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Help Doris restart a bicycle repair shop in Allentown after a long illness and repossession

Doris has run a bicycle repair shop for nine years; a long illness and repossession destroyed the equipment, and $2,100 will put it back on its feet.

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Doris N. McDaniel
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Allentown
For nine years I have run a bicycle repair shop in Allentown. In August, a long illness and repossession took a full set of tools. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me. Before that, my customers came every Monday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 8 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 $2,100 goes: • Replacing a full set of tools: $840 • Working capital for the first month: $540 • Initial stock: spare parts: $720 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
#small-business#livelihood#restart

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  • Lubna Hala Qureshi

    take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Put this on a community board in Curitiba this morning. Greetings from Curitiba.

    • Stelios Sotiris Karagiannis

      Keep going, Doris. Hope the shop reopens soon. Please keep us posted.

      • Onur Mustafa Erdoğan

        keep going, Doris. Hope you get there. Sent it to 11 people at work. God bless.

        • Mateo W. Treviño

          you're not alone, Doris. Small businesses are the heart of Allentown. Hope you're open again soon. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings

          • Khalid Rashid Youssef

            Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Khon Kaen

            • Cameron Berry

              Best of luck. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Birmingham

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