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A hardship fund forTreviño family

Getting back on my feet

Started by: Mark Treviño

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Hi, my name is Mark, and I am the very proud dad of two boys. I have raised them by myself, and I have always provided for them the best I could. We never lived rich, but we always had enough.

In September of 2015 I got laid off from my job, and have been struggling to find a replacement. I work in IT, but I would do anything just so I could support my kids. I have applied to every conceivable place, including fast food and convenience stores, and I have had bites, but ultimately no job. I was able to get unemployment, but that ran out in March 2016. Since then, I have managed to find odd jobs, but it is not much and not consistent.

In Thanksgiving 2016 I ended up in the hospital, resulting in gall bladder surgery. In Christmas 2016, I lost my car, as I was unable to make the payments for three months – the money had to go toward to utilities and groceries.

In May 2017 what little money I had left ran out, and we now have no electricity, no gas, and no water in the house.

Groceries have come by a few who have tried to help. We live too far from a food bank to walk, but I go when I can get together the bus fare. I have been able to apply for food stamps, and they said I should receive some funds by the end of this month.

I have reached a desperate point. I have never asked for or taken any help any time I have struggled. But when I lost the job, then the car, then the utilities, then the groceries, I hit bottom.

All I ever wanted was to be a good Dad. I told myself this would never happen, that I would not let it happen. But it has, and I don’t know how to fix it. I need help, and I don’t know where to go or who to turn to.

I need a job. I need to be able to turn the utilities back on and feed my boys.

*We are asking for help, and would be very grateful for any funds offered. We need a solid, stable home. PLEASE HELP GET ME BACK ON MY FEET.

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Still working on the goal yo get utilities back on, would really love to get turned back on this week, we are only $200 shy of the goal , and some good news I start work on the 23rd! So if you can please help make the final push of 200 to get power back on affer 4 months of this agony :( thank you all for your suppurt

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October 9 at 4:35pm

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Sorfy i havent been feeling up to updatez, its been a real hell daily, been pretty depressed going on 4 months now without power and water,and gas, all i ask is please help spread our link. Thank you all for your support.

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September 22 at 10:14am

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Well honestly not feeling to great right now. I can't sleep because I was trying to get a hold of a friend of mine earlier so we could talk and generally just looking for some support and encouragement from her. Only to find out that she passed away 6-21-17 and I had no clue she was even sick because I've been without a phone and no power. Normally I would catch up with her on Facebook when we were both online, but for obvious reasons that hasn't been possible for me so much these past 2 months. I feel like such a horrible friend right now and haven't been able to stop crying off and on for the past few hours since I found out. This just adds to my feeling that things only keep getting worse,no matter how many times people keep telling me it will get better. 1st my nephew hangs himself in my back yard, a week later power,water and gas get cut off, and now I find out my friend also is now gone and I didn't even get a chance to see her or talk to her. So yeah, I'm not feeling so great .

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August 13 at 10:20pm

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I just wanted to take a min. To say thank you all again. For your help and support. Sorry I haven't been able to update lately, I've been dealing with some things and unable to get to reliable wifi. I'd like to ask that if you can please keep sharing the link to any places,family,and friends that you can think might be willing to help share the link to our campaign as well. That's all I ask that anyone share the link, I don't like asking for the donations directly, if someone donates that's a definite bonus, but just sharing the link is the biggest 1st step to reaching people for donations. We are almost there but still a bit short due to neseccities such as food and keeping cleans and I. Clean clothes. So I think one final push to share and promote our link/campaign and we should be there. Again thank you all and bless you with good fortune and brighter days.

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August 13 at 10:03am

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Ok, scratch that last update, I was a la to contact the admin from nextdoor,and due to the nature of our situation,and the heat,they will allow it as an emergency help situation.

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July 24 at 2:20pm

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I would like to thank everyone from next door that has helped in any way shape or form. However I am crushed to say that I received a message from an apparent next door "admin" that my post for help is not allowed under the guidelines for fundraising. This is a huge blow as we have seemed to receive the most help in the shortest amount of time from next door neighbors and that will no longer be the case. One of the main reasons I posted on next door was because I saw gofundme posts about helping raise money for a child to go to band camp. Not sure that qualifies as an emergency,but ok.That being said again that m you all, and if possible please share our link with as many as you can to help reach our goal. The goal amount is far short of what's needed in total,but is a great start.

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July 24 at 12:34pm

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Just a moment to again say thank you to everyone for all of your help, every little bit means more than I can say, and slowly but surely climbing the ladder one day at a time.

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July 23 at 10:58am

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First of all I would like to thank everyone deeply from our hearts for your help,and at the very least taking the time to read about our situation. Initially everyone I have contacted, I asked to at the least just help spread our link to help network out as far as possible in hopes of someone being in a position to help that's all I asked. I would also now like to add that if anyone is skeptical for any reason, then please feel free to just walk away, no one is under ANY obligation to either donate or share our link. I can indeed understand skepticism, but this is a donation based platform not a requirement to make a payment. I do apologize for having to make this update, but you have to understand being in this situation with little sleep nightly due to heat,humidity,and the nightly mosquito attacks,and now recently the replies and posts of skepticism and doubt that my family and our situation is not real. thank you all very much for your help this far, and sorry for this update.

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July 20 at 2:58pm

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Kim, thank you very much. I hope you and your girls are doing well.

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July 15 at 1:08pm

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