Hi my name is Coleen.  I am a mother of three and I am struggling to make ends meet.  My husband became disabled last year, which caused an extreme strain on my family.  I had been a stay at home mom devoting my time to my three children, two which happen to be autistic.  It’s hard, I am in debt and my bills are piling up. Our lives have changed drastically, we have tightened our belts quite a bit but things are just not evening out for us.   I am what some people consider the working poor.  Family has tried to help but have found themselves in the same situation that we are in since our economy has been in crisis.  Lately I haven’t been able to completely pay all of my bills and I barely have enough food in the refrigerator at the end of the month.  I am desperate and I have been trying to earn money any way that I can.  Accepting work wherever I can and doing odd jobs still doesn’t completely pay for everything.  I’ve given up items like; my BlackBerry, Cable T.V., Long Distance, Starbucks, oh and I ride a bike since I can’t afford to put gas in my car.   It broke my heart when I had to sell my most prized possession my wedding ring my T.V., my bedroom set, and many other household items.  I decided to do all of these things because I figured that they are just things. What is important is keeping the house note and utilities paid and my children happy.  I am getting behind though as it has become harder and harder for me to pay the bills. 

Any Type of Donation will HELP!

This morning I watched CNN.  They aired a special segment on Internet Panhandling also known as Cyber begging. I was very intrigued and I went to the library and did some research on this topic.  I am a person who always has tried to help other people in need.  I never thought that I would one day be that person holding a help me sign, begging.  But here I am.  It’s a savvier version of sign holding on the local corner.  I thought to myself I need real help so I went to the sites that was advertised and also some sites that were listed on Google, many of them were requesting upfront fees as low as $15.00 and as high as $35.00.  Well I was disappointed I felt oh man there is a always a catch, I don’t even have $2.00 in the bank.  I started to give up, but I did a little more research and found free sites, and figured out how to get a PayPal account where I could receive donations from people like you! So I hope that you who are reading this will find it in your heart to donate something to help me and my family.  I don’t care if it’s only a dollar that you can spare. I know that times are tough.  Just know that all donations will go towards paying my bills.

 

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