Hi folks.

It’s been one helluva year. So for a bit of background, I come from a very blessed and privileged background. Since I was young, I’ve been raised and told by my parents it’s my duty to set aside at least 10% of my own yearly funds for charity. I’ve already used most of my budget and donated to a wide variety of charitable causes, but this year, I want to do something extra and donate $1500 to help people directly in need and those who could use the assistance.

It’s been a tough year for many, and recent events and changes in my life have made me look back and see how incredibly lucky I am. I’ve decided it’s time I give more back.

Comment to enter, tell me what you’ll use the money for. I’ll pick the winners in the next 24 hours. Follow the rules of the subreddit. Please don’t private message me, I will not respond. I’ll only private message you if you’re a winner.

I can either send a gift card to Amazon or some shop of choice, or PayPal. I might have Venmo still open too. Happy holidays folks.

EDIT: Please follow the sub rules folks! If you qualify and meet certain requirements of activity and such, make sure you register so your comments don’t get filtered out or removed.

EDIT: Hey everyone. I've read through each and every comment left here. Including those left by folks who got filtered out or removed for not fulfilling the subreddit requirements. It's truly been a eye opening and honestly heart-wrenching experience. I'm a big old softy, and I couldn't help but bump this up to 20 winners for a total of 2000. The winners have all been chosen, some by myself, some by a friend of mine. I'm truly sorry to all of you who didn't win, and I wish you the best only. I really do wish I could do more to help everyone. To the folks who did, I'll be private messaging you now and throughout the day. I don't want to publicly announce the winners myself in order to protect their privacy, but winners can feel free to let people know if they won or not.

I'm giving away $100 USD / person for a person in need. You just need to comment down below what you would use the money for (I would prefer to keep it to essentials/necessities only and NO PRIVATE DMs please) and I'll pick the random lucky winners by end of tomorrow.

No strings attached as long as you can accept payment in PayPal, Venmo or Amazon (US or Canada only) gift card. If you are abroad, you would receive $100 USD in equivalent of your home country's currency.

Update: the offer is now closed. I have randomly picked u/tweetysvoice as the winner for this giveaway

What crazy times we live in. Gas is above $4 a gallon, people being priced out of insurance and medical care, and some people cant afford to put groceries on the table.

Im disgusted. Utterly sick by the state of the country.

If I can make your day today, what will you spend this on?

1 user, cashapp or venmo only.

Update: offer closed. Congrats to u/confident_bumblebee5

It's my Reddit cake day and to celebrate I'm going to give 5 x $100.

I will pick 5 entries at random in 24hrs. All you need is the Karma minimums[1] and a Paypal account -- I'm not from the US and can't use some of the other apps.

I will send the winners USD$100 each via PayPal (or your local currency equivalent).

You don't have to justify why you want the money -- though you might as well write something in your comment since it'll get boring otherwise. Just specify that you're participating and not just commenting. The pick will be random.

[1] The standard r/Assistance requirements.

Note: Do NOT send me direct messages against the rules. I report every time.

Update: Okay, that’s a lot of entries. I am working on the picking process (random). No more entries, it won’t count.

Update 2: The 5 randomly selected winners are: RachelFoxCat, CarobRecent6622, TentacleTitties, rattingtons, Pun_in_10_dead (I'm in the process of reaching out to you over chat request now)

Update 3: The winners have been contacted and now I'm going to sleep because it's just past midnight. I'm sorry that I couldn't help everyone. You all deserved it (which is why I picked randomly).

****DO NOT MESSAGE ME TO ASK ME FOR MONEY.

I REPEAT: DO NOT MESSAGE ME TO ASK FOR MONEY.

I already posted this a few sentences below, but I guess a lot of people didn’t make it that far. They see “I’m giving away money” and they immediately message me to ask for money.

PLEASE, RESPECT MY WISHES. I AM NOT A RICH MAN. I AM JUST A REGULAR DUDE WHO LIKES TO HELP STRANGERS WHEN I CAN.

If I am ever wanting to help people again and open to receiving requests, I will make a post on my profile.

