, Twitter, whatever platform you use.
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 “short list” of people who would love your business! TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT HOLIDAY COMMISSIONS! And sending these links to your friends and family to start them thinking about commissions/gifts for the holidays.