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A playground for the old Acacia bus depot: help our neighbors in San Diego

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a playground - we need $2,400 for materials.

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Savannah F. Patel
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San Diego
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a playground. This year a group of 13 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Acacia bus depot, but no funding. We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $2,400. It will serve about 144 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. We'll hold a build day in November 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 $2,400 goes: โ€ข Materials: $1,650 โ€ข Tools hire and delivery: $320 โ€ข Safety equipment and signage: $430 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.

Updates from Savannah

  1. Update from San Diego: I made the first payment toward safety equipment and signage. We're at 27% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Quick update: $1,481 raised so far (62%). the plan for materials is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  • Yonatan Yoav Azoulay ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ยท $250

    โ€œWishing you the best. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Jerusalemโ€

  • Florian Vincent Lecomte ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ยท $200
  • Kagiso P. Williams ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยท $100

    โ€œYou got this. Thought of Savannah all day after reading this.โ€

  • Andile L. Radebe ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยท $100
  • Kumar F. Kumar ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $100
  • Ketki Parikh ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $100
  • Anna Kendrick ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $76
  • Sapna P. Walia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $75

    โ€œBe well. Hope the November deadline works out. - Maduraiโ€

  • Alberto Stefano Amato ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ยท $62
  • Hyun-woo Sung-min Hwang ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท ยท $58
  • Deborah G. Fisher ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $50

    โ€œThinking of you! - Riversideโ€

  • Eva E. Santiago ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ยท $50
  • Neil H. Galang ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ ยท $50

    โ€œHang in there. Hope the November deadline works out. - Quezon Cityโ€

  • Anonymous ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ยท $50
  • Maverick T. White ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $50
  • Nitin H. Bhavsar ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $49

    โ€œGood luck. From Pune with love.โ€

  • Pedro A. Cordero ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $48
  • Sanduni Tharushi Jayawardena ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ยท $35.50
  • Anonymous ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $34.50

    โ€œGet well soon. - Gironaโ€

  • Delphine Dupont ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยท $33

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  • More neighborhoods should do this. I have a 16 year old who wants to send good wishes too. All the best

    • keep going, Savannah. Great idea, hope you get there. Love from Vigo.

      • Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Auckland this morning. God bless

        • Sending love, Savannah. Shared this with my family. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Paris.

          $2,132.50 raised of $2,400

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