Hi, I'm a single parent of four. I'm really in need of donations to pay my light bill for me and my children. We have nowhere to go and its freezing. If you could find it in your heart to donate to me and my family would be a blessing. Please
I was terminated from my job after 8 years of stellar employment. My boss began to....let's just say that she wasn't "all there" anymore. It's a very long story, but she became delusional, paranoid and just down right mean. She denied me unemployment (the appeals failed), destroyed my portfolio, as well as all of the memos I had sent to human resources and to her boss, blocked my emails and phone calls to every person in the office, and has seen to it that I am essentially unemployable in this town.
Here's a copy of just one of my reviews. They were all stellar...every one. The only crime I committed was to forget to fill out my time sheet properly a couple of times. The information she provided to the "higher ups" in the company was absolutely and unequivocally false. I'm also owed money for unpaid overtime. I've been trying to obtain an attorney, but haven't found an appropriate representative as of yet.
Four other employees in my department made many, many complaints about my boss's increasingly insane behavior, but nothing was ever done about it.
I have lived in my apartment for 9 years and have excellent personal and professional references. I don't think that there is anyone who would have anything bad to say about me.
ANNUAL REVIEW FOR LORI JOHNSON (I have removed any identifying names)
Note: Unfortunately, this is the only review I have access to at the present.
Over the last twelve months Lori has become a highly valued member of our team. She has also made time in her regular weekly schedule to provide other departments with support (copy editing, headline writing, layout, editing and designing supplemental publications and magazines.
Lori is reliable, sensible and unrelentingly upbeat. She has a terrific sense of humor and despite a substantial weekly workload, she never treats her work like a chore. She brings a broad creative palette with her each day and can always be counted on to fashion something unique to underscore the sensibilities of a story.
Lori brings an impressive background in page design combined with skills in illustration. She’s a strong self-starter and more than ably manages projects from conception to print. Her technical proficiency is very high, and she’s a natural multi-tasker. In designing a magazine, there’s the ideal: an amalgam of words and visuals that is stronger than the individual parts. Then there’s the reality: page creation on deadline. Lori’s collaborative approach to making stories work for the reader is remarkable, as is her unrelenting focus on getting the job done … both, crucial elements in her mix of talents.
Magazines commonly suffer from a clash of design, and journalistic/literary culture, as if the disciplines themselves demand conflict. Lori, however, does not view writers and editors as the enemy. She realizes that magazine design is not a fine-art form, but neither is it an exercise in slavish subordination to the written word. The ideal, of course, is an amalgam of the two, stronger than each individual element.
Our writers are responsible for obtaining images from each story’s subjects, but because not all writers are visually oriented, and not all photographers are mind readers, it follows that we do not always capture visually the essence of a story. Lori has offered to take a more active role in acquiring the visual counterpart to each story and to act as liaison between the writers and the subjects (with the objective of making the magazine more interesting and visually dynamic for our readers.
It’s important that we get to know the people in the arts community we cover. Because Lori works with the visual material that reflects the happenings in our town, she should find opportunities to attend public events and meet with artists, gallery owners and museum professionals with whom we work. End.
Seriously, I will be homeless in a little over a month. I have enough money for December's rent, but that's it. I'm on Medicaid and Food Stamps and that helps, but I can not find a job of any kind. I'm grossly overqualified for minimum wage positions and the people I have applied with assume that I will only be around long enough to find another position in my professional field.
My boss has seen to it that I will not work in my field in this town (where I planned to spend the rest of my life after living all over the U.S.).
Any monetary help would be greatly appreciated. I intend to pay it back. Every cent.
Advice wouldn't hurt either.
Thanks so much for taking the time to read this. I really appreciate it.
The short of it: Have no money for food or rent. I just got a new job, but they won't give advances, and payday loans don't exist here. So I am likely to lose the job as well since, I will have to walk there and work without food or meds.
If I can raise 400 dollars- a lot I know- that should get me through, but even 10 dollars would at least buy some food. Please msg me with any questions or requests. There's always hope.
I always try to help people, so I hope this somehow works. Thank you so much for reading this! And good luck to anybody in the same shoes as me.
I'm not gonna lie, guys. I'm gonna be 100% honest and straight forward.
I have some issues money would help, but that's not what i'm here for today.
Today, i'm here to just i guess try to have a decent birthday.
I want money for my birthday, plain and simple.
