My name is Garrett, and I’m reaching out during one of the hardest times in my life, with just a month and a half left until January 1st to find a place to live. I need to leave my home in California, and after researching all my options, moving to West Virginia has emerged as my best chance for an affordable, stable life. This move isn’t just for me; it’s also for my girlfriend of eight years and her 10-year-old daughter, who is like family to me. I want to provide them both with the stable, peaceful home they deserve, but I can’t make this transition alone.

Living in California has become impossible to manage financially, no matter how hard I work. West Virginia is the only place I’ve found where we could afford a modest, comfortable life. I’m doing everything I can to save for this move, but time is running out, and a cross-country move is more costly than I can cover by myself. I need support, and reaching out like this is difficult, but my hope of a better future for us is stronger than my pride.

Any assistance, whether through a donation as little as it may be, or by simply sharing this post, is deeply appreciated. I am determined to create a stable life for us, and I know with a little help, I can get us there. I’m so grateful for any help you can offer.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

https://gofund.me/390adc98

Just got let go from my job. Bills racking up and need money for rent as I just used my last bit of cash for groceries. Any help would be greatly appreciated as it will give me more time to look for work.

I really don’t want to be homeless

https://gofund.me/7451e1f9

Hey guys, we just had our first child and he is 6 months old now. unfortunately i got the terrible news that i have cancer. Luckily it is a very treatable cancer but the cost is so incredibly high to get treated. This all is happening at such a terrible time for my family because we have an infant and my wife's grandmother is on hospice. With the side effects of the chemotherapy putting me out for the count frequently. it's on my incredible wife to do a lot of the things with our baby boy on top of having to watch her grandmothers health deteriorate, helping me as much as she has been and to add to it all, the stress of our financial stability through all of this. She is incredible and i couldn't make it through this without her. I know you guys aren't made of money but if you could send prayers our way, share the link and maybe donate if you are able. it would mean so much to us. https://gofund.me/34540779

Could someone please help me with my lights. I just realized today is Veterans day so I want get my check till tomorrow. If you could just put $5 on there I would be grateful. I will post the link to where you pay it at. Please. https://www.myusage.com/default.cfm?appTransition=otplink&ucode=TNCLE&AccountID=207178-032279&HasMyUsage=1

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-linn-to-pay-her-medical-bills

Hi I'm Linn, I'm an avid redditor. I have been struggling to survive for the past years.

Despite my long term, severe chronic illness that has made me bedbound and housebound, I try to help others in my situation on Reddit by sharing my experiences with diagnostics and treatment and to learn acceptance of suffering.

Now I'm desperate for financial help as I have found a way to hopefully get better and it's more than I can afford.

I'm lucky to get disability benefits in my country but it barely covers my monthly standard living costs. I get no public health care in my country and I'm hoping to get treatment abroad for my illness.

I have no caregivers bc I lost both of my parents to brain hemorrhages when I was a child. I have no partner or friends living nearby. I get help from my kind neighbors, without them I'd be dead.

You can read more about my chronic illness and what I'd like to raise money for in my fundraiser, feel free to share it:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-linn-to-pay-her-medical-bills

Thank you for reading, bless you! I wish you a wonderful day. /Linn

https://imgur.com/a/6xXe5lS

My husband lost his job after I got him sick in September, and due to it being attendance related even if it is due to an illness, the state denied his unemployment request.

A little backstory about me: I'm the mother of a 13 year old, and a wife of 15 years to a wonderful husband. I have a slew of mental illnesses but I still continue my best to work and hold down a job. I don't handle stress very well, but I try and manage the best I can.

