A Family in Need

Hi. We're Kim (me), my son Matthew and his fiancee, Madisyn, and my sort-of daughter, Megan. We're a little family who's like the family of foxes in our picture, huddled together out of love, and happy to be doing so.

 

We're doing a GoFundMe fundraiser because we've hit an "emergency needs" level of, well, need. Madisyn has had a bank crisis of unimaginable belief, and a job my son was looking forward to starting has, due to epic levels of miscommunication between two departments, been terminated.

 

We were already just hanging on -- behind on most things, but slowly starting to catch up. Megan starts a new job on Monday, but depending on where in the pay cycle her start date is, it could be several weeks at least before she gets a paycheck. As for Madisyn's checks...one of the more unimaginable things her bank did was to *return her paycheck to her employer*. We have no idea why, and the bank wasn't clear at all. So now we're waiting for her employer to reissue a paper check (she has to get permission from higher up the food chain)...and trying to find a new bank for her, and get direct deposit set up there. (She will have to get permission for each paper check she has to receive until direct deposit is set up somewhere.)

 

This fundraiser is really important to me and mine, because we need these bills paid, as well as gas to get everyone to work, and groceries. We can't afford extra charges (such as if utilities get turned off,) and we don't have a bank account that we could overdraft, even if we wanted to pay the $34-per-charge that comes with overdrafting an account.

 

We usually get by. I've had to ask for help before -- asking friends, or family as it's needed -- but we don't know how long it'll take to get things situated. I'm asking for $3,500 to get things all caught up (utilities, car payment, insurance), and to cover gas and groceries for a month. This amount should get everything taken care of and allow us to start May off in good condition.

 

Thank you, from all of us.