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Let's build a youth football pitch together in Rochester

Volunteers in Rochester are raising $3,000 for a youth football pitch at Jacaranda Park.

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Sharon E. Navarro
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Rochester
For three years the neighborhood has asked for a youth football pitch. This year a group of 24 volunteers, including two retired carpenters, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for Jacaranda Park, but no funding. We have received donated soil and plants, and the remaining cost is $3,000. It will serve about 134 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 $3,000 goes: • Safety equipment and signage: $260 • Tools hire and delivery: $430 • Materials: $2,310 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself. - Sharon
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Sharon

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($650 in total) I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. We're at 8% thanks to 8 of you. I made the first payment toward materials. More news soon. - Sharon

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  • Rey N. Rodriguez 🇵🇭 · $927
  • Athumani Mukasa Juma 🇰🇪 · $100

    “Get well soon. Thought of Sharon all day after reading this. - Mombasa”

  • Letícia Daniela Fonseca 🇧🇷 · $100
  • Kartika Ratna Hartono 🇮🇩 · $50

    “Thought of Sharon all day after reading this. - Jakarta Selatan”

  • Patricia F. Perez 🇵🇭 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $50
  • Emery W. Joyner 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Ajay C. Pandey 🇮🇳 · $50
  • Yodit Girma 🇪🇹 · $50

    “Hope things get better. Hope the November deadline works out. - Hawassa”

  • Omar Kamal Hegazy 🇸🇦 · $50

    “Thought of Sharon all day after reading this. - Medina”

  • Anonymous 🇲🇦 · $50
  • Lourdes A. González 🇦🇷 · $30
  • Dominik Schuster 🇩🇪 · $25
  • Wulan Zahra Harahap 🇮🇩 · $25
  • Anum Rubina Hussain 🇵🇰 · $25
  • Beatrice Auma Mutebi 🇰🇪 · $25
  • Emeka Michael Eze 🇳🇬 · $25

    “Blessings. Thought of Sharon all day after reading this. - Ibadan”

  • Tobias Vogel 🇩🇪 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25

    “Keep your head up. Thought of Sharon all day after reading this. - Nashik”

  • Tariq Mahmoud Mansour 🇸🇦 · $25

    “God bless. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Medina”

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  • Naveed Umar Pasha

    Hang in there. This could happen to any of us. Sent it to 6 people at work. Blessings.

    • Kevin Horst Brandt

      Praying for you, Sharon. This could happen to any of us

      • Manoj P. Bhatia

        So sorry you're going through this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.

        • Sheila LegaspiID verified

          thinking of you, Sharon. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My neighbor in Paris donated after I showed her your page

          • Utami Sari Sitompul

            Good luck. Hope you get there. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless

            • Maria N. Lacson

              This could happen to any of us. After 16 years in accounting I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings.

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