I am the father of two children. My wife and I both work full time jobs and are barely making ends meet. We live in a run down two bedroom 1972 singlewide trailer and the rent we have to pay ($600 per month) is more than the trailer is worth. Moving is not an option because the cost in the housing rental market here is in the four digit figures and the unemployment rate in the surrounding neighboring towns is through the roof. Businesses are closing up left and right and my wife and I are now sitting in dire straits with a huge chance of our jobs closing down as well.

Our lights have been shut off three times this past year and we are having to either walk or hitch hike back and forth to work each day. I just walked three miles to the local library and found this website on the Internet with hopes of getting help. We have been turned down numerous times by the Social Services because they claim we make to much money but yet, we are unable to keep our bills paid. It is now less than two weeks away from Christmas and we are unable to buy our children anything for Christmas. We have been to numerous local churches and organizations for assistants and none of them are able to help out because apparently there are more people in worse situations than us and the churches have run out of funds with helping them.

We do not have TV to watch because we are unable to afford the cost of cable and in our area, we have to have cable or we are not able to watch TV. My wife and I have thought about packing up the kids and just hitting the road in search of something better but we are scared to fail even more than we have now as supporters and parents.

I know I am asking for alot but all we need is a few thousand dollars to get us out of this trailer, help pay our past due bills and hopefully to buy my children a descent Christmas.