#community philanthropy

[delicatelysublimeforester]

Echoes of the Desert Dance: St. Barbe Baker's Legacy Continues

[radiofreemonday]

Radio Free Monday - Jan 6 2025

Good morning everyone, and welcome to Radio Free Monday!

This is my first week helming RFM after the handoff from Sam, so be patient with any bumps during the transition...but Radio Free Monday is still very much alive, so feel free to keep submitting items each week.

Ways to give:

Wolpertinger (better known as the curator and moderator for ShadowxAmyWeek on Tumblr and Bluesky) is raising funds for classes to complete their graduate degree, for bills, and for care for family members. He works three different jobs, and all of them are being phased out. The timing of all these issues has caused financial strain. You can read more, reblog, and find a donation link here.

Recurring needs:

loversdoom is raising funds for an assessment to get help with mental health so she can be treated and remain in school, where she has a safe place to live and basic psychiatric support. You can read more, reblog, and find giving information here or give via Paypal here.

chingaderita is raising funds to cover various necessities and healthcare for themselves and their family, which has been struggling after having to move into an unsafe living situation after a house fire. You can read more and support the fundraiser here.

And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. You can post items for my attention at the Radio Free Monday submissions form.

[destroyingangelneveragod]

FERAS POSTED THIS TODAY. ITS BEEN ALMOST TWO DAYS SINCE A DONATION. PLEASE Y'ALL.

[copperbadge]

Radio Free Monday

Good morning everyone, and welcome to Radio Free Monday!

While I will be discontinuing Radio Free Monday in the new year, I am working with someone now on keeping it going. This looks like it's gonna happen, so stay tuned and please be patient with us if there are any bumps during the transition, but feel free to keep submitting items.

We have no new Ways To Give this week! So let's crack on:

News to Know:

Anon wanted to remind folks in the US that you can tip your mail carriers, but there are certain rules about how and with what; you can read the guidelines and find links to ethics rules here.

I'd also remind folks that the USPS has a podcast, Mailin' It, which discusses all things postal.

Recurring Needs:

loversdoom is raising funds for an assessment to get help with mental health so she can be treated and remain in school, where she has a safe place to live and basic psychiatric support. You can read more, reblog, and find giving information here or give via paypal here.

chingaderita is raising funds to cover various necessities and healthcare for themselves and their family, which has been struggling after having to move into an unsafe living situation after a house fire. You can read more and support the fundraiser here.

And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. You can post items for my attention at the Radio Free Monday submissions form.

[alwaysbewoke]

This might help to get an overview of the humaniterian crisis in sudan

[darling]

HELLO EVERYONE! ✨🌈

I created the philanthropic community for mutual aid on Tumblr, but almost no one noticed/joined it, if you want to help and blaze this post, that would be helpful! The minimum blaze is 10 dollars and the post is shown on 2500 people's dashboard, if anyone can help, I'd appreaciate it! 🙏🤍

Love always, 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 ✨🌈

[brewdarrymore]

Making another post because shit still sucks!!! I’m past due on last months rent and don’t have anything for this month, I’m waiting for unemployment to be approved but i don’t have anything until then and i need to take my cat to the vet too 😭

my rent is $600, a vet visit for meg would be about $200, please if i could just get enough to cover those things i’d be able to rest easier.

i’m disabled with chronic pain and need a remote job so it’s hard for me to find work but i’m looking. i’m trying. please help me out so i don’t have to move back in with my parents

venmo: rowlene

paypal: RowBelow

cashapp: rowlenejolene

$0/800

[krispysandwichpolice]

[jadeannbyrne]

Jimmy Carter: A Rural Paladin’s Hundred-Year Legacy By Jade Ann Byrne, your small-town eGirl turned big-heart storyteller

Jimmy Carter: A Rural Paladin’s Hundred-Year Legacy By Jade Ann Byrne, your small-town eGirl turned big-heart storyteller I still remember the first time I laid eyes on Plains, Georgia. The late-summer sun was setting in a wash of pinks and gold, and as I strolled past a peanut field swaying in the breeze, I couldn’t help but think: This is it? This quiet, dusty crossroads birthed one of the…

[thelaughingmuse]

No wonder I'm tired

I just replied to a comment on my previous entry and really grokked how busy my past three months have been.

October: close on my old house, pack the moving van + car, clean out the old house, put some stuff in storage up north, drive from SEA to MEX (8 driving days, 2 rest days) with four cats.

November: set up new rental place, get extra keys, get car tags, start unpacking, start language immersion, start settling in...then fly north (work issue)

December: computer motherboard / charging port failure, buy new computer (and plan trip to pick it up), get backups off old computer, unpack some more, switch phone carriers, fly north Xmas week, pick up new computer and start setting it up, fly back home

And it shows no signs of slowing! Next month I need to: get MXN health insurance, get MXN driver's insurance, renew my residency (3 more years!!), finish xferring my money down so that I'll have money to buy land and build my house when I find the right spot (the exchange rate currently favors the US dollar, but with the upcoming leadership change I don't expect that state to continue), and then do some more - hopefully the last - unpacking. Then I have another flight north to finish packing the items in storage and hopefully arrange for them to be shipped to MEX at that point. (Depends if I finish packing during the next trip, or not. And if I finish, how early in the trip do I finish. I don't think I can give them just 24 hrs notice, that isn't polite and likely they can't be available that quickly.) If things go well, I should be able to start relaxing by...mid-March.

