Really don’t like asking like this but I’ve been in and out of the hospital lately and have missed work and with other bills and expenses it’s been a tough month for me. I just need $50 for gas and food to last me until I can get paid Friday. I’m located in the US in SC.

I don’t want be harassed about this situation, it’s not the biggest issue I understand, but she never has one when it’s snack time in class , last year she had a teacher that provided snacks for students that didn’t have there own , but new school new teacher , I can’t afford to buy her new snacks at the moment , I Uber to work an have to save every penny I have for that due to how far the commute is to my job, rent was just payed and the money I did received for Ubers was borrowed so I also have to pay that back , I just wanna get her a couple nice things so she’s not feeling left out .
(UPDATE) link https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/C0TTE8WQ9JKF?ref_=wl_share

Link to our GoFundMe

Hello everyone! This is karis-gatomon, asking kindly to please donate to my kitties' surgery. They were diagnosed with stomatitis last month. Whether genetic or caused by viral disease, this has caused us considerable heartbreak. Treatment for stomatitis involving antibiotics and antivirals is still experimental...so the only conclusive treatment for them is to remove all of their teeth. As it is, our kitties are in daily pain and losing teeth already.

As both kitties have it, this has left us in lurch. While we have pet insurance, this will only cover a fraction of the total cost. Please donate and share.

I am requesting assistance to get my Timmy's special food for urinary blockage. I'm going through a bad time health wise, quite disabled and relying on welfare. We are down to our last tin of mousse, 3 sachets of wet food and approximately 2 days left of dry so would say that's the most urgent!

I am in Lancashire UK

Thank you in advance to any kind soul that helps him/us 🐈‍⬛🐾

This is his Amazon wish list:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2ONE7R41M1IW8?ref_=wl_share

what I've been / still doing to help myself:

I'm doing online surveys as much as possible but have bad arthritis in hands and bent fingers so it's slow going.

Working with universal credit (uk welfare) work coach specifically for helping disabled people find a job. We did find one that was only a couple of hours a week and I was short listed but sadly they said that they could not put reasonable adjustments in place for me to attend an assessment day session remotely due to my disabilities. Not got any further with anywhere else right now.

Got rid of phone line

No sky tv etc

Using food banks as much as allowed

On payment plan for gas and electric and got a payment plan via step change for all my creditors

It's just been such an income decline from when I was working. This pet food is so expensive 😔

At the end of July, my son and I left a domestic violence situation. It had been ongoing emotional, financial, and at times, physical abuse. I had been trying and working with the local crisis center to leave since April, but I didn’t have housing until July. We left with very little, I managed to get most of our stuff at yard sales and I was gifted a few furniture pieces, the local shelter was very helpful with some housewares too.

My son is 15 months old now, and I just need some help with basics. I have managed to keep the bills paid with odd jobs, I occasionally do cleaning jobs and estate clean-outs, but I haven’t found consistent employment or childcare. We currently receive some snap and a little TANF, but I was told if I didn’t find childcare soon to fulfill the work requirement, that they would likely terminate my tanf benefits. I’ve also had some issues with my car recently, and I feel like I’m drowning trying to keep up with everything on my own.

I love my son and I feel like I put him in this situation. I grew up in poverty, so I’m used to being poor, but I want my son to have what he needs. I might be biased, but he is the coolest, sweetest baby. I don’t receive child support as my ex lost his job, but it was being pursued.

I’m attaching my Amazon wishlist below, anything would help. Thank you!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/RNVTML7J9LA3?ref_=wl_share

Thank you to everyone who bought the diapers I needed! I have more than I asked for so thank you so much, this will last for a while!

Hello all, this is my first request, and actually my first post on reddit. I'm asking for help getting my prescription because I am short $87.42 and this is a medication I can't go without. I know times are tough for everyone, and I sincerely wouldn't ask if I had anywhere else I could turn to.

I'm working 2 part-time jobs and have been selling personal possessions. My family have helped when they can, and I have cut everything to get my expenses to the bare minimum. I can't donate plasma with the medications I take. I will be employed full-time starting October 20th, so I will be able to pay for my prescriptions going forward. And I will be able to sign up for their health insurance in January! Very excited for that!

