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Let's build a free library and reading room together in Tampa
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a free library and reading room - we need $3,250 for materials.
🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States4,375 views
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 10 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Maple Primary School, but no funding.
We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $3,250.
It will serve about 107 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.
Funds are spent only on materials, permits and safety equipment; all labor is volunteered.
Where the $3,250 goes:
• Safety equipment and signage: $260
• Materials: $2,650
• Permits and inspections: $340
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Jamila
Updates from Jamila
Update from Tampa: we've started the first stage. We're at 26% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Kavita S. Verma 🇮🇳 · $200
“Praying for you. Hope you get the rest soon. - Nashik”
- Mavis Irene Owusu 🇬🇭 · $55.50
“Take care of yourselves. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Accra”
- Sang-hoon Dae-hyun Shin 🇰🇷 · $10
“Be well! - Incheon”
- Komal A. Dhillon 🇦🇺 · $50
- Pooja W. Prajapati 🇮🇳 · $50
- Hermann Patrick Dietrich 🇩🇪 · $20
- Zaid Hamza Naguib 🇸🇦 · $10
“Hope this covers a bit of it. - Jeddah”
- Tejaswini T. Reddy 🇮🇳 · $5
- Marta Zuzanna Mazurek 🇵🇱 · $5
- Sophia E. Holloway 🇺🇸 · $100
“Hope it all works out. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Bowling Green”
- Aisha Reem Sabbagh 🇪🇬 · $15
- Yetunde Hauwa Williams 🇳🇬 · $25
“Stay strong. Thought of Jamila all day after reading this.”
- Jericho M. Andrada 🇵🇭 · $20
- Elena B. Bennett 🇨🇦 · $100
- Reem Nada Metwally 🇸🇦 · $25
- Tolga Gökhan Güneş 🇹🇷 · $200
- Nithya A. Prabhu 🇮🇳 · $30
- Josefina Bautista 🇵🇭 · $53.50
- Sade Ronke Okonkwo 🇳🇬 · $25
“All the best. Been where you're, it gets better. - Onitsha”
- Pooja P. Chaturvedi 🇬🇧 · $50
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you're not alone. Great idea, hope you get there. Sent it to 25 people at work.
So sorry you're going through this. More neighborhoods should do this. I hope October is when things finally get easier.
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Tampa.
Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about safety equipment and signage, advice is welcome too. Thanks for asking.
projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Thinking of Tampa.
Wishing you the best, Jamila. Shared it with a few friends. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. All the best.
What exactly is the $3,250 for?
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. safety equipment and signage comes first ($260) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. Happy to explain more.
sending strength. Shared this with my family. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Good luck. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Lansing
How is Jamila doing now?
Sending good thoughts. Great idea, hope you get there. All the best
Hang in there, Jamila. More neighborhoods should do this. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Take care.
You're not alone, Jamila. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
Thanks for sharing this, Jamila. Hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
rooting for you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Tampa.
hope it all works out. This could happen to any of us. God bless