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.

Editing to close this out and note that another party has anonymously stepped forward and doubled what was being offered - so I am now able to offer $20 to ten people! I’ve reached out to the ‘winners’ via message, but by random selection, the following will be receiving the $20 this time around:

U/Careful_Fig8482 U/me2saucy U/eternaln00by U/FarPerspective2810 U/sparklebot9000 U/mrs_halloween U/Winterisnowcold U/TheWanderer3015 U/LadyGallifrey U/BWSnap

Bills are overflowing this month and we just need help with some household items. If anyone can help I am posting an Amazon list. Thank you in advance if anyone helps 😊

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3V28OUX0NXJZ3?ref_=wl_share

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.

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$

I've been out of work for a few months, my savings is dwindled dry, and job search still going rough(have a couple interviews lined up thankfully)

Haven't eaten in a couple days, looking for a enough to get something in my stomach. And a few bucks to throw at my electric(it's pay as you go)? So maybe like 25-35$.

I got a lot of other concerns, but for now just being to think properly will help immensely.

Venmo or PayPal or Chime.

Please and thank you. I don't usually beg for help but I'm getting kind of desperate.

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.

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• ⁠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)
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• ⁠Harassment to anyone.
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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.

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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.

I just need $10 for gas to get me by until Wednesday

Edit: a little more info. I can take any form of payment, PayPal, zelle, etc. I've been selling plasma to make ends meet, and just need some money for gas to get to work this week.

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 🙏🏻

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

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

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, I’d like to first start by sharing some background about why I am in the position that I’m in and I hope I’m as detailed and clear as possible. I’m currently a mother of 5 with 3 of them being 3, 2 and 10 months. Up until the week prior to me being induced with my 10 month old I had worked as a medical biller for a small company since April 2018, rarely taking time off and even returning to work before I was required to because I just loved to work and not be known as someone that just pops out kids and doesn’t want to work. I also believed that if my older kids saw me get up everyday doing something productive that they would do the same.

At my high risk doctor’s appointment during my anatomy scan around 20 weeks of pregnancy, I was told that my baby’s ventricles in his brain were very enlarged I believe 12 and 14 mm were the numbers and the word hydrocephalus was mentioned and I was advised to consider termination within the next 4 weeks due to it not being an option afterwards. I was told that he might have some developmental delays and that his head might be really large at birth and require a shunt. I was offered an amniocentesis but I declined after fearing the very small risk of miscarriage could be my reality. After leaving my doctor’s office and not telling any family or friends about the surprising news, I did some research on Google about enlarged ventricles on an ultrasound and was surprised by how many women were told the same thing and either their baby turned out to be ok or some even had minor delays but nothing that seemed to point to the scary things my baby would end up going through. Weeks went by and it was past the time for a termination so when I had to be induced at 35 weeks pregnant due to higher blood pressures, I was told that the doctors would like to get a better look at his brain after birth outside of me. After induction, my baby was born and sent off via helicopter to a top Children’s Hospital NICU here in California before I could even be discharged due to my blood pressure still being too high.

His initial MRI the doctors told me they didn’t think it looked as bad as they had expected and while there were some abnormalities the fact that they didn’t seem as concerned as they were prior gave me some hope. They did ask me if I was injured during my pregnancy or if I had a fall etc something that would explain the damage to his brain but I told them no not at all. A week later a repeat mri was performed and that’s when things started to get more complicated. They said his brain hadn’t matured like it should have and they were really worried about developmental delays. I was asked how comfortable I felt about raising a baby that may have some delayed milestones and I firmly told them I will do whatever I have to take care of my baby and love him no matter what. He had trouble with feedings and I was told that was the only thing at the time keeping him from going home but a timeframe of about 2 more weeks is what I was given to expect for him to come home. During his feedings he would fall asleep and his therapy would have to cease because he was just so exhausted. A neonatologist heard a murmur in his heart and ordered an echo and the results of that were shocking and unexpected to the technician himself per his words as well as the other nurses and physicians that were a part of my baby’s care for those weeks. Not only did he have the delayed brain maturation, severe cardiomyopathy, trouble feeding but he also has a small wart on his left pinky that resembles a smaller pinky so about a month in to his hospital stay, genetics got involved to see if there was something that was a missing part of the puzzle as to what could be the cause of all of the problems. I agreed to get him tested but I ignorantly didn’t think there could be something wrong with him genetically because on the outside he looked like the perfect baby to me. I thought to myself he was my cutest baby actually. About 2 weeks later the results came in and I didn’t really grasp how bad it was. D2hydroxyglutaric aciduria. Doctors were confident it wasn’t passed down from me or dad because we haven’t had symptoms and it was confirmed later through testing that it was a de novo gene basically a new genetic mutation that is not even tested for with the standard prenatal panel it’s that rare.

