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Help Adrian restart a roadside café in Oakland after floodwater
Adrian lost an espresso machine and grinder to floodwater and needs $3,200 to reopen a roadside café and support the family.
🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States4,063 views
For fifteen years I have run a roadside café in Oakland. In November, floodwater took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Tuesday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 10 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 $3,200 goes:
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $1,850
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $450
• Shop repairs and licensing: $530
• Working capital for the first month: $370
If you're reading this, thank you.
- Adrian
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Stay strong, Adrian. I hope things turn around soon. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Quezon City.
Thanks for sharing this, Adrian. This could happen to any of us. After 26 years in public service I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Love from Fort Worth
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Greetings from Seoul