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I’ll be the first to admit that I hate crowdfunding campaigns. It amazes me what some people can raise. I remember the dude who raised like $50K just to make a potato salad. POTATO SALAD! Insane. However, when I came across this GoFundMe post (while ironically creating a joke campaign to use in an upcoming column), I melted in his hands like putty. The guy was just so damn nice, I couldn’t help but toss him some cash.
Read his description from GoFundMe:
I’ve been down on my luck as of late. The income stream has come to a screeching halt in the past week and I’m being crushed by student loan debt, paying off my beat up used car, care credit, and the being able to put a roof over my head and whatever food I can on my table. I’m not asking for much, being that I’m over $50K in debt to the government, care credit, and the auto-loan.
I only am hoping by God’s good graces that people will have the heart to get me enough to keep a roof over my head for the next month, which is why my goal is only $500. If you kind people push me over my goal, I will donate a portion of the proceeds to a local charity.
Thank you and God bless.
Is this the nicest GoFundMe post? First off, it’s a heartbreaking story. Sounds like this guy just got laid off and really just needs whatever he can to get by. I know the feeling of being burdened by student loan debt. Not to the extent that this man has, but to an extent nonetheless.
He’s not your typical GoFundMe pity party poster like every other one who asks for pretty much a million dollars, either. He only wants a tiny bit, which amounts to a scratch on his debt surface. He even goes as far as saying that he will donate a portion of any excess to charity.
Normally, I brush these things aside, but I can’t not donate to this guy. I’ll throw in a few bucks. Dude is possibly paying it forward anyway. If you’re trying to help this poor soul, click here..
[via GoFundMe]
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Harrison Lee
Harrison is a Content Manager at Grandex. When he's not working for the man, you can find him on the golf course or blowing his paycheck doubling down on red. LinkedIn profile
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These GoFundMe pages are getting out of control. A co-worker just made one for donations to pay for her kids summer daycare. I have no pity because she is always buying concert tickets and spending $100 at every happy hour we go to after work. I still don’t understand what you order at happy hour that costs $100. And she just paid a couple hundred for a tattoo.
You should kidnap her kid and then start a GoFundMeAccount for ransom money.
Sounds like a god awful parent
How is she not broke yet?
Your co-worker sounds fun. What’s her link so I can donate?
“The guy was just so damn nice, I couldn’t help but toss him some cash.”
But yet he has raised $0….
Came here to say the same thing. Lies.
Honest concern for another human being, or shameless promotion of your own GoFundMe page? We may never know.
GoFundMe…next gen pandhandlers.
No severance, man?
Grandex skimped on the bennies, resorted to promoting his own GoFundMe page.
I’d rather give him a home cooked meal and a night on the couch. Won’t give money.