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Winter storm in Cambridge: help the Orchard settlement rebuild

After the winter storm, families in the Orchard settlement need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.

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Isaiah F. Snyder
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Cambridge
The winter storm hit the Orchard settlement on 13 March. My home was one of 76 damaged, and 14 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 $7,300 goes: • Clean water and purification supplies: $1,050 • Roofing sheets and timber: $4,100 • Food parcels for displaced families: $2,150 Glad we found this place. - Isaiah
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Isaiah

  1. Thank you all. We're at 36% now ($2,656). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 32% now ($2,331). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for clean water and purification supplies is now scheduled.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 21% now ($1,501). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

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  • Keith Douglas

    Hang in there, Isaiah. Your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 3 people at work. Thinking of Cambridge

    • Ezekiel A. KimQuestion

      any update on how things are going in Cambridge?

      • Francisco P. Estrada

        Praying for you. This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Albany this morning.

        • Marilyn Stanley

          good luck, Isaiah. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Blessings.

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