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A community fridge: a volunteer-led effort in Bristol
A community-led a community fridge at the Pioneer health centre yard that will serve 463 neighbors.
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For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a community fridge. This year a group of 18 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Pioneer health centre yard, but no funding.
We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $890, and the remaining cost is $2,550.
It will serve about 463 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. We'll hold a build day in March and everyone is invited.
We're a small team, and every dollar will be spent in the open - I'll post receipts and progress photos.
Funds are spent only on materials, permits and safety equipment; all labor is volunteered.
Where the $2,550 goes:
• Permits and inspections: $220
• Tools hire and delivery: $430
• Materials: $1,900
Thank you so much.
- Isla
Updates from Isla
17% there. I made the first payment toward permits and inspections. Thank you. - Isla
16% there. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Thank you.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 8% funded and we've started the first stage. - Isla
- Victoria Janet Boateng 🇬🇭 · $100
“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Isla all day after reading this. - Cape Coast”
- Adalynn D. Booker 🇺🇸 · $75
- Craig R. Alvarez 🇺🇸 · $66
“Keep your head up. Thought of Isla all day after reading this. - San Diego”
- Salma Reem Nasser 🇸🇦 · $50
- Benjamin Papa Antwi 🇬🇭 · $50
- Nuwan Gayan Yapa 🇱🇰 · $50
“Hope this helps! - Galle”
- Christian Stefano Barbieri 🇮🇹 · $47
- Hannah Emilia Busch 🇩🇪 · $30
- Bola Ngozika Obi 🇳🇬 · $25
- Juan S. Soriano 🇵🇭 · $25
- Manuel C. Díaz 🇨🇴 · $25
- Sebastian Smith 🇺🇸 · $25
- Shirley Owens 🇦🇺 · $25
- Hailey Wells 🇬🇧 · $23
“Be well. Hope the March deadline works out. - Birmingham”
- Cris E. Rivera 🇺🇸 · $20
- Doris Miller 🇺🇸 · $20
- Leah R. Bishop 🇺🇸 · $20
“Hope it all works out. Gave what I could this week. - Miami”
- Inès Émilie Marchand 🇲🇦 · $20
- Eri Kumiko Ando 🇯🇵 · $20
- Adriana J. Robles 🇺🇸 · $20
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So sorry you're going through this. Shared this with my family. Don't give up.
hope it all works out, Isla. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.