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Al & Bug have always struggled to make ends meet as long as I've (casually) known them... Almost 20 years now. So I took notice when I saw a fundraiser for them in

copperbagde's recent Radio Free Monday post.

To quote the fundraising post:

They have had a very rough few years, Bug has physical and sight impairments and they are currently living in temporary accommodation and trying to get permanent, wheelchair-accessible housing and access to the support they should be getting provided by the state in Dupage County, Illinois. They also lost most of their belongings including their winter clothes when their previous home was flooded.

Al made me a bracelet and sent it to Germany one holiday many years ago, just a kindness to a fellow fan, even when Al was already in pretty dire circumstances. I'll never forget that.

Below is the link to their fundraiser, organized by a friend of theirs. I hope we can help them reach their goal. Aside from giving money, there are also other ways to help, especially if you can recommend good legal counsel for them.

Help Al & Bug (GoFundMe)

(Incidentally, this post's icon is one Al made, as well.)

suncryst

i do not know how active this community is but, as a dreamwidth user and someone who only uses closed off social media channels, i figured it would be best to try to share here and hopefully get some much needed help with my own situation. it is my hope that even though it is just after the holidays and people are probably very much fatigued financially, to get as many eyes on this campaign as i can muster.

( details | cw mentions of abuse )

anotherslashfan

This is copied over from

deepad, please spread far and wide.
Thank you also to

goss, for providing the html for copy/paste here: https://goss.dreamwidth.org/669956.html?thread=9815300#cmt9815300

"My city is turning into a cremation ground. (The Times of India)

Officially, 2,000 people a day are dying of Covid in India. (Time)

In actuality, the number is closer to 10,000 people a day. (New York Times)

Many of the deaths are because of man-made shortages of oxygen, medicine, hospital beds and care. (The Guardian)

The Indian central government doesn't care and will continue to help people die. (Bloomberg)

The Indian central government is now refusing to vaccinate everyone for free. (The New Indian Express)

It is colluding with private vaccine manufacturers making exorbitant profits. (Media India Group)

The Indian central government is forcing state governments to bargain on their own with global vaccine companies. (Reuters)

The vaccine shortage in India is a reflection of global vaccine apartheid. (The Nation)

Half of the world's vaccine have gone to only two countries, and 80% to only 10. (Human Rights Watch)

Covid vaccines have been developed through government funding (World Socialist Web Site).

However, vaccine patents are being hoarded by private pharmaceutical companies (Bloomberg Law)

India and South Africa asked the WTO for a TRIPS waiver to waive vaccine patents to allow fast, global production of vaccines. (Al Jazeera)

This proposal has been supported by more than 100 countries. (BBC)

The eight countries refusing this are USA, UK, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Norway and Switzerland, along with the EU. (CNBC)

Vaccine manufacturing companies are lobbying governments intensively to prevent the TRIPS waiver (The Intercept).

These companies are worried that saving people from death will eat into their profits. (Financial Times)

Organisations and former leaders across the world have demanded a free, equitable, global People's Vaccine. (People's Vaccine Alliance)

People in the United States can contact their representatives, to demand that they support a WTO TRIPS Waiver. Resources and scripts here.

People in the United Kingdom can contact their representatives to demand they support a WTO TRIPS Waiver. Official petition to sign here.

People in the European Union can contact their representatives to demand they support a WTO TRIPS Waiver. Official EU Citizens' Initiative here.

Anyone who wishes to contribute to on-the-ground volunteer relief work in India can find a list of trustworthy places to donate here - https://bit.ly/MutualAidIndia

In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, people will continue to die of a disease for which a vaccine exists, unless the genocidal greed of people in power can be thwarted.

Help."

girlingoldboots

Long time friends are dealing with expenses relating to the deaths of their parents. They've almost reached their goal, but could use help getting over the final hurdle.

Link here

worlds_of_smoke

A dear friend of mine is trying to raise money for a down payment on the house that her family lives in or money to move.

They've been hit a lot in the past couple years and this is pretty much the worst time for this to happen to them. Their mother has lung scarring due to sarcoidisis, they and their mother are both physically disabled, her brother is autistic, and they all deal with mental illnesses.

