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Baobab Park needs a rainwater harvesting system - Travis's neighborhood project
Volunteers in Gold Coast are raising $2,350 for a rainwater harvesting system at Baobab Park.
🇦🇺 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia2,221 views
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a rainwater harvesting system. This year a group of 23 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Baobab Park, but no funding.
We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $2,350.
It will serve about 87 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. We'll hold a build day in June 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 $2,350 goes:
• Materials: $1,500
• Permits and inspections: $400
• Safety equipment and signage: $210
• Tools hire and delivery: $240
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Travis
We're at 35% thanks to 18 of you. the plan for tools hire and delivery is now scheduled. More news soon.
- Graciela W. Pérez 🇪🇸 · $200
“Take care of yourselves. - Madrid”
- Ronke Khadija Ibrahim 🇳🇬 · $200
- Furkan Barış Kara 🇹🇷 · $100
“Rooting for you. - Ankara”
- Anonymous 🇨🇴 · $100
- Landon Silva 🇺🇸 · $100
- Noah N. Mason 🇺🇸 · $100
“Best of luck. Thought of Travis all day after reading this.”
- Swati J. Chauhan 🇮🇳 · $100
“Blessings. Hope the June deadline works out. - Lucknow”
- Pimchanok Vilai Ruangrit 🇹🇭 · $100
- Prakash N. Bhatia 🇮🇳 · $100
“You got this. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - New Delhi”
- Candra Dedi Pane 🇮🇩 · $75
“Wishing you the best. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Jakarta”
- Anonymous 🇷🇴 · $75
- Nakato Caroline Nabwire 🇺🇬 · $75
“Wishing you the best. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Kampala”
- Audrey T. Vazquez 🇬🇧 · $75
- Anonymous 🇺🇬 · $57
“Wish I could do more. - Entebbe”
- Kavitha K. Raman 🇮🇳 · $50
- Barasa Otieno 🇺🇬 · $50
- Isaac Harris 🇺🇸 · $50
- Greta Sara De Santis 🇮🇹 · $50
- Leah E. Price 🇦🇺 · $50
- Wahyu Reza Rahman 🇮🇩 · $49
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Thinking of you and your family, Travis. Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Thrissur.
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Gold Coast
Thank you. If you're in Gold Coast I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Happy to explain more.
Hope things get better soon, Travis. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. All the best.
sending strength, Travis. Hope you get there. Thinking of Gold Coast
Thinking of you, Travis. Your post was clear and honest. We're a small family in Semarang but we're thinking of you. Blessings.
Hope things get better soon, Travis. I hope things turn around soon. Put this on a community board in Santa Rosa this morning.