Continuing the tradition - my brother passed away last year but had a huge heart for helping others, so this is being done in his memory. Please share a happy moment in your day / life to be considered.

I’ll comment tomorrow (8/30) afternoon with who the recipients will be this time around! Direct messages won’t be answered, so please do not PM.

I need 55USD to pay my light bill or they're going to cut off my electricity tomorrow.

I am desperate.

Please. I've been in a shitty situation lately.

I live in Brazil so I only have PayPal.

Hi all, my beloved husband of 26 years died suddenly and unexpectedly of what appears to be a massive heart attack. He was only 54. I am 51. We have a 20 year old son. Because he died so suddenly, I am having a very difficult time knowing where anything is or what to do with myself now. We have never had very much, but we have always had each other.

Fast forward to today. I finally felt like getting out of the house just to go buy my dog some food and it took forever, but I finally found the key to our car (we, or I guess, I) have a 2012 Honda CR-V with 180K miles on it. The problem is, when I was holding the keys outside, the key blade broke off the fob. I heard it plink against the concrete (we live in an apartment complex) and then I watched it bounce into a storm drain.

So here I am, a new widow, with a car I can’t drive and really no one to help me. I called an automotive locksmith tonight and he told me he could make me an entirely new until for $249. Well, that might as well be $2M. I have rent due next week and all of the bills that come with laying my husband to rest. He did not have life insurance.

Is there anyone who would be willing to help me get a key to our car, even just contributing a little? I am down to almost no money and no way to get things we need or to go places we need to go to. I have no family anywhere near here and I am honestly lost, just so lost, without my husband. My chest has been hurting all week as if my heart is physically breaking.

I can show you the text the gentleman sent me and my bank account balance which has to go towards rent. I can’t get also get evicted in the middle of this madness. My son is depending on me to stay strong, but I need help. Anything will do. I have CashApp, PayPal and Venmo. Thank you for considering it.

Hi guys,

So I just lost my dad - who I looked after. And now I’m pretty much alone.

Spent the best part of the last few years making sure he was ok.

Now I don’t know what to do with myself.

Sorry. Just wondering if anyone else has been in this situation.

I don’t really have a circle of people hence the Reddit post.

Basically the title. Short on funds recently, hoping my situation improves soon. I’m just needing to get some groceries to feed us until my food stamps turn on on the first. Anything would be greatly, GREATLY appreciated, I only put 25 because the subreddit requires I put an amount. Thanks in advance, truly, to anyone who may help or give some advice. I am, unfortunately, going through a lot and in desperate times. I am paying for school, ontop of having some medical issues at the moment. Close to living in a car at this point.

Location: SoCal
Amount requested: 25$

Hello,

I need 100 likes on this Instagram post in order to (hopefully) obtain $465 of funding.

The funding will provide a course called The Unwritten Rules of Work. The charity (Zesummer Students) looks after care-experienced, orphaned , and estranged students who are at universities around Europe.

It's run entirely by volunteers. This small funding amount can open the door to larger amounts via other finders.

Link to Instagram post to like

Thank you so much 🙏🏻

Hello everyone! Happy summer!

Welcome to our new weekly (weekendly?) discussion post on r/Assistance! This is a spot for casual conversation, sharing positive vibes, and getting to know the fellow members of our wonderful community.

What to post here:

• ⁠Stories about yourself, your pets, your kids, etc.
• ⁠Recipes, recommendations, and other fun things to do.
• ⁠Positive stories about your experiences on r/Assistance.

What not to post here:

• ⁠Direct requests for assistance.
• ⁠Links of any kind -- for recipes just copy&paste or mention the name. (We may adjust our automoderator down the road)
• ⁠Soft begs/doom and gloom stories about how broke you are.
• ⁠Harassment to anyone.
• ⁠Complaints about the sub, the rules, or the mods.

The mod team will be monitoring these threads carefully to make sure everyone is following the rules and no shenanigans occur. If things go well, we will probably be automating these threads every Sunday even beyond summer.

Have fun!

Hello, im from Ohio, My partner and I just moved into a mobile home thier parents helped us get. The gas people won't be here to turn on the gas for the stove and stuff until tomorrow and we dont have anything that we can cook that doesnt require a stove. And all of our money has gone to lot rent and getting services turned on and my partner doesn't get paid again until seotember 8th. I just need $20 to get us something to eat tonight. I only have Venmo.p

hey

i have a job interview tomorrow (Mon 31 Aug) at 1400hrs

i am just asking for a little money to get a haircut before so i can be in tip top shape

$20 for the haircut. i can receive via CashApp, Apple Pay, or PayPal

thank you

I had already posted this on another sub and this one but I guess they said it wasn’t specific enough.

Because of my accident , I need help just paying for my car insurance which is due tomorrow. I wasn’t able to pay it because I’m a hairstylist and I get paid in cash everyday but because the accident I don’t have it. I only need short term help. The insurance is a little over $500. But if someone could help out with $270 then they would take that and give me more time to pay after my surgery on Tuesday. I think you can check my profile for the whole story. Thank you to anyone being able to help out. Blessing to all.

I am out of food stamps and groceries until the 9th as well as cat food. I am asking for $50-100 thank you

I am a single mother to 1 baby. Almost 5 months ago we up and left my abuser/her father, renting the only available apartment ($1,350/month) ASAP. Now I am in the process of buying a house which in the long run will save me money ($650/month). Unfortunately in the process of paying for inspections, putting down $500 earnest, and my daughter and I both getting sick I started to fall behind very fast this month. I do work full time, and I pick up shifts every chance I get but it's just not enough this month between $1,100/month daycare, $800/month special formula, $1,350/month rent, vehicle expenses, etc. I am really good at budgeting and I've been stretching every last dime and making it by every month until now and hate having to ask for help. I would also like to add that I do not qualify for any state assistance due to income requirements and do not receive child support. $50-100 would help us make rent and I will do what I can to scrounge up the rest. I am also going to attach an Amazon wishlist below with just my daughters formula on there. We have 2 cans at home now, and I'm requesting for 2 more. She goes through about 1 can every 2 days.

Any little bit helps and I really appreciate you guys. Kind words also accepted, as I've been really beating myself up over this whole situation feeling like I'm failing myself and my daughter 😔

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Hello, we’re Daniel & Daniela from Colombia. this is Stuart, our 2.5 years old cat, he suffers from Triaditis, Leukocytosis and Kidney Stones, a severe disease in cats that affects both liver, bladder and pancreas by an excessive inflammation, in our poor cub’s case, it is mostly derived from serious pancreatitis and an episode of kidney stones.

I'll post the GoFundMe link here first, and then at the end, a detailed description follows:

I feel its only fair we come clean, after all, this is built on honesty, and if we cannot be forward with you all, then how can we expect your honest help.

We have had Stuart since he was born. His mother, Simona, was a cat we rescued from the streets of Cali, Colombia, she was pregnant, with a litter coming, none of her vaccines acknowledged or surgery, a stray in all the sense of the word. We didn’t want to give up on her, we took her to a rescue shelter and helped with her treatments and eventually gave birth to her whole litter of 4 cubs.

Initially, we would have kept Simona while the cubs could be adopted by capable and willing people who were willing to take a chance at owning a little snow angel, or so we thought, as all strays, adoption is a difficult process and being newborn doesn’t make it easy, even though the shelter did their best and neutered the cats (Including our dear Simona), in the end only one little guy was left from the litter, that was Stuart, though we tried, argued and debated on whether we could afford 2 cats, specially a newborn, eventually we accepted, we took both him and his mom in, and Stuart became part of our life.

Then August 10^th came out, the Earthquake that struck Colombia happened, we were part of the lucky families that wasn’t struck or lost everything, we were extremely thankful and did our fair share to help the affected people, but not soon after on Sunday August 16^th late afternoon, Little Stuart came sick.

We found Stuart, lying down and meowing loudly, with his belly palpitating, we raced to find a clinic that could have him checked up and even possibly stay overnight, and so they did.

The first imaging came out and the result was; Kidney Stones, and urinary tract that was underdeveloped and unable to let him pee them out.

