(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Community Needs List 8.5.26 [1] ['Greg Dworkin', 'Miles Estrelle', 'Bill In Portland Maine', 'Sabrina Haake'] Date: 2026-08-05 Community Needs List 8.5.26 🐶 Fundraisers who want to be on the list: kosmail njm5000. 🐱 • Living on the financial edge—need help? Check out 211 (via phone or online) for local help, before your next emergency. • As always, fundraisers are free to post a brief ask and donation links as a reply to the List. • Choose Friends and Family, when donating through PayPal, so no fees are charged. Housing and Living Expense Fundraisers and Other Links CyberMindGrrl—is training in a new field, since so much work has been lost to AI, and could use some help rn. Details in the diary and GoFundMe. Donate here: Help Brianna Stay Housed and Start a New Career or at PayPal • Goal is $5,000 • $ 625 1145± raised to date. (this week: $520 new, primarily from family + 1 check from a kind kossack. 😊) *CrystalHR—recently lost some income and transportation and needs some help rn. Details here: Well…this isn’t the diary I wanted to write. “Goal amount is 95$ for Registration, 100$ for two months of insurance, maybe 50 for gas, and breaks on Gertrude are 800.” Goal is: $1045 • 50± raised to date • Venmo: @HRCrystal • Cash App: $HelenRCrystal • Zelle: kosmail for info. MurielVieuxThePoet–May need help with rent due mid–month. Paypal.me/murielvieux tonyahky—needs help to get through the next few months. She’s had to cut daughter’s classes… Diary: After a rough year, I could use some help • Goal is $15,000 • $ 6295 6595 6895 7205 7235 7535 7835 raised to date. • GoFundMe: Support for a Family in Crisis • PayPal: tonyahky (at) dmx (dot) com FarWestGirl—$ 1500 9 50 9 25 9 15 8 37 797± is needed for the rv repairs, (fridge repair & water heater replacement, DMV fees, towing to a new park on the first , etc) + a new Vet bill. 🐱 • Reluctant assistance request • Wild read that concludes with “The most pressing need is the $3K for…” the car battery. • PayPal… ping-pita-5765 at opayq dot com *Jp64gr—has a new diary: I’m not well; anxiety has been very high all day. Scary. Please read! with an unexpected problem • HELP: Pain. Anxiety. Hope. On going health issues and a looming tax bill of $1473, due 8.13 • http://spot.fund/… • PayPal: sugarcookie64909 (at) outlook (dot) com • $ 1358 1258 588 558 518 458 $348+ still needed before 8.13. mayim—has a new GoFundMe: Every Bit Helps: Aid for Job Search and Health • From mayim: “A couple recent ER visits have made life even more desperate than it was (dratted U.S. healthcare system!).” • Goal is $3300 • $ 505 85 5 1080 1180 1580 1780 1900 2041 2066 2407 2617 raised on GFM. • https://www.gofundme.com/… • PayPal: larbstah [at] gmail [dot] com morgansmom—8.5 Update: “…received $90 last week…” • “for August I will need…$665 for human & pet food plus car parts.” • Paypal: Pamela Becker / email: wingednag AT gmail DOT com 2thanks—May we please be your starfish? Please help my lovely wife and me pay for her medical treatments. You could use PayPal (click “Friend”), Venmo, or CashApp. For Amazon gift card or snail mail, send me a kosmail or email for our details. …Current total is $6242 toward our $12,000 goal. …If you’ve sent us a gift, we bow deeply in gratitude. Namaste with 💙, 2thanks *PeterHug—Update: Needs about $215 by 8.9 for expenses (gas, tolls, car insurance renewal), so he can make the trip to his client’s on 8.10. A cushion is clearly needed, til the billings & payments become more normalized.• Working on resolving computer problems has severely limited earnings lately • UpdateRequest for help! – UPDATE 2 – TO THANK EVERYONE – Events over the weekend and my current situation. • Current need: $215 • PayPal peter [dot] hug [at] rinucleus [dot] com• Venmo is [at] Peter-Hug-2 Falcon Hawke—Reluctantly Asking For Help… • Starting A Biz, Still In The Truck, Could Use A Bit Of Help… • falconhawkdesign.etsy.com • 1799 1999± raised to date. Apple Pay, Zelle, Cash App, Venmo, and PayPal. PayPal and all apps are celtichart1 (at) aol (dot) com. An old GoFundMe is at www.gofundme.com/… Darrell Lucus—We’re moving to Michigan this fall–and recent events underscore why we need help • Donate here: GoFundMe, and if you can, get a paid subscription to my Substack as well. Goal is $ 6,000 . $2830 raised to date. Toro blanco has a request in his diary. Just below the break, he asks for contributions to his Ko-fi to help meet his monthly mortgage payments. He’d like $2000 • 360 raised • He’s currently looking for a second job. Rule of Claw—is supporting his disabled family members while also disabled himself. He’s having some health issues currently and the income from his newsletter isn’t adequate to cover everything the family needs. 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