for those who dont know, we have started a Go Fund Me page to help @rick64 if you know his story, you will understand the need, if you dont know his story, he has posted it before, and i have cut and pasted it below. i am asking for your help and anything you can donate would be greatly appreciated. He is being deported shortly, but he has appealed, although there is limited chance for success
some posters have ask what his previous crime was, but he doesnt wish to divulge and i dont think it matters, he needs our help
I am closing the Go fund me page on monday and then working out how to get the cash to him, so there is only a short period of time where you can help.
if you have already donated, but are having second thoughts, you only have till 9.00 am monday to withdraw your donation
Hi guys, no idea where to start.
I am sorry, I left school at 15 so do not articulate very well.
In the late 80’s I split from my first wife and very young kids. I went north as a single man to find my fortune. I never saw them again.
By 2007 I was a successful businessman with a couple of homes, 3 businesses, and a new wife and a couple of step kids.
At 10.10am on the 17/05/2007 there was a knock on my office door. I opened it and my life changed forever.
I was taken away by aircraft the next day after been locked up overnight.
That day I lost everything I had worked for, my family, my friends, my homes and businesses, and the respect of anyone I had ever known. I have never seen anyone since.
Since being released from prison after 15 months I have moved from town to town never being able to settle. The prison sentence was not the real punishment, the loss of everything else was, and is.
I cannot find a job these days due to my past. I am 55 years of age and in failing health. I struggle 10hrs every day to climb up and down ladders for $30p/h as a self-employed painter.
I am ashamed of what I did. It was Illegal and immoral, and goes against every fibre in my being that came from being brought up right. When it was made clear to me by psychiatrists in prison what I had done, was when I realised how wrong it was. People were hurt by my actions.
I have struggled with depression and alcohol my entire life, but these are in now way an excuse for what I have done.
I never asked for a fund me page, and I was surprised when it appeared. If there is any money in there, I can only thank you guys. It will only be used to help with my legal endeavours to stay in the country I have known and loved my entire life. If the situation turns positive in my favour, I am sure there must be a mechanism in place to return the funds to the proper parties.
HC was my substitute family, as I had no one else, I guess that is why I am always honest with you guys on here.
I am in tears now which has become a habit recently, and am struggling to type.
Thank you all for just being there.
