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Let's build a skate park together in San Jose

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a skate park - we need $1,800 for materials.

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Jaxon D. Banks
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San Jose
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a skate park. This year a group of 12 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Cedar community hall, but no funding. We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $1,800. It will serve about 558 people, including elderly neighbors living alone. 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 $1,800 goes: • Materials: $860 • Permits and inspections: $220 • Safety equipment and signage: $360 • Tools hire and delivery: $360 Every share and every dollar helps. - Jaxon

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    “All the best. Hope the November deadline works out. - Zanzibar City”

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  • Good luck, Jaxon. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless.

    • Hope things get better soon, Jaxon. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.

      • you're not alone. Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Amsterdam this morning. Take care.

        • Sending love, Jaxon. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Please keep us posted. Take care.

          • thanks for sharing this. I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of San Jose

            • Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 13 years in public service I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

              • you're not alone, Jaxon. I hope things turn around soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Take care

                • hang in there, Jaxon. Your post was clear and honest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.

                  • Keep going, Jaxon. Gave what I could, wish it was more. God bless

                    • Sending good thoughts. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. All the best

                      • Take care, Jaxon. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.

                        • Sending good thoughts. I hope things turn around soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. All the best.

                          • Sending good thoughts, Jaxon. Shared it with a few friends. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of San Jose

                            • Thanks for sharing this, Jaxon. Your post was clear and honest.

                              • Wishing you the best. Great idea, hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours. Take care.

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