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Let's build a playground together in Austin

A community-led a playground at Baobab Primary School that will serve 117 neighbors.

🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States961 views
Audrey S. Whitaker
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For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a playground. This year a group of 16 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Baobab Primary School, but no funding. We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $2,650. It will serve about 117 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. 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 $2,650 goes: • Materials: $2,050 • Permits and inspections: $240 • Safety equipment and signage: $155 • Tools hire and delivery: $205 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

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  • Aiden F. AustinID verified

    Sending strength, Audrey. Your post was clear and honest. Please keep us posted

    • Kato Byaruhanga KimaroPhoto verified

      Good luck, Audrey. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Put this on a community board in Bogotá this morning

      • Addison J. Butler

        Wishing you the best, Audrey. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. It's not much but it's yours.

        • Janet Sarah Peprah

          Keep going. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Los Angeles.

          • Min-ji Da-eun Baek

            Sending strength. Hope you get there. Thinking of Austin.

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