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Rochester flash flood relief - the Marketplace district
Neighbors in the Marketplace district are rebuilding after the flash flood; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.
🇺🇸 Rochester, New York, United States8,396 views
The flash flood hit the Marketplace district on 27 March. My home was one of 50 damaged, and 9 families are still in temporary shelter at a borrowed warehouse.
The first few days we shared what little we had. Now the cleanup has started, but we've no money for materials and winter or the rainy season is coming.
Schools in the area have been closed, and the clinic lost its cold storage for vaccines. We're a small community of working families who have never asked for help before.
We have formed a volunteer committee, and I'm the treasurer, so I'll post receipts for everything we buy.
We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates.
Where the $9,050 goes:
• Food parcels for displaced families: $710
• Roofing sheets and timber: $4,650
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $1,150
• Tools and labor for repairs: $2,540
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Wesley
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Sending love, Wesley. More neighborhoods should do this. All the best.
Sending strength, Wesley. Great idea, hope you get there. Greetings from Los Angeles.
Sending strength. More neighborhoods should do this. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from London.
Good luck, Wesley. Hope this works out for you. I have a 12 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings
Sending strength. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 25 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
You're not alone. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Kraków.
Thinking of you, Wesley. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Rochester.
Stay strong. Hope this works out for you. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care!