TWB International Student Deposit
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Hello everyone!
So, this is my first time doing a GoFundMe campaign. I'm doing this for two main reasons.
1 - To get my student visa so I can attend university and
2 - So I can go fly home.
The purpose of this journal is to spread a little awareness of my situation and to help me get back into school in the states via my GoFundMe campaign. This is a very time sensitive issue and the window of opportunity is fast coming to a close. School begins on January 8th, 2018, which is only 2 months away. So, allow me to lay out the foundations of what is happening in my little corner of the world. I want to explain exactly what has happened and what you would be donating to.
So, a rough 5 years ago, I was in university, living in the States and getting very close to graduating when tragedy hit. One of my oldest and best friends was a victim of a triple homicide. The case dragged out for 8 to 9 months before it was declared a cold case, and he became another obscure black kid murdered due to gang violence that had nothing to do with him... The only information I could gather were in scattered news reports. His parents would not answer my calls... My friend, his girlfriend and her little brother were all murdered in his home. He was stabbed, and then shot down. The long and short of it is, this mentally broke my down. My roommates, (one of which is on DA) watched my mental health deteriorate and the panic attacks kicked in to high gear and every morning I woke up stricken with fear. To add to this, the funds I had to stay in school and in uni had run out. Meaning, I had to leave the country.
So, with this all on my mind, I packed my bags and flew to Australia to be with my dad. 2 weeks after landing, he had a severe heart attack - a triple bypass and wound up in hospital. It was touch and go, and just as he was healing, he developed a gull blade infection, and was back in the hospital for an even longer duration of time. All money saved went out the window again, and I knew I was going to be stuck in Australia for far longer than 6 months...
It has been 5 years that I have been here and in those five years we’ve had more funerals than I care to recall. I put my dreams of school on the shelf and went into survival mode and just tried to get used to the fact that I was going to stay here, possibly longer than 5 years.
But the opportunity has come to me to start again. A second chance. I have been accepted into University, but the deadline for certain fees is closing. If I miss this window, I will be stuck here in Australia for another year, possibly more, and I cannot bear to think of that as my only option.
My GoFundMe campaign is set up in order to help me pay for the International Student Fees that will allow me to obtain my F1 Visa. The cost for this visa is $4,000. What will this money go towards? It goes towards me and my schooling. This money is the “comfort” zone that the uni has set up for International Students and the F1 International Student Visa. The money will be put towards two semesters at school, towards my classes, tuition, books, housing, and food. The university does not keep it but uses it as a means for students like me to have a little peace of mind when we fly overseas to go to uni. So, in order for me to get my visa to enter the country, I need my F1 Visa and in order to get that, I must raise $4,000 grand. That is my target goal.
Ontop of this I must also be able to pay to move to the States, and a plane ticket is not cheap. I will be lucky to be able to get there with $2,000.
In total, my ideal goal is $6,000 in USD currency - but I am estimating I would be lucky and blessed just to get the $4,000 USD so that is what I am aiming for and my biggest goal at this point in time.
Again, this is a time sensitive issue, and one that is causing me more sleepless nights than I care to admit. I’ve been holding art sales to try to make the difference but any money I make goes straight back to bills, rent, food, ect ect. My last big batch of commissions have cost me too much... I was severely under pricing my work, and then putting too much effort and detail into those under priced commissions and I did not realise this till I was almost out of savings and half way through commissions.
Shortly after this my laptop broke down entirely. I’ve had to take it in to be fixed twice and have lost ALL my art, my files, documents, everything is gone. I’ve bene having to rebuild everything from scratch, and the cost of repairing my laptop has put a significant dent into my already depleted savings.
Because of this, I cannot offer any more art sales at this time except to put food on my table... It is why I have turned to GoFundMe.
And every single little bit helps, whether its $5 to $100. I want to go home. I want to see my family again and I want to see and be able to BE with my sweetheart, @Quirky-Middle-Child. As most of you are aware, he and I are dating, and have been dating for the last 6 months now. And getting into Uni and getting my F1 Visa would mean that he and I can finally be together in person again as my uni is only an hour and a half away from where he lives.
Reaching this goal would mean the world to both of us. At this point, we are searching for a miracle...
In the meant time, I’ve been working upwards of 12 hours a day on commissions to strive to get them done so I can open a new batch and proper prices, and I admit I may charge more and explain that it is for school. Right now, we are running on a lot of faith and prayers, and as I said, every little bit helps. Whether its a donation of $5 or $1,000 or even just spreading the word, everything, everything helps at this point.
So if you would like to Donate, you can find me GoFundMe link HERE
Thank you so much for your time and consideration in reading this.
Much Love,
WinterBun.
