Mike Vaughn, in need, thank you.

Hello, it’s been a while, I know. I’m in New Orleans fighting the VA for disability due to my back. I had two recorded injuries while I was in the Navy, yet they’ve kept fighting me on service connection. But I have them cornered now — they’ve admitted that at least 10% is service-connected. It’s just a matter of getting them to admit it’s far more than that 10%, which could take another two, maybe three years.

In the meantime, my van has died — the van that they firced me to have to start living in as of November 2019. I haven’t been able to hold a regular job; I’m not reliable anymore because of my back issues. I have managed to keep myself fed and gas in the tank, with help from Shannon and a few friends who’ve been patient in letting me work when I can.

Please keep in mind that this organization charges fees on donations. Shannon has been incredibly helpful over the years!

My current goal is $11,000, because I have a friend with a vehicle in excellent mechanical shape that I know it’ll serve me well. I currently have $3,000 saved, thanks to summer apartment turnovers for college kids. That’s not enough for something reliable yet, but I’ll work with whatever you all can help me with.

So to receive the funds for the vehicle/home I need a bank account to transfer the funds to. In the neighborhood that I park my van there's no banks, in the neighborhood that the vast majority of my work is in there were three. After my first two attempts and having no success due to my residency issues I knew what the response was going to be at the JP Morgan & Chase!!! But low and behold that very day a brand new local bank was opening up in the long empty capital one bank building the new NOLA Bank. Yes brand new first and only branch im there first and only costumer. So I give them a try and they are cool they happily set me up even knowing that it's strictly to receive these funds because my finances fluctuate way to much to maintain an account ! So the second day I stop by to get a routing number, I leave the bank in a taxi heading to the BVA when the bank calls me and tells me the facility does not have everything functioning yet to receive that transfer that theres a second set of routing/account numbers that have to be entered in to receive the funds. Well GiveSendGo doesn't have a second set of boxes to enter in the corporations server routing/account number in order to get it to my account at the first and only franchise . This is where my biggest costumer friend and benefactor Thomas Bayer comes into play , being that I have a deal on a vehicle/home made that is time sensitive and this is creating issues he offered to have the funds routed to one of his accounts so that he can just give me the funds coming that will inevitably reimburse his account ! He owes me two thousand any way from an apartment refurbish I did for him this summer when my van died. So it was easy enough for him to cut me a check for the two and the givesendgo amount at the same time !

Thank you, and love,

Michael Vaughn