I know most aren't in a position to help financially right now, but well wishes and prayers are gladly accepted! I believe in the power of positive energy 🩷

Thank you for reading, and I hope you all have a beautiful Sunday!

Hello,

My name is Joseph, and I receive SSDI due to invisible disabilities. Due to my divorce wiping out what little extra money I had, I find myself struggling to pay some bills, and I'm also in need of a bed and mattress as I'm currently sleeping on my floor.

I had to move out of the family home, and where I am now, housing alone takes half of my SSDI income with cell phone, internet, electricity, and insurance (car, HO-6, and life) taking up another 25% of my SSDI. So, with 75% of SSDI being used up, I don't have much leftover for food, the couple of bills I need to pay, and a bed and mattress.

I've been looking on Facebook Marketplace for bed frames, but I would like to buy a new/unused mattress.

I was able to cut my cell phone bill in half by switching to a new provider, and my internet is as low as possible without being massively slow. I am also looking into lowering the cost of my home and auto insurance.

I have applied for energy assistance (12-16 weeks for approval or denial), medical assistance (waiting on approval/denial), EBT/Cash Assistance (waiting on approval/denial), I can visit a food pantry twice a month, but I don't get very much since it's only me as my kids are with my ex-wife. I tried applying for section 811 (section 8 for people with disabilities), but the wait list is very long.

I'm also deferred on donating plasma because I'm on too many medications for mental illness and need to get off two of them, which will take some time.

I understand if I do not get any assistance/donations as I know it's not guaranteed, but I will be forever grateful for any donations received and intend to pay it forward when I am able to.

Even if this is just shared with others, I would greatly appreciate it.

I'm very embarrassed to ask for help like this as I've never had to ask for help like this before.

Thank you for looking!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/josephs-need-for-a-bed-and-basic-bills

I posted in the r/gofundme sub as well:

https://www.reddit.com/r/gofundme/s/ZAQUXDmEz1

To add, I've checked with Goodwill, ARC, and the Salvation Army and have had no luck. But I will keep trying.

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What to post here:

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Hello my name is Jeff. I was born with extensive club feet. I’ve had over 15 surgeries and procedures in my youth that never fully corrected my condition. Due to deterioration with age, I had my right lower leg amputated in January 2026, and am no longer weight bearing on my left side. As such I have become a full time wheelchair user.

I am unemployed and currently going through the lengthy process of getting approved for disability. I rely on Medicaid, SNAP, and the Massachusetts EAEDC program for living resources.

Recently Medicaid has approved for me to get a custom, light weight wheelchair (a TiLite X), however the rules only allow it to be configured for indoor use. This specifically means it comes with 24” wheels with solid tires, intended to be used on flat, even surfaces.

I live in Boston which is a difficult city for a wheelchair user due to harsh weather, narrow or non-existent sidewalks, along with roads and sidewalks that are made with brick pavers/cobblestones, and are in rough condition due to age, frost heaves, and tree roots. These conditions make using a wheelchair extremely challenging and puts extreme extra wear on the chair itself.

Unlike the more expensive rigid carbon fiber or titanium framed chairs, the TiLite X is an aluminum folding chair. These types of wheelchairs have a higher rate of breaking, most often caused by being susceptible to fatigue cracking caused by vibration as well as hard jolts from rough terrain and curb jumping (Wheelchair curb jumping (also called curb hopping) is an advanced manual wheelchair skill used to navigate up or down a sidewalk curb independently without needing a ramp or a curb cut.)

As I do not have a car, I will be using my wheelchair outdoors frequently in all types of Boston conditions. In order to help my chair last as long as possible (Medicaid and Insurance will only replace every 5 years) and make my use of it easier, I am seeking funding to upgrade the wheels, tires, hand rims, and casters to suit these conditions.

Wheels - Change from 24” to 25” wheels, this will reduce rolling resistance and ease going over the many cracks and bumps. This also adds some height when going through puddles and slush.

Tires - Change the tires from solid 24” to 25” Kenda Nevegal pneumatic tires. Because these are adapted from mountain bike tires, and filled with air, they provide shock absorption, and reduce stress on the chairs frame. These are aggressive tread “knobby” tires which give traction in snow, ice, and wet conditions, whereas solid wheelchairs tires have minimal tread and slide and get stuck in such conditions. As their true outer diameter on 25” wheels is 26” this will also improve rolling resistance, ease curb hopping, and add height for puddles and slush.

Handrims: As there will be times when I’ll need to be on the side of the road close to traffic, I would like to put on orange anodized hand rims. These are more durable in outdoor conditions and the orange color is a safety feature to help drivers see me.

Caster forks and wheels - Casters (the small wheels on the front of a manual wheelchair) often come with a compromise: Smaller casters make maneuverability a lot easier as they allow for tighter turns. In an old city like Boston where tight turns are needed both inside and outside due to narrow spaces, this is crucial. Larger Casters ( like the 6” ones that My chair has) on the other hand roll over bumps and cracks more easily but create larger turn radiuses for the chair. There is a solution called Frog Legs that solves both these issues. Frog Legs make shock absorbing caster forks and wheels for wheelchairs. By replacing the stock ones that come with my chair with these and their 4” caster wheels. I can further reduce stress on my chair frame, make pushing my chair easier, and have greater maneuverability.

Here is a list of parts I am trying to acquire:

25" Kenda Nevegal Wheelchair Tires ~$80.00 without tax and shipping
25" Vapor X wheels ~$700.00 without tax and shipping
25" Anodized Wheelchair Push Rims ~$125.00 without tax and shipping
Schwalbe Aerothan Tube 26" MTB ~$35.00 without tax and shipping
Frog Legs II Suspension fork with Whisper Caster ~$500.00











Hi All,

On August 3, 2026 I logged into my work computer and read an email that stated I am being laid off due to the company restricting my role has been eliminated. I was paid a severance which helped during August. My unemployment took 6 weeks but it helped.
While all this is going on I also found out my mom has stage 1 cancer which I can’t even send any type of financial help.
September 14 is when I started working full time again however I’m $22.19 an hour while supporting myself and my partner.
I haven’t been able to go to any food panties because of work.
My partner starts his job at the end of this month.
I’ve been working on getting food stamps which qualify for and have one later interview with the case worker this Tuesday.
I haven’t received a full check yet.
I’m looking for assurance to help pay for electric bill which this month is $150
I have PayPal and Cash App
Thank you for reading

I am looking for resources I do have one child and I found out that I am currently pregnant. I was thinking of Adoption not because I don’t want to parent just because of the situation that I am currently in. I’ve been having a lot of mixed emotions up and downs, just stress and depressed. I do live in the USA, currently Rhode Island and I am just here looking for a resources. If anyone could give me resources, I would greatly appreciate it so much.. a little background I did have my first child I was going through a situation I didn’t get out of at the moment. I am doing better, but I’m not doing the best. I feel selfish upset with myself. I do want to keep my baby, but I am keeping all my options open if anyone knows of any resources I would surely appreciate if anyone can share them again thank you guys in advance and if this is not allowed, I do apologize.

Resources:
Daycare
Housing- I have to leave where I’m at
Food assistance
I do get Wic
health insurance
Any resources would help I am high risk

Ive been living in car for the past few months and it recently broke down. Ive been spending the majority of my paychecks on getting it fixed, and i started another job to speed up the process.

This second job let's me get free employee meals, so im okay on days I work, but i don't go back in until Tuesday. Tomorrow I can probably donate plasma and get some cash that will hold me over for a couple of days, but I'd like a meal for tonight.

Im requesting 10 or 15 dollars to get a sandwich, some chips, and a drink. I have cashapp available as a payment option. I think I'm supposed to share my general area, im in the atlanta area.

Hi guys, I am currently working part time in the restaurant business. It does not make much and I’ve found myself with no money to buy groceries after paying off my bills (car payment, phone, internet, medications). I’ve got absolutely nothing in my pantry. Can you please help me get food at least for another week, until I get paid again? I‘ve got Cashapp, Zelle and Venmo.

Edit: Here’s my Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3HXR27HX35KE0?ref_=wl_share

Does anyone know how to adjust the quantity of items? Sorry, I’m new to this.

My passenger side low beam went out today. I can install a replacement myself but I just paid rent and I don’t get paid again until 10/16. I’m hoping for help getting a replacement bulb. Thank you for reading

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2IY4ZY9VYPBOX?ref_=wl_share

I guess I just need someone to push me to go to the gym, I have no one in my life and I want to go, I love it when I work out, but between work and caring for my dog and my own mental issues I have no drive to go, I need the extra push. Can someone help me that driving force?

Hi all, I've had a month of "surprise" bills come up. Close to $1000 in car repairs and maintenance and having to pay $250 to get our lawns done for a rent inspection. All the fun stuff. 🫠

I live close to a shopping centre that has both Coles and Woolies (Aldi as well, but I don't think they do online vouchers like colesworth)

I've made a shopping list for three meals that last us for more than one day so three meals can be stretched to a week or more if I freeze the leftovers. (Total comes to about $80 for the food I need)

Like I stated, vouchers are fine and I'll happily provide a receipt. I also have PayPal, but don't expect cash.

Anything at all would be greatly appreciated and would help to get through until my next pay. Thanks for taking the time to read my post! 🫶🏻

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Hello there,

First time posting here,but sadly in my current situation I don't see a another way to handle this.

I already called all the locations nearby me to see if any of these could help with any expenses (Tiertafel, Tierschutzverein, Tierheim, etc), but sadly their either themselves out of funds or don't accept / help people that aren't for X months registered with them.

My cat lady got over the last 3-5 days very very sick, her left eye showed a greyish cloudiness in the bottom area on Tuesday, right next on Wednesday it got all red too, so I rushed her to a vet in my area, which sadly didn't do much besides cash grabbing me, what it felt like. Since she ate in the morning he didn't wanted to make any blood test and basically just noted down how she looked like (since she obviously didn't liked to be hold down she started to hiss and scratch, so she got her nails cut, checked temperature, etc, nothing really special I would say) which in the end for what felt like nothing, costed me 133,60€ already.

He then gave me a referral to a specialist, that should check her and do the blood work / potential eye removal because it's potentially a uveitis, this specialist on the other hand is also absolutely booked, so I can't get a date before somewhere next week. So I am sitting here, not exactly knowing what to do next, crying my eyes out daily and the more days go by, the sicker she gets, the more costly it will probably be ... Or the worst case, she needs to be put to sleep. But for neither of these things I have any money (the one that the first vet took was already a hefty sum for me).

Putting her to sleep would cost a few hundreds (I assume around 150-200€ from what I have some people heard talking about, when I was for the first vet), but the eye removal could cost me up to 1500€ or something potentially.

I am currently without a job and with a therapist myself (not the best combo I know), I would had 2 days ago audition tho, which I needed to cancel and hopefully can get to that audition working next week or the week after.

I would only have PayPal or my Normal Bank (IBAN - Germany) to provide, if anyone would be able to help in anyway financially.

Thanks for reading, sorry if I made mistakes in my writing.

A Update to her condition: It seems to now slowly also spread to her right eye (starts top corners to get cloudy) ..

Pictures of the first vet bill and the referral doctor

I just noticed that they made a mistake on the referral doctor paper, it says 15 September, when it was not that day, but the 30 September, same as the first bill that I got... I didn't noticed that few days ago ..

hello! i lost my second job a few months ago (didnt get fired but the family i worked for moved out of state) so my one job just covers the basic housing and bills right now.
all of my kitchen items are 7+ years old and are finally standing on their last legs or are already broken and have been long overdue for a replacement.

i tried finding the cheapest items i could for each item needed. my fridge bin broke, i opened the fridge and one piece of it(the hook on the hook?) snapped and all my condiments fell out, for some reason replacement bins cost way more than they should 🙂‍↕️

thank you for reading, and if you can’t help i understand 🤍

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1Q2MIKJC4OMAB?ref_=wl_share

edit: amazon didn’t notify me for some reason, had to check myself but i think everything has been processed! thank you so much :,)
hoping to repay it all back someday 🤍

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Hi I’m a single mother (to a toddler) who makes $19/hour as a phlebotomist, most of which goes to childcare (inorder to work). I have no partner or any contact with the father and am doing this solely on my own. I’m short on this month’s rent by $200 and need to pay my landlord directly (rented rooms) by Monday 10/5. I’ve made up the rest I was originally short by donating plasma and selling my electronics. I am out of options to make my rent this month other than to beg someone for help. Please help me, even if it’s not the whole amount anything helps me get there. I’m working so hard and at my wits end to survive these trying times (as I wait for a childcare subsidy that may never come).

I thank you for reading this post and giving me some of your time.