I need some suggestions! :(

I don't know where you live or if there are any around you but I work at a contract research organization that does phase 1 clinical trials for pharmaceuticals. Just by volunteering your time, usually two weekends (and some blood) they compensate you $1400 and up. I meet a lot of people doing these studies who are in between jobs, and a lot of people who even have full time jobs just looking for something extra to supplement their income. Just a suggestion. Most pharmaceutical companies do them, for ex. www.pharmamedica.com or www.anapharm.com
The only real criteria is you have to be healthy.
Good luck!

I don't have any suggestions, but I must say you are not alone. Just tonight I was talking to my neighbor who was laid off Tues, for the second time...

I don't know if you are apart of a church, but most churches you are members of have programs for people who need some assistance while trying to get back on their feet.

Good luck, and God bless.
Christy

Yesican...thats a GREAT idea...Ive never heard of that before but I looked on their websites and NOTHING even close to me!

Great info though, maybe someone else can use it!

The sites i posted were just an example. You can try to google phase 1 clinical trials to find something near you.

Have you thought of selling your unwanted items on Ebay. My husband did that for over 5 years and didnt do o bad at it. Or what about a yard sale. Now I know this would only be temp. but what about taling to some people at walmart and getting hired on partime. if you work at walmart you do get a discount card also which does help out a great deal. And if I am not mistaken you can also claim some of your unemployment benifits at the same time also.

I'll keep you in my prayers:flowerforyou: I feel your pain (well sort of, we don't have any kids to support) but my fiance's getting laid off Dec. 19th. We found out over a month ago and he's been looking for jobs on his days off and so far no luck. We're already struggling with both incomes so it's gonna be really tough without his(unemployment just doesn't cut it). :brokenheart: So we're worried about losing the house and getting behind on a lot of bills. Not sure if any of this will help but here are some of the things I've been working on to lower expenses and bills and get a little extra income(maybe it'll give ya some ideas):

First we combined our cell phone bills onto the family share plan (saves us about $100/month)
We consolidated our credit card bills (lowering total payment by $75)
We lowered our DirecTv package (only paying $50/mo as opposed to $90)
Instead of having heat on 72 we cut it down to 69 and its still comfy (I wear pajama pants to bed instead of shorts...but still comfy) That has lowered the gas bill by about $15-20 (not alot but it all adds up)
Followed the old rule of if it's yellow let it mellow (of course there has to be a time limit on that :laugh: ) if it's brown flush it down:laugh:
Make sure you're turning lights off if your not in a room,unplug cell phone chargers when not in use, unplug other items that use up electricity when they're not in use.
Called our car insurance to check and see if there were things we could remove from the policy to save money (there were a few we chose to do without for the time being)
Put a forbearance on my student loans until next Sept (can start paying again before then but just in case things get bad we're excused from the payments until then and it won't damage our credit)
We haven't done this yet but you could check into refinancing vehicle loans/mortgage loans to see if you can save there

Now...........here are some things we're doing for extra cash:
We rented a room out in our house to my fiance's brother for $400/month more income

I am doing some accounting and bill paying for one of my ownere operators (truck driver that owns his own truck....they don't get home much so sometimes they will pay someone to take care of their business for them) $100/wk + pays internet bill

I'm checking into medical billing online...my friend does that from her house and makes pretty decent money. I don't have much info on it yet but she said she does well. So I plan to look into that.

Check with restaurants, bars, diners see if they need weekend help (even if it's washing dishes money's money:drinker: )

Check to see if the mall is looking for any holiday help (same with stores such as Walmart, Target, K-mart and any store really....alot of stores pay outside help to take inventory and help through the holidays)

Babysit

walk neighborhood dogs

Start a daycare (as mentioned above)

If it were summer I would say offer to mow neighbors lawns

Clean houses for people (post a sign on telephone poles)

Check with offices nearby...see if they are looking for someone to clean their offices for them.

Offer to run errands for people.

And if I think of more I'll add em as I go. It helps me think of our situation too. Best wishes to you...keep your head up :flowerforyou: And keep the faith...pray pray and pray some more :flowerforyou:

I know this isnt a solution for long term but what about checking with UPS they usually hire near the holidays for extra delivery and truck loading people... (ok I dont know the technical term)
I will keep you in my prayers

Runners.
They hire for an extra person who runs off the truck with the package, drops it at the door, runs back to the truck. This saves time for the driver.
I had forgotten about that. Knew a guy once who did that for a season.

There's some free websits like sittercity.com to where you sign up and look for local families around you that are looking for sitters and or nannies. Also nannies4hire.com
Also if you look around there are some for secret shoppers where you go shopping or call day care centers and see if they are doing everything the way they are suppose to. Just make sure it's a good company to work with there are some that are iffy. The pay is different and usually send a check at the end of the month. I did it for awhile. It helped.
I'll try to think of more. I need some ideas for myself as well


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