Hands-on laborElderly care
Yard rescue for Heinz, 71: fallen trees and overgrown beds
Fallen branches and overgrowth are blocking Heinz's path; a few hours of help would make a big difference.
🇩🇪 50567, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany300 views
I'm 71 and I have lived in this house in Cologne for 29 years. After the storm in August, 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 poor eyesight.
The council has told me it will be ten weeks before they can send someone. I'd feel much safer if it were cleared sooner.
Help needed: a small team to cut, stack and carry away branches. I'll provide tea, sandwiches and the green waste bags. A few hours will do.
Thank you for reading my story.
- effort
- 3–5 hours
- format
- In person in Cologne
- skills
- chainsaw, gardening, hauling
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Wishing you the best. Hope the doctors have good news. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Cologne.
Hope things get better soon. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Thinking of Cologne.
Thinking of you. Your post was clear and honest. After 15 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything
Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Dharan.
Thanks for sharing this. Your post was clear and honest. Put this on a community board in Ciudad de México this morning. Greetings from Ciudad de México.
Wishing you the best, Heinz. I hope things turn around soon. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. All the best.
Sending strength, Heinz. Shared this with my family. All the best.
Hope the doctors have good news. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Mississauga.
Sending good thoughts, Heinz. Hope this works out for you
You're not alone, Heinz. Shared this with my family. It's not much but it's yours.
Best of luck, Heinz. Shared this with my family. Please keep us posted.
so sorry you're going through this, Heinz. Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Cologne.
Take care, Heinz. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Thinking of Cologne.
praying for you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My neighbor in Daegu donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Daegu.
best of luck, Heinz. Hope this works out for you. I'm in farming myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
You're not alone, Heinz. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless.