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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 States4,207 views
Brooks D. Gonzalez
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Buffalo
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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  • Rebecca N. HansonPhoto verified

    Hope it all works out, Brooks. This could happen to any of us. Love from Pokhara.

    • Eden Worku

      So sorry you're going through this. Hope the shop reopens soon. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Take care.

      • Jae-won Dong-hyun Song

        Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. We're a small family in London but we're thinking of you.

        • Neelam B. Dubey

          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.

          • Gonzalo N. Muñoz

            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.

            • Wekesa Bakari MwendePhoto verified

              Thinking of you and your family, Brooks. This could happen to any of us.

              • Kamal Ziad Bakr

                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.

                • Samir Ghassan Tawfik

                  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.

                  • Nadia G. LombardAddress verified

                    praying for you. Hope the shop reopens soon. Greetings from Madina.

                    • Gerard R. Maguire

                      Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Buffalo.

                      • An Hoàng Phung

                        Take care, Brooks. I hope things turn around soon.

                        • Isaiah N. Li

                          You're not alone. Small businesses are the heart of Buffalo. Hope you're open again soon.

                          • Tejal G. Chheda

                            Wishing you peace, Brooks. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Konya

                            • Bolaji Godwin DaramolaID verified

                              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

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