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The Maple community hall needs a youth football pitch - Kimberly's neighborhood project

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a youth football pitch - we need $4,050 for materials.

🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States5,071 views
Kimberly B. Gordon
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Oakland
For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a youth football pitch. This year a group of 30 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Maple community hall, but no funding. We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $4,050. It will serve about 545 people, including local farmers and market traders. 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 $4,050 goes: • Materials: $2,850 • Permits and inspections: $200 • Safety equipment and signage: $540 • Tools hire and delivery: $460 If you're reading this, thank you. - Kimberly
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Kimberly

  1. Quick update: $3,263 raised so far (81%). I made the first payment toward safety equipment and signage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 61% now ($2,463). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward tools hire and delivery.

  3. 18% there. we've started the first stage. Thank you.

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  • Verónica T. GuerreroPhoto verified

    Stay strong, Kimberly. Looking forward to the next update.

    • Kathleen K. Dela Cruz

      thinking of you and your family. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We're a small family in Guadalajara but we're thinking of you.

      • Xin Juan Zhu

        Thinking of you and your family, Kimberly. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend

        • Aditya Hadi Kusuma

          Your post was clear and honest. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best

          • Ha-joon Woo-jin Kang

            More neighborhoods should do this. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care.

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