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Bennett needs an espresso machine and grinder to reopen a roadside café
Bennett has run a roadside café for nine years; a long illness and repossession destroyed the equipment, and $2,150 will put it back on its feet.
🇺🇸 Texas, United States1,517 views
For nine years I have run a roadside café in San Antonio. In January, a long illness and repossession took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Saturday, and I employed 1 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 4 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 $2,150 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $710
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $1,050
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $390
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
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Wishing you peace, Bennett. Small businesses are the heart of San Antonio. Hope you're open again soon. We're a small family in Kinondoni but we're thinking of you.
You're not alone. Shared this with my family. My neighbor in Guarulhos donated after I showed her your page
Small businesses are the heart of San Antonio. Hope you're open again soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
sending good thoughts, Bennett. Small businesses are the heart of San Antonio. Hope you're open again soon!