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Help Dennis restart a fish stall in Springfield after a long illness and repossession
Dennis lost a freezer and scales to a long illness and repossession and needs $3,100 to reopen a fish stall and support the family.
🇺🇸 Springfield, Massachusetts, United States759 views
For nine years I have run a fish stall in Springfield. In April, a long illness and repossession took a freezer and scales. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Wednesday, and I employed 2 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.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $3,100 goes:
• Replacing a freezer and scales: $1,200
• Initial stock: the first catch: $760
• Shop repairs and licensing: $690
• Working capital for the first month: $450
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Londrina.
stay strong. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Springfield.
Best of luck, Dennis. Hope this works out for you. I have a 8 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Take care.
Thinking of you, Dennis. Hope the shop reopens soon.
Hope the shop reopens soon. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Juiz de Fora.
Best of luck, Dennis. This could happen to any of us. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Springfield