<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19717544</id><updated>2011-12-13T19:55:19.365-08:00</updated><title type='text'>philanthropists wanted</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://philanthropists.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19717544/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://philanthropists.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09656871037566279463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19717544.post-113413063286091813</id><published>2005-12-09T03:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-10T01:57:58.626-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Philanthropists Wanted</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2608/1957/1600/IMG_0572.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;CAN YOU SPARE A DOLLAR?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;Are there any generous people out there who can help me to get myself out of debt and start rebuilding for my old age? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;I have worked really hard for thirty years, while raising three children and three grandchildren - only to lose all the assets I had worked for when my husband of thirty years had a mid-life crisis and went off with the office girl, taking all the money with him. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;Four years on, I have managed to overcome the resulting deep depression without resorting to anti-depressants or therapy, but although I managed to continue studying and working part-time, I now find myself in debt of $25,000.00 with deadlines to pay it back and high interest rates compounding the problem.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;Living in a country town with very limited work available, I have applied for positions ranging from call centre operator to security officer, sent out hundreds of job applications, and attended countless interviews. Because I can't raise the money to move back to my home town where there are more job opportunities, I am really struggling financially and don't have any more ideas on how to fix the problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;Obviously there are millions of people in much worse conditions and with far more important issues than mine - and I am so lucky by comparison to many, but I am hoping that by "asking the universe" for help, the answers may be given to me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;When I had a good job and secure income, I helped many, many people - both financially and morally, and never saw myself as being someone who needed help. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;If its' really true that "what g&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;oes around, comes around" as the saying is, then I hope that this cry for help is heard at this time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;Mail Address is : PO Box 128 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;                           P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;atterson Lakes, 3197 Australia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"&gt;"Expecting life to treat you well, just because you're a good person, is like expecting an angry bull not to charge, just because you're a vegetarian!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19717544-113413063286091813?l=philanthropists.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://philanthropists.blogspot.com/feeds/113413063286091813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19717544&amp;postID=113413063286091813' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19717544/posts/default/113413063286091813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19717544/posts/default/113413063286091813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://philanthropists.blogspot.com/2005/12/philanthropists-wanted.html' title='Philanthropists Wanted'/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09656871037566279463</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
