What does our world look like when a few of us are freed from student loan debt by the generosity of others and then we pay that forward for life? With your donation at https://www.gofundme.com/debt-free-2019-vs-law-grad-school-student-loans we will find out together!
Our story begins in 2002 where I had no debt and began borrowing money first for a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina which I finished in 2006 followed by a master's degree completed in 2012 at the University of South Florida in Tampa. My wife began the same journey in 2003 with her bachelor's degree from Boston University followed by finishing law school in 2012 at Stetson in Saint Petersburg. We both took every scholarship and worked multiple jobs to minimize the amount we needed to borrow.
17 years later we have made $100,000+ in payments with no end in sight as our balance today is $193,493. Our minimum payment is $2039.40 a month with the United States government receiving the majority of that as interest. At this rate, our children will be finished with college before we have paid off our own loans.
How many others are in the same situation as us or worse?
Can we give everyone else hope by successfully funding this? So far on GoFundMe, not one campaign appears to have been successful in paying off a large amount of student loan debt. With one example, we give everyone else hope and more ...
What if a way out for all of us is as easy as building momentum in helping each other?
Imagine my family having $2000 a month to help others pay off their debt instead of paying it on our loans. Imagine those we help paying it forward to help others. In 10 years, we imagine giving $250,000 to help others pay off their student loans and feel immense joy when we compare this future to making the same payments on our own loans.
With just a single donation, our collective effort to free even one family from student loan debt can have a massive impact on all of our finances as that family pays it forward gratefully to more families in the same situation. We have a dream that one day we will WIN THE GAME OF MONEY TOGETHER instead of competing! We ask for your help today to be the Divine Intervention in our student loan debt so that we may pay that forward to others and free as many of us as possible from a lifetime burden of student loan debt!
Will you help us be debt free in 2019 by making a donation at https://www.gofundme.com/debt-free-2019-vs-law-grad-school-student-loans to eliminate our student loan debt because we consistently feel wonderful and financially free when we give to others? Your donations will all go towards paying down our student loans and we will provide consistent updates every month showing the payments on all of our social media channels!
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Thank you for joining us here today! We trust you will help us spread the word about our campaign on social media and enjoy living in the world you help create free from student loan debt!
Jerry Banfield and Family
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