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A community garden: a volunteer-led effort in Pittsburgh

We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a community garden - we need $3,050 for materials.

🇺🇸 15241, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States2,767 views
Emery R. Smith
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Pittsburgh
For ten years the neighborhood has asked for a community garden. This year a group of 18 volunteers, including the neighborhood football club, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the Maple vacant lot, but no funding. We have received donated paint, and the remaining cost is $3,050. It will serve about 270 people, including young people who have nowhere safe to play. We'll hold a build day in November and everyone is invited. We're a small team, and every dollar will be spent in the open - I'll post receipts and progress photos. Funds are spent only on materials, permits and safety equipment; all labor is volunteered. Where the $3,050 goes: • Materials: $2,150 • Permits and inspections: $310 • Safety equipment and signage: $410 • Tools hire and delivery: $180 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.

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  • Good luck. Great idea, hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry

    • sending strength. Hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double

      • Thinking of you. Hope you get there. After 6 years in hospitality I know how hard it is to ask for anything.

        • you're not alone, Emery. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Don't give up. Thinking of Pittsburgh.

          • Nam Dũng BuiID verified

            Sending love, Emery. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Ann Arbor but we're thinking of you.

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