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Back to business - Genesis's comeback in San Jose
A sewing studio in San Jose needs help replacing a cutting table and overlocker after a storm that collapsed the roof.
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For six years I have run a sewing studio in San Jose. In July, a storm that collapsed the roof took a cutting table and overlocker. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Wednesday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 10 weeks.
This business pays my children's school fees and rent. I have already started working from home in small ways, but I can't meet orders without proper equipment.
Every contribution brings me closer to reopening, and I promise to post photos as I buy each item.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $2,200 goes:
• Initial stock: fabric: $430
• Shop repairs and licensing: $240
• Replacing a cutting table and overlocker: $1,530
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
Updates from Genesis
We're at 39% thanks to 21 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.
- Remedios P. Santos 🇺🇸 · $326
“Good luck. Only $326 but hope it helps. - San Antonio”
- Ariana Peterson 🇬🇧 · $100
- Peter Walter Jäger 🇩🇪 · $100
“Stay strong. My mother told me about this one. - Regensburg”
- Levi C. Soto 🇨🇦 · $100
“Hang in there. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Mississauga”
- Élodie Océane Dumont 🇨🇦 · $77
- Harini F. Nayak 🇮🇳 · $75
- Garba Tayo Eze 🇳🇬 · $70
- Valentina Teresa Romano 🇮🇹 · $58
- Neha Bhavsar 🇮🇳 · $56
- Imran Abdul Barua 🇧🇩 · $53
- Yuna Hina Kondo 🇯🇵 · $50
“Wish I could do more. Thought of Genesis all day after reading this. - Kobe”
- Feyza Defne Doğan 🇹🇷 · $50
- Riku Hideo Matsumoto 🇯🇵 · $50
- Bo-ra Seo-yeon Choi 🇺🇸 · $50
- Marcin Ostrowski 🇵🇱 · $46.50
“God bless. Hope the October deadline works out. - Kraków”
- Regina E. Duarte 🇲🇽 · $46
- Fitri Utami Pratama 🇮🇩 · $41
- Natalia Fuentes 🇺🇸 · $30
- Patrick G. Powell 🇯🇲 · $30
“Hope this helps. Only $30 but hope it helps. - Montego Bay”
- Larysa Galina Pavlenko 🇷🇺 · $25
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Wishing you peace. Shared this with my family. Love from Manchester!
Rooting for you. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. God bless.
Good luck, Genesis. Hope the shop reopens soon. God bless.
small businesses are the heart of San Jose. Hope you're open again soon. Love from Riyadh.
Best of luck, Genesis. This could happen to any of us. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
hope this works out for you. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of San Jose.