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A repair café workshop for the Pioneer vacant lot: help our neighbors in Jacksonville

Volunteers in Jacksonville are raising $2,100 for a repair café workshop at the Pioneer vacant lot.

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Stella C. Perkins
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Jacksonville
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 30 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Pioneer vacant lot, but no funding. We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $2,100. It will serve about 286 people, including school children and their families. 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. All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance. Where the $2,100 goes: • Safety equipment and signage: $340 • Tools hire and delivery: $440 • Materials: $1,320 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Stella

  1. Small update. $591 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($946 in total) I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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RecentTop gifts
  • Princess B. Villanueva 🇵🇭 · $250
  • Dinesh Dangol 🇳🇵 · $42
  • Andrea K. Soto 🇲🇽 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $10

    “Hope things get better. Saw your post and had to give. - Dundee”

  • Volkan Yiğit Şen 🇹🇷 · $200
  • Simone Galli 🇮🇹 · $5

    “Best of luck. Shared with friends too. - Bologna”

  • Swetha N. Balakrishnan 🇮🇳 · $25

    “Thought of Stella all day after reading this. - Pune”

  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $49
  • Wendy Mitchell 🇺🇸 · $20

    “Wish I could do more. I'm in New York, thinking of you. - New York”

  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $5
  • Carla Villa 🇮🇹 · $50
  • Bella A. McDonald 🇺🇸 · $100

    “Sending love. My father told me about this one. - Jacksonville”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Enrique A. Salazar 🇪🇸 · $30
  • Julian S. Collins 🇺🇸 · $75

    “Praying for you. My colleague told me about this one. - Peoria”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Genet Almaz Kassa 🇪🇹 · $50
  • Zoe W. Johnson 🇬🇧 · $25

    “Hang in there. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Sheffield”

  • Olga Charikleia Panagiotopoulos 🇬🇷 · $30

    “Be well. Hope the November deadline works out. - Athens”

  • Zainab Halima Okoro 🇳🇬 · $20

    “Good luck. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Ogbomosho”

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  • Chirag J. Parmar

    thinking of you, Stella. I hope things turn around soon. Put this on a community board in Lowell this morning. Blessings.

    • Ayşe Duman

      Hang in there. Shared it with a few friends. My neighbor in Ottawa donated after I showed her your page

      • Defne Hande Şimşek

        hang in there. I hope things turn around soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Los Angeles

        • Lina Elisabeth Schulte

          stay strong, Stella. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. God bless.

          • Andrea C. Ruiz

            Sending strength, Stella. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.

            $1,561 raised of $2,100

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