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A new roof for the center was going to be costly. Estimates that had been solicited before the COVID-19 pandemic hit pegged the cost as being at least $30,000. For a center that is technically owned by the residents of the Harbins community and whose fundraisers typically brought in totals that could be counted in hundreds rather than thousands of dollars, that was a steep price to pay.
âWe have tried for years to get help, and no individual had really ever stepped up and offered themselves and what they can do,â Pharr said. âAnd fundraisers â if we hold a fundraiser here, weâre raising $600 to $800. Everybody says âWell, yâall need to hold a fundraiser.â Iâm like, âWe need more than $600,â and it takes us weeks of work to do a fundraiser to have a dinner or to do music.