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The following is the text of an email I am sending to my faculty advisors for a stipend that I think I am entitled to. As it states I have expenses this summer that I must cover including health care, transportation, and getting my son off to college.
The problem is that after I slipped into my depressive state, I cut off all communication with EVERYONE...phone, text, email, everything!...I disappeared and avoided all form of communication with anyone outside of my home...and even those in my home if possible...so I am wondering how they are going to take this email...are they going to ignore it...or are they going to try to deny me the stipend...and if they do then what do I do?
The most pressing thing right now is getting my son off to college!...he needs a shot...he needs to get his license...he need to go to orientation...he needs his first months rent...he needs, needs, needs, and I don't have any money or any place to get money for all his needs...I am so financially stressed that I don't know what to do...
sorry, I started to go off on a tangent again!...anyway...here is the text of the email...let me know what y'all think.
I am writing to inquire what I must to do to receive my XYZ stipend.
The 2011-12 academic year was very difficult for me physically,
emotionally, academically and financially. I am just now beginning to recover
from the breakdown that I had in April/May.
For the last 4 years, I have lived off $260 a month in child-support.
This year (2012) has been especially difficult and due to bad decisions on MY part
and a few unforeseen circumstances, my financial resources were completely
exhausted on May 2nd of this year when I received the last child support check.
It is for this reason, that I need to do whatever necessary to
receive the stipend for my service on the 2011-12 XYZ Board. As Mr. XXXXX knows, I did not receive the
stipend for my service on the 2010-11 XYZ Board. I was able to overlook that at
the time because I was not struggling financially as I am now. However, now I
have medical expenses and miscellaneous educational expenses that I must cover
for myself and my son who will be attending XXXX in the Fall.
Thank you in advance for your consideration and response to this
matter.
The problem is that after I slipped into my depressive state, I cut off all communication with EVERYONE...phone, text, email, everything!...I disappeared and avoided all form of communication with anyone outside of my home...and even those in my home if possible...so I am wondering how they are going to take this email...are they going to ignore it...or are they going to try to deny me the stipend...and if they do then what do I do?
The most pressing thing right now is getting my son off to college!...he needs a shot...he needs to get his license...he need to go to orientation...he needs his first months rent...he needs, needs, needs, and I don't have any money or any place to get money for all his needs...I am so financially stressed that I don't know what to do...
sorry, I started to go off on a tangent again!...anyway...here is the text of the email...let me know what y'all think.
I am writing to inquire what I must to do to receive my XYZ stipend.
The 2011-12 academic year was very difficult for me physically,
emotionally, academically and financially. I am just now beginning to recover
from the breakdown that I had in April/May.
For the last 4 years, I have lived off $260 a month in child-support.
This year (2012) has been especially difficult and due to bad decisions on MY part
and a few unforeseen circumstances, my financial resources were completely
exhausted on May 2nd of this year when I received the last child support check.
It is for this reason, that I need to do whatever necessary to
receive the stipend for my service on the 2011-12 XYZ Board. As Mr. XXXXX knows, I did not receive the
stipend for my service on the 2010-11 XYZ Board. I was able to overlook that at
the time because I was not struggling financially as I am now. However, now I
have medical expenses and miscellaneous educational expenses that I must cover
for myself and my son who will be attending XXXX in the Fall.
Thank you in advance for your consideration and response to this
matter.
ElenaNJ
i wish you luck and hope that they will respond to your letter. I bet they do have money set aside for cases such as yours. I also wish the best for your son. He does deserve a chance of course. As parents we worrry so much.
gramybear
Very well written. Let us know how everything turns out for you. And the best to your son.
ZAZAS
good luck!
meandthebeast
yep.. wishing you a lot of luck and I have my fingers crossed for you.. Let us know how it goes...
DepressedRecluse
thanks for the support guys...if I can muster the energy to log into my academic email account today, I will send it off...but like I said, I haven't logged into that account since late April/early May and I am just a little afraid to log into it. Anyway...I am going to try today...wish me luck just with sending it!!! LOL...
ElenaNJ
keeping my fingers crossd for you
DepressedRecluse
woohoo!...I sent it off! it was hard but I finally typed in my password and hit 'send'...then I promptly logged off after downloading over 100 emails to my inbox-which I haven't even looked at yet...it was hard and took about 45 minutes to an hour for me to get the courage to send it...but I am glad i sent it...once again, thanks for all the support and I'll let you know how it goes
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