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A free library and reading room: a volunteer-led effort in Las Cruces
A community-led a free library and reading room at the old Cedar bus depot that will serve 449 neighbors.
🇺🇸 88009, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States4,625 views
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 15 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Cedar bus depot, but no funding.
We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $3,150.
It will serve about 449 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. 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 $3,150 goes:
• Permits and inspections: $380
• Materials: $2,600
• Safety equipment and signage: $170
Thank you for reading my story.
- Ai
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- Maud Van der Wal 🇳🇱 · $30
“Hope things get better. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Haarlem”
- Serenity C. Marquez 🇬🇧 · $50
“Wish I could do more. Hope the March deadline works out. - Newport”
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“You got this. Thought of Ai all day after reading this. - Edmonton”
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- Federico Alessandro Santoro 🇮🇹 · $54.50
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“Keep your head up. Thought of Ai all day after reading this. - Lagos”
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wishing you the best, Ai. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Las Cruces.
Sending love, Ai. Hope you get there. Thinking of Las Cruces.
Hang in there. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Tokyo!
sending love, Ai. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Las Cruces.
so sorry you're going through this, Ai. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Tampa
Hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Rajkot so I could bring a meal.