After about a month of him being out of work, I quit my job at the advice of the local charity, to get something closer so that I wouldn't have to rely on him driving me and so he wouldn't have to work around my schedule. This was a mistake as I should've waited until I had something else before quitting, and now everything is being shut off, and we're facing eviction. I start my job tomorrow, but my first paycheck won't be here in time to pay something to the car company, and to keep the cellphone on. I've applied to the state for food stamps and money, but Im not sure how fast they'll get back to me. He's continuously applying and going on interviews, so this is just to make sure we don't get repo'ed because that would make me feel even more guilty than I already do. I feel so awful that I got him sick to begin with, I usually work in schools and I always bring everything home it seems. I'm posting my link, I hope this is sufficient backstory. We are also going to be donating plasma this week as well because there is more than just this that needs paying. Thank you all!

https://gofund.me/8aafd98d

In times of disaster, it's not uncommon for many good people to try to fundraise for relief efforts, supplies and reconstruction costs. But you should be aware that unless it's someone you personally know and trust, it's also not uncommon for bad people to use the opportunity to make money for themselves.

Before you give, you should ask:

1. Is the donation link directly to a relief agency or is it to a middleman? There's no easy transparency when it comes to the spending of funds in a crisis, which makes it easier for funds to not reach the people it's intended to help, so by avoiding middlemen, you can reduce this possibility.
2. Have you checked the background of the relief agency or organization you're considering? Some spend money more effectively than others meaning that less overhead makes for more money being spent on victims vs administration costs.
3. Is the agency or organization a registered non-profit or NGO? These kinds of entities have strict reporting rules to follow to show how their funds are being spent.
4. Is the agency or organization providing a receipt? If so, you can often use it for a deduction on taxes for the current year. If not, the agency or organization is likely not a registered non profit.

GoFundMe will show that a campaign is benefiting a non-profit charity organization if it is created using their IRS EIN or charity registration number.

Even Paypal donation accounts will show they're owned by a non-profit charity organization, and generate a receipt.

While not every individual doing fundraising is attempting to defraud you of your money, you can give with more confidence by giving directly to a relief charity of your own choosing via their own web pages.

Hi everyone. I hope this is allowed in this community. My name is Jared and I am a C3-C4 quadriplegic, dependent on a ventilator. I have been quadriplegic for nearly 18 years after a surgery gone wrong. My wheelchair van of almost 15 years has broken down and no mechanic has been able to find the problem. So I need a new wheelchair van. Unfortunately I'm on government assistance and I can't afford one. There is approximately 66% coverage for the modification but I can't even afford the compatible van itself, much less the remaining 33% modification cost. Even if you are unable to donate, if you wouldn't mind sharing my GoFundMe I would be hugely appreciative! Thank you for your consideration and generosity!

https://gofund.me/27d1abc0

https://www.gofundme.com/f/livet-som-inte-blev

About 8 years ago my fiancée gave birth to our first and only daughter. Something (we don't know what yet) happened during labour, and since then shes been living with chronic pain daily. Instead of adjusting to life as a new family, our whole world got turned upside down and we had to make alot of adjustments to both make ends meet and make sure our daughter got the parenting from both parents that she needs and deserves. She's tried so many treatments and went to numerous doctors, but the primary healthcare in sweden can be very dumbfounded when it comes to these longstanding issues. Thanks to this she's also developed PTSD which further hinders her from participating in our daughter's life the way she wants and would if she had been pain-free. The few times she can come along on an activity it's as a spectator and not as the participating adult. She is an amazing mother and focuses all of the little energy she has on our daughter, but she has long periods when she can barely get out of bed thanks to either pain and/or anxiety.

To get the help she needs, we have to turn to private caregivers. In sweden a visit is about $100-150 so if she would reach the goal she could go almost a full year of treatment for her symptoms. Living on practically my income for the last 8 years with a family of three makes this impossible without external help.

