Skip to content
HelpBLESS
MoneyVeterans & service

Isabella served eight years; now needs help to get home

A medical corps veteran in Liverpool needs help with a trained service dog and handler course after leaving service with post-traumatic stress.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom2,578 views
Isabella Hawkins
Email verifiedAddress verifiedPhoto verified
Liverpool
I served eight years in the medical corps and was discharged in 2025 with post-traumatic stress. I have been waiting nine months for support, and meanwhile I'm sleeping at my brother's place. I have a plan: a trained service dog and handler course. The quote I have comes to $5,250. 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. I'll post invoices, with personal details hidden. Where the $5,250 goes: • Training provider fees: $2,900 • Transport to appointments: $290 • Housing deposit and first month: $2,060 Thanks for reading all this. - Isabella

Updates from Isabella

  1. Update from Liverpool: I made the first payment toward transport to appointments. We're at 38% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Quick update: $1,899 raised so far (36%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  3. Quick update: $269 raised so far (5%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  • Aparecida Rosângela Lima 🇧🇷 · $47.50

    “Hope this helps. Saw your post and had to give. - Ribeirão Preto”

  • Anonymous 🇵🇱 · $43.50
  • Yana Kozlov 🇷🇺 · $50
  • Aria Green 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Brandon G. Kruger 🇿🇦 · $15

    “Wish I could do more. My father told me about this one. - Johannesburg”

  • Álvaro Castro 🇺🇸 · $24
  • Uche Dayo Williams 🇳🇬 · $50
  • Rebecca F. Cole 🇨🇦 · $10
  • Shan Zhang 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Ika Dewi Ramadhan 🇮🇩 · $50
  • Marta R. Díaz 🇲🇽 · $10
  • Cristina C. Fernández 🇺🇸 · $100

    “Every little bit - Columbia”

  • Anonymous 🇯🇲 · $25
  • Joshua L. Harrison 🇺🇸 · $45
  • Candra Hendra Kurniawan 🇮🇩 · $25
  • Mahmoud Jamal Naguib 🇪🇸 · $5
  • Concetta Sara Rinaldi 🇮🇹 · $25

    “Wishing you the best. - Venice”

  • Rodrigo N. Muñoz 🇪🇸 · $50

    “Thought of Isabella all day after reading this. - Madrid”

  • Lidia Viktoria Andreev 🇺🇦 · $25
  • Ahmed Ahmed Zidan 🇩🇪 · $20

    “Praying for you. Thought of Isabella all day after reading this.”

Reviews

Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.

No reviews yet.

Questions & comments

Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.

Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.

  • sending good thoughts, Isabella. Hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.

    • Take care, Isabella. Looking forward to the next update. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Blessings

      • Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Dodoma

        • is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Isabella

          • Isabella HawkinsOwnerAnswerAddress verifiedPhoto verified

            Training provider fees is $2,900 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Fair thing to want to know.

        • Wishing you peace, Isabella. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did

          • Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Liverpool.

            • Thinking of you. Shared this with my family. I have a 16 year old who wants to send good wishes too. All the best.

              $2,852 raised of $5,250

              Give

              More people who need help