HELP serious injury, health issues, homeless musician-poet

FUNDRAISER for a SPIRITUALPOET/MEDICAL /HOUSING $60,000, scroll down

Psalm 100

1 מִזְמ֥וֹר לְתוֹדָ֑ה הָרִ֥יעוּ לַ֝יהֹוָ֗ה כׇּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃‎ A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout unto the Lord, all the earth.

2 עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה בֹּ֥אוּ לְ֝פָנָ֗יו בִּרְנָנָֽה׃‎ Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing.

A faith based fundraiser for a spiritual poet

-all needs will be provided in order to continue writing

-urgent need for housing/hotels/meals for fall

-feet injury, vision injury, complex health challenges

-your prayers are needed

-assistant/driver

-writer's office, print and publish, eco-spiritual themes,

August 21, 2024 Goal $36,000 Raised $13,000

July 18, 2024 The goal has been increased to $36,000.

Please join us in raising funds for serious medical and vision emergencies, injured feet, several months of rental/hotels and meals due to homelessness.

Urgent need for hotel or summer rental.

Community help is needed to assist Amy, a well known writer/poet, music teacher and painter who has taught over a thousand students in the public schools. She has also recorded, performed, and read poetry/spoken word in many school and community settings, and at UCSB.

There is a growing need for fire emergency evacuation funds, as we enter the high risk fire season. Even potential fires in surrounding counties create dangerous bad air quality, which should one should not sleep in outdoors. Help might be for a flight out, or hotels elsewhere.

There is a longstanding rental crisis here, and many housing and social services have not been able to help. The City of Santa Barbara sued UCSB for not building the mega dorm for 5,000 students, which inflated the rental crisis.

A fundraising leader and team fundraisers are needed. Serious new vision problems make using a computer difficult. A writer's office space , or co-share space is also needed, in order to compile, edit and print years of work, in preparation for a project release.

All donations have a delay of up to several days for processing.

November 28, 2023

Please join us in raising funds for a well-known local musician,

music teacher of over a thousand children, painter, photographer, author, poet.

The goal has increased to $28,000, for winter hotels, meals, vision care, and medical needs.

All gear was stolen and needs to be replaced including warm sleeping bag, winter clothes, and boots.

-both feet were seriously injured, cannot drive, bike, swim, or play drumset

-chronic disabling health condition, migraines, exhaustion, food issues, pain

-rental crisis, homeless, cannot be in shelters

-support services have failed, lawyers have failed to help

-winter weather, in the 30's at night, rain, falling palm fronds, gusts, wild animals, dogs, dangerous street people

-suitcase and all homeless gear were stolen days ago

-no car, cannot drive, homeless in the park alone

-hotels or other housing is needed through the winter

We have successfully raised $6000 through over 100 donations. All funds have been spent.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Please help by sharing the link to your social media. November 28, 2023

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Drummer, violinist, singer-songwriter, music teacher, poet EMERGENCY FUNDRAISER. 2022 Hotel funds are needed due to rental crisis, homelessness, health challenges, and serious injury. Feet were injured when a bus ramp squashed them. Cannot drive, bike, swim, run, skate, dance or play drumset. Hotels, restaurants, warm clothing, sleeping bag, down jacket, taxis, shoes, meals are needed. Seeking rental leads and a lawyer. All the usual support services have failed, serving largely mentally ill and drug addicts. Still homeless in the park.

Brrrr. Temperatures in the 30's. The first goal of $1600 was met, and spent, and is now increased to $3500 due to the high cost of hotels and restaurant meals indoors.

( summer)

We are in an Excessive Heat Warning of 100* in the Santa Barbara coastal areas. I am a well known poet, musician, and music teacher who is homeless in the park, and cannot be in the shelters due to health issues. I also had my feet injured when a city bus ramp squashed them, so it is hard to get around. I cannot be at the beach due to problems walking in the sand, and pain from the cold water.

The Santa Barbara library is also closed for construction. There are no cooling centers in Santa Barbara. They expect this heat wave to continue for five days.

It is the Labor Day holiday, and the price of hotels is very high. I need to be indoors both day and night. I get migraines from the heat, and from the sun. Migraines can be severely debilitating.

My continuing attempts to secure help continue to fail. Recently, the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation, Santa Barbara Catholic Charities, a Fund for Women, and the Actors' Fund have denied me all help.

There is a housing crisis here, and the City of Santa Barbara has sued UCSB over housing issues caused by their 5000 student mega-dorm which was not built, resulting in many students requiring housing in the community. This has caused a rental shortage, and difficulties in finding housing.

Emergency hotel, meals, and taxi assistance are needed. Thank you.