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A rainwater harvesting system for the Cedar health centre yard: help our neighbors in St. Louis

Volunteers in St. Louis are raising $1,900 for a rainwater harvesting system at the Cedar health centre yard.

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Wesley D. Barrett
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St. Louis
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a rainwater harvesting system. This year a group of 27 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Cedar health centre yard, but no funding. We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $1,900. It will serve about 431 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in July 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 $1,900 goes: • Materials: $1,300 • Safety equipment and signage: $340 • Tools hire and delivery: $260 Thanks for being kind about this. - Wesley
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Updates from Wesley

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($355 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Update from St. Louis: the plan for safety equipment and signage is now scheduled. We're at 9% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

Donations

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  • Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $100
  • Vanessa Letícia Moura 🇧🇷 · $100
  • Fatema Taslima Jahan 🇧🇩 · $75
  • Jaxon B. Wagner 🇺🇸 · $53
  • Jose J. Walker 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Thought of Wesley all day after reading this. - San Diego”

  • Darunee Yodrak 🇹🇭 · $31
  • Ananya R. Sidhu 🇳🇿 · $25
  • Akira Ueno 🇯🇵 · $25

    “Be well. From Osaka with love. - Osaka”

  • Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $25
  • Mia Sarah Hartmann 🇩🇪 · $20

    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Wesley all day after reading this. - Berlin”

  • Pablo H. Montes 🇨🇴 · $20
  • Maricel K. Magsaysay 🇵🇭 · $7
  • Nahid Haque 🇧🇩 · $5

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    Wishing you peace. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We're a small family in A Coruña but we're thinking of you.

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