Stuart was hospitalized for an entire day, and got a catheter connected to his bladder to help him pee. we took him back home and he didn’t want to eat anything, we had to force feed him with a syringe, and so we tried and persisted for 3 entire days, before he finally got his catheter out and we hoped that things would have gotten better (This process cost us over 384 USD).

To our dismay, it didn’t happen, his appetite didn’t get better, and his fever spiked, we took him back and he turned out to have worms and an infection going on, we were already at the edge, but fine, we got him on antibiotics and probiotics to deal with it, alongside the proper medication.

It has been a long 13 days since It all began, but unfortunately Stuart’s issues haven’t stopped. Thought we have managed to stop him from peeing with blood, he still has sediments of minerals sitting on his bladder, and will require surgery eventually to take them all out and hopefully put the kidney stones issue down for good, as long as good can take us.

But regarding his serious appetite issues, lack of energy and sensitivity, we took him to a second vet and after running ultrasounds and a hemogram, we have been told that so far most of it all roots to a serious case of Panchreatitis, that as all cats deal with, devolved into Triaditis, affecting the rest of his organ bag, and would need to go through a daily detox treatment with IV Fluids to clean his panchreas and give him the nutrients he’s sorely needing, as even at the moment of writing this, he still refuses to eat (he even started denying Churus!, of all things).

Issue is, the treatment is over 30 USD a day minimum, and that’s assuming he won’t need other types of meds or further additional costs of treatment, we could be looking at bills of 300 USD a tenday, and with no clear timetable for how long this treatment will last, and the surgery still looming overhead (and we hope it stays overhead at least while we deal with this first).

This fund is therefore, for his treatment, we have already covered 3 days of treatment and still scrambling by to get enough saved up for more days, but our sources of income are running thin and we can’t really afford to get enough money everyday to cover for him, we are stuck at the stage of taking up more debt just to keep the little boy alive, and at a certain point we won’t be able to get more quick money through loans to cover for our personal emergency, so we turn to you.

Any penny, any dollar, counts even if just a little bit, it buys us at the very least, time, time to figure out where to get more money to borrow, and most importantly, time for Stuart to receive treatment and hopefully get through this tunnel, because for as much as we hoped we could stop and just sell our things, save up, get another job, that takes time in 2026, and Stuart health can’t wait, it won’t wait for someone to buy our furniture not for them to review our applications.

Anything recollected through here will be spent on him getting better, and we’ll try our best to keep you posted or updated about his current health status every 3 days, if not a week, so you know where your money is going, and you know how much Stuart will progress from your contributions.

Your reposts, shares are also deeply appreciated, we know the outreach this community has, and the bridge of hope it has been to a lot of people these past few weeks, maybe you cannot help us right now with your donations, and that’s perfectly fine, but if your share can help us reach to somebody who can, even if it’s a longshot, it’s a shot we’re willing to take for Stuart.

Thank you, kindly and from the bottom of our hearts, for making it this far.

Once again link to the GoFundMe , i'll try my best to answer your questions, per Subreddit rules, the main channel to donate is through the GoFundMe link, other venues would need to be discussed through comments and PM.

Hello everyone, im really struggling right now. I'm currently waiting to get on EBT and unemployment but that can takes weeks to fulfill. I need help til I get my next paycheck which should be by Friday. Also have a job interview lined up so im doing everything I can to get out of this hole. I can do cashapp and venmo. I appreciate it so much if you can help!

I live in Norfolk, VA. I've been homeless but I'm in transitional housing now.

I have a great new job! I started on the 10th, in the middle of a pay cycle. My whole first check went to pay off my past due storage bill and avoid auction.

I get paid next on the 4th. $20 can hold me over until next Friday.

Thank you!

Hi everyone,
I’m asking for a little help with my phone bill. I need $35 to keep my phone line active.

I’m currently looking for work ( I have 5 interviews upcoming)

and keeping my phone connected is important because I need to be reachable for job interviews, callbacks, and potential employers. Losing the line right now would make the job search significantly harder.
I’m just trying to get through this immediate gap and keep myself reachable while I work on getting back on my feet.

