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An infantry veteran in San Jose needs help with a vocational welding course and tools after leaving service with post-traumatic stress.

🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States3,409 views
Avery Navarro
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San Jose
I served fourteen years in the infantry and was discharged in 2024 with post-traumatic stress. I have been waiting fourteen months for support, and meanwhile I'm sleeping at my brother's place. I have a plan: a vocational welding course and tools. The quote I have comes to $4,300. I'm receiving counseling through the veterans' clinic and am committed to my recovery. Structure and a stable place to live are the missing pieces. I'd be grateful for any help and will share updates on how I'm doing. Money will be paid to the training provider and the landlord directly. Where the $4,300 goes: • Training provider fees: $1,950 • Housing deposit and first month: $1,350 • Transport to appointments: $480 • Essential household items: $520 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people. - Avery
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Updates from Avery

  1. Update from San Jose: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 40% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $500

    “Get well soon. Thought of Avery all day after reading this. - Chattogram”

  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $250
  • Hasan Ömer Aksoy 🇹🇷 · $200

    “You got this. Hope the November deadline works out. - Üsküdar”

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    “God bless! - Jinja”

  • Oskar Uwe Seidel 🇩🇪 · $100

    “Keep your head up. Please keep us posted. - Augsburg”

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    “Blessings. Saw your post and had to give. - Kinondoni”

  • Michael P. Brewer 🇺🇸 · $79

    “Take care of yourselves. My brother told me about this one. - Oakland”

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    “Rooting for you. I'm in Depok, thinking of you. - Depok”

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    “Happy to help. My colleague told me about this one. - Sukkur”

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    “Wishing you the best. Been where you're, it gets better. - Phuket”

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  • Budi Naufal Effendi

    Good luck, Avery. Hope this works out for you. God bless.

    • Tayo Babatunde Quadri

      best of luck, Avery. I hope things turn around soon. After 19 years in retail I know how hard it is to ask for anything. God bless.

      • Cristina Giordano

        keep going, Avery. Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out

        • Camila C. Benítez

          good luck. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I hope November is when things finally get easier.

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