Blessing Box Project

Leave what you can, take what you need. #feedthelowcountry #kindnessarmy #mutualaid #foodinsecurity

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All it takes is :
* one unexpected bill📃~
* one fender bender🚙💥🚗~
* one lay-off 📊~
* one house fire 🏠🔥 , etc.

BE THANKFUL, BE KIND, GIVE WHEN YOU CAN ❤

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You are a single parent with one child. You work full time for $14.00 hr. You bring home roughly $800.00 per paycheck (bi-weekly).

Your bills:
$1,000.00 / rent
$150 .00 / electrical
$250 .00 / car payment
$150 .00 / car insurance

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You call your car insurance, who says your deductible is $1,000.00 ~ AND ~ they’re going to increase your monthly rate since you’re now “high risk .”

You call the homeless shelter as a last resort & all their beds are full.

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When you get back to your car you see that your back window has been smashed & someone helped themselves to your belongings. Remember that it is December & really cold. Now you have damage to your only shelter.

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As if this isn’t devastating enough, you lose your job too. (Because “an employee losing their child reflects poorly on this company .”)

So now, you apply for an apartment with the region where the waiting list is 3-7 years. Then you go into Wal-Mart to put in an application.

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You pay to shower at local truck stops & eat whatever can be cooked in a gas station microwave. Someone sees you & your son living like this & calls C.P.S.

They remove your child from your care.

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So, now you’re living in your car with your 7 year old & everything you need to get by.

You tried to get a storage unit, but you don’t have a billing address so they won’t sell one to you. So you could only take what would fit in your backseat.

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You’ve never been a criminal, but you’re looking at $1300 to move in, after paying the deposit & first month’s rent.

Time’s up ....
Landlord shows up at 7am with the police & changes your locks.

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So now you’re in court crying to a judge & you have 10 days to get out.

Well you’re in luck, because you found somewhere with 3 days to spare & it’s only $650.00 a month!
But to get in, you must pass a background & credit check, which you can’t do because you just got evicted.

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Now, it’s a really cold December and you get a power bill for $600 .00. How do you pay that?
To put it simply, you don’t. Because you can’t.

So your power gets shut off. But you know what your lease says? It says you get evicted if your utilities are terminated.

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So let’s do the math:
You bring home about $1,600 .00 a month & your bills average about $1,550.00 (give or take).

You’re making it, but barely. This doesn't include groceries, child care, internet, cable, cell phone, etc.

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I paint way too good to be struggling. Please share my work. I’m self-taught with no art degree!

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