Check this out! My homies back in beautiful downtown Brockport had a yard sale and gave away free lemonade to thirsty shoppers for their donation to Volunteer International! These kids raised enough money ($52.68, with some additional help from the Rich family) to outfit two carpenters with a complete set of tools. How complete?
See for yourself:
1 Large Wooden Plane
1 Small Wooden Plane
1 11 lb Claw Hammer
1 22 inch Hand Saw
1 8 inch Screw Driver
1 ¼ inch Wood Chisel
1 ½ inch Wood Chisel
1 1 inch Wood Chisel
1 3/8 inch Hand Drill
1 Emery Stone (w/ oil)
1 8 inch Combination Pliers
1 12 inch Spirit Level
1 Hanging Level
1 Kilo of Coated Nails
The above listed stuff comes to a grand total of 2,360 rupees ($23.46 USD) See what I mean about stuff being so much cheaper to purchase over here? The carpenters are sort of my special project and I found a tool wholesaler in the market area of Colombo, Pettah. The owner of Asean (sic) Industrial Tradeways was intrigued by this middle aged white broad coming in to talk tools with him. He’s really a sweetheart and he brought a complete set of the tools all the way across town to the VI offices. I ordered fifty sets and had some very sturdy canvas bags made that would be big enough to hold all the tools.
Thanks to the kids, two more carpenters are getting back to work! Thanks guys!
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I'm with Mar on this one. Those kids in Brockport love you and so do we! Money starting to trickle in and I'll be getting with Mom Miller to make sure it hits your account. Does the tool wholesaler in Colombo make you miss cruising the tool aisles at Home Depot with Dave??? xxoo
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