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Help Marcia restart a flower stall in Spanish Town after a storm that collapsed the roof
A flower stall in Spanish Town needs help replacing display cabinets and a cooler after a storm that collapsed the roof.
🇯🇲 Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica1,556 views
For six years I have run a flower stall in Spanish Town. In July, a storm that collapsed the roof 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 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 $1,150 goes:
• Working capital for the first month: $220
• Replacing display cabinets and a cooler: $830
• Shop repairs and licensing: $100
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
Updates from Marcia
Quick update: $80 raised so far (7%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($80 in total) the plan for working capital for the first month is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
We're at 6% thanks to 2 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon. - Marcia
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $69
- Kimberly D. Jackson 🇺🇸 · $56
- Mitu Sultana 🇧🇩 · $30
- Jade F. Kelley 🇨🇦 · $10
- Joaquim Thiago Miranda 🇧🇷 · $8
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $62
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Marcia
best of luck. This could happen to any of us. We're a small family in San Francisco but we're thinking of you.
Keep going. Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Spanish Town.
praying for you, Marcia. Hope the shop reopens soon. Greetings from Port Harcourt
Thanks for sharing this, Marcia. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Los Angeles.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Bandung.