If you cant donate, we would very much appreciate if you could share this post or the go fund me page. Anything and everything helps, even if its just a little. Thanks for reading 🙏

Below is the translation of the gofundme page. I let ChatGPT do a translation to make it as honest and close to her original writing as possible. I would probably not do it justice. Here's it is:

Thank you from the depths of my heart for considering supporting me. And to those who have donated, I can’t put into words how much it means. ❤️ If you want to contact me: Instagram - nance.sia

A short summary of the story below:

Before 2017, I felt well. I could drive, take long walks, run, jump, get up and down from the floor, study, work. I can no longer do these things. I was injured during childbirth at the beginning of 2017. It went unnoticed by healthcare, even though I felt something was very wrong right away. I sought help again and again for eight months before receiving any form of assistance, and that was eight years ago. For these eight years, I have lived with severe chronic pain all hours of the day, significant movement limitations, PTSD from the trauma, severe sleep problems, and now exhaustion. Public healthcare isn’t enough. I’ve heard everything from “You won’t get better, learn to live with it,” to “There’s of course a chance it will get better.” This can’t be a dignified way to live. I want so much to have a chance to get better. Being long-term ill and on sick leave, I don’t have the finances. I don’t want to lose more time. I also want to join in on all the activities my daughter does. I just want to live.

❤️ The funds raised will go toward private healthcare (for the pain issues) and PTSD treatment. Updates will, of course, be shared.

Hello, world, In 2016, I became pregnant with my first and only child. I was 28. I could take walks, run up and down stairs, walk the dog for hours, drive, and more. Yes, a fairly “normal” (for lack of a better word) person. (I’ll keep the birth story short, as I still find it incredibly difficult to talk about.)

In early 2017, my daughter was born. The maternity ward at Mölndal Hospital was set to close a month later. My water had broken, so we arrived late at night. I remember taking my time at home, checking the packing, eating, and not feeling ready to go in at first. At the beginning, everything felt good in the delivery room. The contractions came and stayed without pause, so I was given contraction-inducing medication. Suddenly, a bunch of staff rushed in and started pressing down all over me (I had no idea why at the time and just felt so, so scared). In all the chaos, I felt someone patting my head; I squinted and saw a short-haired woman standing next to me. She was saying something, but I couldn’t hear her. Everything moved fast, yet in slow motion. Someone—maybe more than one?—pressed my legs so hard against my body, and suddenly there was a snap in my back, a piercing pain shot through my body and down into my legs. “Is this normal?” I had time to wonder. My body went into shock.

It wasn’t normal. Once on the maternity ward, I tried to get up to go to the bathroom, my legs buckled, and I lost my breath. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t stand. They came in and tried to do an EKG, but it failed. Everyone was silent. They tried again, and it failed again. I had never been so afraid in my life. “Am I going to die now?” “Is she going to be left without a mother?” They did another EKG, and this time, it seemed to work. They left the room quietly.

Something was wrong. I already knew that then, but no one listened. I heard other women going to the dining hall, showering, moving around. I couldn’t. Just to get to the bathroom, I had to lean over the plastic crib meant for the baby to lie in. There’s so much more to tell, but I can’t.

I didn’t know what was “normal” after giving birth. I had never given birth before. So, somewhere deep down, I hoped and believed it would get better. But it never did.

After eight months of seeking care and help but being brushed off, I got my first X-ray and sick leave.

I never got to go on stroller walks, attend baby swimming classes, or meet other new moms. I just watched from the sidelines.

Today, it’s been almost eight years since that day—seven years of sick leave, doctor visits, examinations. A life that never was. In the early years, I also spent thousands upon thousands on private care—chiropractors, osteopaths, physical therapy, and more. I met doctors at the health center who told me, “You won’t get better, learn to live with it.”

Today, I live with chronic pain that limits my movement. I still can’t drive, can’t walk long distances, can’t lift heavy things, can’t run, jump… It took me six years of training and determination to get down to the floor, but it’s still far from painless or straightforward. My body is broken, and this year it completely crashed. The exhaustion. I barely remember the first half of 2024.

Looking back, I realize just how much went wrong during the birth and at the hospital. It was due to close barely a month later. They forgot to check us in, forgot to discharge us. We never received our records; we had to pick them up afterward. They also missed booking the baby’s hearing test, which the child healthcare center later noticed and scheduled, a bit late but still done in the end.

