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Weston served eight years in the infantry; $4,050 would cover a vocational welding course and tools.

🇦🇺 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia1,553 views
Weston S. Sanchez
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Wollongong
I served eight years in the infantry and was discharged in 2025 with post-traumatic stress. I have been waiting seven 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 $4,050. 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 $4,050 goes: • Transport to appointments: $480 • Housing deposit and first month: $1,100 • Training provider fees: $2,470 Every share and every dollar helps. - Weston
#veterans#service#recovery

Updates from Weston

  1. Thank you all. We're at 13% now ($520). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the provider and confirmed the amounts.

  2. We're at 10% thanks to 13 of you. I made the first payment toward training provider fees. More news soon.

  3. 3% there. I made the first payment toward training provider fees. Thank you.

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  • Bianca Lúcia Sampaio 🇧🇷 · $25

    “Best of luck. My colleague told me about this one. - Feira de Santana”

  • Rafaela Raquel Andrade 🇧🇷 · $76
  • Liên Châu Doan 🇻🇳 · $24.50

    “Hope it all works out. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Hanoi”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20
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    “Wish I could do more. From Sukkur with love. - Sukkur”

  • Noah B. Ruiz 🇬🇧 · $15
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  • Riley D. Payne 🇨🇦 · $100

    “Hope it all works out - Gatineau”

  • Rania Amal Siddiqui 🇲🇦 · $20

    “Get well soon. Thought of Weston all day after reading this.”

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  • Grace C. Sutton 🇨🇦 · $50

    “Thought of Weston all day after reading this. - Toronto”

  • Isamu Kudo 🇯🇵 · $10

    “Hope this helps. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Shinjuku”

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  • Edgardo W. Aquino 🇵🇭 · $50

    “Keep your head up. Thought of Weston all day after reading this. - Manila”

  • Eric Joseph Opoku 🇬🇭 · $50

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  • Dylan R. Allen

    Wishing you peace. Your post was clear and honest. After 23 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless

    • Harini G. Kamath

      Good luck, Weston. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 10 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless

      • Allison P. Beck

        Hang in there, Weston. Shared this with my family. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.

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