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Jacaranda Park needs a playground - Brooks's neighborhood project

Volunteers in Mobile are raising $3,450 for a playground at Jacaranda Park.

🇺🇸 Mobile, Alabama, United States2,552 views
Brooks T. Thornton
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Mobile
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a playground. This year a group of 21 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Jacaranda Park, but no funding. We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $3,450. It will serve about 425 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. We'll hold a build day in March and everyone is invited. We're a small team, and every dollar will be spent in the open - I'll post receipts and progress photos. All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance. Where the $3,450 goes: • Materials: $2,550 • Permits and inspections: $210 • Safety equipment and signage: $310 • Tools hire and delivery: $380 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
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Updates from Brooks

  1. Update from Mobile: I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. We're at 26% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($772 in total) the plan for tools hire and delivery is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 15% now ($510). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

Donations

RecentTop gifts
  • Nathan N. Thornton 🇺🇸 · $25

    “Sending love. Been where you are, it gets better. - Winston-Salem”

  • Hira Uzma Kazmi 🇵🇰 · $79.50
  • Cristina Ibarra 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Hope it all works out. Hope the March deadline works out. - Santa Fe”

  • Kevin Ssebuliba Ssemwogerere 🇰🇪 · $50
  • Mary Grace F. Marquez 🇵🇭 · $5

    “From my family to yours. My father told me about this one. - Cebu City”

  • Dwi Simanjuntak 🇮🇩 · $30
  • Yanti Mega Tanoto 🇮🇩 · $22.50
  • Padma D. Mohan 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Funmilayo Lola Yakubu 🇳🇬 · $30
  • Rima Rasha Khalil 🇲🇦 · $250
  • Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $50
  • Héctor B. Moreno 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Victor Mutua Tembo 🇰🇪 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇦🇺 · $9

    “Wish I could do more. Only $9 but hope it helps. - Newcastle”

  • Todd Jennings 🇨🇦 · $10
  • Zofia Katarzyna Wiśniewski 🇵🇱 · $50
  • Wunmi Lilian Oladipo 🇳🇬 · $10

    “Thinking of you. My cousin told me about this one. - Nsukka”

  • Carolina Gabriela Gomes 🇧🇷 · $61
  • Logan G. Patel 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Lia Hani Kurniawan 🇮🇩 · $50

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  • Axel Mejia

    Hope things get better soon, Brooks. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

    • Marcus M. Adams

      Hope things get better soon. More neighborhoods should do this. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care.

      • Diego Manoel PintoID verified

        Take care, Brooks. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. All the best.

        • Ismael K. Reyes

          Rooting for you. Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Quezon City.

          • Sakura Taniguchi

            Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Shubra.

            • Ngozi Ronke Musa

              I hope things turn around soon. I hope March is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Pattaya.

              • Walter Richardson

                Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Mobile

                $1,573.50 raised of $3,450

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