If you can't donate, please signal boost. Thank you so much.

anotherslashfan

This is for anyone living in Germany or who knows someone living in Germany.

Adelina, my midwife's colleague, was deported in the middle of the night on November 18th, although she had permission to stay in Germany until January and had already handed in the paperwork to prolong her status as temporarily safe from deportation.

She has been living in Germany for years, working and paying taxes like anyone else, and was fighting hard to get a residence permit. Needless to say, she is a desperately needed worker in her professional field, there has been a dearth of midwives for quite some time already.

The whole process of deportation was deeply traumatizing and degrading; adding to that, there are a lot of families - mothers and babies - who were suddenly deprived of her help.

Her friends are collecting donations to help her return to Germany; there is also a petition. I would love it if you could share the petition far and wide, but especially to any friends who live in Saxony, and donate to her cause as well, if you have any money to spare.

donate at betterplace.me

sign the petition at openpetition.de

delight

this is my sister in law's cat! I love her a lot. Both of them, actually.

Diamond is a 9-year-old, green-eyed black cat. She's been a healthy, happy, and loving companion for the bulk of her life.

A few months ago, she started vomiting regularly and losing weight. After a series of expensive tests and procedures (ultra-sounds, radiographs, IV fluids, surgery and biopsies of her lymph nodes, kidney, and intestines), she was diagnosed with cancerous lymphoma.

The fluids and medications Diamond was prescribed seemed to be substantially mitigating her illness. However, she recently lost her appetite again, was taken in overnight for more procedures, and has begun chemotherapy.

If Diamond can continue with her course of care, her vets feel her prognosis will be good. But, by the end of this weekend (July 4th), the cost of that care will likely fall somewhere between $10,000 and $12,000. And the bills will continue to add up.

More details & donation here at GoFundMe.

worlds_of_smoke

One of my best friends and her partner got hit with a $1200+ electric bill, which was well over their usual under $200 bill. Everything in their house is electric -- heating, cooking, hot water.

She and her partner are both disabled and she isn't getting any sort of benefits for various reasons, so they're living off of her partner's disability. They live in a very rural area and are pretty much completely housebound since they have no family they can count on. There's no way they can really come up with the money to pay for this bill. They're fighting it, of course, but you know how power companies are -- you have to pay them and hope that they will reimburse you when the fuck-up is sorted out.

They've started a GoFundMe to try to raise the money they need.

If you can't donate, please please spread the word.

quartzwolf

With work going well, albeit slowly, on the Many Worlds I have a new goal for the Patreon. I'd like to be making $50 a month by the end of the year, as that will give me a tiny bit of extra time to be able to write more for me, as all of my time and energy has been going into ghosted work.

I've been editing the next part of Case of the Counterfeit Enchantments, so that should be going up at some point in this week. Along with this I've been going through some other stories, trying to get a bit more in depth with the world building, and it's been interesting. There are some things I've got no idea what was coming next, which will make it even more fun to write.

Should I reach $50 then I hope to be able to get back to doing semi-regular prompt calls. I'm probably going to start off by season, and slowly build up to more. If I get more than $50 it'll be even easier to put more time into writing.

There is also the Ko-fi if you'd like to help me out, but not pay a specific monthly amount.

Current Mood: thoughtful

quartzwolf

Okay, so, I've been with my long term partner for 13 years now, and we're going through a really hard time of things at the moment. He has some mental health problems that are affecting both our lives, which we are working with professionals to try to get through (although, I have to admit, I'm not best pleased with those professional), and financially we're in a very complicated place right now. I'm a writer, mostly speculative fiction, and I have a website where I post up my work. This is all original fiction, in worlds I've created, so if you like what I write, and you'd like to see more I have a Patreon, and a ko-fi. Every penny really is going to help us keep our heads afloat right now, as we try to get through what is the most complicated point in our relationship.

Current Mood: hopeful

althea_valara

seventhe is in a tight spot financially and needs money for meds and other expenses. She is currently taking commissions for fanfic in a variety of fandoms. Click the banner below for more info or see her Dreamwidth post. Thanks. 💕

kaberett

The Black Cultural Archives are based in Brixton, and are Britain's only national heritage centre dedicated to African and Caribbean people in Britain. They desperately need more funding.

