My Friend Lost Her Home To a Fire — You Can Help

I’m going to do some­thing a bit unusual today but it’s some­thing I need to try and do. Recently a friend of mine lost her house to a fire. She pretty well lost every­thing she owned. Luck­ily every­one got out okay and no one was harmed. That I’m glad for.

Every­thing she owned was burned up or dam­aged by the fire. Some of us around here are gath­er­ing some of our own belong­ings to give to her to help her out. On top of all that I found out that her insur­ance didn’t even cover the cost of the house, let alone any of her belong­ings. Basi­cally she still owes $4000 on a house that no longer exists. She cur­rently has an apart­ment but I can’t imag­ine it’s going to be easy try­ing to pay off a house pay­ment along with rent on her income.

She has always been kind to me and is a very car­ing per­son. I hate to see bad things hap­pen to good peo­ple. I wanted to do some­thing big­ger then just some extra fur­ni­ture and appli­ances. I wanted to help her relieve some stress as well. To do some­thing a lit­tle more. After rack­ing my brain a bit I came up with an idea. It’s kind of crazy and it may not work but I have to give it a try. I decided to try and use lever­age from the inter­net and some of the awe­some peo­ple to help her out.

So here’s the deal. I want to raise some money for her. Enough to get some of the pres­sure off her back so she can worry about mov­ing on and get­ting over this awful thing. Here’s where you all come in. Keep in mind this is not some kind of mar­ket­ing ploy or tac­tic. It has noth­ing to do with mar­ket­ing or mak­ing money. It’s about help­ing out oth­ers in need.

If you would like to help out there are two ways you can help:

1. Make a dona­tion using the Chipin dona­tion but­ton below.
It doesn’t have to be much. $1, $5, or what­ever you feel you want to give, it’s com­pletely up to you. I’m going to col­lect these dona­tions for about a month or so. My goal is to reach $5000, but every lit­tle bit helps. It may seem like quite a bit for just a dona­tion but if a lot of peo­ple donate a lit­tle bit it won’t take long. Told ya I wanted to do some­thing big. (update: I changed to using this Chipin wid­get instead of the pay­pal but­ton, but it still goes to my pay­pal.)

This will go directly to her when all is said and done. It’s going to help her pay off the house and a lit­tle more for what­ever else she may need. My income I earn online this month is going into the dona­tion as well. It’s not much which is another rea­son I thought I would reach out.

2. Spread the Word!
Whether you make a dona­tion or not, this is one is impor­tant. Spread the word. Tweet, blog what­ever you want to do. Even if you decide not to donate, please at least do this. I would like this to be seen by a lot of peo­ple so I can reach my goal. This is all for her and I’m deter­mined to help out as much as I can.

This is a good chance to help some­one that really deserves it. But who­ever helps out I will make it worth your while. I haven’t decided how just yet, but I was think­ing along the lines of some kind of recog­ni­tion, such as a link to your site or some­thing to help with traf­fic. I also have a cou­ple prod­ucts I’m going to be com­ing out with in the com­ing months that I would be more than happy to give to any­one that donates. The point is I will make it worth your time one way or another.

Keep in mind I won’t see any of this money besides hand­ing her the check. I know it will be a huge help for her and that’s why I’m giv­ing this a whirl.

I’ll keep updat­ing here as things move along. I hope this goes well as all I want to do is help her out. If you have any ques­tions feel free to ask me. I think that’s about all I have to say, I can’t wait to see the great­ness in this world. I know it’s out there, now is a good time to prove it.

~Chris

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