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A free library and reading room for Sycamore Primary School: help our neighbors in Nîmes

A community-led a free library and reading room at Sycamore Primary School that will serve 438 neighbors.

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Pierre Baptiste Collet
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Nîmes
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 8 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Sycamore Primary School, but no funding. We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $2,550. It will serve about 438 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. We'll hold a build day in January 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: • Materials: $1,750 • Permits and inspections: $120 • Safety equipment and signage: $270 • Tools hire and delivery: $410 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Pierre
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Pierre

  1. Quick update: $230 raised so far (9%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Takashi Daiki Masuda

    Wishing you peace. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Wish I lived closer to Los Angeles so I could bring a meal. Love from Macon.

    • Kiên Tuấn Luong

      you're not alone, Pierre. Great idea, hope you get there. Greetings from Pasig

      $525 raised of $2,550

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