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A repair café workshop: a volunteer-led effort in Macon

A community-led a repair café workshop at Maple Primary School that will serve 576 neighbors.

🇺🇸 Macon, Georgia, United States2,215 views
Kennedy G. Wright
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Macon
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 19 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Maple Primary School, but no funding. We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $3,250. It will serve about 576 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. 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 $3,250 goes: • Materials: $2,450 • Permits and inspections: $185 • Safety equipment and signage: $230 • Tools hire and delivery: $385 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.

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  • Best of luck, Kennedy. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I hope November is when things finally get easier. God bless.

    • Thinking of you, Kennedy. Great idea, hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care.

      • Stay strong, Kennedy. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did

        • Best of luck, Kennedy. Hope you get there. I'm in social work myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Greetings from Anaheim.

          • your post was clear and honest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Macon.

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