Begger's Banquet - The State of Cyberbegging

I flirted with the very questionable concept of putting a little “Donate Now” button on this page ala the Save Karyn site (the woman who famously raised 20k in donations in 20 weeks) or the woman who reportedly asked for enough funds to get a boob job (a task she accomplished).

But you know, I got myself into this mess and it’s up to me to get myself out. If you are feeling charitable, just click on one of the ads on this page, forward my blog to a friend, or just leave a comment (make it a nice one while you're at it).

But others, who are in much more desperate situations than I (home foreclosures, job losses, life or death surgeries), have hit the crossroads of desperation and have made a call out to the cyber community for any and all financial assistance. There are a variety of sites that list these requests for help (plus a countless amount of individual cyberbegging sites). When perusing the pleads you really get the feeling that you’re rubber necking on the head-on collisions of people’s lives. If you feel like donating or just getting your depression on, check out these sites:

• Cyber Beg – which boasts $21,809.27 donated to it's users so far.
• DonateMoney2Me - includes categories such as Medical Help, Families, Debt Help and Single Parents.
  
• Begslist - that covers donations, needs and “unusual requests”
  
• Send Me A Dollar -
  Simply asking people to send one dollar to a PO Box. Plus they have a Rate the Begger section with a collection of cyberbegging sites.
  

Now I'm gonna go into a dark corner somewhere and cry.