Dear Mr. Warren E. Buffett:

I really don?t expect you to get this letter because I know a lot of people try to write to you so this letter
is directed to the person who is reading it. I?m not looking for a hand out. ljust want some help to get
back on my feet. I?m unemployed and looking for a job. I?ve been looking for a while and it?s really hard
to find one especially when you get my age (55 years old). The problem is that no one want to hire you
when you start to get older. But your bills are still goWgTo come in with or without a job. The bills don?t
care, they?re still going to show up. I'm not looking for a lot of money, ljust want enough to keep the bill
collectors off my back while I'm looking for work. I'm sure it would help could drive
farther to look for work but I don't own one. I do have my driver?s license, just not a car. I would even be
willing to take the money as a loan.

I?d be so glad to get it that I?d be more then happy to pay it back.

If you didn?t want it back then you could either tell me where I could send it to help out someone else or
I could just give it to someone else to help them out.

received money from a person which helped me got of trouble then I see no reason that I shouldn?t
do the same for someone else.

That seems to be the problem. Nobody wants to give or loan money to help out the individual person. I
know there?s lots of money given to other things (as well as it should be) but it seems that no one cares
about the individual person. The person looking for work or trying to make ends meet for his family.

I know one thing. If I have enough funds to help out others, I plan on doing it. It's hard out here with no
job and even harder trying to find one. I can understand if a person is lazy and not trying his best but for
the ones like me who are, we just need a chance. I always said that ifl could just get one shot I would
make the best of it and then help out other individuals. Well, as many as I could.

I know how tough it is. Me being an only child I took care of my mom at home untill she passed away.

I was laid off from my job right around the time that my mom started to get sick. Instead of looking for
anotherjob, I decided to stay home and take care of my mom.

When she was in the hospital asked our family doctor to give me permission to stay in the same room
with her untill she was discharged. She was really sick and I told our doctor that when she was
discharged that I didn?t want her to go into a home I wanted her to come home with me so I could take
care of her. And I did just that untill she passed away just 3 days before Christmas.

That?s one holiday that?s not the same for me now every year. I was holding her hand next to her bed
when she passed. It was 1:10 am on Friday morning. I even went to the funeral home and washed her
hairjust like she did for her mother (my grandmother) when she passed away. It was hard but I did it.
I?m sure my mom would have wanted it that way.

She died from pancreatic cancer. My dad was a very physically abusive person towards my mom when 
was growing up and so that was pa rt of what caused my mom to have this.

Well like I had said, I?m not interested in a lot of money ljust would like to have some funds to help me
out untill I got a job and if you want me to pay it back, that?s fine by me. If you don?t want me to pay it
back then I?ll help someone else outjust like you helped out me. Returning the favor is a good thing.

If only more people would do that once they receive help. Just think if everybody who received financial
help gave it back to the next person how much better it would be for everybody, and notjust in the U.S.
but the whole world. Well it?s a good dream but it?s my point. Well thank you for taking the time to read
my letter and whatever financial help you could give me would be greatly appreciated.