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Clean air and water for Pittsburgh: restoring the Harmony hillside

Help us clean and replant the Harmony hillside before the May planting window closes.

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Mercedes D. Rojas
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Pittsburgh
The Harmony hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 45 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 55 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, including native species selected by a local botanist. The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade. All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $2,150 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $660 • Tools and protective gear: $310 • Waste removal and skip hire: $920 • