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Help Quinn get through 4 hard months with a toddler and a seven-year-old
After a house fire, Quinn is raising a toddler and a seven-year-old alone and needs $4,500 to stay afloat for 4 months.
🇺🇸 Texas, United States1,375 views
Last August I went through a house fire, and I'm now raising a toddler and a seven-year-old on my own. I work as a driver, but my income doesn't cover rent, childcare and groceries.
I'm retraining as a teaching assistant 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.
Every cent is accounted for. I'll share a simple monthly breakdown.
Where the $4,500 goes:
• Childcare and after-school care: $1,300
• Rent top-up: $2,400
• Course fees and exam costs: $800
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Quinn
Updates from Quinn
Thank you all. We're at 16% now ($739). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the landlord and confirmed the amounts.
- Megan N. Thompson 🇺🇸 · $10
- Bruna Tatiane Martins 🇧🇷 · $25
- José T. Navarro 🇺🇸 · $50
“Rooting for you. Hope the November deadline works out. - Glendale”
- Fernando G. Rangel 🇲🇽 · $100
“Good luck. I'm in Irapuato, thinking of you. - Irapuato”
- Hugo J. Delgado 🇨🇴 · $5
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $27
“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Quinn all day after reading this. - San Francisco”
- Puja Dola Sikder 🇮🇳 · $25
- Femi Odukoya 🇳🇬 · $20
“Get well soon. From Awka with love. - Awka”
- Hiroshi Kazuo Miura 🇯🇵 · $5
- Bartosz Adam Tomaszewski 🇵🇱 · $200
- Luca Page 🇺🇸 · $20
“Hope this helps. Thought of Quinn all day after reading this. - San Francisco”
- Sosina Hiwot Shiferaw 🇪🇹 · $18
- Isabelle G. Salazar 🇬🇧 · $200
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $50
- Nora B. Hendricks 🇬🇧 · $100
- Chitra M. Narayanan 🇮🇳 · $20
- Emanuele Testa 🇮🇹 · $50
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $10
- Bithi Nargis Chatterjee 🇧🇩 · $20
- Adwoa Gyasi 🇬🇭 · $100
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Wishing you the best, Quinn. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did
Good luck, Quinn. Hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of Corpus Christi.
Best of luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I hope November is when things finally get easier
Praying for you. Looking forward to the next update. Put this on a community board in Brampton this morning. God bless.