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Willow served six years; now needs help to get home
Willow served six years in the engineering corps; $4,750 would cover a vocational welding course and tools.
🇺🇸 St. Louis, Missouri, United States6,117 views
I served six years in the engineering corps and was discharged in 2025 with chronic tinnitus. I have been waiting nine months for support, and meanwhile I'm sleeping at my brother's place.
I have a plan: a vocational welding course and tools. The quote I have comes to $4,750.
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 $4,750 goes:
• Training provider fees: $2,600
• Housing deposit and first month: $1,350
• Transport to appointments: $250
• Essential household items: $550
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Willow
We're at 42% thanks to 53 of you. I met with the provider and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
- Genesis R. Cooper 🇺🇸 · $100
- Ankit B. Rathore 🇮🇳 · $5
“All the best. Only $5 but hope it helps. - Kota”
- Revathi K. Panicker 🇮🇳 · $50
- Anjana G. Murthy 🇮🇳 · $25
“Hope things get better. Thought of Willow all day after reading this. - Nagpur”
- Anthony C. Morris 🇺🇸 · $100
- Pavel Sergeev 🇺🇦 · $10
- Slamet Zulkifli Firmansyah 🇮🇩 · $20
- Kevin M. Yates 🇺🇸 · $10
“Wish I could do more. From Lansing with love. - Lansing”
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $25
- Samuel Kamau Mbwambo 🇰🇪 · $25
- Rohit M. Meena 🇮🇳 · $30
- Paul Mwangi Njoroge 🇰🇪 · $30
- Carter R. Duncan 🇺🇸 · $25
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $50
“Blessings. Hope the October deadline works out. - Istanbul”
- Romeo Legaspi 🇵🇭 · $500
- Ruben Martijn Peeters 🇳🇱 · $30
- Jules Clément Adam 🇫🇷 · $10
- Arturo R. Robles 🇨🇴 · $10
- Amanuel Berhanu Taye 🇪🇹 · $10
“Thinking of you. Gave what I could this week. - Mekelle”
- Asma Abdallah 🇪🇬 · $15
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Thinking of you, Willow. This could happen to any of us. Sent it to 13 people at work. Take care
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Willow
Sure. The biggest one is training provider fees, $2,600. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Let me know if you want more detail.
Keep going, Willow. This could happen to any of us. God bless.
shared this with my family. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Yonkers
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Regensburg so I could bring a meal!
take care, Willow. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I went through something like this 9 years ago and strangers helped me out.