The sad truth is, not a lot of people care about me these days. My birthday is irrelevant to them, which is fine.
This is what happens when you grow. The issues i have make getting money the traditional way pretty difficult, and though i'm working on fixing things for myself, the big day won't wait.
I know, it's pathetic begging for money like this, and for something like a birthday of all things, but that is why i went to a website purely for begging for money.
There are a lot of people out there who need it way more than i do, i can imagine. If you feel you should spend on them, then please do. I understand.
I'm just trying to be real here.
I am a single mom of 3, ages 16,12 and 6. We moved in with my parents after leaving an abusive relationship and have not been able to get a home of our own due to medical debt, lawyer fees, student loans and my oldest getting into college early. I work full time but am not able to pay off any debt or save for a home, I make just too much for any assistance. I am lost I have consolidated debt, I have sold all my belongings that I could, I honestly do not think anyone will be willing to help us out but I have to put it out there. It makes me sick that I am on a site begging for help but I am praying for a Christmas miracle and maybe someone will find it in their heart to help us out. I have over $25,000 in debt, not including my student loans. My credit is trashed due to being in collections so buying a house will not be possible unless we are gifted with a wonderful down payment. I became a mom at 16, worked my butt off to put my self through college and became a RN I am a fighter but I have nothing left and hope I can get some help. Thank you https://paypal.me/YBartek
Lots-To-Offer Dynamic Entrepreneur (Homeless In Santa Fe, NM) Needing A Modest Hand Up
I'm highly ambitious and hyper-creative with stellar potential .. I'm very driven, am a totally forthright and honest person, drug and alcohol free, and consider myself in the prime of my life and going places .. I grew up in Burnside, IL, spent ten years in Minneapolis, and relocated to Santa Fe to start a 'branded' food product + bakery café business (grocery products + bakery café chain with national aspirations) called Ancient Grains Baking Company .. I'm on Facebook - Richard Dean Jacob .. I'm open to all questions about myself, my background, and why I'm where I'm at .. I have plenty of good references from anywhere I ever lived .
I'm an outside-the-box thinker with a clear mind and advanced communication skills and great powers of discernment in life and overall objectiveness grounded in reality.
My natural food business projects are my passion (I have PDFs on them that you can see) .. as well I have numerous (really fantastic) movie screenplays in-the-works (I can send you PDFs on those as well for your review) .. prepared to be VERY surprised !
I'm very into cutting-edge health/nutrition including rejuvenation + age-reversal .. I know a LOT about these things to share with others that includes DNA activation by subtle energy technologies than can actually make one younger by decades .
Please know that I have worked a lot of hard, physical labor here in Santa Fe for money and sustenance all while trying relentlessly to get ahead .. I have never once panhandled in my life .. since March I have been working for a local independent contractor - Peter Chandler - for cash while sleeping outside in a secluded spot, getting up and showering everyday at a nearby city recreational center, and then going to work for him .
Please know I am not a felon .. I have not drank or used since 1993 .. I have had not one alcohol or drug related charge or conviction of any kind since the 1980s .. I have not a criminal record except minor violations when I was a teen and in my twenties .
I need money to pay court fines for driving without a valid (expired) driver's license, registration, and insurance when I had my last car towed (because it's been hard for me to save and get ahead) .. all the fore-mentioned is on court records online .. I do not drink & drive (I haven't done that since the 1980s) .. I am a responsible citizen .. if you want to question me on absolutely anything please feel free .. any financial help at all would help me to build some money supply to get the certain needed things done (as the 'court fines') so I can legally drive again and get on with my life and business .
It would be great to hear from you !
Richard
Richard Dean Jacob living in Santa Fe, NM (born in Rock Island, IL) richarddeanjacob.santafe@yahoo.com
on Facebook by above full name
One professional's opinion on Ancient Grains Baking Co.
from Chicago-based global brand/marketing firm Optima
"I really admire all the work and thinking you have put behind this fantastic idea, and it definitely sounds like you have what it takes to bring this kind of brand to life with success. From my ongoing analysis of brands that consumers love and respect, I can honestly tell you that the ones that succeed have a powerful force behind them like yourself ...Your idea for creating a global pre-Columbian brand could have great value for consumers here and around the world."
Dearest Richard, I am so impressed with your vision, and your ability to never give up.
You take perseverance to an entirely new level.
