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Let's build a repair café workshop together in Bakersfield

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a repair café workshop - we need $4,850 for materials.

🇺🇸 93318, Bakersfield, California, United States1,260 views
Ximena A. Pruitt
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Bakersfield
For three years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 10 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Jacaranda community hall, but no funding. We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $4,850. It will serve about 490 people, including children, seniors and people with disabilities. We'll hold a build day in December 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 $4,850 goes: • Materials: $3,650 • Permits and inspections: $340 • Safety equipment and signage: $430 • Tools hire and delivery: $430 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.

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    • so sorry you're going through this, Ximena. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Mesa.

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