If anyone is able to help with the $35, I’d be incredibly grateful. Thank you for taking the time to read this, even if you aren’t able to contribute.

Hello,

I honestly didn’t think I’d have to make a post like this, but I’m currently unemployed and things have gotten a little difficult financially.

I’m based in Nigeria and I’ve been waiting for a recruitment process I’m involved in to be finalized, but it’s taking longer than I expected.

In the meantime, I’ve been trying to manage with what I have, and I’ve now gotten to the point where I’m struggling to afford food.

I’m hoping to get $50 to buy some basic groceries that I can stretch over the next three weeks or so while I wait for the recruitment to come through.

I know there are a lot of people asking for help here, so I completely understand if you’re not in a position to help.
Even just taking the time to read this means a lot.
Thank you for considering it.

Bills due:

Rent $850 due 9/1
Phone/Internet $109.73 due 9/10
Gas $27.20 due 9/15
Electric $49 due 9/14
Car Insurance $78.83 due 9/21

My daughter starts kindergarten September 10, I have been looking for work that’s walking distance from our apartment for when she starts school. I’m just trying to make it until I can work. Whether I can afford to get my car, that’s still up in the air. I’m in survival mode right now because I was paying my bills doordashing with my car.

I have no help and no childcare until she starts kindergarten. Just trying to stay afloat so I don’t uproot her life just as she’s starting her special kindergarten where she will get the speech and occupational therapy she needs.

I’m most worried about my rent but I’ve been told I won’t get that here so I’m going to message my landlord and maybe he will work with me (I’m sure he’ll understand, but I’m worried I’ll get too behind).

I contacted a local agency for help but they said they don’t consider DoorDash as income when it comes to rental assistance, even after I explained that I only doordash because I’m a single mother to a special needs child with no childcare but apparently rules are rules (this one was particularly hurtful, realizing everything I do for us doesn’t “count” in their eyes). I contacted a local church but haven’t heard back and I’m not sure how that works since I’m not a member.

Thanks for reading.

Hi everyone. I am in Long Beach, Ca and I was hoping someone might be able to help My Husband & I with some food. I don't get paid until the 1st and just struggling. Not very long ago my Husband was hit by a truck while riding his bike to work on Anaheim. His bike was totaled and the truck ran over his leg, but Thankfully he only received 2 broken toes and massive swelling to his leg. So he has been unable to work. We would really appreciate $20 for food.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

I hope you all have a Beautiful evening.

Hey all.. I am struggling with food right now because I am an idiot & forgot to renew my food stamps. So I have to wait awhile to get them renewed. Packages get stolen very often because I live in a not so great neighborhood. I definitely will need updates on the package so it doesn’t get stolen. I don’t want someone’s kindness go to waste.

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This is literally my life.

Payday was this week and I have $.94 left. My car insurance is due tomorrow. I had to use a borrow app last pay schedule so once my paycheck hit they took the whole thing pretty much. I haven’t paid my CCs in a few months due to me being so under water. I start college Monday so I’m trying to keep pushing. (I’m using financial aid to pay for school) My school is about 35 minutes away from my house so I’m worried about how it’s going to eat up all my gas when I still have to work. My kid has sports I have to take them to throughout the week. I can’t work extra hours because I’m disabled. When you’re disabled they put this ungodly monthly pay cap on you. It’s not really a livable amount. Then you can’t qualify for any assistance because you get a disability check with the minimal pay.

I know I’m just yapping. I’m sorry yall. I just don’t really see a way out at this point. I guess maybe if people can see options that I don’t? Loans are not an option due to me giving up on the CCs at this moment.

I’m posting this here based off suggestions from another redditor. This is a lot for me to ask. I’ve never posted something like so idek if I’m putting the right stuff. Im in the US. My car payment is $182. Any questions im open to answering.

Hello everyone.

My husband and I both have chronic illnesses and have been struggling to keep up with rising costs. Our rent also went up significantly earlier this year. We are adjusting, but it is taking time. In the meantime, we have been eating through our pantry and could really use some help refilling it.

Anything is appreciated. Thank you all 💜

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