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Yard rescue for Valentina, 79: fallen trees and overgrown beds
Valentina, 79, can no longer manage the yard after a storm; we're looking for helpers with chainsaws and rakes.
🇮🇹 95193, Catania, Sicily, Italy593 views
I'm 79 and I have lived in this house in Catania for 45 years. After the storm in May, 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 arthritis.
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.
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- effort
- 3–5 hours
- format
- In person in Catania
- skills
- chainsaw, gardening, hauling
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People who offered to help
- Abdullah Hassan Kassem 🇪🇬
I live about 17 km from Catania. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need.
- Sosuke Shota Maeda 🇯🇵
i live about 10 km from Catania. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need.
- Iman Lubna Siddiqui 🇪🇬
I live about 7 km from Catania. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Flexible on timing.
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Wishing you the best. Hope the doctors have good news. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
Best of luck. Wishing Valentina a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. God bless.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Glasgow.
Hang in there, Valentina. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Ikeja so I could bring a meal. All the best.
Keep going. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Sent it to 15 people at work. God bless