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How would you help an orphan?

How can I help a 21 year old orphan in Columbus Ohio?

  • We recently found out that our wonderful babysitter has been an orphan since she was 14 years old. She has been out of the system and supporting herself since she was 18. She has a car, an apartment, and is attending the local community college but she is struggling to make ends meet. Are there any government programs? Are there any foundations? Scholarship programs? etc... Thank you so much!!!!

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    Go to fastweb.com It is a site that compiles scholarships and tells you which ones you're eligible for once you fill out a questionnaire. Then help her apply for those scholarships. Some of them require her to write an essay -- proofread these for her. Rather than giving her a handout, help her learn how to do things by herself. Teach her things that you've learned along the way. Be her friend and her mentor. But for the love of god, don't try to be her mother. I was orphaned at a young age and hated it when people tried to replace one of my parents. Nobody else can fill those shoes.

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She is an adult now. You may be able to find through the college of some ways to bless her or/and other girls like her. She is an adult and you do not want her to know that you are helping her. That is commendable but it could be a deeper experience perhaps if you talk to her and arrange a monthly check or a small account at a local bank, or even paying her triple when she babysits for you. Maybe your family and this girl are suppose to have a deeper relationship. Where does she spend holidays? Could you be a family for her?

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either give her more money for babysitting, or just give her a gift of the money. any charity or foundation you might contribute to won't give anything to her, specifically.

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