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Help Beau get through 6 hard months with a toddler and a seven-year-old

A single parent in Memphis needs help with childcare, groceries and rent while Beau retrains.

🇺🇸 Memphis, Tennessee, United States4,758 views
Beau B. Lee
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Memphis
Since a long illness in May, I'm now raising a toddler and a seven-year-old on my own. I work as a retail cashier, 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 August, 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. Every cent is accounted for. I'll share a simple monthly breakdown. Where the $5,050 goes: • Rent top-up: $2,350 • Childcare and after-school care: $900 • Groceries and school meals: $820 • Course fees and exam costs: $980 Thanks for being kind about this.
#single-parent#family#stability

Updates from Beau

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($2,342 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Quick update: $986 raised so far (20%). I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Luciana Raquel Fonseca 🇧🇷 · $10

    “Hope it all works out. Hope the August deadline works out. - Rio de Janeiro”

  • Ruairi J. Maher 🇮🇪 · $50
  • Arianna R. Bowers 🇺🇸 · $30
  • Aroha P. Walker 🇳🇿 · $25
  • Rajesh W. Raju 🇮🇳 · $10

    “Thinking of you. Hope the August deadline works out. - Nagpur”

  • Luke Chapman 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Portia Ama Owusu 🇬🇭 · $74
  • Chinedu Bello Abdullahi 🇳🇬 · $50
  • Femi Uche Eze 🇳🇬 · $20
  • Stelios Dimitrios Tzortzis 🇬🇷 · $30

    “Blessings. My sister told me about this one. - Thessaloniki”

  • Yann Philippe Lucas 🇫🇷 · $50

    “Hang in there. Thought of Beau all day after reading this. - Nice”

  • Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $25
  • Lincoln E. Valdez 🇬🇧 · $200
  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $5
  • Ikenna Kingsley Salami 🇳🇬 · $20
  • Lincoln J. Burton 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Adewale Samuel Salami 🇳🇬 · $15
  • Joy Jewel Begum 🇮🇳 · $100

    “Sending love. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Ludhiana”

  • Daniel Fasil Wolde 🇪🇹 · $50
  • Chloe Fernandez 🇺🇸 · $10

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  • Sunita R. Soni

    You're not alone. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Melbourne.

    • Susanne Johanna Martin

      Hope it all works out, Beau. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My husband and I read this together.

      • Manfred David Ludwig

        Hang in there, Beau. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My husband and I read this together. Love from Mansoura

        • Samba Issa Camara

          Best of luck, Beau. I was in a similar spot a few years ago and it did get better. Blessings.

          • Lucy Nancy Kessy

            Wishing you peace. I hope your landlord gives you a bit more time while this comes together. Wish I lived closer to Syracuse so I could bring a meal

            $4,411.50 raised of $5,050

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