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Let's build a community fridge together in Tokyo
A community-led a community fridge at the Cedar vacant lot that will serve 497 neighbors.
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For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a community fridge. This year a group of 26 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Cedar vacant lot, but no funding.
We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $700.
It will serve about 497 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. We'll hold a build day in October 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 $700 goes:
• Permits and inspections: $230
• Tools hire and delivery: $200
• Safety equipment and signage: $270
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Tamaki
Update from Tokyo: we've started the first stage. We're at 36% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Yong-jun Seung-hyun Baek 🇰🇷 · $5
- Mariana Cristiane Barbosa 🇧🇷 · $20
- Lucas Arthur Vasconcelos 🇧🇷 · $70
- Adeline E. Williamson 🇺🇸 · $20
- Raffaele Federico Greco 🇮🇹 · $10
- Kavitha L. Mudaliar 🇮🇳 · $27
“Blessings. Small amount but sent with love. - Varanasi”
- Dylan J. Anderson 🇺🇸 · $20
- Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $20
“All the best. My brother told me about this one. - Hồ Chí Minh City”
- Njoroge Collins Ochieng 🇺🇬 · $200
- Miguel A. Serrano 🇺🇸 · $10
- Myra K. Chopra 🇮🇳 · $25
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Tamaki all day after reading this.”
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hope things get better soon, Tamaki. Hope you get there. Sent it to 10 people at work. All the best.
Sending strength. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I hope October is when things finally get easier. Blessings.
Wishing you peace, Tamaki. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Wollongong.
how is Tamaki doing now?
Thinking of you, Tamaki. Great idea, hope you get there. God bless
hang in there. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Cairo this morning.
Sending love. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless.
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Tamaki?
Wishing you peace, Tamaki. Gave what I could, wish it was more
Thinking of you and your family. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Tokyo.
Best of luck, Tamaki. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. God bless.
Sending good thoughts, Tamaki. I hope things turn around soon. Take care.
Keep going, Tamaki. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Greensboro.
Thinking of you, Tamaki. I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Tokyo.
Hang in there, Tamaki. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Blessings.
shared it with a few friends. I hope October is when things finally get easier. Blessings.
Hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Wrocław
Take care, Tamaki. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Ottawa
thinking of you and your family, Tamaki. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Agra.