MoneySmall business
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.
Anywhere in the world3,077 views
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
If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
Updates from Wyatt
No updates yet. Supporters are notified when the owner posts one.
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $250
- Prasad W. Pandya 🇮🇳 · $200
- Santiago D. Joseph 🇺🇸 · $200
- Wangari Apio Lubega 🇺🇬 · $200
“Thinking of you. My colleague told me about this one. - Mukono”
- Anonymous 🇵🇱 · $100
- Naresh C. Nanda 🇮🇳 · $100
- Julieta W. Ruiz 🇪🇸 · $100
“Sending love. Thought of Wyatt all day after reading this. - Madrid”
- Carla W. Joubert 🇿🇦 · $100
“Every little bit. My father told me about this one. - Durban”
- Gunawan Haris Wijaya 🇮🇩 · $100
- Ashwin J. Kamath 🇮🇳 · $100
- Khoa Pham 🇻🇳 · $100
- Samina Cheema 🇵🇰 · $75
- Yinka Yakubu Onyeama 🇳🇬 · $75
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $75
- Rekha R. Panwar 🇮🇳 · $71
- Kioko Victor Byaruhanga 🇹🇿 · $68
- Paulo Guilherme Souza 🇧🇷 · $65
- Antoni Szymon Konieczny 🇵🇱 · $61.50
“Be well. Hope you get the rest soon. - Wrocław”
- Anonymous 🇳🇵 · $59
- Mauricio N. Acosta 🇺🇸 · $56
“Thought of Wyatt all day after reading this. - Sacramento”
Reviews
Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
No reviews yet.
Questions & comments
Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.
Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.
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.