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"Hello, my name is Terren-Lee Rogers, Im from a small town in Ontario, Canada. Last August I had my first child Rein Zander James Hamilton with my boyfriend Duncan Hamilton. We were so happy to have our son in our arms at last and be a family. Duncan actively searched for a job and was hired as a manager at Montanas re-opening in our town. Duncan had worked as a manager there for many years before corporate shut them down, he was the best man for the job no questions about it. Duncan trained in a town an hour away from home and was gone 10 hours a day 6 days a week. It was hard not having him home with us but we knew our family had the financial support we needed. Duncans job was not long lived he trained for over two months and his boss had made him so many promises only to fire him after opening their doors and having him work two 18 hour shifts in one weekend. Duncan losing his job was devastating.
We have bills we could no longer afford to pay after we pay for our rent some groceries everything and I mean everything my son needs for the month. The only income we now have is my government check from childrens aid because they are my legal guardians until I turn 21. Duncan has been actively searching for a job but it has become so difficult in our town to find a job. For the past year he has been having tests done and just recently found out he has a disc out of place at T-6 multi-level disc degeneration and spinal stenosis. I have bi-polar and Fibromyalgia so now we are both waiting to file with disability for some chance at financial stability for our son. Our monthly income is now 825$ it is a monthly cheque I receive from childrens aid society; they have been my guardians since I was 15, plus our baby bonus. Every cent of the baby bonus goes towards formula, jar food, infant medicines like Tylenol and oragel he already has 7 teeth! They grow too fast! Diapers, wipes, clothes and anything else he may need that month. Our rent is $784.14 a month (it just went up a certain percent because we’ve lived here over a year) Unexpected yearly fees were added to a maxed out 2000$ credit card, collection agencies are calling for a $400 credit card, we have another $1000 credit card, we’ve cancelled our cable but owe well over 200$ for it. We have a $200 cell phone bill ( we are in the process of downgrading our phones so we can pay less, we do need our cell phones in case of emergency and to be able to keep in contact at all times but with the phones we have you must have a 50$ plan). Duncan had his car repossessed years ago because Montanas shut down years before, he is still paying monthly fees of 125$ currently owing $5,500 still, he now has to pay 265$ towards his student loan every month (which is $26,000). I just cant believe we are in this spot right now… there is no way we could ever pay these bills with our income and disability could take up to 6 months for our applications to be filled out and processed.
I appreciate you taking the time to read this, please if there is anyone who can help us in this hard time it would be the greatest blessing. Im so sorry to beg for someone to help me but I must do everything I possibly can to help support my family and I feel like this is my last resort. Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to read what I have had to say. "
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