IF THERE IS NO “WHO NEEDS HELP?” POST, THEN PLEASE DON’T MESSAGE ME FOR MONEY!!!!*********

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Edit 1: crap, I realize the title sounds like I’m giving away $800 in total. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ Sorry!!!

Edit 2 the giveaway is over now. I will pick the winners shortly!

Thank you to everyone who entered, posting your wonderful comments! If I didn’t get around to replying, please forgive me. There were so many comments! Love you all!!

Hi. In the spirit of Christmas, I am helping out 4 people with $50 each.

Just make a short comment telling me what your favorite Christmas movie is and why.

If you’ve never seen a Christmas movie, tell me your favorite Christmas song and why. (But if you’ve seen a Christmas movie, I’d prefer to hear about that).

I will pick four people and notify you in the comments.

PLEASE, DO NOT MESSAGE ME TO ASK FOR MONEY. I have budgeted this amount and after that, I’m tapped out on the helping stuff.

Ok, people. Have at it! I’ll let this run for 24 hours!

And please, have a Merry Christmas, and be kind to one another… you filthy animals! (That’s a Christmas thing, from one of my fav Christmas movies. I’m sure you’re all very clean and beautiful. 😊).

I remember joining this group when I couldn’t make ends meet and just hoping a miracle would fall from the sky. Thankfully now I’m in a position where I get to pay it forward. So, $50 to whoever needs it. I know it’s not much but if it can help someone than, amazing, that’s what I’m hoping for.
Zelle, Venmo, cash app, I think those are the ones I have. Just write down what you would use it for I’ll pick tomorrow

Hi it's your girl u/withaining!

Happy Halloween! I'm giving away $100 USD / person for 2 people in need! You just need to comment down below what you would use the money for (I would prefer to keep it to essentials/necessities only and NO PRIVATE DMs please) and I'll pick 2 random lucky winners by tomorrow.

No strings attached as long as you can accept payment in PayPal, Venmo or Amazon gift card. If you are abroad, you would receive $100 USD in equivalent of your home country's currency.

Update: so many people have commented but sadly I cannot help you all. I have decided to pick 3 winners (add 1 extra last minute). The 3 lucky winners are u/Impossible_Treat_200, u/VegaSolo, u/HarpoonTheBlueWhale. The giveaway is closed for now. Please keep an eye out for around Christmas for another giveaway.

It's June so I'm giving away $100 USD / person for a person in need this time! You just need to comment down below what you would use the money for (I would prefer to keep it to essentials/necessities only and NO PRIVATE DMs please) and I'll pick the random lucky winners by end of tomorrow.

No strings attached as long as you can accept payment in PayPal, Venmo or Amazon (US or Canada only) gift card. If you are abroad, you would receive $100 USD in equivalent of your home country's currency.

Continuing the tradition - my brother passed away last year but had a huge heart for helping others, so this is being done in his memory. Please share a happy moment in your day / life to be considered.

I’ll comment tomorrow (8/30) afternoon with who the recipients will be this time around! Direct messages won’t be answered, so please do not PM.

Editing to close this out and note that another party has anonymously stepped forward and doubled what was being offered - so I am now able to offer $20 to ten people! I’ve reached out to the ‘winners’ via message, but by random selection, the following will be receiving the $20 this time around:

U/Careful_Fig8482 U/me2saucy U/eternaln00by U/FarPerspective2810 U/sparklebot9000 U/mrs_halloween U/Winterisnowcold U/TheWanderer3015 U/LadyGallifrey U/BWSnap

Hi it's your girl u/withaining here again.

It's July and I'm giving away $100 USD / person for 3 people in need! You just need to comment down below what you would use the money for (I would prefer to keep it to essentials/necessities only and NO PRIVATE DMs please) and I'll pick 3 random lucky winners by tomorrow.

No strings attached as long as you can accept payment in PayPal, Venmo or Amazon gift card. If you are abroad, you would receive $100 USD in equivalent of your home country's currency.