I send you many blessings Richard, you are a great teacher in your ability to hold the vision,
stay tuned to the changes and shift the strategy a bit to fit into real possibilities. Your vision will manifest! In gratitude,
Debra Rosenman Wild Earth Communications growing conscious businesses into the world fennixheart@aol.com
505.466.0007 ____________________
I know Mr. Jacob and his passion for his Ancient Grains brand concept and consider that with
the right combination of venue, financial support and advertising acumen, it could become a
big success. I have almost 40 years of business experience having worked in several large US
corporations in high level positions as well as consulting for businesses while I worked for
McKinsey & Co. as well as on my own. I welcome the opportunity to assist him in any way
possible including meeting with business contacts and investor prospects to see this great
project of his into start-up operation.
Sincerely,
Carlos Duno
CARLOS V. DUNO
owner/principal
Marcia Owens Associates
Cduno Consulting
8 Wildhorse
Santa Fe, NM 87506
505.699.0053 cell
carlos_duno@yahoo.com
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Richard, You deserve fine staff and backers.
Your thinking is clear and you have wonderful branding and marketing ideas that are authentic and not spin.
Educational marketing such as your's is a real premium in our world and can teach people to think for
themselves in the land of JUNK food addiction.
Attract the best people and THOSE WITH CASH and morals.
Yours,
Sally Blakemore
Arty Projects
Santa Fe, NM
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Richard,
Truly amazing stuff. I've been familiar with the concept of bovis count to measure the life-energy of food, water, and juices and it shifted the way I eat dramatically. It was a nice refresher to read up on the basics of it again. The geometrically-designed packaging you envision sounds right on and what can be done with it with sprouted ancient grains -- and you are right: with it you will have all competition beat. I think what I like most about what I'm reading is that not only are you proposing a sound business concept that will surely bring you success, you are introducing something that will bring about fundamental change in the way people think, eat and go about their lives. REMARKABLE!
Lucy Barna Santa Fe _______________________________
Note: I grew up alongside a very successful agribusiness-owning father in rural Illinois. I attended business college out of high school and at age 20 started a feed and farm supply business. My experience in branding, sales, marketing and merchandising is extensive. My acumen in these things, including professional graphic design, is very high grade. I have references and letters of support that attest to my character, capacity, and stellar creativeness.
Richard Dean Jacob is the founder/ceo of Ancient Grains Baking Company of Santa Fe - a business
project in-the-works. In western Illinois his late father owned a feed mill and grain elevator
Burnside Feed Mill. At an early age he raised livestock and started at age 20 his own feed
and farm supply store in Nauvoo, Illinois. He attended Gem City Business College in
Quincy, Illinois and has worked as a magazine editor. His experience in branding, sales,
marketing and merchandising is extensive. In the 1990s he relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota
where he lent his creative talents to social work that led to his being the original player in the state of
Minnesota for the national IDA movement that works to bring the American underclass and low-wage
earner into financial modernization. This activity also led to the passing of original state IDA legislation
in Minnesota. It was in Minneapolis that he conceived of a brand of Starbucks distinction and potential
- Ancient Grains Baking Company - and saw that a place of timeworn authenticness and world class
creativeness (called Santa Fe, New Mexico) was the place to base and give birth to it. Today a new
era is forming as a result of his agricultural and business background and entrepreneurial zeal that
promises great things for the City Different. He is also a prolific writer with books in-the-works, movie
screenplays,and numerous op-eds published in the Santa Fe New Mexican and is working toward his
degree in public relations.
