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Help Carter restart a street-food cart in El Paso after the demolition of the market
Carter has run a street-food cart for six years; the demolition of the market destroyed the equipment, and $3,600 will put it back on its feet.
🇺🇸 El Paso, Texas, United States3,267 views
For six years I have run a street-food cart in El Paso. In July, the demolition of the market took a gas stove and two refrigerators. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Tuesday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 7 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 $3,600 goes:
• Initial stock: ingredients: $430
• Shop repairs and licensing: $240
• Replacing a gas stove and two refrigerators: $2,930
Thanks for reading all this.
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Good luck, Carter. Hope the shop reopens soon. I'll check back for the next update.
Rooting for you, Carter. Looking forward to the next update. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless
Thanks for sharing this, Carter. I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. God bless.
Shared it with a few friends. It's not much but it's yours. Thinking of El Paso
Hope the shop reopens soon. My neighbor in London donated after I showed her your page. Take care.
Small businesses are the heart of El Paso. Hope you're open again soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.
Hope the shop reopens soon. My husband and I read this together. Love from Duque de Caxias.