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Yard rescue for Brian, 76: fallen trees and overgrown beds
Brian, 76, can no longer manage the yard after a storm; we're looking for helpers with chainsaws and rakes.
🇦🇺 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia462 views
I'm 76 and I have lived in this house in Wollongong for 38 years. After the storm in June, two large branches and a fallen fence have blocked the back door and the garden path. I can no longer manage them myself because of a recent fall.
The council has told me it will be eight weeks before they can send someone. I'd feel much safer if it were cleared sooner.
Help needed: someone with a chainsaw, plus a few people with rakes and gloves. I'll provide tea, sandwiches and the green waste bags. A few hours will do.
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- effort
- 3–5 hours
- format
- In person in Wollongong
- skills
- chainsaw, gardening, hauling
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- Jahid Imran Sheikh 🇧🇩 Accepted
I live about 17 km from Wollongong. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Can bring a friend.
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Wishing you peace. Get well soon. Sent it to 30 people at work. Thinking of Wollongong
Keep going, Brian. This could happen to any of us
I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry
Thinking of you. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from São Paulo.
Stay strong, Brian. Hope the doctors have good news. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Geelong.
you're not alone, Brian. Looking forward to the next update. Sent it to 22 people at work. All the best.
you're not alone, Brian. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Gave what I could, wish it was more. Wish I lived closer to Rawalpindi so I could bring a meal. Greetings from Feira de Santana.
Hope it all works out. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Put this on a community board in Surat this morning.
So sorry you're going through this, Brian. This could happen to any of us. Wish I lived closer to Abuja so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Wollongong.
Hope it all works out. Wishing Brian a smooth procedure and a full recovery. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.
Take care, Brian. Shared it with a few friends.
Thanks for sharing this. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. All the best.