Hands-on laborElderly care
A day in the garden: help Shawn in Reading
Shawn, 74, can no longer manage the yard after a storm; we're looking for helpers with chainsaws and rakes.
🇺🇸 Reading, Pennsylvania, United States623 views
I'm 74 and I have lived in this house in Reading for 20 years. After the storm in March, two large branches and a fallen fence have blocked the back door and the garden path. I can no longer manage them myself because of arthritis.
The council has told me it will be twelve weeks before they can send someone. I'd feel much safer if it were cleared sooner.
Help needed: a small team to cut, stack and carry away branches. I'll provide tea, sandwiches and the green waste bags. A few hours will do.
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- effort
- 3–5 hours
- format
- In person in Reading
- skills
- chainsaw, gardening, hauling
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- Athumani Waweru Athumani 🇹🇿
i live about 19 km from Reading. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Flexible on timing.
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Hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of Reading.
Gave what I could, wish it was more. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from Bacoor.
Hang in there, Shawn. Looking forward to the next update. Take care.