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Help Katherine restart a flower stall in Ballarat after floodwater

Katherine lost display cabinets and a cooler to floodwater and needs $2,500 to reopen a flower stall and support the family.

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Katherine M. Barrett
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Ballarat
For twelve years I have run a flower stall in Ballarat. In May, floodwater took display cabinets and a cooler. 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 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. I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go. Where the $2,500 goes: • Replacing display cabinets and a cooler: $1,750 • Initial stock: seasonal flowers: $300 • Shop repairs and licensing: $450 Thanks for being kind about this.
#small-business#livelihood#restart

Updates from Katherine

  1. Update from Ballarat: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 51% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Update from Ballarat: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 43% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($265 in total) the plan for shop repairs and licensing is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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    “Take care of yourselves. Thought of Katherine all day after reading this. - San Francisco”

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  • Rafaela Raquel Ribeiro

    So sorry you're going through this, Katherine. Hope you get there.

    • Maria S. Ortiz

      Hope it all works out, Katherine. Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Nagpur

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