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A sensory garden for children with autism: a volunteer-led effort in Toronto

A community-led a sensory garden for children with autism at the Harmony health centre yard that will serve 144 neighbors.

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Daniel Andrews
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Toronto
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a sensory garden for children with autism. This year a group of 30 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Harmony health centre yard, but no funding. We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $1,900. It will serve about 144 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. We'll hold a build day in December 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: • Tools hire and delivery: $190 • Materials: $1,400 • Safety equipment and signage: $310 Every share and every dollar helps.

Updates from Daniel

  1. Thank you all. We're at 63% now ($1,198). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($562 in total) the plan for materials is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  • Alexander F. Nichols 🇺🇸 · $8
  • Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $50
  • Cristian C. Cabrera 🇨🇴 · $77

    “Wishing you the best. Thought of Daniel all day after reading this. - Medellín”

  • Dian Rina Kartika 🇮🇩 · $75
  • Seema L. Rathore 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Faisal Irfan Butt 🇵🇰 · $100
  • Ricardo K. Ávila 🇲🇽 · $15
  • Genesis B. Lewis 🇬🇧 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $10

    “Wish I could do more. My neighbor told me about this one. - Munich”

  • Sneha S. Sastry 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Nusrat Jannat Hasan 🇧🇩 · $25
  • Dennis J. Perkins 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Orhan Selim Çiftçi 🇹🇷 · $50

    “Wishing you the best. Hope the December deadline works out. - Üsküdar”

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  • Nahid Abdul Chatterjee 🇧🇩 · $50

    “Thinking of you. Thought of Daniel all day after reading this. - Gazipur”

  • Josiah B. Banks 🇺🇸 · $17

    “All the best. Shared with friends too. - Duluth”

  • Peace Bukola Obi 🇳🇬 · $100
  • Fernando G. Castro 🇵🇭 · $25
  • Vijay T. Agarwal 🇦🇺 · $75
  • Sade Yewande Gbadamosi 🇳🇬 · $50

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  • thanks for sharing this, Daniel. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Please keep us posted.

    • Take care, Daniel. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Mandaue.

      • Tim Jonas HornPhoto verified

        keep going. More neighborhoods should do this. My neighbor in Cebu City donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Cebu City.

        • Praying for you. Shared this with my family. After 13 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings.

          • Hope it all works out, Daniel. Hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours. Take care.

            • Budi RamadhanID verified

              Thinking of you, Daniel. This could happen to any of us. I hope December is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Toronto.

              • Thanks for sharing this. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Fresno.

                • Hope it all works out, Daniel. Shared it with a few friends. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Toronto

                  • projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Thinking of Toronto

                    • Keep going, Daniel. Shared it with a few friends. All the best.

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