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Let's build a community garden together in Brandon

Volunteers in Brandon are raising $3,550 for a community garden at the old Union bus depot.

🇨🇦 Manitoba, Canada2,282 views
Raphaël Thierry Bonnet
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Brandon
For three years the neighborhood has asked for a community garden. This year a group of 21 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Union bus depot, but no funding. We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $3,550. It will serve about 140 people, including local farmers and market traders. We'll hold a build day in November 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. Funds are spent only on materials, permits and safety equipment; all labor is volunteered. Where the $3,550 goes: • Tools hire and delivery: $230 • Permits and inspections: $105 • Materials: $3,215 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people. - Raphaël
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Raphaël

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($748 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 7% now ($247). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts.

  3. Quick update: $450 raised so far (13%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

Donations

RecentTop gifts
  • Brian C. Freeman 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Segun Bello Chukwu 🇳🇬 · $78.50

    “Wishing you the best. Only $79 but hope it helps. - Ikeja”

  • Naliaka Achieng Ngowi 🇹🇿 · $61.50
  • Kamol Somsak Buranasiri 🇹🇭 · $58

    “Happy to help. Hope the November deadline works out. - Khon Kaen”

  • Emilia E. Brewer 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Levi A. Watts 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Hassan Rami Mansour 🇪🇬 · $50
  • Karan D. Kumar 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $40

    “Thought of Raphaël all day after reading this. - Kinondoni”

  • Naresh N. Anand 🇮🇳 · $30
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Meseret Marta Alemu 🇪🇹 · $25
  • Jumoke Blessing Eze 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Hellen Mercy Otieno 🇰🇪 · $25
  • Jonas Walter Köhler 🇩🇪 · $25
  • Hadley Lowe 🇺🇸 · $25

    “Rooting for you. Hope the November deadline works out. - Akron”

  • Vino Arief Lubis 🇮🇩 · $25

    “Take care of yourselves. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Semarang”

  • Anyango Grace Nakamya 🇹🇿 · $25
  • Vinh Hải Bui 🇻🇳 · $25

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  • Njeri Florence Mollel

    Thanks for sharing this, Raphaël. Shared this with my family. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Brandon

    • Arthur Benoît Huet

      Hope it all works out, Raphaël. Great idea, hope you get there. Love from Detroit.

      • Yuki Tamaki Ueda

        Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Blessings.

        • Levi Meyer

          Sending strength, Raphaël. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like

          • Carla Matilde Pellegrini

            Take care, Raphaël. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Brandon

            $1,063 raised of $3,550

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