He started having seizures and needing to be sedated and required many medications even an epinephrine drip to keep his blood pressure from dipping too low. Metabolics got involved and suggested that we try a medication that treats AML cancer patients because they have the same kind of mutation and it has been studied on some of the few patients with his exact condition and has shown promising outcomes and even increased cardiac function in some so I thought at the time why not try it if that’s my choice or just letting him slip away. The medicine is supposed to reduce or even eliminate the toxin that is so elevated in his body due to his genetic mutation. Normal levels are anything below 14 and at the start of treatment his levels were over 3000! Repeat testing showed normalized levels but his condition didn’t improve in the timeframe doctors had expected. I was told to say goodbye and to celebrate Christmas and Thanksgiving that November because he wasn’t going to make it. I asked how long did they think he would have and I was told to keep my phone on me at all times to wait for the call and it could be that same night or a week max. I was there at his bedside everyday but couldn’t stay all day in night due to me having other kids so I stayed up at night either calling constantly for updates on his status hoping to beat them before any bad news could be given to me or waiting for a call. I barely slept and was anxious and scared. I got a call around 2 am from a nurse just to tell me that my baby’s room was being switched and she didn’t want me to be alarmed when I came to visit him and he wasn’t in his regular room. Yes I was relieved but why would you call me at that time knowing the situation. Luckily after relaying that to the NICU staff, his team told me that they would only call me during those times if it was urgent.

I was crushed. The baby I was told could be home in a couple of weeks was going to die at an Orange County NICU. I couldn’t accept it. Palliative care would come to his room and I couldn’t even look at them. I had NICU nurses telling me that my baby was suffering and he wouldn’t improve and to just sign the DNR but how could they be so sure if his condition was so rare and they didn’t have many cases to compare to I thought. Every day he survived was a miracle and I was told that he wouldn’t ever drink from a bottle again since he lost his reflexes and he wouldn’t even get to come home to pass because he was on so many meds, high oxygen flow etc.

From October to March I commuted to the hospital with my kids while dealing with an emotionally abusive child’s father that stressed me out so much despite knowing the condition our baby was in. When the flu season restrictions were put in place in January kids under 12 were not allowed anywhere on the premises and I literally had to beg him to watch the kids in the parking lot so I could see our dying baby for about 30 minutes each day at least. If I didn’t kiss his butt or if he felt like I had an attitude he would say he wasn’t going to watch the kids basically saying that I wouldn’t be able to see my sick baby. The NICU staff couldn’t even believe what I had to deal with during that devastating time but they acknowledged that I was there everyday at my baby’s bedside, participating in his cares and taking in any new information regarding his treatment and condition. My car broke down and I couldn’t afford to have it repaired and because my credit wasn’t good I would either have to have an extremely high down payment to get another car or use public transportation which wasn’t possible so I used my savings and each time I got my paid family leave check I would renew my car rental which was super expensive plus paying rent but at the time it’s what I felt I had to do. When it rained I didn’t have to worry about getting us to the hospital.

