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Joyce needs display cabinets and a cooler to reopen a flower stall

Joyce lost display cabinets and a cooler to a long illness and repossession and needs $3,400 to reopen a flower stall and support the family.

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Joyce W. Houston
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For nine years I have run a flower stall in Reading. In August, 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 Saturday, 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 $3,400 goes: • Replacing display cabinets and a cooler: $1,700 • Initial stock: seasonal flowers: $610 • Shop repairs and licensing: $570 • Working capital for the first month: $520 Glad we found this place. - Joyce
#small-business#livelihood#restart

Updates from Joyce

  1. Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($218). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward initial stock: seasonal flowers.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($188). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward shop repairs and licensing.

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  • Adrián H. CruzID verified

    Keep going, Joyce. This could happen to any of us. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.

    • Luis Jakob NeumannID verified

      thinking of you, Joyce. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did

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