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A repair café workshop for the Union community hall: help our neighbors in San Jose

Volunteers in San Jose are raising $3,750 for a repair café workshop at the Union community hall.

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Yasir Karim Badawi
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San Jose
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 29 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Union community hall, but no funding. We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $570, and the remaining cost is $3,750. It will serve about 400 people, including school children and their families. 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 $3,750 goes: • Materials: $2,500 • Permits and inspections: $330 • Safety equipment and signage: $380 • Tools hire and delivery: $540 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Yasir

  1. Thank you all. We're at 18% now ($684). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

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  • Lisa Winkler 🇩🇪 · $25
  • Serhiy Kirill Pavlov 🇷🇺 · $10
  • Carmela Ramos 🇵🇭 · $5
  • Indira M. Kamath 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Dumisani M. Moodley 🇿🇦 · $50
  • Leah B. Dixon 🇺🇸 · $25

    “Rooting for you. My sister told me about this one. - Buffalo”

  • Paolo T. Zamora 🇦🇺 · $25

    “Hope things get better. Thought of Yasir all day after reading this. - Sydney”

  • Manisha R. Chaturvedi 🇮🇳 · $30
  • Yoon-ah Ha-eun Lim 🇰🇷 · $200
  • Nuria R. Delgado 🇦🇷 · $25

    “Keep your head up. Saw your post and had to give. - Buenos Aires”

  • Sanjay Sagar Pun 🇳🇵 · $20
  • Dae-hyun Yoon 🇰🇷 · $100

    “Stay strong. Gave what I could this week. - Gangnam”

  • Kaylee E. Garrett 🇨🇦 · $10

    “Blessings. Hope the October deadline works out. - Sherbrooke”

  • Volodymyr Polishchuk 🇷🇺 · $500

    “Keep your head up. Hope you get the rest soon. - Moscow”

  • Wendy W. Newman 🇬🇧 · $5
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Shankar D. Nambiar 🇮🇳 · $44

    “Take care of yourselves. Only $44 but hope it helps. - Dwarka”

  • Graciela M. Jiménez 🇲🇽 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇫🇷 · $30
  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $20

    “God bless. Hope the October deadline works out. - Leeds”

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  • Jumoke Ngozi Lasisi

    it takes guts to ask. Well done. My neighbor in Adama donated after I showed her your page. Blessings

    • Zainab Jamila El-Sayed

      Stay strong, Yasir. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Take care.

      • Dong-hyun Ji-ho Son

        It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Iași this morning. God bless.

        • Nabirye Dorcas Barasa

          Thinking of you and your family, Yasir. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day

          • Manisha M. Chauhan

            Stay strong. Shared it with a few friends. Love from Varanasi.

            • Marcus K. Barnett

              take care, Yasir. I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Mumbai so I could bring a meal.

              • Hina Laiba Mirza

                Keep going, Yasir. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust

                • Kumar J. Krishnan

                  Praying for you. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of San Jose.

                  • Zainab Comfort KaluPhoto verified

                    Best of luck. Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Gliwice!

                    • Bello Zubby Shittu

                      Hope things get better soon. Your post was clear and honest. After 9 years in farming I know how hard it is to ask for anything. Take care

                      • Svetlana Danylenko

                        Stay strong. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Take care

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