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Back to business - Wyatt's comeback in Vancouver
Wyatt lost an espresso machine and grinder to a storm that collapsed the roof and needs $3,150 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.
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For fifteen years I have run a roadside café in Vancouver. In May, a storm that collapsed the roof took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 5 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 $3,150 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $1,700
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $460
• Shop repairs and licensing: $370
• Working capital for the first month: $620
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You're not alone, Wyatt. I hope things turn around soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.
Thanks for sharing this, Wyatt. Small businesses are the heart of Vancouver. Hope you're open again soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Rajkot
so sorry you're going through this, Wyatt. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Marrakesh so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Vancouver.
Good luck, Wyatt. This could happen to any of us. Love from Da Nang.