$100 to 10 people

[u/fund-me]

Hello everyone, It’s the end of the 9 day giveaway, From the last post seems like majority wanted to do $100 to 5 people, I’m doubling that to 10 people. No thoughts or quotes this time.

Follow all sub rules, No Venmo, No zelle, To enter share whatever you’d like a bunch of strangers to read. See you all next year for the giveaways, Happy holidays and wishing everyone a prosperous and resolute 2025.

I will select winners by hand, What I’m looking for is determined by your history on Reddit. I will leave this open till 7pm est tomorrow.

[u/SnooChocolates9211]

I wrote out a long post and went back and realized that I may have misunderstood the posting requirements. So I am entering and what I would like strangers to read is this...

The holidays are hard with financial strains, family relations, having lost loved ones, seasonal depression, and any other hundred of reasons. Be kind to yourself and others, and be the change within that you would like to see from others. I wish the best for you and hope everyone has Happy Holidays if they celebrate.

My long post is below but no one has to read that far unless they so choose to lol:

I'm going to make this short as short as possible. Our only vehicle broke down about 6 months ago and our sources of income were: my husband delivering packages for Lasership, I did Door Dash as a side gig, and do gig apps and platforms online. So anyhow, as I said the one car broke down and it wasn't worth the cost to get it fixed, not that we had the money to pay it anyhow.

Fast forward about 3 weeks ago we were gifted a 2017 toyota sienna, such a huge blessing, right? Well yes, it absolutely was! Until...the water pump is now going out and lucky us, this particular water pump replacement requires the engine to be lifted to get to the pump I dont know all the specifics BUT I do know that I called Toyota to get an estimate and they quoted $800 on labor for everything and $189 for the part and our usual trusted mobile mechanic won'tmess with this particular job due to the requirements, meaning we have to pay a shop's prices.

So once again, we are in a position where our ONLY vehicle for our sources of income (driving in some capacity) is not driveable at the moment (it started smoking when I went to do my first doordash yesterday and I came home and we have parked it since) and the longer we go without a vehicle the further behind our bills get and the more in the hole we get.

Thanks for doing this, kind Redditor and I wish you happy holidays if you celebrate! ⁰