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A youth football pitch for Cedar Park: help our neighbors in Ottawa

Volunteers in Ottawa are raising $1,850 for a youth football pitch at Cedar Park.

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Arthur Fabrice Benoit
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Ottawa
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a youth football pitch. This year a group of 12 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Cedar Park, but no funding. We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $1,850. It will serve about 519 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. We'll hold a build day in July 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 $1,850 goes: • Tools hire and delivery: $520 • Safety equipment and signage: $200 • Materials: $1,130 Thanks for reading all this.

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  • Anna Steele 🇺🇸 · $250

    “Wishing you the best. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Laredo”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $200

    “You got this. Thought of Arthur all day after reading this. - Austin”

  • Kipchoge John Kariuki 🇰🇪 · $200

    “Stay strong. My brother told me about this one. - Embakasi”

  • Kyung-mi Eun-ji Ko 🇰🇷 · $100
  • Arthur Luís Pacheco 🇧🇷 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $67.50

    “Good luck. Hope the July deadline works out. - Onitsha”

  • Noah T. Moreno 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Praying for you. Gave what I could this week. - Toledo”

  • Leonardo F. Orozco 🇲🇽 · $50
  • Jimena S. Cabrera 🇦🇷 · $50

    “Good luck. Small amount but sent with love. - Córdoba”

  • Miles P. Diaz 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Danish Qasim Warraich 🇵🇰 · $45
  • Michele Davide Carbone 🇮🇹 · $30

    “Rooting for you. Hope the July deadline works out. - Naples”

  • Paul Yakubu Nwosu 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Lorena Letícia Araújo 🇧🇷 · $25
  • Esperanza B. Carrillo 🇲🇽 · $25
  • Claudia G. Santos 🇪🇸 · $20
  • Mim Barua 🇬🇧 · $20
  • Dhruv J. Gokhale 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Ayumi Mio Kudo 🇯🇵 · $20
  • Efua Vida Adjei 🇬🇭 · $20

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  • sending good thoughts. Shared this with my family. My husband and I read this together.

    • sending strength, Arthur. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I hope July is when things finally get easier. Take care.

      • More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Ogbomosho.

        • Sending strength, Arthur. Shared this with my family. Sent it to 24 people at work. God bless

          • your post was clear and honest. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Ottawa.

            • Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Ottawa

              • Best of luck. I hope things turn around soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Obuasi

                • Thinking of you. Hope you get there. Love from Juiz de Fora

                  • Thanks for sharing this, Arthur. Your post was clear and honest.

                    • Hope it all works out, Arthur. Hope this works out for you. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Ottawa

                      • Thinking of you, Arthur. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.

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