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Brooks needs a commercial oven to reopen a neighborhood bakery
Brooks has run a neighborhood bakery for four years; a fire in the building destroyed the equipment, and $4,250 will put it back on its feet.
🇺🇸 Buffalo, New York, United States4,206 views
For four years I have run a neighborhood bakery in Buffalo. In August, a fire in the building took a commercial oven. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Thursday, 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $4,250 goes:
• Replacing a commercial oven: $2,400
• Initial stock: flour, butter and sugar: $960
• Shop repairs and licensing: $540
• Working capital for the first month: $350
Thank you so much.
- Brooks
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Hope it all works out, Brooks. This could happen to any of us. Love from Pokhara.
So sorry you're going through this. Hope the shop reopens soon. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Take care.
Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. We're a small family in London but we're thinking of you.
Rooting for you. I hope things turn around soon. We're a small family in Lucknow but we're thinking of you. All the best.
Sending strength. Small businesses are the heart of Buffalo. Hope you're open again soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Faisalabad.
Thinking of you and your family, Brooks. This could happen to any of us.
Thinking of you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Nairobi.
Thinking of you, Brooks. Small businesses are the heart of Buffalo. Hope you're open again soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
praying for you. Hope the shop reopens soon. Greetings from Madina.
Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Buffalo.
Take care, Brooks. I hope things turn around soon.
You're not alone. Small businesses are the heart of Buffalo. Hope you're open again soon.
Wishing you peace, Brooks. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Konya
thinking of you and your family, Brooks. Hope you make a strong comeback. Put this on a community board in San Francisco this morning. Love from San Francisco