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A repair café workshop: a volunteer-led effort in Fort Collins
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a repair café workshop - we need $3,600 for materials.
🇺🇸 80513, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States2,103 views
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 19 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Jacaranda vacant lot, but no funding.
We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $3,600.
It will serve about 495 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. We'll hold a build day in April 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 $3,600 goes:
• Materials: $2,550
• Permits and inspections: $400
• Safety equipment and signage: $130
• Tools hire and delivery: $520
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
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wishing you the best. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. God bless.
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Fort Collins.
Thank you. If you're in Fort Collins I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great.
wishing you the best. This could happen to any of us. After 17 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care.
Sending strength, Alberto. This could happen to any of us. Take care
Stay strong. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Birmingham
Rooting for you, Alberto. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like