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Start-up fund for Graciela: reopening a roadside café after a storm that collapsed the roof
A roadside café in Los Angeles needs help replacing an espresso machine and grinder after a storm that collapsed the roof.
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For nine years I have run a roadside café in Los Angeles. In August, a storm that collapsed the roof took an espresso machine and grinder. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Sunday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 4 weeks.
This business pays my children's school fees and rent. I have already started working from home in small ways, but I can't meet orders without proper equipment.
Every contribution brings me closer to reopening, and I promise to post photos as I buy each item.
Once I'm back on my feet I plan to hire back the people I had to let go.
Where the $2,300 goes:
• Shop repairs and licensing: $460
• Initial stock: coffee and pastries: $320
• Replacing an espresso machine and grinder: $1,520
Thank you so much.
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Small businesses are the heart of Los Angeles. Hope you're open again soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry