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Veteran in need: Christopher's next mission is stability

A marines veteran in San Jose needs help with a trained service dog and handler course after leaving service with chronic tinnitus.

🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States2,007 views
Christopher N. Booker
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San Jose
Ivy served twelve years in the marines and was discharged in 2025 with chronic tinnitus. She has been waiting eleven months for support, and meanwhile is sleeping at a brother's place. The plan: a trained service dog and handler course. The quote comes to $2,500. Ivy is receiving counseling through the veterans' clinic and is committed to recovery. Structure and a stable place to live are the missing pieces. Money will be paid to the training provider and the landlord directly. Where the $2,500 goes: • Training provider fees: $1,250 • Housing deposit and first month: $890 • Transport to appointments: $360 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
#veterans#service#recovery

Updates from Christopher

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($2,054 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. We're at 42% thanks to 30 of you. I made the first payment toward housing deposit and first month. More news soon.

  3. Small update. $395 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.

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  • Francisco N. Ramírez 🇪🇸 · $250
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $250
  • Noreen Sumbal Pasha 🇵🇰 · $110
  • Rubén R. Ramírez 🇦🇷 · $100

    “Good luck. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Buenos Aires”

  • Taner Cengiz Karaca 🇩🇪 · $100

    “All the best. I'm in Hannover, thinking of you.”

  • Soledad T. Gutiérrez 🇲🇽 · $100
  • Kevin W. Donovan 🇮🇪 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Julieta G. Sánchez 🇦🇷 · $78.50
  • Themba C. Tshabalala 🇿🇦 · $75

    “Wish I could do more. From Soweto with love. - Soweto”

  • Xia Su 🇺🇸 · $75

    “Thought of Ivy all day after reading this. - Houston”

  • Mousumi Sultana Uddin 🇧🇩 · $75
  • Aisha Queen Balogun 🇳🇬 · $75
  • James Hamisi Kigozi 🇺🇬 · $75
  • Hridoy Hasan Mukherjee 🇮🇳 · $73
  • Anonymous 🇸🇦 · $50
  • Agnès Anaïs Lefèvre 🇫🇷 · $50
  • Robert George 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Daniel Cristian Lazar 🇷🇴 · $50

    “Sending love. Shared with friends too. - Cluj-Napoca”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Hope it all works out. Hope you get the rest soon. - Warren”

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  • Musyoka Mollel

    looking forward to the next update. Love from Lagos.

    • Rohit K. Modi

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

      • Kumar F. Bhat

        rooting for you, Christopher. Hope you get there.

        • Gbenga Okechukwu Coker

          Wishing you the best, Christopher. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.

          • Komal A. SawantPhoto verified

            Praying for you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Greetings from A Coruña

            • Mizanur Chowdhury

              Thanks for sharing this, Christopher. It takes guts to ask. Well done

              • Ximena T. Quiroga

                I hope things turn around soon. After 27 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

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