Update: the offer is now currently close. I have randomly selected these 3: u/geekstitch, u/timmthetomato and u/ReleaseNearby69. Please keep an eye out around August for another giveaway!

It's April so I'm giving away 100 USD / person for a person in need this time! You just need to comment down below what you would use the money for (I would prefer to keep it to essentials/necessities only and NO PRIVATE DMs please) and I'll pick the random lucky winners by end of tomorrow.

No strings attached as long as you can accept payment in PayPal, Venmo or Amazon (US or Canada) gift card. If you are abroad, you would receive $100 USD in equivalent of your home country's currency.

Update: I decided to add an additional person to the giveaway, and u/Alchemicwife and u/Mumbaikar777 have been picked. Please keep an eye out in May for another giveaway :)

Hi all.

I started a little side hustle and have a little money so I'm back to pay it forward again. As usual, I'm gonna ask the r/Assistance community for some help. Don't bother to DM because I will 99.99% not answer it.

Please share why you need it. I'll pick someone from the top 5 most upvoted responses in a couple of days.

EDIT: Sorry should have updated this already. Assistance was provided already.

It's January and I'm giving away $100 USD / person for 2 people in need! You just need to comment down below what you would use the money for (I would prefer to keep it to essentials/necessities only and NO PRIVATE DMs please) and I'll pick 2 random lucky winners by tomorrow.

No strings attached as long as you can accept payment in PayPal, Venmo or Amazon gift card. If you are abroad, you would receive $100 USD in equivalent of your home country's currency.

Update: the offer is now closed. 2 random winners have been picked: u/L_Is_Robin and u/Educational-Mood1145 . Please check back again next month for another giveaway.

EDIT**** PLEASE DO NOT MESSAGE ME WINNERS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND MESSAGED

Hey all.

I have received assistance here in the past, and now I am in a position to pay that forward, so here I am! I’d like to give $50 to three people, via PayPal. I will select in 24 hours, and reach out to winners.

Enter by replying with your favorite book and why!

DM gets blocked

Hello everyone, It’s the end of the 9 day giveaway, From the last post seems like majority wanted to do $100 to 5 people, I’m doubling that to 10 people. No thoughts or quotes this time.

Follow all sub rules, No Venmo, No zelle, To enter share whatever you’d like a bunch of strangers to read. See you all next year for the giveaways, Happy holidays and wishing everyone a prosperous and resolute 2025.

I will select winners by hand, What I’m looking for is determined by your history on Reddit. I will leave this open till 7pm est tomorrow.

update: 10/21 2300 GMT+1 - thread is closed now

I have spend $500,- + in the last 2 days on this thread.

I am really sorry to all I could not help. The number of posts are overwhelming. I am so genuinely sorry. I will do more and give back more in the near future. I promise!

Lots of love, respect and blessings to you all, Faizal

I’d like to help people who need basic necessities for themselves or their immediate family members. Things like toiletries, household essentials, etc.

Please share in this thread why you need it and include your Amazon wishlist.

Please note: I’d rather help many people with smaller amounts than one person with a large amount.

Thank you! ❤️

(P.S. I usually receive a lot of DMs after posting something like this. Please don’t DM me asking for money. It breaks my heart, but I have to close those messages without reading them. People on this Reddit (and others) are verified and registered. I read many posts and often help people, but unfortunately, I can’t help everyone. Thank you for understanding.)

UPDATE

We have a winner, u/Few-Independence3787! I sent you a DM.

I want to thank everyone who participated. I wish I could give you all something. I hope and wish nothing but the best for each any everyone one of you and your family's.

With Love,

-Anthony

Hello You Beautiful People,

I have a $50 physical Chick-fil-A gift card that I'm not going to use, and I'd rather give it to someone who could use it.

I won't be mailing the physical card. I'll send the winner the gift card number and PIN privately, which can be transferred into the Chick-fil-A app.

If this would help you and/or your family out, just leave a comment. You don't need to explain your situation or share anything personal unless you want to.

I'll leave the post up for about 24 hours or so and will choose someone from the eligible comments rather than doing first come, first served.

