HELP ME REPLACE MY BROKEN WORK COMPUTER

I am the owner of the "Our History In Ohio" group as well as many others I was told by various members of those groups that I should put up a GoFundMe fundraiser in some of those groups because people would be happy to support my efforts and help me get back to work because they enjoy what I do. So here is a little about me following a heart attack in 2020 I was told to confine myself to desk work only. Having much needed past experience in the field I started and operate dozens of Social Media groups covering History, Social Organizations, Ohio, Cofeen and Comedy groups, Photography, Artwork, Poetry, Music, Recipes and a dozen other interests. Some of you who know this about me are a members of more than one group that I own because I operate thme all the same way with the trust of the public as my highest priority to the extent that I rarely if ever even advertise my main business for fear of not wanting to take advantage and because I do not wish to appear hypocritical as I only rarely allow any other advertising either and that part of what I do is my public service and from which I make no money. I only shared the fundraiser after being compelled to because even in crisis I hesitated to ask for anything for myself. Not to invite controversy or unwarranted comments. So to be perceived as any other way is upsetting and hurtful to say the least. So besides that I operate a small graphic design and advertising business named Mind Grind Media doing Graphic Design work, Photo & Video Editing and putting together all of my Marketing and Advertising Projects. My computer went dead on me. I need to be able to get another computer that can handle data managmement for more than 8 hard drives. Five of those drives are installed as internal drives. Consisting of over a million stock images and a half million stock video clips. Along with a quarter of a million historical images, A movie Library consisting of thousands of neatly catalogued and labeled videos and many, many hundreds of thousands of various Music Videos, Audio Tracks, Albums and Limited Releases. As well as all of my historic research papers and finished features which many of you are familiar with. Also all of my client Files, my entire digital Portfolio consisting of all of my Advertising, Marketing and Graphic Design Projects as well as all of my fine art creations and restoration photos. On top of that I need to be able to edit both Live and Recorded multi-source audio. Video editing, Cutting and Splicing and then exporting to video in any of a dozen formats along with your more mainstream products like Photoshop, Lightoom and Illustrator. Needless to say much of what I do is very resource intensive. My wife bless her soul works 2 jobs and struggles to do as much as she can, sometimes working 12 hours or more in a day but she cannot do it all on her own. I do not have credit cards or bank accounts that I can fall back on if I did you would not even be reading this. I asked for what I thought was enough to get me something that would meet my minimum system requirements. So far 21 members were in a position to help me and for that I am blessed. But after reaching $850.00 it seems things have stalled on me. If things were the other way around and I had it to give I would happily contribute to any one of you. If only a handful of members were to donate I could obtain or possibly exceed my goal. I also have Cashapp, PayPal, Venmo & Chime if you would prefer. For those of you that prefer it I am old fashioned in many ways as well and I am happy to accept donations via snail mail simply message me for the address.

Every little bit helps and no donation is to small I am gratified by anyone who chooses to help me. Thank You All & God bless!!

-Gil.

I am located in Thornville, Ohio. Only the country that you are in is provided by GoFundMe. I would have put it clearly in the information but for some reason they do not offer a field to enter your location. It is no wonder that people hate these things I admit I am not a huge fan either. But I do make exceptions when I genuinely feel the person is within my social sphere. After all that is the social group that we all move in nowadays. So online or not a commuinity should still mean something. That is why I launched an "Ohio" group and other local oriented group. God I hope so because that is how I try to operate my groups. With members that treat each other with respect like humans and not a bunch of wild animals. Try to provide groups with content that you would be happy to share with friends and family, I have been told I have succeeded.

Even if you can't help, Please Share, I still appreciate all of you for being here.

-GIL