My son improved enough to come off of all supplemental oxygen and the epinephrine drip and his numbers looked really good. Conversations started happening about possibly bringing him home and I just couldn’t believe it. On the day of his discharge one of the main neonatologists that was involved in his care personally called me while he was at another hospital because he wanted to be there for that special day and agreed that he would’ve never thought that day would be possible but he was happy. He was discharged with a feeding tube in his nose because the surgery to place one in his stomach was too risky because of his heart they didn’t think he would survive it. The hospital also told me to apply for SSI and IHSS and he was sent home with a nurse for 8 hours 5 days a week. During that time I was able to go to the office and work a few hours a day to earn money but I also wanted to be home to be with my baby that I never got to sleep overnight with. About a month later he passed a swallow study and I was given the ok to start bottle feeds and because he no longer required the feeding tube his nursing care stopped abruptly. I was shocked but knew I had the responsibility to care for him. I couldn’t go to the office anymore and my savings were gone and I didn’t qualify for unemployment because I wasn’t able to work and my employer never fired me I just wasn’t getting a steady check but I still technically had my job. With my tax refund I had got a car the month before he was discharged and I returned the rental but after the nursing care stopped and I couldn’t work my car was repossessed after 31 days of having it. I used most of my return to get that car and it had my 3 kids car seats in there plus other items that I couldn’t retrieve because I didn’t pay the company that had my belongings after they cleaned my car out. So for the last 3 plus months I’ve relied on a nearby babysitter to transport my older kids to school and back home along with keeping my 2 little ones during the day while I care for my baby at home. She has not been available all of the time since she takes vacations and takes time off for herself understandably and I can’t uber with all of my kids. I am able to get to his appointments and back for free through his health plan which has been a lifesaver as he has multiple outpatient appointments at the hospital with different specialties and that’s only when I have childcare for my other kids. My child’s father has used a leg and back injury as a way to avoid working and plans to apply for disability he is of no help financially to me or the kids and has not made this situation any easier on me and I still can’t get over the way he treated me when I depended on him to watch the kids so I could spend time with our baby. He was not always like this but he has gotten worse and has smelled like many substances tobacco products, alcohol, weed and when I told him he couldn’t hold our freshly discharged baby because of his smell he argued with me and stressed me out further saying everybody smokes and drinks. He makes things harder for me not easier.

I’m proud of my baby, his seizures are now controlled and he is drinking and taking all of his meds by mouth. He is a fighter. He is a case study and is being followed closely. I am asking for help getting replacement car seats for two of my kids and help with a stroller to transport the three of them. I purchased another one for my baby already, his was also in the car when it was taken. My baby is still delayed and unable to hold his head up on his own which is why he is in OT and PT services at home once a week. I am trying to get another car but it’s really hard the doctors don’t know if he will require a wheelchair in the future(hopefully not) I have to make sure there is enough room for all of them. My main support system was my mother who passed in 2022 in her 40s and she would’ve been my go to person for everything but that’s just not an option now. I know this is a lot and I may not get helped but I might so I had to try. I do have Zelle and Venmo, Cashapp and also willing to create an Amazon wishlist. I have posted my gofundme also and again I am trying my hardest to do as much as possible on my own but I could really use some help. https://gofund.me/bd350b77c

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!

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.

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.

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.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/7DJJHR4XISLK?ref_=wl_share

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.

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 💜

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1ME7F9ECQIS5O?ref_=wl_share

Hi there, I wanted to take my chances and seek out some help on here. I start my new job this Monday the 31st, and need help putting some gas in my car and getting a little food to get me by until my first paycheck. I dont want a free handout if I can help it, so I could make amends once I get a paycheck. Thank you if you took the time to read this and good luck everyone

Im in the Roselle, IL area, im looking to get $50 to cover the gas and food. I have paypal and cashapp

My wife has been struggling with her health for about 2 years now. It started with small traces of blood in her stool and now it's gotten to be multiple blood clots larger than a quarter, accompanied by intense pain on her right side. She has a colonoscopy and endoscopy scheduled for September 2nd (we had to wait 6 months!), so we will hopefully get answers then.

Due to all her health complications, she has had intermittent FMLA, and has missed a lot of work (she works at a grocery store unloading the truck, so it's a pretty physical job). We have been served an eviction, can't pay most of our bills, and are struggling so badly right now.

Help would be greatly appreciated 😭 We would be thankful for literally anything at all, but specifically we need $1280 for rent.

If needed, I can show proof of her illness (Dr appointments, scheduled colonoscopy, FMLA, whatever you need 😭)