hey so I made a donate button? because I’m trying really hard to save money so I can get into therapy and start transitioning. it’s on my profile. uh. yeah. I can draw people things if they want. maybe reblog this if you feel like it. thank u
I’m gonna be making stuff soon, too, that will be up for actual sale, so keep an eye out for that.
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Donate to the Baltimore Food Bank
71,380 students in Baltimore schools rely on free/reduced cost breakfast & lunch to have enough to eat every day. http://t.co/UlZe9T8G2H
— Amadi (@amaditalks)School is closed tomorrow, so let’s help out the Baltimore Food Bank:
Northland, 2 bedrooms, $190 pw
:Looking for flatmates in Northland, Wellington, NZ
Our flatmates are moving out soon and we need new ones in order to pay the bills. We really need a couple to move in because one person is not going to be enough to cover the power bills with winter coming up.
This is somewhat urgent because I doubt there are going to be many couples looking for a flat at this time of year; let alone couples willing to live with a couple of mentally ill stoners (medicinal), one of whom is also autistic, chronically ill, and trans :/Not just looking for couples anymore, we really need to fill the room.
Total cost per week for a couple is $242.38
Total cost per week for a single person is $195Landlady’s getting somewhat impatient since we can only afford to pay half the rent if we want to continue paying the bills.
The advertisement has been up for 42 days now and we’ve only been contacted by 4 parties. The first disappeared after first contact and the other 3 chose other places.
The landlady has asked us to pay more rent while we’re looking but we just don’t have the income. At some point she’s going to run out of patience and since we’re not paying the full amount of rent I don’t think she even has to give us notice to kick us out. We can’t afford to move, we have nowhere to keep all our stuff if we get kicked out, we have nowhere to go if we get kicked out. The only family that can really afford to help us out is my dad and he already holds his financial help over my head to remind me that I’m a bad investment and my mental health can’t take that.
I’m scared.
if anyone would like to help me out in this stressful, trying time i could definitely use small donations at my paypal? its grumpygaminggirl@gmail.com
seriously guys i cant afford my hormones, my mom stole and pawned my laptop (actually she asked but promised she’d get it out and now she wont), we have -no- food and won’t be able to get to the grocery store until the 1st.. i could really use some help. really what i need is to get out of here immediately, but i dont really have anywhere to go so.. help me survive til then?
Please please please give anything that you can. Remember that girl who was building people computers for free if they were PoC/trans/disabled? This is her.
Read that again. She built them computers…on her own…for free. That was some next level Good Samaritan stuff. She took the time and effort to help a lot of people who could really use it. I think we could at least give her enough money to *get by*.
This is Giancarlo Tejeda. He is a senior at my school and top of his class. He dreams to be a biomedical engineer to work with those in the neurological field. Accepted to two colleges of his choice, his teachers and peers were excited for him. Unfortunately they also came to find that Giancarlo and his family are undocumented. With big dreams and little resources, Giancarlo opened up about his legal status and teacher, Neyda Borges, became a woman on a mission to help him – as well as many others have been helping him.
The following is his humble message:
“My family and I emigrated from Colombia when I was just three years old, but we were denied our residency papers and became undocumented immigrants. Still we were determined to make the best of our experience here with the opportunities that were given to me, even if I wouldn’t have as many as others. I decided at a young age that I would succeed – even if the odds were against me – because it’ll make my triumph that much sweeter.
I grew up in Miami, where there are people from all around the world, as well as a great community. Because of this community, I have gotten through some of my toughest times and have never felt alone because I am surrounded by people that understand and sympathize with my struggle.
Starting a new life in a foreign country isn’t easy. My parents had to face starting over with nothing, leaving their own professions back in Colombia, and struggle to find whatever work they can. Still, they inspire me to push on, to work hard, and pursue my goals because they sacrificed so much in order to give their children a better life and more opportunities than they had.
Following the example of my parents’ valiant efforts and selfless sacrifices, I strive to excel in everything that I do, and work hard to obtain that better life that they wanted for me. I’m always challenging myself to improve and am always motivated to help others that are in need.
School became my sanctuary, a place where it didn’t matter where I came from or what my legal status was. The only thing that mattered was how hard I worked. In this environment, I thrived and even looked for more rigor, attending a high school that is a two hour bus ride from home.
My dream is to become a biomedical engineer and go into neurological research. I want to make an impact, helping find cures for diseases like Alzheimer’s as well as other neurological illnesses that plague so many of our loved ones.
I applied to numerous colleges, hoping to get closer to achieving my dream, hoping to find a scholarship, a grant, to be accepted to a school with endowments that would help finance my education. Unfortunately, that was not the case. I have been accepted to the University of Florida and New York University; but, as great as these institutions are, they cannot provide me with enough financial assistance in order for me to attend.
As an undocumented student, I don’t qualify for federal financial aid, scholarships, grants or even loans. My dream, which seemed so near, now seems out of reach.
I hope that, by sharing my story, I can find the help I need to realize my college dreams; I also hope that by coming forward with my story, I can help others in similar situations continue to reach for their own goals.
The route I have chosen to take in my life is not an easy one, but I know that my hard work, and my parents’ sacrifice, will be worth it in the end.
Thank you to all those who have helped me realize my dream.”
Not only looking to help his own situation but the situations of others by raising awareness; Giancarlo has been on national news (MSNBC) to speak on the topic. If more people in the world were as kind as Giancarlo, we’d be living in a wonderful society. Even if you can’t donate, please reblog and share this with others. Giancarlo Tejeda – and MLEC students and staff – appreciates any and all help.
