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Today's Kossacks on the needs list. Helping Humpday at Street Prophets [1]
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Date: 2023-09-20
Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour, the place where politics meets up with religion, science, art, and life. Come in, have a cuppa and a cookie (or three!) and join us.
Helping Humpday is the Wednesday Street Prophets Coffee Hour. It was created for us by bfitzinAR and was taken over by Dixiecollie, who also left suddenly. Now it’s njm5000 who keeps the list of Kossacks in need. Helping Humpday is still here, the place where we can show caring and offer help.
Hooray for the Kossacks who help those in need, whether with donations or recs or words of support. It takes all of that to get the job done, and Kossacks are the best at it.
I’ve had questions about the needs list, and I don’t want those to discourage anyone needing help. It takes a lot of courage for most people to come to the community and admit a need, and it signals a kind of desperation, not knowing where else to turn.
No, I don’t vet each person personally. I trust the community to monitor our own, but I list all needs unless I’m given a reason not to. The needs listed are self-reported. Use your own best judgment.
When sending via PayPal, be sure to select “Send to family/friend” to avoid fees on either end. Be aware, both donor and recipient, that GFM not only charges fees to recipients and asks donors to contribute to their organization, but also money received through that platform is treated as taxable income. You will receive a form 1099. If you are requesting help through GFM, also be aware that there can be delays in accessing the money. There has been some confusion about GFM fees. When you donate, they ask for a tip. You can decline and have no extra charge. This is not the same as the fees charged to the person raising funds. GFM will take money from the amount raised, and it isn’t voluntary.
If helping financially isn’t the right choice for you at this time, you can still help. Tip and rec the diary so it stays visible. Share on social media: Twitter, Facebook, whatever platform you use, to bring the attention of others outside our daily readers. And offer words of encouragement to people who are struggling. It can be scary to be struggling, and it can feel lonely. This can happen to any of us. Today it isn’t me in need. If it isn’t you, either, please see what you can do to help.
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