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A playground for the old Pioneer bus depot: help our neighbors in Duque de Caxias
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a playground - we need $200 for materials.
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For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a playground. This year a group of 23 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Pioneer bus depot, but no funding.
We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $200.
It will serve about 123 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in October 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 $200 goes:
• Permits and inspections: $40
• Tools hire and delivery: $95
• Safety equipment and signage: $65
Thanks for reading all this.
- Lucas
Updates from Lucas
We're at 35% thanks to 5 of you. the plan for safety equipment and signage is now scheduled. More news soon. - Lucas
Thank you all. We're at 25% now ($50). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward tools hire and delivery.
- Tammy Bowers 🇳🇿 · $50
- Vishnu S. Hegde 🇮🇳 · $25
- Carla Aurora Mazza 🇮🇹 · $77
- Paolo R. Garcia 🇵🇭 · $10
- Autumn A. Zimmerman 🇺🇸 · $10
- Esi Irene Abdul 🇬🇭 · $30
- Halima Peace Obi 🇳🇬 · $10
- Anonymous 🇿🇦 · $10
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Thinking of you, Lucas. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I have a 10 year old who wants to send good wishes too
Thanks for sharing this, Lucas. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Take care.
Keep going. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I hope October is when things finally get easier. God bless.
Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Duque de Caxias
Praying for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from San Jose.
hope things get better soon. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Nice but we're thinking of you. All the best
Keep going, Lucas. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care
You're not alone, Lucas. Shared this with my family. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. All the best.
take care, Lucas. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care!
Sending good thoughts, Lucas. Shared it with a few friends. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Take care
It takes guts to ask. Well done. My neighbor in Pune donated after I showed her your page.
Thinking of you and your family. Great idea, hope you get there. Greetings from Macon
Rooting for you, Lucas. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.