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The old Freedom bus depot needs a free library and reading room - Pilar's neighborhood project
A community-led a free library and reading room at the old Freedom bus depot that will serve 158 neighbors.
🇪🇸 Madrid, Madrid, Spain1,335 views
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 10 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Freedom bus depot, but no funding.
We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $1,250.
It will serve about 158 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in December 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 $1,250 goes:
• Materials: $730
• Permits and inspections: $185
• Safety equipment and signage: $195
• Tools hire and delivery: $140
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
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- Andrei Serhiy Belov 🇺🇦 · $100
“Every little bit. Small amount but sent with love. - Lviv”
- Christo W. Abrahams 🇿🇦 · $75
- Fatema Mousumi Chowdhury 🇧🇩 · $65.50
- Natalia Beck 🇬🇧 · $60
“Thought of Pilar all day after reading this. - London”
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $50
- Gregory J. Garcia 🇺🇸 · $50
- Piumi Niluka Abeysekera 🇱🇰 · $50
- Rose Nakato Mugisha 🇹🇿 · $50
- Andrei Adrian Stan 🇷🇴 · $25
“From my family to yours. Thought of Pilar all day after reading this. - Iași”
- Mackenzie N. Vargas 🇬🇧 · $25
“Sending love. From Aberdeen with love. - Aberdeen”
- Joseph Miranda 🇺🇸 · $25
“Rooting for you. Shared with friends too. - Knoxville”
- Duygu Özlem Öztürk 🇹🇷 · $20
“Best of luck. Hope the December deadline works out. - Istanbul”
- Óscar N. Reyes 🇺🇸 · $20
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $15
- Eunice Abena Asante 🇬🇭 · $15
- Gregory M. Juarez 🇬🇧 · $10
- Sarah Mahama 🇬🇭 · $10
- Douglas M. Willis 🇺🇸 · $10
- Marta Wiktoria Kubiak 🇵🇱 · $10
- Julia Charlotte Weber 🇩🇪 · $10
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Best of luck, Pilar. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Houston.
More neighborhoods should do this. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. God bless
sending strength. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Sent it to 39 people at work. Blessings.