It’s costly to be long-term ill, and over the years, my savings have run out in desperate attempts at private care (since public healthcare hasn’t sufficed) and to cover bills, as sick pay is very low. I’ve started this fundraiser for a chance at life, to get back on track financially, and to seek private healthcare and treatment for my PTSD. I don’t want to miss out any longer. I just want to live. I deeply wish I could do more with my daughter. She is everything. I never thought it would be like this, nearly eight years later.

Thank you for reading. /Nancy

https://gofund.me/59f5adcf

Hello, I'm Shawn Flynn and I was recently mauled by two pitbulls while trying to rescue a man being attacked by three pitbulls on Halloween in Tarentum PA. I suffered deep wounds on my left hand and right wrist. I've gotten some support by some close family and friends but I figured I'd try here as well so hopefully I can reach my goal to cover my hospital stay and other related expenses.

Any support would be much appreciated and I thank you for taking the time to read this.

Urgent help for a queer afab and their younger sister escape their strict, physically and emotionally abusive family and flee the Middle East. Our friend Sama (fake name to hide their identity) is currently being held captive by their family and heavily monitored with no phone or any electronics or way to contact anyone besides their younger sister. Sama has been friends with us for a couple of years, and the only way we have been able to go out with them and be friends with them is by hiding their lifestyle and the freedom that they seek. But unfortunately, now, their family ended up finding out about them and their opposite-gendered friends and going in public without a hijab. This is an issue because their family is extremely zealous and conservative and has threatened many times to kill them if that ever happens. Although their family has caught them, and luckily, our friend is not dead yet, our friend has and is currently going through huge amounts of physical and mental abuse coming from all sides of their family; it's only them and their younger sister who were barely able to contact. The family made Sama quit college and their job and took all their money and devices, and now our friend is on their own under constant threat of getting killed because of who they are. What we ask from you, anyone who wants to help, is to raise funds to help them and their younger sister escape their deadly situation and live a better life somewhere where they can be who they are without constantly getting death threats or getting abused. The help we need is for them to escape their family and the Middle East, find shelter somewhere safe, find legal help to get them settled in a new country, and have enough money for them to settle and not have to starve in a new place. I copy pasted this from link down below https://www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-help-to-escape-abuse-and-possible-death?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=customer&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_ft&attribution_id=sl:be81d6db-4560-4416-a963-40414c0b8b25 I honestly still can't believe this is happening And it's happening to the person least deserving of this ever One day we listening to Chappelle roan the next is this

If you have any questions I'll try to answer to the best of my ability

https://gofund.me/8a43d4a6

I’ve been working really hard for the last 6 years hard to break this cycle of homelessness! I’ve made decent progress in trying to further my education, holding down a job, working on my mental health, but i’m coming to a point where i’m getting stagnant and i’m getting really desperate for any sort of way out. I’m currently living in a hotel as i have no other option at the moment (women centers are full and the only open door shelter isn’t very safe) and it’s taking every dollar that i have. Luckily i have found an apartment that i would be able to afford monthly but due to the inability to save any money in this hotel i can’t afford the initial security and first month. i’ve reach out to the gov assistance agencies and nonprofits and im unable to get assistance there nor was i able to get a loan. I really fear i may get stuck here and if anyone’s able to help at all it would do wonders for me a brief list of ways this would help -i can finally get into my own stable home -i would finally be able to peruse college -i can start saving up for a car hopefully -overall just finally getting to start my future.

please help if you can

Hi everyone! 👋🏼

This is a very last resort, but I’m not sure what else to do. My husband & I just got married, and we are looking at doing an adjustment of status - basically that means my now-husband is petitioning for me to be granted a green card. We’ve been together for 5 years, we share two beautiful children & and a whole life here. We live in Texas, and as of right now the immigration landscape is very uncertain, so we are wanting to get everything submitted asap.

For further background, I am a DACA recipient whose permit expires April 2025. Once that expires, it’s very likely that the Trump administration will not renew the DREAM act once it passes through the 5th circuit of appeals. This leaves me unable to legally work, provide for my children.

I am more than willing to provide proof of my legal status, paperwork that will be submitted.