I AM FROM KOLKATA INDIA. I KNOW IT IS PROBABLY VERY UNNATURAL TO POST A REQUEST LIKE THIS, BUT I AM HELPLESS AND I AM WRITING TO AS MANY AS I CAN. I CAME ACROSS TO KNOW OF THIS PLATFORM AND DECIDED THAT EVEN THOUGH I AM JUST AN INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSMAN I BELIEVE THAT MAY BE HERE PEOPLE WOULD HEAR ME AND UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM GOING THROUGH. I HAVE BELONGED TO THE MIDDLE CLASS COMMUNITY SINCE BIRTH. MY FATHER ASSOCIATED WITH A BANK AND MY MOTHER A HOUSE WIFE. IN LIFE WE DID FINE, JUST LIKE A NORMAL FAMILY WE LIVED AND TOOK LOANS TO FULFILL OUR DREAMS AND REPAYED THEM. MY ELDER BROTHER IS A PATIENT OF CEREBRAL PALSY, HE HAD BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE BIRTH. DUE TO WHICH THERE WERE ALWAYS CERTAIN INSECURITIES IN MY PARENTS AND THEY ASKED ME NOT TO PURSUE STUDIES AS THAT WOULD TAKE ME OUT OF TOWN AND LIKE THAT I WOULD BE DISTANCED AND THEY FEARED OF BEING LEFT ALONE WITH THEIR OTHER CHILD. I COMPLETED MY GRADUATION AND GOT INTO A RETAIL BUSINESS SO THAT I COULD LIVE WITH MY FAMILY AND SUPPORT THEM AND MY BROTHER COULD ALSO SIT IN MY OWN SHOP DAILY, SO THAT HE NEVER FELT LEFT ALONE. ALL THIS WAS GOING FINE SINCE I STARTED IN 2008. TWO YEARS BACK I THOUGHT OF GETTING MY OWN SHOP AS THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS RENTED AND ALSO A HOUSE. AS MY CREDITS WERE FINE IN 2016 THE BANKS OFFERED ME LOAN AND I MOVED FORWARD WITH IT AND GOT IT DONE INVESTING ALL MY SAVINGS AND TAKING LOAN FOR THE REST. I AM IN THE PAINT BUSINESS. I HAVE A RETAIL SHOP AND MY HOUSE IS JUST ABOVE IT. AFTER NOVEMBER 2016 BUSINESS STARTED TO SUFFER DUE TO MARKET CONDITIONS, TO PULL THROUGH THE HEAVY EMI'S I DEPLETED MY WORKING CAPITAL, MAXED OUT MY CREDIT CARDS AND SPENT EVERY PENNY OF MY SAVINGS. BUSINESS IS SUFFERING DUE TO IT AND ALSO I AM FALLING BEHIND IN PAYMENTS. I HAVE TRIED IN SEVERAL BANKS FOR CREDIT RESTRUCTURING BUT I RECEIVED HELP FROM NONE. WHAT FEARS ME THE MOST IS THAT MY FAILURE WILL EFFECT DIRECTLY TO MY FAMILY, MY BROTHER WHO TOTALLY DEPENDS ON ME. DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CRUNCH I AM NOT BEING ABLE TO INVEST IN MY BUSINESS TO TAKE IT AHEAD OR REPAY MY LOANS DUE TO NO INCOME. MY EMI'S ARE EATING AWAY MY CAPITAL. I AM AT A TOTAL LOSS FAILING IN BOTH WAYS. I FEAR TO BE LEFT WITHOUT A ROOF ON OUR HEAD. AND NO INCOME AS I AM LEFT WITH ZERO CAPITAL. I EARNESTLY REQUEST YOU TO HELP ME GET BACK UP ON MY FEET. AS I AM TURNED AWAY FROM EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, I EARNESTLY REQUIRE HELP SO THAT I CAN PAY OFF MY MORTGAGE AND RESTRUCTURE MY BUSINESS. AS I CAN SEE IF I DO NOT PAY OFF MY LOANS I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE ANYTHING. I WOULD BE REALLY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD HELP ME OUT. I AM IN NEED OF $200,000 FOR MY MORTGAGE PAYMENTS. FOR MYSELF, MY FAMILY AND MY BROTHER. REGARDS
I'm a young pregnant mother in my 20's, I live in the US. I've recently lost my apartment due to losing my job and wasn't able to pay rent or electric. I'm currently staying between friends and have no family members to help me. I'm due with my little girl in January and need money to find a home/apartment to take her to when I have her. Any donations will be appreciated. Thank you for reading, I will link my paypal.me account below. If you have any questions feel free to ask and i will go more in depth without giving my identity.
I am a young woman in my 20's living in the US. A few months ago a sudden and tragic family emergency took ahold of my life. I left the job prospects that I had (interviewed for several with talk of setting up later meetings) to fly back home to deal with everything and help my family out as best as I could. When all was said and done I returned home months later to find that the job market has pretty much dried up due to the season for the next month or so. Also due to the financial strain, this situation has put on my family I can't ask my parents for help. The most important thing right now is to pay rent for this month primarily and if possible have money for groceries. If anyone is able to help financially in any way shape or form I will link my cash.me:
cash.me/tinajwi96
If you need any more information (as long as it doesn't identify me) I am willing to explain more in depth.
