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Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Side hustle shock as 'broke' Gen Z student earns $1,000 in a week: ‘Good way to make money'
A Melbourne university student has gone viral after sharing how she is making $1,000 in one week on top of her regular job by picking up odd side hustles. She's done everything from extra hospitality shifts, to letterbox drops, and even helping a girl catch out her cheating boyfriend. Ruby Corbett is hoping to travel to Singapore for a holiday with her best friend in a month, but admitted she was a 'broke uni student' and didn't want to dig into her savings to fund the trip. The 18-year-old told Yahoo Finance she decided to set herself a challenge to earn $1,000 in one week to make some extra cash. Along with selling her old iPhone with a broken screen for $150 and picking up odd hospitality shifts using the app Supp, Corbett has been using Airtasker to find tasks to help her complete her challenge. RELATED $25 side hustle trick to make $202,515: 'Life changing amount of money' Centrelink issues urgent Age Pension eligibility change warning: 'Double check' ATO issues superannuation warning for retirees over June 1 rule 'change': 'When you can access savings' 'I've done a range of things. I've done distribution of flyers on there, I've picked up items, I've put someone's bins out. I've helped someone catch their cheating boyfriend,' she said. She was paid $23 to help catch the cheating boyfriend, which she explained involved signing up to Tinder and seeing if he would match with her. She earned another $31 to take out and bring in someone's bins, $35 to deliver a parcel which was near her gym, and $120 to do letterbox the letter box drops can take a few hours to complete, Corbett said the other tasks were relatively quick to do and were the types of jobs that anyone could do. 'There's a lot of those sorts of tasks on there, like delivery tasks,' she told Yahoo Finance. In total, she has already made $785 and is on day five of the challenge. While she has two days left to go in the challenge, she expects she will hit her $1,000 goal early after she completes another round of letterbox drops. Corbett is currently completing a double degree in international relations and law, while working part-time as an office assistant for a real estate company. She also has two hospitality jobs, but does not get consistent hours for these. Corbett has been sharing videos online about her $1,000 challenge, with some Aussies sharing their surprise at how much she had earned for easy tasks. 'Are u kidding me, $30 to take out bins!' one said. Other Aussies weighed in on the easy ways they had made extra cash. 'Some guy gave me $150 to put a pile of leaves in his bin. It took me 20 minutes,' one wrote. 'Sell your clothes on Depop & FB marketplace, so worth it,' another said. 'Try Askable! It'll really help you bump up your numbers in your spare time,' a third suggested. 'I do flyers as well, I did 1500 for $150 it's really good. Ask in your local fb groups if anyone needs business cards handled out into letterboxes for a fee,' another said. Others suggested doing surveys, market research and mystery shopping, while some recommended jumping on Uber Eats or Doordash. Airtasker CEO and founder Tim Fung said it was great to see people using the platform to make extra cash. 'We love seeing people like Ruby turn to Airtasker in specific times where they want to be earning some extra cash, and rely on the flexibility of the platform to be able to complete as many or as little tasks as they like,' he said. 'It's incredible how much demand there is for everyday skills like dog walking, delivery services, resume writing, cleaning, and cooking - it's about unlocking the value of your skills, no matter how big or small." Corbett said she plans to keep using the platform to make extra cash, given that being a uni student is 'not the cheapest', when her challenge is completed. For others wanting to jump on, she said the best thing to do was to apply for as many tasks as you can to help build up positive reviews. 'The biggest thing is just apply for everything that you can do because the odds of getting everything is probably not very high,' she said. 'I think it's a very good way to get money. I found it works for me.'
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Utah launches new program to increase grief support access for bereaved children
SALT LAKE CITY () — Bereaved children in Utah will now have improved access to grief resources after a program utilizing death certificates was launched by Utah leaders Tuesday. In Utah, will lose a parent or caregiver before the age of 18-years-old. This new program seeks to provide support to bereaved children and uses death certificate data to contact caregivers and connect them with available resources. The program was created by the and the New York Life Foundation and launched with the help of Gov. Spencer Cox on Tuesday, March 18. In July 2023, optional checkboxes were added to Utah death certificates to identify if the deceased individual left behind surviving children. Since its implementation, Tracy Gruber, the executive director of Utah's Department of Health and Human Services, said that nearly 1,600 deceased individuals were known to have surviving children under 18 years old. Using the death certificate data, families will be contacted by 211 Utah service navigators after letters are mailed by Utah DHHS to protect personal privacy. These letters will let caregivers know that help is available and connect families with service navigators, whose support is made possible by $400,000 in state funds and cross-agency coordination. 'I'm proud that here in Utah, we're building pathways of support for children who suddenly lose a parent. The first step is knowing who they are. Thanks to this important effort, we can now identify these kids so their caregivers can be connected with 211 Utah service navigators—helping them access the support and resources they need during such a difficult time,' said Cox. Surviving children of a deceased parent or caregiver will then be directly connected with grief support, such as The Sharing Place. Trina Supp and her 11-year-old son have received support from The Sharing Place following the sudden passing of his father in 2022. Supp and her son said resources like this have been making a difference. 'They're a really amazing support and help and we're just really grateful,' Supp said. Through the program, the Granite School District identified bereaved children on their 2024 back-to-school forms, allowing 211 Utah to contact those families this year. Catherine Jaynes, the Children's Collaborative CEO and co-founder, said that the work has already started to expand the program to more school districts. 'Getting the current and future data of surviving children on death certificates is a big step towards helping these kids and giving them the best opportunity for success in life. Our initiative also seeks to identify and support bereaved children when the death occurred at earlier stages of their lives and for those who recently moved to Utah,' said Jaynes. 'All children navigating the tremendous hardships of parental loss should access Social Security survivor benefits and mental and emotional support.' Jaynes said that according to the Social Security Administration, a child enrolled in Social Security benefits receives around $1,100, which too often is left untouched. The Children's Collaborative was spearheaded by an earlier effort, the COVID Collaborative, which looked to offer support for those who lost a parent or caregiver during a pandemic. 'Utah is an example to the nation of what can be done to support children suffering unbelievable loss. The data show avoidable adverse outcomes for bereaved children including poverty, poor performance in school, drug and alcohol abuse. I'm grateful Utah is paving the way to intervene and stop long-term negative outcomes, helping children and families cope and grow from tragic loss,' said John Bridgeland, CEO and Co-founder of the Covid Collaborative and Co-Founder of the Children's Collaborative. Resources from Children's Collaborative for Healing and Support Download Resources from Children's Collaborative for Healing and Support Download Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