Anything helps. Thank you for reading this far, I know it’s a lot 🥹

https://angelink.com/fundraiser-public/b7198795-47d7-43e0-90e0-09c14cdb6873

Hello, I need help to deal with my medical expenses to treat epilepsy and my bipolar disorder.When I turned 12, I began to suffer from epileptic seizures, however my family never took me to the doctor until I could afford it myself. At 21, I was diagnosed with tonic-clonic epilepsy; a month later, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder type 2 and hospitalized.Now, I have problems at school, because the epilepsy causes me insomnia, which at the same time also affects my epilepsy (causing seizures due to lack of sleep) and my mental disorders as I have gone without sleep for more than 3 consecutive days on several occasions.Currently, I lost my job and I've been unemployed for more than 4 months and cannot afford all the medicines, tests, doctors and therapists I need to improve my condition. I'm activately looking for another job but I'm having a really hard time finding one, so any donation you can provide will be great to help me improve my living condition. I thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.

The link will be on the comments <3

Welcome to /r/gofundme!

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Credibility, Community, and You

AKA, Why Do We Have Account Requirements?

In many of the gifting and fundraising subs, you'll notice that without a certain amount "karma" and an account that's old enough, you'll garner down votes or worse, your posts and comments get automatically removed.

Why?

To many Redditors, this place is a community built on activity. The "coin" of the land here is your account, and how much you've contributed to the Reddit community at large reflected in post and comment karma.

As a general rule, Redditors dislike the creation of accounts specifically to fund raise or to make requests. It makes it seem like these people simply treat Reddit as some sort of magical internet wallet, and that doesn't win many friends.

The other reason why new accounts are so disliked is that they're often alternate accounts of established users, in order to hide their activity from people they know. While we do sympathize with those of you who have valid reasons, this privilege is often abused by those who create disposable accounts to scam people for a quick buck.

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Comment Karma is directly correlated to how many comments you leave plus/minus any points as people upvote a popular comment or downvote an unpopular comment.

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We aren't the government. We aren't a court of law. We definitely don't want you to give out information that could lead to identity theft. However, some campaigns are more successful when they have additional documentation.

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- Pet related requests: Photos of your pet in question, with your username on a handwritten note in the picture. This helps show you actually own the pet in question.

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Rule 1 states:

Posts must be more than just a link to your campaign. Be descriptive! Show evidence!

This includes:

* If this is for your pet, photos of your pet in question, with your username on a handwritten note in the picture.

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3. In the body of your post here, make sure to include the link that you've copied. It usually starts with http:// or https://.

And that's it!

Hello, my name is Clarissa. I’m 27, and I used to be a para-educator. June 17 was a day that forever changed my life. I had a seizure and lost control of my car, sending me down a 200-foot cliff. Thankfully, I was able to be rescued in time and had multiple surgeries: lacerated spleen and liver, broken ribs, fractured both my shoulder blades, and broke 17 vertebrae, completely breaking my thoracic spine. I was in PT and was finally starting to feel what my new normal was going to be. But earlier last month, I was diagnosed with avascular necrosis in my hip, essentially a dead bone. I will be needing a total hip replacement.

With another accident and still not being able to go back to work and still waiting on disability, things are getting tight for me.

https://gofund.me/c1ff8a8c

Howdy! Around June, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, which was certainly... unexpected. At 24, it's certainly not news you expect to hear. It's been difficult to get the help that i've needed since then thanks to a particularly brutal unemployment stint, so i've been barely treading above water, as it were.

I’ve included the link to my gofundme: https://gofund.me/941a5b15 , I’m hoping that I’m able to reach out to more people than just my small group of friends and their Facebooks. Any little bit helps me get towards my goal. Thanks!

https://gofund.me/d4f33797 Hi all, I need your help for a sick teenager in Panama. Her family is struggling for basic needs and cannot afford to pay for the medical costs. I have been raising money for this family for over a year and the costs have become too much for my local donations to cover. So I am reaching out now to get help from all over. Please take a moment to read the story and donate/share. Every dollar helps!