How about opening a GoFundme link directly and asking or donations there? There is that and a couple other donation websites that one can explore and get donations from people, it is even allowed on social media too, just not on the forum.

The rule is a necessary one for me. It would open up a huge can of worms to allow threads soliciting for financial help here, it would be abused and real users might not apply for fear of overexposing their identity.

- Jay -