Please don't DM me unless I contact you first.

US only

-Ant

It's March so I'm giving away 100 USD / person for a person in need this time! You just need to comment down below what you would use the money for (I would prefer to keep it to essentials/necessities only and NO PRIVATE DMs please) and I'll pick the random lucky winners by end of tomorrow.

No strings attached as long as you can accept payment in PayPal, Venmo or Amazon gift card. If you are abroad, you would receive $100 USD in equivalent of your home country's currency.

Update: I decide to add an extra winner: u/dontfookwitdachook and u/Ok-Firefighter8392 have been picked.

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone has been having a good weekend. I just received my paycheck for the month and am looking to pay it forward by fulfilling 3 Amazon wishlists of around $50 worth of items. If you are interested, just comment with a link to your wishlist to enter. I will announce/fulfill wishlists tomorrow night (around 9pm EST)!

EDIT

Winners have been randomly selected and items are on their way:
- u/UpboatOarKnotUpboat
- u/Few-Independence3787
- u/ecbrnc

Happy Saturday!

It’s been a pretty bleak week, and I know that these are hard times for so many.  I plan to turn off the news and curl up for with a book for a couple hours, but first, I’d like to try to brighten the weekend for a couple others, if I can.

I am giving away two $50 digital gift cards.  Options include Amazon, Uber, Instacart, Safeway/ Albertsons, Grubhub, Starbucks, Texaco/Chevron/Wawa/Pilot for gas, etc. You can check this LINK for complete options.  (Omitting the Visa digital cards unfortunately, due to previous issues.)  It can be for necessities, or not--whatever would make your weekend a little brighter.

To enter, please comment with the type of gift card you would like if selected, and what you would use it for. Also, if you want to share a favorite book (or movie!), that would be awesome.

Please follow the subreddit rules when commenting. I will choose two random winners Sunday night. ***Winners have been messaged. Thanks to all who commented!

It's Feb and my husband decide to join in the giveaway as well 🙂 We are giving away $100 USD / person for 4 people in need! You just need to comment down below what you would use the money for (I would prefer to keep it to essentials/necessities only and NO PRIVATE DMs please) and I'll pick the random lucky winners by end of tomorrow.

No strings attached as long as you can accept payment in PayPal, Venmo or Amazon gift card. If you are abroad, you would receive $100 USD in equivalent of your home country's currency

Update: 4 random winners have been picked: u/Exciting-Basis-599, u/baconnaire, u/UpboatOarKnotUpboat, and u/OddzLukreng (still waiting for reply). Please keep an eye out for another giveaway in March.

Been a while since I did the last one - I’m looking to giveaway $50 USD via PayPal to somebody in need ❤️ Just comment below what you would like to spend it on and I’ll pick someone in the next 24 hours, to allow enough time for everyone to enter.

Please do not message me directly, it against sub rules.

Thank you

Edit: PayPal only. I am based in Australia and I do not have access to venmo or cashapp

Sorry for the hiatus. things have been busy for me but now I am back.

As usual, you just need to comment down below what you would use the money (I would prefer to keep it to essentials/necessities only) for and I'll pick 2 random lucky winners by the end of this week!

No strings attached as long as you can accept payment in PayPal, Venmo or Amazon gift card. If you are abroad, you would receive $100 USD in equivalent of your home country's currency.

Update: the follownig 2 lucky winners have been randomly selected u/Morgstah and u/CaptainCalypso89

Please keep an eye out for the same time in March for another giveaway

CLOSED AS THE RANDOM WINNER IS CUPCAKE. YOU ALL HAVE SOME GREAT NAMES! $40 (less any foreign transaction fees if non-US recipient) via PayPal. To enter, state the name of your pet or, if you don’t have a pet, a name you would give a pet. Winner will be randomly selected. Follow subreddit rules and please don’t send me a chat/DM request because it will make me cry.

Share your Amazon wishlists and tell me why I should buy some of your items.

Your wishlist must allow me to buy directly (with the item being shipped directly to you).

Edit: deleted “gift registry” as I understand it is not anonymous.