Any donation of $20 or more will receive a signed print of one of my outdoor collection photos.

Thank you

Hi everyone and welcome. My name is Stev and you're probably wondering why I'm asking for money.

Call this cyber-begging, web panhandling, cyber panhandling, etc if you like. But I do have a plan for using any money collected wisely.

Like many people I've been just barely holding my own, living an honest life. Not screwing people over. And unfortunately for the last few years like many people I've been either underemployed or unemployed. And since the economy has been so bad, it's been difficult finding steady work. Or at least steady work that pays enough to survive on. I was fortunate to have found work from time to time either part-time or full-time(at a much lower pay, I might add.) Unfortunately the money coming in has not been enough to keep things going.

After examining my life I found out (surprisingly) that by no means have I been living an extravagant or expensive lifestyle. I honestly would like to, but have no plans to do so. I've combined my resources, I share rent and household expenses, I have a prepaid cell phone. Just upgraded to a pay-as-you-go service that I found that was less expensive then my previous plan. I gave up internet gaming (at least gave up the pay gaming.) I have agreed to help and share internet and other services with family members to keep my own costs down. And over the last few years I've learned to recycle a lot.

That's where asking for the money comes in.

A few years ago I started saving for a house. It was supposed to be a solar/energy efficient/low carbon footprint project. But I've had to give up on that dream (at least for now). I do plan to resume saving for and building the house once I can fund it. That's where this site comes in. If anyone is willing to donate money toward this project or to help someone that has been trying to get out from under debt please feel free to donate.

Now you're probably wondering what you'll get for donating. I can honestly say beyond the good feeling of helping someone, not much. I will extend a heartfelt thanks and my appreciation, maybe even a signed outdoor picture. Since I'm always taking photos. But the minimum donation would have to be $20 for that.

I am an experienced outdoor photographer and have been selling some of my artwork to sustain myself. But things for that have even slowed.

So let me re-iterate what you'll receive if you decide to help is:

- My heartfelt thanks and a message from me about that thanks. (emailed.)
- Possibly a signed nature picture (11x14 without frame) I'll let you choose the picture from a list of them, if you like but only for a donation of over $20.
- If the donation is large enough (over $100) I would be willing to place your logo and company link onto my site for 1 year.*

I will however offer a little control for some who wish to donate. Anyone wishing to stipulate what the money may be used for. But I must limit the choices for use to the following list.

Building/maintaining the solar house project:

- Pay off my debt (I'm already underway on this one, but it couldn't hurt)
- Use it however way I see necessary (Bills, insurance, car payment, mortgage, etc...)
- Use it to party with. (Not really. I'd rather do something practical with it.)
- Use it for a trip. (I've always wanted to travel around the world. And will someday. I'd rather build the solar house)

Now that you've heard my story I hope you will be willing to donate and help me build my dream. And possiblely someone else's dream as well. Recently a longtime friend of mine was in a position of being unemployed for an extended time and I think a solar house that they could live in would make a great present for them. Also in the process maybe help a little toward saving the Earth and possibly help stave off global climate change (a.k.a. Global warming)

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To Donate to my project please click here:

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Thank you

If you want to check out my original solar house site please visit.

WWW.SOLARSTUNT.COM

*Availability of links may be subject to my hosting terms of my service. I cannot/will not openly link to adult, pornographic, warez, or gambling sites, or display pornographic or disturbing images that promote hate or any that may be offensive or cause distress. Doing so would violate my terms of service. However a standard logo graphic may be displayed dor most who donate. Standard graphic size will be no larger then 400x400 pixels. Smaller graphics of 150x150 pixels may be placed on the from page of the site.