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We lost everything in the flash flood: help the Millbrook neighborhood start over
The flash flood damaged 68 homes in the Millbrook neighborhood. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
🇺🇸 18130, Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States2,869 views
The flash flood hit the Millbrook neighborhood on 15 August. My home was one of 68 damaged, and 8 families are still in temporary shelter at the local school gym.
The first few days we shared what little we had. Now the cleanup has started, but we've no money for materials and winter or the rainy season is coming.
Schools in the area have been closed, and the clinic lost its cold storage for vaccines. We're a small community of working families who have never asked for help before.
We have formed a volunteer committee, and I'm the treasurer, so I'll post receipts for everything we buy.
Funds go to building materials, water purification supplies, bedding, and food for families still in shelters.
Where the $7,800 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $3,300
• Clean water and purification supplies: $880
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $490
• Food parcels for displaced families: $1,550
• Tools and labor for repairs: $1,580
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
Updates from Leah
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- Cora B. Gregory 🇬🇧 · $15
“You got this. Gave what I could this week. - Manchester”
- Carmela M. Tomas 🇵🇭 · $100
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Noel W. Rivera 🇺🇸 · $30
“God bless - Macon”
- Anita J. Tiwari 🇺🇸 · $25
“This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Shreveport”
- Emma F. Delgado 🇬🇧 · $10
- Gül Ayşe Yavuz 🇹🇷 · $100
“All the best - Kadıköy”
- Ife Kehinde Ogunbanjo 🇳🇬 · $10
- Paulo Tiago Leite 🇧🇷 · $5
“God bless. Hope the October deadline works out. - Campinas”
- Shrijana Ganga Maharjan 🇳🇵 · $20
- Luis K. Rivera 🇦🇷 · $20
- Alexandra F. Perez 🇺🇸 · $10
“Thinking of you. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Columbus”
- Aisha Juliet Coker 🇳🇬 · $5
- Aaron Beck 🇺🇸 · $54
- Víctor E. Flores 🇺🇸 · $20
- Samuel Babatunde Daramola 🇳🇬 · $50
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $5
“Get well soon. - Tarkwa”
- Fernando José Fuentes 🇲🇽 · $10
- Rahayu Fani Kusuma 🇮🇩 · $10
“From my family to yours. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Yogyakarta”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
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Any update on how things are going in Allentown?
Shared it with a few friends. Please keep us posted. God bless
reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Aswan.
Good luck, Leah. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Greetings from Cairo.
Hope things get better soon. 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
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Allentown.
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. God bless.
Sending good thoughts, Leah. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 24 years in accounting I know how hard it is to ask for anything.
What exactly is the $7,800 for?
It's all in the list in the story. roofing sheets and timber is the big one at $3,300, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Let me know if you want more detail.
wishing you peace. Your post was clear and honest. Love from Regensburg.
Thinking of you, Leah. This could happen to any of us.
Shared this with my family. It's not much but it's yours. All the best.
great idea, hope you get there
wishing you peace, Leah. Shared this with my family. Greetings from Rome.
So sorry you're going through this, Leah. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless.