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Let's build a repair café workshop together in Springfield
Volunteers in Springfield are raising $4,500 for a repair café workshop at the old Acacia bus depot.
🇺🇸 Springfield, Massachusetts, United States2,532 views
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 15 volunteers, including local mothers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Acacia bus depot, but no funding.
We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $4,500.
It will serve about 538 people, including local farmers and market traders. 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 $4,500 goes:
• Materials: $3,600
• Permits and inspections: $270
• Safety equipment and signage: $340
• Tools hire and delivery: $290
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
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- Anjali W. Sandhu 🇮🇳 · $200
- Enzo Gabriel Rodrigues 🇧🇷 · $100
- Tigist Negash 🇪🇹 · $100
- Heru Muhammad Harahap 🇮🇩 · $100
- Hala Sara Amin 🇸🇦 · $100
“Thought of Riley all day after reading this. - Riyadh”
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $75
- Niklas Felix Keller 🇩🇪 · $75
“Rooting for you. Hope the December deadline works out. - Regensburg”
- Taylor Oliver 🇺🇸 · $50
- Hendra Permana 🇮🇩 · $50
- Yến Oanh Huynh 🇻🇳 · $50
“Best of luck. Thought of Riley all day after reading this.”
- Regina Antônia Barros 🇧🇷 · $50
- Tomás N. Benítez 🇦🇷 · $30
- Eugen Eugen Florea 🇷🇴 · $25
- Isabel C. Paredes 🇲🇽 · $25
- Anonymous 🇳🇱 · $25
- Eunice Lilian Mugisha 🇹🇿 · $25
“Thought of Riley all day after reading this. - Dar es Salaam”
- Zbigniew Sawicki 🇵🇱 · $25
- Aria Medina 🇨🇦 · $25
- Renata Dudek 🇵🇱 · $25
- Esther Modupe Okoro 🇳🇬 · $24
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rooting for you, Riley. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer
I hope things turn around soon. After 12 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless.
wishing you the best, Riley. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Dortmund.
Take care. This could happen to any of us. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Springfield
Sending love, Riley. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Nashik but we're thinking of you. All the best.
Best of luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of Springfield.
thinking of you and your family. This could happen to any of us. Wish I lived closer to Rome so I could bring a meal.
Take care. Great idea, hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry
sending love, Riley. Looking forward to the next update. Love from Saint Petersburg
Hope things get better soon, Riley. Great idea, hope you get there