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Let's build a youth football pitch together in Los Angeles

A community-led a youth football pitch at Acacia Primary School that will serve 539 neighbors.

🇺🇸 California, United States3,266 views
Michelle H. Stephens
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Los Angeles
For three years the neighborhood has asked for a youth football pitch. This year a group of 15 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Acacia Primary School, but no funding. We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $3,400. It will serve about 539 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 $3,400 goes: • Materials: $2,850 • Permits and inspections: $195 • Safety equipment and signage: $185 • Tools hire and delivery: $170 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.

Updates from Michelle

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 83% funded and the first invoice got paid this week.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,600 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Update from Los Angeles: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 22% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Michelle all day after reading this.”

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  • More neighborhoods should do this. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Take care.

    • Sending strength. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.

      • thinking of you and your family, Michelle. Looking forward to the next update

        • Good luck, Michelle. I hope things turn around soon. Blessings

          • Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. Love from Paris.

            • Best of luck, Michelle. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Take care.

              • Thinking of you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. All the best

                • Thinking of you, Michelle. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.

                  • Maximilian ZieglerPhoto verified

                    Thinking of you, Michelle. Great idea, hope you get there. God bless.

                    • Rooting for you, Michelle. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.

                      • Wishing you peace. More neighborhoods should do this. My neighbor in Mombasa donated after I showed her your page. Blessings.

                        • Wishing you peace. This could happen to any of us. Please keep us posted. All the best.

                          • stay strong, Michelle. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Perth.

                            • Hope things get better soon, Michelle. Shared it with a few friends. Put this on a community board in Oakland this morning. Love from Oakland

                              • Hang in there. Shared this with my family. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Los Angeles.

                                • Stay strong. Looking forward to the next update. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. All the best.

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