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Veteran in need: Lily's next mission is stability
After twelve years of service, Lily is raising funds for a trained service dog and handler course.
🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States2,085 views
Charles served twelve years in the engineering corps and was discharged in 2024 with hearing damage and PTSD. He 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 $1,550.
Charles 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 $1,550 goes:
• Essential household items: $370
• Housing deposit and first month: $790
• Transport to appointments: $390
Glad we found this place.
- Lily
Updates from Lily
Quick update: $1,086 raised so far (70%). the plan for housing deposit and first month is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Dinesh N. Soni 🇮🇳 · $10
- Paisley A. Garza 🇺🇸 · $20
- Isaiah Green 🇨🇦 · $25
- Sachin E. Chaturvedi 🇮🇳 · $25
- Rungnapa Somchai F Srisai 🇹🇭 · $5
“Hope things get better. - Nakhon Ratchasima”
- Stella G. Peterson 🇦🇺 · $21
“Rooting for you. I'm in Geelong, thinking of you. - Geelong”
- Lestari Utami Maulana 🇮🇩 · $50
- Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $25
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
- Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $75
“Hope it all works out. Shared with friends too. - Comilla”
- Ingrid Schreiber 🇩🇪 · $17
“You got this - Regensburg”
- Marie Isabelle Marie 🇫🇷 · $100
- Waqas Khalid Syed 🇵🇰 · $20
- Alamin Hasan Chatterjee 🇧🇩 · $50
“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Charles all day after reading this. - Khulna”
- Yui Takeda 🇯🇵 · $15
- Yamuna T. Warrier 🇮🇳 · $10
“Praying for you. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Nizamabad”
- Kajal P. Bhide 🇮🇳 · $10
- Antonio K. Rivera 🇨🇴 · $5
“Every little bit. Hope you get the rest soon. - Bogotá”
- Đạt Dương Duong 🇻🇳 · $20
- Zlata Milena Havrylenko 🇷🇺 · $5
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Sending love, Lily. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Thinking of you, Lily. This could happen to any of us. Love from Istanbul.
Sending good thoughts. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Rochester.
Thanks for sharing this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
Gave what I could, wish it was more. Sent it to 25 people at work.
hope it all works out, Lily. It takes guts to ask. Well done
Looking forward to the next update. Wish I lived closer to Cebu City so I could bring a meal. All the best
Thanks for sharing this, Lily. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My neighbor in Montego Bay donated after I showed her your page. God bless.