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Strangers rebuild Cumberland mother’s stolen farm stand for free

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Strangers rebuild Cumberland mother’s stolen farm stand for free
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A mother's home-based sourdough bakery stand was stolen shortly after being placed in her driveway. A local construction team stepped in to rebuild the stand for free after seeing her story on social media.

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The story highlights community resilience and the power of social media to facilitate local acts of kindness.

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A mother of two who spent months preparing to open a home-based sourdough bakery had her brand-new farm stand stolen on its first night outside, but a father-and-son construction team of complete strangers rebuilt the entire stand for free, reports WJAR.Katrina Blancaflor, a former professional pastry chef, placed the wooden stand at the end of her driveway on the evening before 4 July to attract visitors from a local holiday road race. By the next morning, the stand had disappeared.When neighbours checked private security camera footage, the video showed an SUV arriving at 2:00 a.m., lifting the heavy wooden stand onto its roof, and driving away into the night.After Blancaflor shared the theft on social media, local builders John Adams and his son, Casey Adams, owners of Adams Construction in Cumberland, saw the post and offered to rebuild the stand without charging for labour or materials.Months of planning vanished overnightBlancaflor…

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