I am so grateful for the kind hearts on DU!

[chillfactor]

Thanks to you all, I was able to pay my electric bill so I still have electricity. One hurdle still exists. My propane tank is at 10% and I will be out soon. Propane companies want money up front before they will deliver. I have tried to get help from various state agencies, but my social security check is $75 over the limit for help and no state agency will help me. My lease is up the end of April and I will be moving to a place for less rent that also includes utilities. I can’t wait.

I have a gofundme account:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/disabled-widow-in-need

If you have any pennies to spare I would be ever so grateful.

[Skittles]

1. could you respond to the concerns raised in this thread?

thank you

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13004730

[VOX]

2. You've already asked DU for donations this month. And you also raised $1,168 this past December.

You’ve already asked DU for donations this month here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13004730

Other links:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/disabled-widow-in-need
$310 raised of $1,000 goal


https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-i-am-in-dire-straits
$1,168 raised of $1,000 goal, 12/19/2019

NOTE: ALL INFO BELOW WAS WRITTEN BY OTHER DUers IN THE PAST:
She has a history of GoFundMe accounts
https://www.gofundme.com/profile/sandy-vensland-wxzsp

From DU, December 2017: “Googling shows she has had at least five ‘GoFundMe’ accounts over the past few months and has brought in over $4,000 dollars.”

In one she says she lives alone.
In another she says her husband was injured.
In one she's 76 years old. In another she's 73.

I am 76 years old, alone, and disabled. I have 39 cents in my account.
$1,350 raised of $700 goal

I am in dire need of a propane delivery. My tank is almost empty ...
$700 raised of $350 goal

My husband, age 62, In mid-February 2017 my husband slid off the bed ...
$1,391 raised of $9,800 goal

This past Friday our community lost electrical power.
$300 raised of $200 goal

Hello!I am 73 years old and disabled. I have run out of propane ...
$314 raised of $269 goal

https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-buy-groceries
to buy groceries
$300 raised

https://www.gofundme.com/f/skvnewmexico
Help! I need a propane delivery!
$700 raised

https://www.gofundme.com/profile/sandy-vensland-wxzsp
I live on social security. My propane tank is almost empty. I live in NM in the mountains and it is very cold. I need $300 to get a delivery.

[stillcool]

3. wow...thanks for

the heads up!

[VOX]

4. You're welcome...

I hate to be perceived as the “grinch” here, but someone is taking advantage. If not the OP (who never enters the discussions to defend their position), or someone using the OP’s account or even the GoFundMe account.

It troubles me because this capitalizes on our intrinsically generous nature, and perhaps worse, it hardens us to some other soul who might be in genuinely serious trouble.