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Let's build a repair café workshop together in Fresno
A community-led a repair café workshop at Acacia Primary School that will serve 217 neighbors.
🇺🇸 Fresno, California, United States1,758 views
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 30 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Acacia Primary School, but no funding.
We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $1,100.
It will serve about 217 people, including school children and their families. 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.
All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance.
Where the $1,100 goes:
• Permits and inspections: $370
• Tools hire and delivery: $450
• Safety equipment and signage: $280
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- Brooks
Updates from Brooks
Thank you all. We're at 32% now ($351). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for tools hire and delivery is now scheduled.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 19% funded and the plan for permits and inspections is now scheduled.
- Fernando S. Villalobos 🇲🇽 · $15
- Alexandre Léo Fournier 🇫🇷 · $25
- Kevin Opio Ssebuliba 🇺🇬 · $15
- Noman Mahin Paul 🇧🇩 · $5
- Ana D. Estrada 🇨🇴 · $100
- Dinesh Ashok Magar 🇳🇵 · $50
“Good luck. My cousin told me about this one. - Kathmandu”
- Joanna Krystyna Bąk 🇵🇱 · $79.50
“You got this. Been where you're, it gets better. - Katowice”
- Piumi Sanduni Wanigasekara 🇱🇰 · $10
- Carla Battaglia 🇮🇹 · $5
- Samantha Hall 🇺🇸 · $111
“Best of luck. Only $111 but hope it helps. - Fresno”
- Maverick D. Garcia 🇦🇺 · $10
- Shefali Rahima Rashid 🇮🇳 · $10
- Elias M. Boyd 🇺🇸 · $25
- Linda Felicia Asante 🇬🇭 · $50
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So sorry you're going through this. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Fresno.
stay strong, Brooks. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Fresno
Praying for you, Brooks. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Lagos
Thinking of you, Brooks. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.