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A community fridge: a volunteer-led effort in Santa Fe

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a community fridge - we need $2,100 for materials.

🇺🇸 Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States2,022 views
Ellie W. Radcliffe
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Santa Fe
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a community fridge. This year a group of 12 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Lotus Park, but no funding. We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $2,100. It will serve about 168 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in October 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. All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance. Where the $2,100 goes: • Materials: $1,500 • Permits and inspections: $140 • Tools hire and delivery: $460 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.

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  • Hang in there. Looking forward to the next update. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.

    • Hope it all works out. Great idea, hope you get there. After 15 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Santa Fe

      • hang in there. Looking forward to the next update

        • Stay strong. It takes guts to ask. Well done. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings

          • Sending good thoughts. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. God bless.

            • I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best!

              • take care, Ellie. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. It's not much but it's yours.

                • Walter Moritz JägerPhoto verified

                  Thinking of you and your family, Ellie. This could happen to any of us

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