# On being homeless **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2024, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-homeless/1009339 "2024-10-28T07:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 72
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-homeless/1009339/72 "2024-12-28T01:45:21Z")
I didn’t see a link to the GoFundMe thread, so here it is. > [@Help a longtime Doper whose home was destroyed by fire on Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-longtime-doper-whose-home-was-destroyed-by-fire-on-christmas/1012246): > > In another thread, for the Secret Santa gift exchange, I learned that one of our participants, Czarcasm and his family, lost their home in a fire on Christmas Day. In messages with him I learned that someone else in their city of Portland has set up a GoFundMe to help but he was reluctant to talk of it because he had recently set up another GFM that was posted on the SDMB, for help to a Portland food pantry that had been robbed. Along with the moderators we have received permission from Czarc… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-homeless/1009339)._