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A playground: a volunteer-led effort in Laval

A community-led a playground at the Unity health centre yard that will serve 156 neighbors.

🇨🇦 Quebec, Canada1,954 views
Miles Beck
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Laval
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a playground. This year a group of 17 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Unity health centre yard, but no funding. We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $550, and the remaining cost is $2,350. It will serve about 156 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. We'll hold a build day in June 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 $2,350 goes: • Materials: $1,200 • Permits and inspections: $370 • Safety equipment and signage: $450 • Tools hire and delivery: $330 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen. - Miles
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Updates from Miles

  1. Update from Laval: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 29% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Be well. Thought of Miles all day after reading this. - Lagos”

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  • Sem Luuk SmitQuestion

    can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Laval.

    • Krishnan K. Shetty

      Hope it all works out, Miles. Shared it with a few friends. My neighbor in Thane donated after I showed her your page. All the best.

      • Benjamin Manu

        Sending strength, Miles. Shared it with a few friends.

        • Fe W. Enriquez

          thanks for sharing this, Miles. Hope you get there. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.

          • Adriana Letícia Soares

            everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Udaipur so I could bring a meal. Love from Melbourne.

            • Parker WestQuestion

              how is Miles doing now?

              • Lydia K. Hart

                Hang in there, Miles. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't give up.

                • Silas Long

                  Rooting for you, Miles. More neighborhoods should do this. Take care

                  • Roman T. Sanders

                    You're not alone, Miles. Shared it with a few friends. Please keep us posted. Love from Nashik.

                    • Chioma Damilola Alabi

                      stay strong, Miles. It takes guts to ask. Well done

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