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My dream:
I'm a 19-year-old college student who is in a situation where I
need a place I know I can go home to and that I hope I can make into
a safe house for a friend of several years who's hoping to escape
their current homelife and finaly transition from female to male.
Eventually, I want raise a family there with my fiance.
I need help getting a house because, despite my years of
volunteer work along with my current jobs, I don't qualify for a
home loan. I want to make an investment into my future, so my dream
is to own a small rural house that is currently $50,000. This house
is close to my college/workplace and located near people who have
been supporting me through my own
difficult situation. It doesn't have heat and air. It
is in a very rural area. It needs work, but I am willing to put my
heart and soul into making this place my home. Houses in my area are
typically double, if not triple this price. I just want to live in a
safe area where I can live out my life and dreams. There are no
other houses less than $50,000 in my area that are not located in
very dangerous, crime-filled locations. Rent generally runs double
what my mortgage for this house would be, as well.
I currently have $2500 put back in my savings. Living with
family is unfortunately not an option. If anything, I would like to
use my home to help out some of my family who are struggling as
well. My father's struggling having suddenly come into custody of
two girls in addition to his step-daughter. I'm hoping if I can get
this house I can help him with the girls by taking one of them off
his hands for a week or so out of the month every so often. These
girls are in an extremely hard situation having been abandoned by
their actual mother. My dad and his wife(their grandmother) have
taken them in but they weren't prepared for the financial stress of
two more children.
About me:
I'm in college to be a social worker/Therapist. At my college, I'm a student leader, worker, orientation guide, and pretty much anything else they need me to be. I am keeping my grades up and I think I've found what I was meant to do/study. I'm engaged to a lovely boy I've been with for just short of five years. Although he's helping as much as he can, he doesn't qualify for a loan either. We both hope to be able to make this somewhere our future family will feel safe knowing it will always be there for them.
My dream is to help children love themselves through art therapy and positive unconditional regard. I have a severe anxiety disorder, OCD, and depression(all medically diagnosed). I spent my life until I was seventeen without knowing why I always felt horrifically anxious and sick to my stomach. What I want to do is help kids not have to wonder what's wrong with them their whole lives like I did. I've come so far as a person and all I want to do is save people from what I went through. To be the successful person I can see myself being, I want to take the next step in my life and, for the first time since I was 14, have a place that really is my home. Things have increasingly become more agitated where I currently live and the situation has escalated to a point where I've been threatened to no longer be able to live there. I know if I am going to be what I know I can be, I need stability in my life to persue my dreams and help others.
Thank you!!!!
Thank you !!!
I'm doing what I tell my dad's little girls to do. I'm
reflecting the good inside me instead of the bad of my situation.
How can I expect to help them if I can't follow my own advice?
Thank you!!!
Thank you !!!
Please help me create a promising future for myself and
everyone I know I can help as I take every step forward in my
life. I believe that life has a ripple effect and that spreading
kindness to one person will create an exponential increase in the
positivity of this world. If you help me, I may be able to help
the lives of so, so many others in needs. I just need a chance.
Budget Breakdown:
So, here's how the money is going to break down and turn into a house.
Down Payment: $10,000 (20% down)
Closing Costs: $3,000
Price of home: $40,000
Moving and set up: $300
Furnishing: $5,000
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Full cost: $58,300
thank you
My goal here is to raise enough money to be able to have the vast majority of the house's value ready to hand over. My stretch goal is to meet that and the closing costs. And, if you guys were beyond kind, to meet the moving costs. As you guys reach milestones here, I'll add group rewards for everyone who donated. I would really like to make tshirts.
If you are able to raise the whole amount, I'll send a tshirt and an art book to my wonderful donors!
Goals:
(As a collective amount)
(updated 05/13)
Thank you!!!!
Moving costs($300): 13.73% met
Closing Costs($3,300): 1.25% met
Furnishing($8,300): 0.5% met
Down Payment($18,300): 0.23% met
Campaign goal(30,000): 0.14% met
Home price($58,300): 0.07% met
Thank you!
Goal prizes:
Moving costs = A video update thanking you by name!
Closing costs = SAH pawprint stickers to donors + New video
Furnishing = SAH pawprint shirts for donors Helper and above
Down Payment = SAH Pawprint shirts for donors Pay it forward and above + Big update video
Home price = SAH pawprint shirt for all donors and an artbook for donors Doodle helper and above
Thank you!!!!
Thank you!!!!
Thank you!!!
Thank you so much! You are making a difference.
Perks
- 0 claimed
I will draw a little thank you card and mail it!
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I will write you a letter personalized just for you and will not only sign it, but will also add in a cute little doodle at the bottom.
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You get a personalized letter with a small drawing inside. You can ask me what you want me to doodle!
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I will draw you something simple separate from your personalized letter doodle. You'll also get a some pictures of the house mailed to you.
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I'll draw something really nice for you! You will get your print sent to you electronically and physically via your personalized doodle letter. (You also get pictures of the house!)
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I can draw about anything you want! You tell me what YOU want with little to no restrictions. You'll get your drawing sent digitally and physically along with your doodle letter/pictures of the house. In addition, you will get the layered file of your drawing for your own use.
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You will get two art pieces from me with little to no restrictions! You get the file, a high resolution image, a physical copy, and the ability to have me livestream the whole process so you can watch me draw your pieces! This comes with your doodle letter and pictures of the house(extra ones from previous tiers).
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Because you have helped so much, you will be able to reach out to me once every two or so months to draw something for you as long as I am physically able to do so. You can always request to see me draw your piece. You get your doodle letter, pictures(+) of the house, and I'll send you video updates with how life is going.
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Because you alone will have made it possible for me to throw down the down payment, you have free access to my artistic abilities pretty much any time you need so long as I am physically able to! You get the whole digital package, the physical copies, and the ability to ask me to stream your pieces. You will also be able to redeem $50 worth of products on my redbubble store and could even have me carve your name into the front steps if you want. This, of course, comes with your letter (which will be lengthy because, wow, you helped so much), video updates of how we're doing, and entirely too many pictures.
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I will draw a little thank you card and mail it!
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I will draw you something simple separate from your personalized letter doodle. You'll also get a some pictures of the house mailed to you.
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I'll draw something really nice for you! You will get your print sent to you electronically and physically via your personalized doodle letter. (You also get pictures of the house!)
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I can draw about anything you want! You tell me what YOU want with little to no restrictions. You'll get your drawing sent digitally and physically along with your doodle letter/pictures of the house. In addition, you will get the layered file of your drawing for your own use.
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You will get two art pieces from me with little to no restrictions! You get the file, a high resolution image, a physical copy, and the ability to have me livestream the whole process so you can watch me draw your pieces! This comes with your doodle letter and pictures of the house(extra ones from previous tiers).
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Because you have helped so much, you will be able to reach out to me once every two or so months to draw something for you as long as I am physically able to do so. You can always request to see me draw your piece. You get your doodle letter, pictures(+) of the house, and I'll send you video updates with how life is going.
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Because you alone will have made it possible for me to throw down the down payment, you have free access to my artistic abilities pretty much any time you need so long as I am physically able to! You get the whole digital package, the physical copies, and the ability to ask me to stream your pieces. You will also be able to redeem $50 worth of products on my redbubble store and could even have me carve your name into the front steps if you want. This, of course, comes with your letter (which will be lengthy because, wow, you helped so much), video updates of how we're doing, and entirely too many pictures.
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