(The Winter Bunny)
So, this is my first time doing a GoFundMe campaign. I'm doing this for two main reasons.
1 - To get my student visa so I can attend university and
2 - So I can go fly home.
The purpose of this journal is to spread a little awareness of my situation and to help me get back into school in the states via my GoFundMe campaign. This is a very time sensitive issue and the window of opportunity is fast coming to a close. School begins on January 8th, 2018, which is only 2 months away. So, allow me to lay out the foundations of what is happening in my little corner of the world. I want to explain exactly what has happened and what you would be donating to.
So, a rough 5 years ago, I was in university, living in the States and getting very close to graduating when tragedy hit. One of my oldest and best friends was a victim of a triple homicide. The case dragged out for 8 to 9 months before it was declared a cold case, and he became another obscure black kid murdered due to gang violence that had nothing to do with him... The only information I could gather were in scattered news reports. His parents would not answer my calls... My friend, his girlfriend and her little brother were all murdered in his home. He was stabbed, and then shot down. The long and short of it is, this mentally broke my down. My roommates, (one of which is on DA) watched my mental health deteriorate and the panic attacks kicked in to high gear and every morning I woke up stricken with fear. To add to this, the funds I had to stay in school and in uni had run out. Meaning, I had to leave the country.
So, with this all on my mind, I packed my bags and flew to Australia to be with my dad. 2 weeks after landing, he had a severe heart attack - a triple bypass and wound up in hospital. It was touch and go, and just as he was healing, he developed a gull blade infection, and was back in the hospital for an even longer duration of time. All money saved went out the window again, and I knew I was going to be stuck in Australia for far longer than 6 months...
It has been 5 years that I have been here and in those five years we’ve had more funerals than I care to recall. I put my dreams of school on the shelf and went into survival mode and just tried to get used to the fact that I was going to stay here, possibly longer than 5 years.
But the opportunity has come to me to start again. A second chance. I have been accepted into University, but the deadline for certain fees is closing. If I miss this window, I will be stuck here in Australia for another year, possibly more, and I cannot bear to think of that as my only option.
My GoFundMe campaign is set up in order to help me pay for the International Student Fees that will allow me to obtain my F1 Visa. The cost for this visa is $4,000. What will this money go towards? It goes towards me and my schooling. This money is the “comfort” zone that the uni has set up for International Students and the F1 International Student Visa. The money will be put towards two semesters at school, towards my classes, tuition, books, housing, and food. The university does not keep it but uses it as a means for students like me to have a little peace of mind when we fly overseas to go to uni. So, in order for me to get my visa to enter the country, I need my F1 Visa and in order to get that, I must raise $4,000 grand. That is my target goal.
Ontop of this I must also be able to pay to move to the States, and a plane ticket is not cheap. I will be lucky to be able to get there with $2,000.
In total, my ideal goal is $6,000 in USD currency - but I am estimating I would be lucky and blessed just to get the $4,000 USD so that is what I am aiming for and my biggest goal at this point in time.
Again, this is a time sensitive issue, and one that is causing me more sleepless nights than I care to admit. I’ve been holding art sales to try to make the difference but any money I make goes straight back to bills, rent, food, ect ect. My last big batch of commissions have cost me too much... I was severely under pricing my work, and then putting too much effort and detail into those under priced commissions and I did not realise this till I was almost out of savings and half way through commissions.
Shortly after this my laptop broke down entirely. I’ve had to take it in to be fixed twice and have lost ALL my art, my files, documents, everything is gone. I’ve bene having to rebuild everything from scratch, and the cost of repairing my laptop has put a significant dent into my already depleted savings.
Because of this, I cannot offer any more art sales at this time except to put food on my table... It is why I have turned to GoFundMe.
And every single little bit helps, whether its $5 to $100. I want to go home. I want to see my family again and I want to see and be able to BE with my sweetheart, @Quirky-Middle-Child. As most of you are aware, he and I are dating, and have been dating for the last 6 months now. And getting into Uni and getting my F1 Visa would mean that he and I can finally be together in person again as my uni is only an hour and a half away from where he lives.
Reaching this goal would mean the world to both of us. At this point, we are searching for a miracle...
In the meant time, I’ve been working upwards of 12 hours a day on commissions to strive to get them done so I can open a new batch and proper prices, and I admit I may charge more and explain that it is for school. Right now, we are running on a lot of faith and prayers, and as I said, every little bit helps. Whether its a donation of $5 or $1,000 or even just spreading the word, everything, everything helps at this point.
So if you would like to Donate, you can find me GoFundMe link HERE
Thank you so much for your time and consideration in reading this.
Much Love,
WinterBun.
(The Winter Bunny)
Organiser
Meileah June Te Kare
Organiser
Narwee, NSW