Help help: We are a loving couple, with a big dream, to buy a home that we can open to foster children. - Help.com

Thank you for the advice, and it is well taken…unfortunately budgeting has never been our problem. We manage our finances pretty good for the little that we have. It’s the “emergencies” that arise. Take for instance, April of this year is when we first started looking into paying off debts…I paid about three of them off…two weeks later I fell and tore the main ligament in my knee, missed nearly two weeks of work…The time missed equaled the amount of money almost to the dollar that I had just spent paying bills, not to mention the additional funds that went towards the brace, PT and other things not covered by my insurance. Finally got back on my feet…literally…Went back to working regular hours, even selling household items at a flea market to earn a little extra money. Paid two more bills and a week later on July 3rd the transmission went out in our only car. At this point I am still in the brace and walking nearly a mile to the nearest bus stop from our house and then a mile from the bus stop to work, well that was out of the question. No friends or family nearby to offer rides…well off to the car lot we went…purchased the most inexpensive car we could fit in and now we are even further in debt. So you see, I am not asking for a hand out…but a hand up. I just need that hand up over these stumbling blocks that keep holding us back. Trust me, I’m not a person begging for money for something frivolous, this is a dream that I feel not only affects me, but what might end up affecting countless other people through the children we take in. I will continue to keep pressing on weather I receive help or not, however when I was told about Help.com and the other sites I have posted on, I felt that I should give it a try. Perhaps there is someone out there a little more fortunate than I that would be willing to offer the hand up. Like the gentlemen that left the $10K tip to the waitress or the family that gave the homeless man $5K and paid his rent in an apartment for a year. I know there are people out there that are willing to help. I know, because in the past I have been one of those people. Countless volunteer hours at soup kitchens, working in a non-profit pre-school on the poorest side of town for minimum wage for 2 years, not because I had to, but because I wanted to help a school that had a hard time keeping teachers. Donations to humanitarian efforts after Katrina, Rita and the Tsunami. I say this not to boast, but to show, it is not in my nature to beg, but to give. I want to get back to the place where I can afford to give. Rest assured the person or persons that do offer this help would be a dear friend to me and my family for life…not because of the money but because they thought enough to help. Thank you again for your advice and I wish you well in your endeavors! Yours, Sherri

Hi Anubis…love the name..lol. Thank you for the sites. I have posted on Modest needs but need 1250 points for approval, so I’m not holding my breath since there are so many other needs on that site. I have also posted on digital charity…but again..so many other people have posted there….I think within an hour of my posting I was already on page 3…lol. I have faith that I will get the money needed. I hope to start a second job soon…which is no small feat for me. I already work 50 hours a week, but hey, when you want something you do what you can right?? Thanks and best of wishes in all you do!

Thank you so much fengshuisweetheart! I had not thought of organizations like this. I will check into them today!! Thank you so much for the information.

Sherri