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A sensory garden for children with autism for the Baobab vacant lot: help our neighbors in Brooklyn

A community-led a sensory garden for children with autism at the Baobab vacant lot that will serve 328 neighbors.

🇺🇸 New York, United States1,735 views
Guadalupe C. Cortés
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Brooklyn
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a sensory garden for children with autism. This year a group of 26 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Baobab vacant lot, but no funding. We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $2,800. It will serve about 328 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in May 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 $2,800 goes: • Materials: $1,800 • Permits and inspections: $250 • Safety equipment and signage: $340 • Tools hire and delivery: $410 If you're reading this, thank you.
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Guadalupe

  1. Update from Brooklyn: I made the first payment toward safety equipment and signage. We're at 37% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Quick update: $420 raised so far (15%). the plan for materials is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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RecentTop gifts
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10

    “God bless. Hope the May deadline works out. - Bronx”

  • Malee Siriporn Jaidee 🇹🇭 · $15
  • Sarah Alhassan 🇬🇭 · $50

    “Be well. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Cape Coast”

  • Gül Defne Şimşek 🇹🇷 · $25
  • Kshitija F. Kothari 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Federica Valentina Messina 🇮🇹 · $10

    “Hope it all works out. Hope the May deadline works out. - Brescia”

  • Fernando Daniel Machado 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Markus Markus Baumann 🇩🇪 · $30
  • Rabia Mehwish Qureshi 🇵🇰 · $100
  • Gabriel Ross 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Shweta R. Saxena 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Mazen Yusuf Cherif 🇪🇬 · $124

    “Be well. Only $124 but hope it helps. - Giza”

  • Kingsley Tayo Uzor 🇳🇬 · $10

    “Thought of Guadalupe all day after reading this. - Port Harcourt”

  • Lokesh D. Chettiar 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Elsa Fani Putra 🇮🇩 · $25
  • Tariq Imran Raza 🇵🇰 · $50
  • Abubakar Sani Williams 🇳🇬 · $5
  • Vũ Minh Truong 🇻🇳 · $10
  • Gabriela A. Velasco 🇲🇽 · $10
  • Zoey W. Duran 🇺🇸 · $10

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  • Siyabonga K. KhumaloID verified

    Thinking of you, Guadalupe. Shared it with a few friends. We're a small family in Abuja but we're thinking of you.

    • Marieke Evi VerhoevenID verified

      Thinking of you, Guadalupe. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

      • Jayden R. MendezAddress verified

        Thanks for sharing this. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Please keep us posted. Love from Heraklion.

        • Marlene C. Ndlovu

          Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Kano

          • Wesley W. Spencer

            sending good thoughts. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Greetings from Cape Town

            • Bea N. Alcantara

              sending good thoughts. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Brooklyn.

              $1,628.50 raised of $2,800

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