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A youth football pitch for the Pioneer vacant lot: help our neighbors in Rochester

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a youth football pitch - we need $4,250 for materials.

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Caleb Long
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Rochester
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a youth football pitch. This year a group of 8 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Pioneer vacant lot, but no funding. We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $4,250. It will serve about 469 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. We'll hold a build day in April 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 $4,250 goes: • Materials: $3,300 • Permits and inspections: $270 • Safety equipment and signage: $390 • Tools hire and delivery: $290 If you're reading this, thank you. - Caleb
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Caleb

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 7% funded and I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 3% now ($124). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward permits and inspections.

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  • Polina Nina HoncharenkoAddress verified

    More neighborhoods should do this. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best.

    • Jin-woo Chang-min Min

      Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Rochester

      • Julien Louis Fabre

        Take care. Hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.

        • Ruan L. Mazibuko

          Stay strong, Caleb. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Rochester.

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