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The old Jacaranda bus depot needs a youth football pitch - Natalie's neighborhood project

A community-led a youth football pitch at the old Jacaranda bus depot that will serve 487 neighbors.

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Natalie G. Russell
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Manukau
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a youth football pitch. This year a group of 8 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Jacaranda bus depot, but no funding. We have received donated timber, and the remaining cost is $1,800. It will serve about 487 people, including school children and their families. We'll hold a build day in November 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 $1,800 goes: • Materials: $1,250 • Permits and inspections: $280 • Safety equipment and signage: $270 Glad we found this place. - Natalie

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  • Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $100
  • Gianna H. Meyer 🇺🇸 · $61

    “Hope it all works out. Hope you get the rest soon. - Santa Fe”

  • Natalie S. Pruitt 🇺🇸 · $25

    “Best of luck. Gave what I could this week. - Scranton”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $51.50
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Hang in there. From Erie with love. - Erie”

  • Jakob Werner Groß 🇩🇪 · $100
  • Aniket P. Apte 🇮🇳 · $50

    “Rooting for you. Hope the November deadline works out. - Ahmedabad”

  • Daniele Marco Esposito 🇮🇹 · $20
  • Guilherme Tiago Guimarães 🇧🇷 · $62

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  • Wishing you the best, Natalie. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.

    • is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Natalie.

      • The list at the bottom is the whole picture. materials is the biggest at $1,250. Thanks for looking so closely.

    • Wishing you the best. Shared it with a few friends. Please keep us posted.

      • Wishing you peace, Natalie. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Manukau!

        • Stay strong. Hope you get there. Thinking of Manukau

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