Giancarlo’s GoFundMe: http://www.gofundme.com/rb6p5dtg
Giancarlo’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/giancarlotejeda
MSNBC Interview with Giancarlo and Neyda Borges: http://www.msnbc.com/jose-diaz-balart/watch/a-college-dream-deferred–431366723687
PLEASE REBLOG! THANK YOU FROM US ALL!
Guys, Asmaa (loweryourgaze) has been missing since Monday morning. Please share this.
Help spread the word!
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Stroke Victim Mother
I normally don’t ask for anything from tumblr, but My mom had a stroke and broke her leg in the shower. and the rehab center kicked her out and changed us for the stay when they realized our insurance would only cover 20 days. Worst part is they didn’t let us know until after it was too late.
So we are just asking for a bit of help to pay off the rehab center. We aren’t asking for a lot, just to cover the few extra days she had to spend there when we were getting everything set up for her being home.
If y’all got any spare money, please go help John and his mom. If you’re unable or unwilling, at least signal boost this!
Hi, my friend is dying of AML leukemia and she really needs a marrow transplant and soon. Would you be willing to signal boost so people get tested? They would have to be 18 and a simple cheek swab can determine whether they are a match! Thanks so much.
spread this!!!
Bone marrow donors can come from all over the world. So spread this wherever you live.
2 days ago she wrote on her instagram:
Thank you again to everyone that has been spreading the word because again even if you aren’t a match for me you could be a match for another kid and potentially save their life!!
B.C. Woman Organizes Care Packages To Fight The Northern Food Crisis
Nobody should have to pay $28 for a head of lettuce anywhere — let alone in Canada.
That’s the belief that drives Jennifer Gwilliam, who spends her days organizing food care packages for people she’s never met. But she’s not even sending aid to a Third World country; she’s sending it to Canada’s remote north.
The high prices of groceries in Nunavut, for example —$47 for a box of laundry detergent or $105 for a case of water— have drawn increasing outcry from Canadians over the last few years.
“It was just shocking to see the prices they were paying for a head of cabbage or a flat of water,” Gwilliam told The Huffington Post B.C. “I was just appalled. It’s hard enough to make ends meet down here, let alone with those sort of prices. So I wanted to do something.”
After doing some digging, Gwilliam came across the Facebook group Feeding My Family, designed to raise awareness about the northern crisis and advocate for change. But she wanted to turn outrage into action, so she started her own Facebook group, Helping Our Northern Neighbours, last summer.
Gwilliam’s group matches people who want to donate packages of food and other necessities with those in the north who need it most.
People can either donate one box once, or choose to sponsor a family, meaning they regularly send care packages. There are no restrictions on what people can give, although many cater their boxes to the family they’ve been matched with.
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There are over 400 names on Gwilliam’s list of people seeking assistance; just under half have received help in some way so far. She said many of donors (from across Canada) are living paycheque to paycheque themselves, but that doesn’t stop them from giving back. And everyone seems truly grateful for the help.
Candy Ivalutanar, who lives in Repulse Bay, Nunavut with her husband and two daughters under 10, said she cried the first time she received a care package.
“I told my husband, ‘I thought I wasn’t going to get anything. I thought nobody would want to ever help us.’ It touched me so much,” Ivalutanar told HuffPost B.C. She frequently tells her sponsor, who has sent a few boxes already, that she loves her.
“I love her for helping me so much,” she said. “Even if it’s just a little, I don’t care — that’s a lot for me.”
THIS IS IMPORTANT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINKS AND DONATE IF YOU CAN OR WOW IF YOU ARE ABLE TO WHY NOT SPONSOR A FAMILY??PLEASE THERE ARE BABIES WITH EMPTY BELLIES IN OUR DISTANT BACK YARD PLS HELP THEM
I know it can be easy to reblog an issue, then forget about it.
But this is an issue I cannot let go of. I have started a crowd funding page
to help collect donations, so that I can send care packages to a family in
Nunavut.Please donate to my youcaring fundraiser, Groceries for those living Canada’s
remote communities.my crowd funding page is running out of time. single boost can be as good as any donation. please help.
#JusticeforKayleb: An autistic 6th grader unfairly convicted of a felony.
#JusticeforKayleb: An autistic 6th grader unfairly convicted of a felony.
Kayleb Moon-Robinson is a 6th grader in Virginia on the autism spectrum. During what was a difficult day for him, he kicked a trashcan at his middle school. A school resource officer saw him and filed a disorderly conduct charge in juvenile court against the then 11-year-old boy.
Two weeks later, Kayleb was told to wait while other kids left class but disobeyed. When the same officer grabbed Kayleb to bring him to the principal’s office, Kayleb says he tried to push away but the officer “ slammed me down and then handcuffed me .” The officer then charged him with felony assault against a police officer and another charge of disorderly conduct.
Unbelievably, this autistic 6th grader was just convicted of both disorderly conduct and felony assault on a police officer.
Kayleb, is a small boy who wears glasses and posed no real threat to the officer. He does not belong in the juvenile justice system just because he has a disability. That’s why Virginia Governor McAuliffe must pardon Kayleb – otherwise this felony will negatively impact his ability to obtain jobs, housing, and other opportunities in his future. For a 6th grader with autism, that’s just unfair.
I am a mother, and I’m also autistic – as are two of my children. I have other children with disabilities as well. Young people who are on the autism spectrum can have difficulty differentiating the roles of certain people, like police, from others. That doesn’t make them criminals.
Nationally, schools disproportionately punish and refer disabled students and students of color to law enforcement. Kayleb is both autistic and black. And according to the Center for Public Integrity in just one year Virginia schools refer students to law enforcement agencies at a rate nearly three times the national rate – higher than any other state in the country.
Please sign my petition asking Virginia Governor McAuliffe to pardon Kayleb. He needs support, not a record.
( Photo credit: Charlie Archambault/Center for Public Integrity )