HELLO  ABOUT 26 MONTHS AGO, I HAD  A OFF THE JOB ACCIDENT, SEVERELY INJURING MY LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT BICEP, AN INJURY THAT REQUIRED SURGERY AND EXTENDED RECOVERY TIME.  AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT I WAS WORKING  ON A LOCAL RAIL PROJECT,  AS A JOURNEYMAN  I WAS PAID TOP WAGES, ITS QHAT IVE BBEN DOING MOST MY ADULT LIFE . THAT JOURNEYMAN RATE WAS JUST OVER $50 PER HOUR , WITH OVERTIME AND WEEKEND WORK  I COULD EASELY  TAKE HOME $2500 PER WEEK. ONCE I BECAME INJURED AND UNA KE TO WORK I HAD TO GO ON STATE DISSABILITY WHICH PAID ME  JUST OVER HALF MY WORKING RATE.. THAT LASTED FOR 12 MONTHS AND I WAS APPRECIATIVE I COULD GET IT. I NEVER THIUGHT ID BE OUT OF WORK FOR 12 MONTHS, WELL 12 MONTHS TUENED INTO 24 MONTHS AND STILL I WAS NOT CLEARED TO GO BACK RO WORK . AFTER THAT FIRST TEAR THE DISSABILITY STOPPPED MY ONLY OPTION THEN WAS TO GO ON U EMPLOYMENT AND THAT PAID ME $1600 PER MONTH,  NOT EVEN WHAT I WOULD MAKE IN ONE WEEK , AND THAT ONLY LASTED 20 WEEKS AO WHEN THAT STOPPED MY LAST AND FUNAL OPTION FOR ASSISTANCE WAS DPSS AND THEY GAVE ME $450 PER MONTH. A OUT A DAYS PAY WHEN WORKING. I COLLECTED THAT AND WAS HAPPY FOR IT IT FOR ABOUT THE KAST 5-6 MONTHS AND NOW THAT HAS RAN ITS COURSE . BUT ALAS THANKFULLY I HAVE MEDICALLY CLEARED TO RETURN TO WORK.  SO AFTER 24 ODD MONTHS THAT SEEMED LIKE 24 YEARS IM FORTUNATE AND THANKFULL MY WIFE DID NOT KEAVE ME , SHE DID WHAT SHE GOOD. BUT ITS HARD TO GO FROM GOOD MONEY TO A LITTLE MONEY , FIRST THING TO GO QERE THE TWO CAR PAYMENTS COULDNT AFFORD THOSE , SOON AFTER WE WERE CORCED TO MOVE IN WITH FAMILY LIVING IN THE BWGINNG OFF CREDIT CARDS UNTILL THEY WERE MAXES OUT, I TOOK OUT LOANS UNTILL I STARTED VETTING DENIED , EVENTUALLY THE CHARGE OFFS , LATE/ MISSED PAYMENT CAUGHT UP WITH MY CREDIT SCORE. HAVING LIGTLE TO NO INCOME UNABLE TO GET CREDIT, AAVING WIPED OUT LONG AGO, AND LIVING WITH MY MONTHER IN KAW FOR ME I WAS AND IS A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW IVE ALWAYS PRIDED MYSELF ON PROVIDING FOR THOSE WHO DEPENDSS ON ME, I WORKED HARD AND FOR AS MANY HOURS I COULD A DAY AND FOR AS MANY DAYS I COULD GET A WEEK. .  I GUESS I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT OF HHIS HAPPENING BUT AOMEWHERW IN MY MIND EVEN TODAY  I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE AND FEANKLY I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE SONE TYPE OF DINNANCIAL HELP  AOME SEEVICE  SOME ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP . HAVING WORKED THE LAST 30 YEARS PAID MY TAXES . I JUST COULDNT BELIEVE HOW LITTLE SUPPORT IS ACTUALLY OUT THERE, BUT I WILL SAY TO GHISE WHO ARE IUT THERE DEVOTING THEIR GIME TO HELP OTHER I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO . SO NOW IHERE I AM IN A WELL OF A HOLE . AND THIS BRINGS ME TO WHY IM HERE. I AM CLEARED TO  WORK  ! AND ONCE I GET A CHECK OR TWO UNDER MY BELT  THINGS WILL BE HEADING IN THE Right DIRECTION . O WARD TO RECLAIMING MY Families LIFE. IT IS GONNA TAKE MANY YEARS  OR MY HITTING THE LOTTERY TO GET OUT OF DEBT BUT EVENTUALLY I WILL AND Through HARD LONG DAYS OF Work I WILL.  THROUGH ALL THIS WHAT I WAS NOT FORCED TO GIVE UP , WHAT I DID NOT LOSE, I SOLD OR PAWNED RHEN Eventually SOLD. I AM SEEKING , HOPING FOR SOME ASSISTANCE NO NOT GETTING ME OUT OF DEBT BUT Getting ME BACK TO WORK. IM BEHIND IN UNION DUES AND CAN NOT Work THROUGH THEM UNTIL MY DUES ARE CURRENT I AM $ 575 BEHIND , I NEED These PAID TO GET BACK ON THE JOB IVE BEGGED Borrowed BUT Haven't Stolen FROM E Everyone I KNOW OVER THE OAST TWO YEARS AND Frankly IVE NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN BUT TO THE COMMUNITY THE CITY THE TOWN. HERE THE PEOPLE IN MY Community WHERE I WAS Raised Here I Work , WHERE I AM PROUD TO BE. . ITS THE COMMUNITY IVE CONTRIBUTED MY LIFE RO MAKING A BETTER PLACE THAT I AM APPEALING TO, IM NOT LOOKING FOR SOME HAND OUT TO BLOW BUT A HAND UP TI PUT TO USE TO PUT ME BACK TO WORK I AM SEEKING MONEY FOR MY DYES  AND A FEW BUCKS FIR TRANSPORTATION  TILL I CAN START BRINGING HOME CHECKS ON A Study WEEKLY BASIS. I AM SEEKING HOPING RO RAISE $1000 TO FACILITATE MY GOING BACK TO WORK. ON Behalf OF MY FAMILY ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED . THANKS FOR YOUR TIME PLEASE CONSIDER.