Help Laura Fix Her Car for Work!

Hi, I'm Laura. I'm fundraising because repairs for my car have been way more expensive than I anticipated, and as a Doordash driver, I rely on it for work. I'll explain a little more about myself, the car, and my situation.

I have worked through the pandemic until July this year, when I began driving for Doordash instead. I have asthma and live with fibromyalgia, depression, PTSD, and some additional chronic health issues, and I hoped a freelance-style job would better fit my needs and be safer. I decided to quit my old job when my supervisors and coworkers joked about lying about their vaccine status, and bragged that they would not be asking any questions to check that people were vaccinated. My grandfather had recently died of COVID-19 and I felt like work was actively encouraging people to be unsafe, mocking a serious situation and endangering me personally.

Doordash has been working out OK, although mental health makes it a struggle to keep a consistent schedule sometimes. But, I was hoping to make it work. I applied for rental assistance as well.

Then my car began acting up, I took it to the shop, and they found a myriad of issues totalling about $1,000 with labor. Then when I called today, they had found an issue with the injector rail, filter, sediment in the gas tank, and potential issue with a coil. All told, including labor, it will be $2,600 and I won't get my car back until next Thursday.

I honestly don't expect to make this fundraiser total. I've reached out to family to ask for assistance too, despite my reservations. This fundraiser will go towards car costs and helping me buy food and pay bills until the car is finished. Any little bit, even a dollar or a social media share, helps.

Thank you sincerely. If you read this and decide to help, I can't describe how grateful I would be.