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Let's build a repair café workshop together in Buffalo

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a repair café workshop - we need $2,600 for materials.

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Aurora C. Ford
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Buffalo
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 10 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Union vacant lot, but no funding. We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $2,600. It will serve about 509 people, including local farmers and market traders. 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 $2,600 goes: • Materials: $1,250 • Permits and inspections: $320 • Safety equipment and signage: $510 • Tools hire and delivery: $520 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Aurora

  1. We're at 42% thanks to 34 of you. I made the first payment toward safety equipment and signage. More news soon.

  2. Small update. $655 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.

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    “Rooting for you. Thought of Aurora all day after reading this. - Dammam”

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    “Best of luck - Durgapur”

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    “Take care of yourselves. I'm in Takoradi, thinking of you.”

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  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $10

    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Aurora all day after reading this. - Leeds”

  • Claire W. Brooks 🇺🇸 · $30

    “Hope this helps. From Akron with love.”

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    “From my family to yours! - Edmonton”

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    “Hope things get better! - Atlanta”

  • Aarti H. Bhatia 🇮🇳 · $25

    “All the best. Thought of Aurora all day after reading this.”

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    “All the best. From Quetta with love.”

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    “Wishing you the best. Hope you get the rest soon. - Kaduna”

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  • Dhruv L. JadejaQuestion

    any update on how things are going in Buffalo?

    • Beverley J. Wint

      Rooting for you, Aurora. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

      • Dylan N. Thomas

        keep going. Great idea, hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double

        • Jae-hyun Seung-woo SonPhoto verified

          Thinking of you and your family, Aurora. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.

          • Shankar P. GowdaID verified

            Sending good thoughts, Aurora. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Nashik.

            • Krishnan R. Nambiar

              Great idea, hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Kansas City so I could bring a meal. Love from Haarlem

              • Eugene T. Richardson

                wishing you the best. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Rio de Janeiro

                • Sebastian Thomas

                  more neighborhoods should do this. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Take care

                  • Marisa Ferretti

                    You're not alone. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't give up. God bless

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