Things you can do:

contribute to their crowdfunding campaign for an endowment fund that will enable them to keep operating indefinitely
support the BCA directly: but options include one-off donations, regular support, volunteering, and just straight-up sharing this link
check whether your MP signed the letter. If they did, write to them (https://www.writetothem.com/!) to say thank you; if they didn't, please consider writing to them and telling them that this is important to you.

Courtesy of

alexwlchan, transcript of the letter (search for your MP): ( Read more... )

alexseanchai

My job situation is Not. My housing situation, as of Tue Oct 30, is Not. I have a place to go, but I estimate I need about $300 by Monday in order to rent a Uhaul on Tuesday and drive myself, my cat, and our crap the several hours it takes to get there (plus pay the storage unit for November, plus get fast food en route, plus a couple other small expenses and some buffer). Please Paypal.me some help.

Thank you.

alexseanchai

Given...Recent Events...I think a lot of y'all Jewish folks could use a few smiles right now. Thus, a giveaway of Shira Glassman's contemporary Jewish f/f novella Knit One, Girl Two, and a Happy Jewish People prompt call.

kaberett

[x-posted to my personal journal]

Cyborgs for Disabled Rights t-shirts are available on Bonfire for the next two days, supporting wheelchair training and gear for a disabled Jew! Apparel features the word "CYBORG", where the G is a stylised wheelchair user symbol, and I am super excited about getting one in light blue even though Iiiiii very definitely already have too many t-shirts. :D

Hi, I'm Rachamim a Jewish wheelchair user in the UK. You might know me as Yetanotherlefty on twitter https://twitter.com/yetanotherlefty or wordpress https://yetanotherlefty.wordpress.com/

I'm getting a new wheelchair at the end of the month that will give me more independence and allow me to leave my house on my own and to continue to work at the local baby and toddler group. It's a very different wheelchair to my current one so I'll need training how to use it - I need around £500 for that.Any excess funds will go on other wheelchair related costs like a transfer board, wheelchair gloves and reflective stickers.

anotherslashfan

Fran, a gender/queer disabled part-time student, recently had to pay for their dog's emergency surgery. That and a recent move leave them in desperate need for funds towards paying rent and other upcoming expenses. You can read more on their Gofundme page.

Gofundme page for Fran

Please share far and wide, they're still far from their goal. Thank you.

hitokage

Save our home via GoFundMe
There are more details at the link, but the short of it is the bank is demanding a minimum of US$600 by the 20th or they're foreclosing on this house, rendering my family homeless with two toddlers.

To sweeten the pot, I'm willing to offer writing (fandom or original) or a tarot reading for a minimum of US$20 donation.
If you're not comfortable donating via GoFundMe but want to help, contact me and I can connect you with my wife (she's managing this) for options.
Signal boosts greatly appreciated. Praying for an angel or two out there.

itsamellama

Hi all! My good friend, GirlwithRibbon, is offering $5 emergency sketch commissions right now. I've included her sample artwork under the cut! :) (They're a bit big!)

( Samples under the cut! )

I highly recommend her--her style is lovely and her turnaround time is A+!

Please PM her on Instagram, Twitter, or Tumblr, or email her at girlwithribbon@gmail.com if you're interested!!!

Thank you so much! ♥

girlingoldboots

I'm having a hard time financially again. Most of which I had an unexpected Gall Bladder removal and partial unemployment that's been a never ending saga. My YouCaring page is here. And a public blog entry giving more details is here.

Any help is appreciated, please feel free to reblog.

Edit:I also have a Ko-fi page here https://ko-fi.com/A4012NV1

aldersprig

I am opening a Giraffe Call Prompt Call with the theme of Autumn, Fall, and Falling.

In short: Leave a prompt, get a fic. Signal boosts extend the Signal boost Story if you let me know.

Funds raised will help me afford the bathroom renovations that I really want.

Prompting is free; tipping gets you more words and more fics.