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Help Patrick restart a laundry service in Dortmund after a fire in the building
Patrick has run a laundry service for twelve years; a fire in the building destroyed the equipment, and $2,150 will put it back on its feet.
🇩🇪 44121, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany2,448 views
For twelve years I have run a laundry service in Dortmund. In August, a fire in the building took two washing machines and a dryer. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Friday, and I employed 2 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 3 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 $2,150 goes:
• Replacing two washing machines and a dryer: $910
• Initial stock: detergent and packaging: $410
• Shop repairs and licensing: $570
• Working capital for the first month: $260
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Patrick
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Sending love. Looking forward to the next update. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Campinas
Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Sandton this morning. Take care
I hope things turn around soon. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from George
thinking of you and your family. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care.
Thanks for sharing this, Patrick. Shared it with a few friends. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
hope things get better soon, Patrick. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Please keep us posted. Love from São Paulo