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Harmony Park needs a free library and reading room - Piper's neighborhood project
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a free library and reading room - we need $2,750 for materials.
🇳🇿 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand4,326 views
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 22 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Harmony Park, but no funding.
We have received donated volunteer hours worth about $840, and the remaining cost is $2,750.
It will serve about 504 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in November 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 $2,750 goes:
• Materials: $2,000
• Permits and inspections: $270
• Safety equipment and signage: $260
• Tools hire and delivery: $220
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Piper
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Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Christchurch
keep going. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Feira de Santana.
you're not alone, Piper. Shared it with a few friends. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Minneapolis
so sorry you're going through this. Shared this with my family. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.
Thinking of you and your family, Piper. Shared this with my family. Wish I lived closer to Bahir Dar so I could bring a meal
Sending good thoughts, Piper. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Take care.