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Help Elena restart a flower stall in Hialeah after a long illness and repossession
A flower stall in Hialeah needs help replacing display cabinets and a cooler after a long illness and repossession.
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For fifteen years I have run a flower stall in Hialeah. In July, a long illness and repossession took display cabinets and a cooler. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Monday, and I employed 3 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.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $4,750 goes:
• Replacing display cabinets and a cooler: $2,850
• Initial stock: seasonal flowers: $740
• Shop repairs and licensing: $390
• Working capital for the first month: $770
Glad we found this place.
- Elena
Updates from Elena
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- Amparo R. Montes 🇦🇷 · $5
“Stay strong. Hope the October deadline works out. - Córdoba”
- Ikenna Nnamdi Ibrahim 🇳🇬 · $50
- Alp Onur Aydoğan 🇹🇷 · $5
- Guilherme Carlos Vieira 🇧🇷 · $50
- Gabriel T. Arias 🇲🇽 · $15
- Shahid Haris Baig 🇵🇰 · $5
- Damilola Ife Lawal 🇳🇬 · $20
“Keep your head up. Thought of Elena all day after reading this. - Wudil”
- Rowena R. Rodriguez 🇵🇭 · $30
- Anonymous 🇵🇱 · $50
- Dennis Salim Temba 🇰🇪 · $50
- Aisha Hauwa Salami 🇳🇬 · $200
- Gökhan Eren Özer 🇹🇷 · $100
“Best of luck. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Istanbul”
- Michael T. Pierce 🇺🇸 · $25
- Lanre Kelechi Lawal 🇳🇬 · $100
- Anonymous 🇷🇺 · $25
“Hope this helps. Hope the October deadline works out. - Yekaterinburg”
- Frank K. Jensen 🇺🇸 · $10
- Jürgen Kevin Köhler 🇩🇪 · $25
- Maverick W. Callahan 🇦🇺 · $20
- Chhaya G. Khanna 🇨🇦 · $15
- Obinna Yakubu Ekwueme 🇳🇬 · $20
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Sending good thoughts, Elena. Hope you get there. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care.
Hang in there, Elena. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Hialeah.
Wishing you the best. Small businesses are the heart of Hialeah. Hope you're open again soon
hang in there. Hope you make a strong comeback. Love from Nashik.
Wishing you the best, Elena. Looking forward to the next update. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Hialeah.
everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in Columbus donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Columbus.
Wishing you the best, Elena. Hope you make a strong comeback.
Looking forward to the next update. Love from Kota.