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Help Beau get through 6 hard months with four children
A single parent in San Diego needs help with childcare, groceries and rent while Beau retrains.
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After the death of my husband in August, I'm now raising four children on my own. I work as a care worker, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a web developer in the evenings, which will triple my income by December, 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 $3,400 goes:
• Rent top-up: $2,000
• Course fees and exam costs: $280
• Groceries and school meals: $1,120
Thank you for reading my story.
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So sorry you're going through this, Beau. Rent stress is the worst. Hope this helps. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. All the best
Take care. Hope this works out for you. Thinking of San Diego.
Sending love. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Columbia.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Beau.
Rent top-up is $2,000 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Good question.
a secure home matters so much. Hope you're settled soon. All the best.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near San Diego
Thank you. If you're in San Diego I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for asking.
Take care. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Thanks for sharing this, Beau. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Gazipur.
Thanks for sharing this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Shared this with my family. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Puebla!
thanks for sharing this. This could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings.
rooting for you, Beau. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Charlotte.