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Back on our feet: Anna and a teenage son and a daughter in primary school in Buffalo

Anna and a teenage son and a daughter in primary school need a bridge to stability after a house fire.

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Anna S. Hoffman
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Buffalo
Last August I went through a house fire, and I'm now raising a teenage son and a daughter in primary school on my own. I work as a part-time receptionist, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries. I'm retraining as a medical coder in the evenings, which will triple my income by November, but I need to bridge the gap until then. Some weeks I skip meals so my children can eat. I have never asked anyone for help like this before, and I'm doing it for them. Once I finish my course, I'll pay it forward. Money goes toward rent, groceries, after-school care and the cost of my course. I'll give a monthly update with receipts. Where the $3,200 goes: • Rent top-up: $1,400 • Groceries and school meals: $750 • Childcare and after-school care: $1,050 Every share and every dollar helps. - Anna
#single-parent#family#stability

Updates from Anna

  1. We're at 15% thanks to 16 of you. I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

  2. Update from Buffalo: I made the first payment toward childcare and after-school care. We're at 27% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “From my family to yours. Thought of Anna all day after reading this. - Nagoya”

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    “Wish I could do more. My mother told me about this one. - Bang Khen”

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    “Be well. Thought of Anna all day after reading this. - Latina”

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    “From my family to yours. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Osaka”

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  • Taslima Taslima Molla

    Thinking of you and your family, Anna. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

    • Anitha R. Kamath

      Keep going, Anna. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Kathmandu

      • Marco Marco Conte

        Hope things get better soon. Shared it with a few friends. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Lahore

        • Lovely D. Quizon

          Keep going. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps. My husband and I read this together

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