In all of this, I've taken the helm of Radio Free Monday, a fan-community resource that's been run solo (!!!) by copperbadge here and on Dreamwidth for about 15 years. This is a managed-scope project, I have all the necessary skills in spades, and it's good to be able to help keep a community resource going. Please pass the word among your various fandom communities that this resource is Still A Thing. (Once I've gotten the hang of it, I may ask for one or two people to volunteer to help out from time to time so that I, too, can avoid burnout. If you're interested, watch this space. And that one.)

[delicatelysublimeforester]

🌿✨ Join the Green Movement: A Call to Action from Friends of Saskatoon Afforestation Areas! ✨🌿

[radiofreemonday]

Radio Free Monday (Jan 27, 2025)

Good morning everyone, and welcome to Radio Free Monday for January 27, 2025! RFM posts links to peoples' personal fundraisers asking for community assistance, on both Tumblr and Dreamwidth.

Ways to give

LiamStormBorn (no link provided) is with a small group of LGBTQ+ 7 refugees from Uganda who are in jeopardy for their lives, and hoping to seek safety in an UNHCR zone across the border in south Sudan. They are looking for $1,000 to help with funding to travel. Contact Liam at the email provided, Info.spectrumssd@gmail.com.

Postalplants asks for help affording therapy sessions with their trusted therapist to make and enact a safety plan to get safely out of suicidal ideation. Read more, reblog, and find the donation link here.

Wolvereaux needs help with car repairs and maintenance. The battery needs replaced, all four tires need replaced (one immediately, the other three as soon as possible), and the engine needs a coolant flush to address its tendency to overheat. Read more, reblog, and find the donation link here.

Recurring needs

Remy, who is multiply disabled, is currently experiencing homelessness after domestic violence. They're currently in a motel, which has taken up all their SSI. They need funds to stay in the safe housing of the hotel while they await a court date and coming up on the housing list. Read more, share, and find the donation link here.

Chingaderita is raising funds to cover necessities and vital healthcare for themselves and their family, which has been struggling after a house fire and living in a temporary house full of mold for the past 5 months. You can read more and support the fundraiser.

Idiomagic and their family are in dire straits. Idiomagic is disabled, their husband is unemployed, and their cat SpyBoy has diabetes that needs controlled. They are selling their rare collectible books to fundraise, and offering custom masks and poetry for some donations. Read more, reblog, and find the donation link here.

And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. You can post items for my attention at the Radio Free Monday submissions form.

[copperbadge]

Radio Free Monday

Good morning everyone, and welcome to Radio Free Monday!

While I will be discontinuing Radio Free Monday in the new year, I am working with someone now on keeping it going. This looks like it's gonna happen, so stay tuned and please be patient with us if there are any bumps during the transition, but feel free to keep submitting items.

Ways To Give:

nichristi linked to the Arizona Masterworks Chorale, a nonprofit community choir which performs sacred and secular choral works. They volunteer at homeless shelters, collaborate with other local groups, and perform with schools as well as providing a safe space for people with disabilities to perform, including several deaf/HoH members. Several of their grants have recently been cut and they are in need of board members; you can read more, find sponsorship and donor information, and volunteer for board membership here..

Recurring Needs:

idiomagic's cat SpyBoy recently spent time in the emergency vet hospital, where they found out he has pancreatitis and diabetes; they're facing nearly $7K in veterinary bills with no income, as Idiomagic's husband lost his job at the same time and she is unable to work. You can read more and give at gofundme here, give via amazon wishlist here, or give directly via gwyndynalexander at Venmo.

chingaderita is raising funds to cover various necessities and healthcare for themselves and their family, which has been struggling after having to move into an unsafe living situation after a house fire. You can read more, reblog, and support the fundraiser here.

loversdoom is raising funds for an assessment to get help with mental health so she can be treated and remain in school, where she has a safe place to live and basic psychiatric support. You can read more, reblog, and find giving information here or give via paypal here.

And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. You can post items for my attention at the Radio Free Monday submissions form.

[vespertilio1]

i just found out tetanus vaccines last 10 years… i am absolutely distraught! i was vaccinated against my will around two years ago now which means i have another 8 years where i can never get tetanus… i’m literally crying right now i feel like my life is over. :(

More people need to be talking about this. As someone who is proudly Tetanussexual i cannot believes the injustice I have suffered under the hands of the health system. As a tetanussexual , I deserve to be able to live out my best life with tetanus, and now i can’t… my rights have been taken from me. This is as bad as conversion therapy and we NEED to be talking about it. If you are apart of the LGBTT+ community, you cannot stay silent on this or you are as bad as the rest. We need solidarity.

[eretzyisrael]

Congratulations and a huge Mazal Tov from the Worldwide family of Save a Child’s Heart to our SACH Australia Champion and Benefactor, Alex Waislitz, Waislitz Foundation on receiving an OAM, THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA, in the King's Birthday 2023 Honours List. An honour that recognises outstanding service or exceptional achievement, as awarded by the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.

This award is deserved recognition of his many years of incredible support of Save a Child's Heart Australia, Save A Child's Heart in Israel, and many other worthy causes.

He has impacted the lives of thousands of children and their families from all around the world.

Save A Child's Heart 

[brewdarrymore]

Another desperate plea because I have no other options. PLEASE help me yall. I’m a queer disabled woman with a part time job that’s not making me enough to pay my rent. I’m way behind on it, can’t afford groceries, can’t afford cat food or my cats medicine. I’m constantly looking for other jobs and getting nothing. I don’t have any options available to me.

Anything helps, literally anything. My current overdue rent balance is $1,490.

Paypal: RowBelow

Cashapp: $rowlenejolene

Venmo: rowlene

Zelle works too or I can download any kind of payment app, please I’m begging. Idk what to do anymore.