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A skate park: a volunteer-led effort in Venice

Volunteers in Venice are raising $2,200 for a skate park at the Jacaranda community hall.

🇮🇹 Veneto, Italy1,735 views
Federica Ferri
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Venice
For three years the neighborhood has asked for a skate park. This year a group of 18 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Jacaranda community hall, but no funding. We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $2,200. It will serve about 283 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. 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 $2,200 goes: • Materials: $1,350 • Permits and inspections: $220 • Safety equipment and signage: $220 • Tools hire and delivery: $410 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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Updates from Federica

  1. Quick update: $662 raised so far (30%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. 15% there. the first invoice got paid this week. Thank you. - Federica

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($233 in total) the plan for permits and inspections is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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    “Happy to help. Hope the December deadline works out. - Bogor”

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  • Oskar Theo Brandt

    Thinking of you and your family. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Take care.

    • Kylie J. Callahan

      Take care, Federica. Shared this with my family. Sent it to 34 people at work

      • Tuyết Huyền Dao

        Hope things get better soon, Federica. I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Campinas.

        • Jerome Domingo

          Thinking of you and your family. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Blessings.

          • Jonathan Tawiah

            Wishing you the best, Federica. Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Venice.

            • Brooklyn T. Gutierrez

              Rooting for you, Federica. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Venice.

              • Jomar P. Mercado

                Hope things get better soon. Great idea, hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.

                • Thabo C. Sithole

                  Thinking of you and your family. This could happen to any of us. I'll check back for the next update. Take care.

                  • Akinyi Jepkoech Salim

                    Thinking of you and your family, Federica. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Venice.

                    • Hatem Yasir Youssef

                      Rooting for you. Hope this works out for you. Love from Quezon City.

                      $1,088 raised of $2,200

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