Hands-on laborElderly care
Yard rescue for Oliver, 81: fallen trees and overgrown beds
Fallen branches and overgrowth are blocking Oliver's path; a few hours of help would make a big difference.
🇺🇸 95127, San Jose, California, United States1,087 views
I'm 81 and I have lived in this house in San Jose for 40 years. After the storm in October, 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 my hip replacement.
The council has told me it will be six weeks before they can send someone. I'd feel much safer if it were cleared sooner.
Help needed: two people with loppers and a wheelbarrow. 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 San Jose
- skills
- chainsaw, gardening, hauling
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- Carol S. Henderson 🇺🇸
I live about 20 km from San Jose. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Free this month.
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praying for you. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. All the best.
Hope it all works out, Oliver. Get well soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Thanks for sharing this, Oliver. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side.
Shared this with my family. Greetings from Taguig.
Sending strength, Oliver. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. After 27 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything.