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I'm a disabled 58 year old woman in Michigan. I lost my home to foreclosure, as well as being forced to file Bankruptsy after my husband left me a few years ago. I worked hard in a wide variety of human service positions for many years prior to beciming disabled.
I still had one teen child in highschool when my husband left. After that child graduated last year, found a job and an apartment I find that now I have to find a place for myself again in this world.

I have an opportunity to buy a small summer cabin, on a very small lot from an dear friend. However; I make less than $700.00 per month on disability, and I need help with home repairs. The major emergency is getting in a proper septic tank and drainfield! Other things I need to do is weatherizing the cabin for year around living. I need to upgrade the electric wiring and fuse box, and redo the plumbing as well as some other minor structural: Wood working/handyman... windows, doors a couple of interior and exterior wall/door issues...and some bathroom repairs.

I need a small washerdryer/stacked unit for doing laundry at home. I also need wood for the winter, since there is only a wood stove in the cabin for heat.

I can afford the small house payments, taxes and utilities if I am very, very careful and thrifty with the use of utilities and other living needs.

I need help with any/all of the repairs... and the items/materials to do the repairs noted above. If anyone has a small elec. stove in good condition that works well, I need one of those as well. (The small apartment size.)

I also need a garden shed for storage of the things I can't put in the cabin. (It's very, very small.) It wouldn't take very much of any one thing to do what needs to be done to make it a year around home for me. (Insulation, wiring, plumbing supplies, fencing for the yard for my dog, windows etc...)

I have an old truck. A 1978 F-150 straight 6. It needs 4 good 15" tires so I can search for downed wood for heat, move my things and bring building supplies to the cabin. It could use a good going over, the motor, transmission, etc... It's a junker, but I need a truck to surive in the area I'll be in. (I'll be happy if I can just get a good set of tires!)

I am used to working and making it on my own. I have worked helping others for so long, that I feel ashamed to be asking for help from stranger myself now. I have been so afraid, worried and not sure how to rebuild my life for so long now that I feel totally overwhelmed, and terrified of how to do this, and do it right.

I have always paid my own way, stood on my own two feet and managed to make it through the worst of times. But this time, I have no choice but to put the shame of my circumstances in public view and ask if there is anyone out there... or a few out there who can help with some of the things I so desperately need help with.

I have been blessed by having my basic needs met through the kindness of friends, and even strangers when things seemed impossible for me to accomplish on my own. I believe it has been through the power of prayer and faith that these kind souls have been sent to my rescue.

Now my child is grown.. We have been fortunate to have had rooms to rent in the homes of others while we needed them. But that can't go on forever.

I'm getting older. I don't need much in life. Just this tiny little home, with enough space around the cabin for me to have a few flowers, and to sit under the night sky and know that I again have a place in this world where I'm not in someone else's space.. but in my own little home.

A place where I can grow old, and end my life not being a burden on anyone else.

My story is a long and complicated one. But If I can make this little cabin a home, I feel I can rest now and regain the peace of mind that was once mine.

I'm tired... I'm weary.... and I'm afraid....terrified in fact. I can't afford pride today... I am asking for help, I can't do this on my own. Any help that anyone can give... and this is my vow in return. I will help anyone I can, show any kindness that is needed, and offer any service to another person in need that I have to offer.

Thank you for your time, for reading this.. and for your positive thoughts, prayers and any help you might be able to provide.

Hello! i am a 25 year old,single mother of 3. Just divorced, and 4 months pregnant, my house is falling apart! I live in a small town in north california and am DESPRETLY needing help! we have a widespread unemployment rating and i'm currently attening night school just to get by!

i am told all funding is gone in our city for ANY type of help. my mother passed away 3-4 years ago and left me her house also,finally settling probate and her debts, now i have ALL of that burden to go with me. I don't know how i will make it! I have a fridge leaking/ driyer doesn't work/ dishwasher is on his last legs/my floors are buckling/i need carpet for a room/ my back pourch is falling down/i need a new roof (its leaking) so i need a new ceiling in the diningroom!

the list goes on and on. I'm lucky to make my morgage and get food on the table, there is NO way i can afford anything. I'm told if i sell i wont get what its worth and i've had numerious people tell me its not worth it. Im so stuck and so lost and would appriciate any help you can offer!

thank you soo much!

Mariah

I AM A SINGLE WOMAN AGE 54 AND RECENTLY MY YOUNGEST CHILD LEFT THE NEST.  I HAVE STRUGGLED FOR 20 YEARS TO GIVE MY THREE SONS A STABLE HOME LIFE.  MANAGING TO MAKE THE MORTGAGE PAYMENT AS A SINGLE MOM HAS BEEN TRICKEY.  I RECENTLY REALIZED THAT I AM INVOLVED IN THIS SUB-PRIME LENDING SCANDAL AND HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY SOME REAL LOWLIFES.  I HAVE WORKED MY WHOLE LIKE AND WORK 50 HOURS MINIMUM PER WEEK NOW AND AM FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE THE MONTHLY PAYMENT OF ALMOST 1000.00 WHICH DOES INCLUDE MY PROPERTY TAXES.  MY CURRENT MORTGAGE IS 110,000.00.  THAT'S HARD TO TAKE, SINCE I PURCHASED THE HOUSE IN 1975 FOR 36,500.00.  I REFINANCED TO GET MONEY FOR MY BOYS TO GO TO COLLEGE AND ONE WILL GRADUATE IN JUST A FEW MONTHS.  I AM VERY PROUD...BOYS ARE AT RISK WHEN FATHERLESS AND MINE HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT MAKE ME PROUD THAT I WAS DETERMINED TO KEEP THEM IN A SAFE AND STABLE SINGLE PARENT HOME.

I AM SEEKING SOME ASSISTANCE WITH FIXING MY KITCHEN.  IT IS A GALLEY STYLE, VERY SMALL AND ORIGINAL TO 1975.  CUPBOARDS ARE BASIC CHEAP PINE,NO DOORS AND IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN.  THE COUNTERTOPS ARE SMALL AND THE GENERAL DESIGN OF THE KITCHEN IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO ACCESS AS MOST OF THE LOWER CUPBOARDS REQUIRE GETTING DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND CRAWLING INTO..STRANGE CORNER DESIGN AND I HAVE DIFFICULTY AS I GET OLDER SITTING ON THE FLOOR AND THEN CLIMBING INTO TO GET POTS AND PANS, ETC.  MUST HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BY A MAN, OR SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T USE THE KITCHEN?  I NEED CONTACT INFORMATION TO GET CABINETS, COUNTER TOP AND FLOOR COVERING.  THE KITCHEN IS VERY SMALL, GALLEY STYLE, PROBALY ABOUT 10 FT BY 12 FEET, IT'S REALLY SMALL, BUT OK FOR ME.  I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE SOME THINGS, LIKE SINKS, ETC. BY PURCHASING AT THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY USED ITEMS.  THEY CANNOT HELP ME FURTHER SINCE I AM NOT HOMELESS, AT LEAST NOT YET.  I DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH MONEY FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT THE MORTGAGE, UTILITIES AND BASIC REQUIRED LIVING EXPENSES.  IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN GUIDE ME WITH SOME INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET SOME HELP.  I CAN'T QUALIFY FOR ANY OF THE STANDARD "WELFARE" PROGRAMS SINCE I WORK MORE THAN FULL TIME AND DON'T HAVE  YOUNG CHILDREN.  I THINK I COULD DO THE WHOLE THING OVER FOR $5000.00 INCLUDING APPLIANCES.  ANY ADVICE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

Hi Everyone,

My page was actually not designed for me... although like everyone else I have someone who is need of help desperatly. A friend of mines house caught fire this morning.... It started in his 11 year old daughter's room. I am looking for girls clothes size 12, xl girls shirts, and size 6 shoes. I am also looking for any kind of girl furniture. Also, I am looking for any kind of kitchen appliances or home furnishings (couches). Anything will help. IF you are in the Houston metro area I will come pick up. If you want to ship things, I really can't afford it but if you want to be charitable and do so anyways it would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know.... Oh I will take donations although I would rather have gently used items...

Email me at crwalker21@hotmail.com