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A community garden for Pioneer Park: help our neighbors in Laredo
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a community garden - we need $2,650 for materials.
🇺🇸 Laredo, Texas, United States3,376 views
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a community garden. This year a group of 27 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Pioneer Park, but no funding.
We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $2,650.
It will serve about 548 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in September 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 $2,650 goes:
• Materials: $1,850
• Permits and inspections: $115
• Safety equipment and signage: $420
• Tools hire and delivery: $265
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Matthew
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stay strong, Matthew. This could happen to any of us. Take care.
Wishing you peace, Matthew. More neighborhoods should do this. I hope September is when things finally get easier. Take care.
Good luck. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Laredo.
this could happen to any of us. Thinking of Laredo
Thinking of you, Matthew. This could happen to any of us. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
thinking of you, Matthew. Hope this works out for you.