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A youth football pitch: a volunteer-led effort in San Diego

Volunteers in San Diego are raising $3,200 for a youth football pitch at Jacaranda Primary School.

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Julia L. Dean
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San Diego
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a youth football pitch. This year a group of 12 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Jacaranda Primary School, but no funding. We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $640, and the remaining cost is $3,200. It will serve about 94 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. 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. All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance. Where the $3,200 goes: • Materials: $2,600 • Safety equipment and signage: $380 • Permits and inspections: $220 With deep gratitude, Julia
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Updates from Julia

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 9% funded and I made the first payment toward safety equipment and signage.

  2. Update from San Diego: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 12% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Update from San Diego: we've started the first stage. We're at 17% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Be well. Thought of Julia all day after reading this.”

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  • Sundar G. Nair

    sending love. Looking forward to the next update. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless.

    • Padraig N. McLoughlin

      more neighborhoods should do this. Don't give up. All the best.

      • Yinka Kunle Oladipo

        sending love, Julia. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Birmingham.

        • Ana F. Valdez

          Thanks for sharing this, Julia. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of San Diego

          • Guadalupe B. López

            It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from London.

            $734 raised of $3,200

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