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The Maple community hall needs a rainwater harvesting system - Silas's neighborhood project
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a rainwater harvesting system - we need $3,950 for materials.
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For five years the neighborhood has asked for a rainwater harvesting system. This year a group of 24 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Maple community hall, but no funding.
We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $3,950.
It will serve about 151 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in March 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 $3,950 goes:
• Materials: $2,900
• Permits and inspections: $310
• Safety equipment and signage: $420
• Tools hire and delivery: $320
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- Silas
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“Best of luck. Hope the March deadline works out. - Lahore”
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Sending strength, Silas. This could happen to any of us. All the best
Take care, Silas. Shared this with my family. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out
hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Fukuoka.
Hope it all works out. Hope this works out for you. My neighbor in Nairobi donated after I showed her your page.
Hope it all works out. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't give up. God bless.
your post was clear and honest. Love from San Jose.
Good luck. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My neighbor in Narayanganj donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of Bakersfield.
Keep going. More neighborhoods should do this. Sent it to 14 people at work. Love from Ikeja.
Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Kraków.