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A playground for Freedom Primary School: help our neighbors in Knoxville
A community-led a playground at Freedom Primary School that will serve 246 neighbors.
🇺🇸 Tennessee, United States791 views
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a playground. This year a group of 29 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Freedom Primary School, but no funding.
We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $1,450, and the remaining cost is $4,500.
It will serve about 246 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. 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 $4,500 goes:
• Materials: $3,400
• Permits and inspections: $260
• Safety equipment and signage: $510
• Tools hire and delivery: $330
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
Updates from Sophie
Wanted to say thank you properly. 10% funded and the plan for materials is now scheduled.
Update from Knoxville: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 6% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us. - Sophie
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $20
- Anonymous 🇪🇹 · $110
- Mateo F. Miranda 🇬🇧 · $100
“You got this. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Belfast”
- Mulyadi Bambang Hutapea 🇮🇩 · $50
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $250
“Hope things get better. My brother told me about this one. - Uberlândia”
- Wesley C. Grant 🇬🇧 · $10
“Praying for you. Small amount but sent with love. - Aberdeen”
- Agnès Laura Masson 🇫🇷 · $17.50
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I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Love from Arlington
thinking of you and your family. Great idea, hope you get there
Take care, Sophie. It takes guts to ask. Well done
thinking of you, Sophie. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.
Hope this works out for you. Greetings from London
good luck. Great idea, hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Greensboro so I could bring a meal. God bless
Thinking of you and your family. Your post was clear and honest. Love from Wiesbaden
great idea, hope you get there. Love from Toulouse
Wishing you the best, Sophie. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Knoxville.
Good luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Johannesburg.
Thanks for sharing this, Sophie. Looking forward to the next update. Wish I lived closer to Durgapur so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Knoxville.
Good luck, Sophie. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Thinking of Knoxville
Best of luck, Sophie. More neighborhoods should do this. My neighbor in Houston donated after I showed her your page. All the best.
Sending strength, Sophie. Hope you get there. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Coimbatore.