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Start-up fund for Tomás: reopening a laundry service after floodwater
A laundry service in Spokane needs help replacing two washing machines and a dryer after floodwater.
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For twelve years I have run a laundry service in Spokane. In November, floodwater took two washing machines and a dryer. I have no insurance, and the bank won't lend to me.
Before that, my customers came every Saturday, and I employed 3 people from the neighborhood. I have been out of business for 12 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.
I'll buy equipment from local suppliers and post photos and receipts as I go.
Where the $2,600 goes:
• Shop repairs and licensing: $680
• Initial stock: detergent and packaging: $350
• Replacing two washing machines and a dryer: $1,570
Thank you so much.
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This could happen to any of us. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Bhaktapur.
Wishing you peace. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Greetings from Springfield
Sending love, Tomás. Hope you get there. Don't give up. Love from Bangkok.
Praying for you. Hope you make a strong comeback. Greetings from Nottingham.
Praying for you. I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Spokane.
Hope it all works out, Tomás. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
hope you make a strong comeback. We're a small family in Zapopan but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Spokane
Hope things get better soon, Tomás. Shared it with a few friends. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out
Hope things get better soon. Hope the shop reopens soon. Thinking of Spokane.