I'm in same situation my husband just passed away ?? an being behind in Bill's is no fun at all but missing my husband is the worst pain anyone could ever imagine ??????

I'm not sure I'd do any of them but I said I'd ask for a special collection at church. A Go Fund Me page would likely get more though. Tough question.

There's always something we can give.

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Be generous: when someone came collecting for the orphanage, I gave them my 2 kids!

where is my magic wand ....

Even Jesus once said "the poor are always with us" and mankind through the ages has been asked to give their help. Have no great ideas to offer.

We have a lot of fund raising activities in Australia to help others in need. There are so many natural disasters - always has been - including fires, drought, floods etc. Aussies are always there to lend a helping hand. We also give a lot to overseas charities. However, in recent years, we have more children living in poverty and I think it is time to bring some of the dollars into action in that area. No child should be hungry or cold or in need of student needs in the early years at least.

5 points for none of those, but I have gifted cash to friends in need. Recently I gifted $100 to a couple in my Congregation expecting a new baby boy, and I gifted $100 to a couple going to Bethel, NY to work on a building project for Jehovah's Witnesses. Not bragging, just a fact. ;-D

Even if it wasn't a close friend, I believe not enough people in the world would act on helping a total stranger if they were in need. Being a musician, id combine any and all the musical talent I have with social media platforms to organise busking performances in various cities and public places to attempt to raise money.

I helped a girlfriend out once, took ages to get money back from her, her partner finally gave it all back. She was gambling it away.

Quite good suggestions, any one would be good.

I would simply hand over $$ directly to that friend in need.

Crowdfunding websites are not meant to be used to simply get more money for yourself / someone else. Far too many stories in the newspaper these days now have a crowdfunding link for people to 'donate' to, mostly just as a greedy money-grab by scam artists via a sob story. "Wah! My cat has gone missing. Donate thousands of dollars to me" (cat turns out to be sleeping in a neighbours shed, no money returned.) 🙄 For people actually in need, there are various government fund options available (although usually fairly pitiful amounts).

tart a Crowdfund. I wonder why nobody has ever thought of doing that for me? Probably because they don't care re me at all! Today is my birthday and so far I have 2 cards for my 76th and my kitty Plummy for her 9th. Gifts? Online avatars and a certain online survey group sent me an invite for my birthday to join their group even though I ave been a member there for a decade and a half! In yesterday's eMails, I got one approving my brother Robert for a $40K USD loan! They turned me down for a $3K USD loan! BTW, Robert died of cancer on 2 May 2020- half a decade ago and more! Know my exciting thing I am ding today? It is in the 90's here and feels like 110F and I am going for my daily walk to our local park which is more than a mile away! I hope you all have better birthdays than ours!

Agree with Sheree.T and Missy Wyld,not all support is financial

Be there and support them as much as I could.

It would depend on the tragedy and what the financial help they require

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Go fund me

Go fund me

4, when friends have tragedy in their lives, its not just $$$'s they need, but peoples love and support.. so thats what I would do,.... BE THERE FOR THEM.

3pts Open a GoFundMe account

gofundme

GoFundMe plus other non-financial assistance.

GoFundMe Account to assist them.

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We would do what we could do even if it's not money mainly support

We would do what we could do even if it's not money mainly supportEdited 07-Jul-25 19:18pm

While I feel sorry for anyone who has suffered a tragedy I wouldn't help them raise money. I have never asked anyone for money so expect others to pay their own debts. There is always someone asking for money or donations and the more you give them the more they want.

4 pts

Being there, never again. Cost me too much of my life for the help. I only help my children now.

A combination of all of them then you generate funds from every where and if one is not large maybe the combo will be enough

I am in demand for my Trivia nights as they are great fundraisers. I have also held Golf Competitions, Concert Nights and special family BBQs with entertainment and fun games. People are generous and supportive if the cause is good and they are getting a memorable experience in exchange. There are people who say they should get help elsewhere but friends need to know they are loved and people care about them. YOU never know when it might be you who has faced a terrible tragedy.Edited 07-Jul-25 14:20pm

I try not to give money to charity.flat out looking after what I have to worry about.

Pending on the 'tragedy' they maybe able to access services who will supply support.

Even one needed money in life

Go Fund me has had some amazing results.

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I'd ask for a special collection at my church

2pts. I tried to give them some money if I could.

HI Black Life Matter

4 points for Prefer not to answer. Along with the other 10%.

Many people do not consider that fund raising companies charge a hefty transaction fee of approximately 2.9% plus $0.30. That equates to donations of $500 from five people being $484 in your bank account. Initially some people might say that’s not very much but many contributions are a lot larger so work out how much is actually received.

1. it depends who and why. ? Maybe even help with out the use of money.Edited 07-Jul-25 09:10am

There are websites that raise money for this, for a cut of coarse. My cause, gofundme ect.Edited 07-Jul-25 09:00am

I’d complete lots of surveys and give them all the Coles or Woolies vouchers I was earning

4 pt

Probably set up a GoFundMe account to fundraise for them. There's some generous people out there that can help even if it's small amounts.

there is plenty of help out there, the hard part is finding it, so plenty of research, you have to find the help it won't come to you, obviously you can try the old go fund me thing of which I know nothing about, but for me getting busy with the Rewardia cookbook, cooking some meals making sure they eat well maybe some house work showing someone you care is sometimes worth more than financial help

Motivate him to do something, it will keep his or her mind off of things.

1 point for a go fund me

ty again Black Lives Matter

tyvm again Black Lives Matter, have a great day..

hi, ty Angie

If I have the funds yes and no depend how much there looking for

hi Black Lives Matter,ty

I would refer them to government programs and private sector programs that are set-up to assist you - when tragedies occur in your life and you need monetary assistance on a short-term basis or long-term basis.

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This financial help is not one time issue. How much financially can you give them? I would seek help from the government as there are many organization that are willing to help.

4 points

I would ASK THEM how much they actually needed to cover whatever. I would give it to them. And, thankfully, I only have two true friends and they both wouldn't need that, lol.

I would be there and help and give whatever would be needed,as they would do the same for me,how I see it..