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Army Veteran Ryan requested a Supply Crate because he's had a pretty tough time after his service, and he and his family lost many of their belongings to Hurricane Helene. "My 8 years of active duty service (1 deployment overseas) ended July of 2024. Immediately following my final ETS date, the company i had signed with 6 months prior notified me that they had lost the contract and would not be hiring me. I was directed to search for jobs elsewhere as my signed offer letter was no longer valid. My prior-service disabled Vet wife, myself and our two young boys (now 5 and 1) were forced to live off of her disability check of roughly 1300 a month and our savings as I looked for work. This was doable for a short period until Hurricane Helene hit. The storm demolished the town of Augusta Georgia (where we were living following my ets at Fort Gordon/Eisenhower), the home we had purchased when we first arrived to that duty station in January 2020, most of our belongings, and any savings we had retained. Forced to evacuate with very little, my family was taken in by a prior-service vet that I had served with at the beginning of my career... We lost 99% of our belongings, all of our gaming systems, accessories etc. Aside from clothes, (and the things our children needed) we had manage to save both mine and my wife's gaming pcs. Unfortunately, both have since succumbed to damage received and time. One of the rare(at the time) moments I shared and vented to my friends, two of them spent several hours convincing me to apply here for aid given my family's situation. While we are recovering and paying off debts, it will still be months if not a few years before we can afford to rebuild any part of our gaming gear/collection. I understand our situation is vastly different than those of my brothers and sisters you all have helped overseas, and I just want to thank you for reading this far. I know it was a dry read but its been very difficult for me to explain all this. Not only was it a dark time, I've been dealing with all of my service-connected issues without aid because of the situation. Thank you again for reading and listening." Shout out to @kaimeriss for supporting Ryan's Supply Crate through fundraising! stackup.org/post/supply-crat…