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The Unity health centre yard needs a repair café workshop - Brenda's neighborhood project

A community-led a repair café workshop at the Unity health centre yard that will serve 531 neighbors.

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Brenda T. Bishop
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Sacramento
For five years the neighborhood has asked for a repair café workshop. This year a group of 10 volunteers, including a group of teenagers, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Unity health centre yard, but no funding. We have received donated tools, and the remaining cost is $950. It will serve about 531 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 $950 goes: • Permits and inspections: $340 • Safety equipment and signage: $220 • Tools hire and delivery: $390 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it. - Brenda
#community#volunteer-led#neighborhood

Updates from Brenda

  1. Quick update: $299 raised so far (31%). I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. 20% there. I made the first payment toward tools hire and delivery. Thank you. - Brenda

  3. We're at 16% thanks to 3 of you. I made the first payment toward safety equipment and signage. More news soon.

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  • Babu Joy Zaman 🇧🇩 · $57
  • Álvaro C. Rodríguez 🇲🇽 · $25

    “Be well. Thought of Brenda all day after reading this. - Ciudad de México”

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    “You got this. My colleague told me about this one. - Kingston”

  • Karina K. López 🇦🇷 · $10

    “Thought of Brenda all day after reading this. - Mar del Plata”

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    “Praying for you. Only $76 but hope it helps. - Çankaya”

  • Mahnoor Sadia Gill 🇵🇰 · $25

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  • Sven Holmgren

    Thinking of you, Brenda. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.

    • Sophia Bailey

      More neighborhoods should do this. Sent it to 14 people at work. All the best

      • Vivaan A. Saxena

        Thanks for sharing this, Brenda. This could happen to any of us. Sent it to 5 people at work. God bless.

        • Lucky Henry Okoro

          Gave what I could, wish it was more. I have a 7 year old who wants to send good wishes too. All the best.

          • Cameron L. Vaughn

            Hope it all works out, Brenda. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.

            • Hossain Emon Miah

              Praying for you, Brenda. This could happen to any of us. Love from Nagpur.

              • Anita N. KohliPhoto verified

                Good luck, Brenda. Your post was clear and honest.

                • Funmilayo Juliet Danjuma

                  Hang in there. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Sacramento.

                  • Vishal N. Chopra

                    thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Lagos.

                    • Ivan Igor Medvedev

                      Stay strong, Brenda. Shared this with my family. My neighbor in Athens donated after I showed her your page. Love from Athens

                      • Urvashi Solanki

                        Sending love. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Blessings.

                        • Tomoko Mai Ueda

                          Sending strength, Brenda. Hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.

                          • Luis R. Ríos

                            Hang in there, Brenda. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from London

                            • Leonardo Leonardo Lacerda

                              Take care, Brenda. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home

                              • Thawatchai Sombat Tangsiri

                                Hang in there, Brenda. Shared it with a few friends. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.

                                • Sneha S. Jadhav

                                  Wishing you the best, Brenda. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Sacramento.

                                  • Sinta Intan Gunawan

                                    good luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. All the best.

                                    $828.50 raised of $950

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