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We lost everything in the winter storm: help the Marketplace settlement start over
After the winter storm, families in the Marketplace settlement need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States4,849 views
The winter storm hit the Marketplace settlement on 17 September. My home was one of 68 damaged, and 2 families are still in temporary shelter at a borrowed warehouse.
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.
We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates.
Where the $8,700 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $3,750
• Clean water and purification supplies: $750
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $820
• Food parcels for displaced families: $1,100
• Tools and labor for repairs: $2,280
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
- Mia
Updates from Mia
Small update. $3,398 so far, the plan for tools and labor for repairs is now scheduled.
Thank you all. We're at 18% now ($1,568). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
- Ecrin Sevgi Kurt 🇹🇷 · $500
- Dennis A. Fox 🇺🇸 · $500
“Hope this helps. Only $500 but hope it helps. - Oakland”
- Hamza Salim Gaber 🇪🇬 · $500
“Sending love! - Mansoura”
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $250
- Gilbert C. Magsaysay 🇵🇭 · $200
“Thought of Mia all day after reading this. - Cebu City”
- Simone Simone Costa 🇧🇷 · $200
“From my family to yours. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Porto Alegre”
- Zeynep Hülya Bayram 🇹🇷 · $100
- Manisha L. Srivastava 🇬🇧 · $100
- Brandon J. Pickett 🇬🇧 · $100
- Derya Seda Yalçın 🇹🇷 · $100
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $100
- Kemal Berk Kurt 🇹🇷 · $100
“Get well soon. Been where you're, it gets better. - İzmir”
- Selamawit Senait Abate 🇪🇹 · $100
- Faruk Arif Bhuiyan 🇬🇧 · $100
- Carol P. Bowman 🇨🇦 · $100
- Ravi L. Sood 🇬🇧 · $100
- Landon R. Harris 🇺🇸 · $100
- Emilio G. Tapia 🇺🇸 · $75
“Thought of Mia all day after reading this. - San Francisco”
- Leonardo Gabriel Rocha 🇧🇷 · $75
- Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $75
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what exactly is the $8,700 for?
Hope things get better soon, Mia. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't give up.
Praying for you, Mia. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'll check back for the next update. All the best
sending love, Mia. I hope things turn around soon. Blessings.
so sorry you're going through this. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.
Keep going. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from New York.