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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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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.
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take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Put this on a community board in Curitiba this morning. Greetings from Curitiba.
Keep going, Doris. Hope the shop reopens soon. Please keep us posted.
keep going, Doris. Hope you get there. Sent it to 11 people at work. God bless.
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
Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Khon Kaen
Best of luck. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Birmingham