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The old Baobab bus depot needs a sensory garden for children with autism - Pamela's neighborhood project
A community-led a sensory garden for children with autism at the old Baobab bus depot that will serve 144 neighbors.
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For twelve years the neighborhood has asked for a sensory garden for children with autism. This year a group of 20 volunteers, including a retired civil engineer, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Baobab bus depot, but no funding.
We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $3,400.
It will serve about 144 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in September 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 $3,400 goes:
• Safety equipment and signage: $240
• Permits and inspections: $250
• Materials: $2,910
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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keep going, Pamela. Hope this works out for you!
hope this works out for you. I hope September is when things finally get easier. Take care.
More neighborhoods should do this. After 21 years in public service I know how hard it is to ask for anything. Blessings
Keep going. Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day
Sending strength, Pamela. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. All the best.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. All the best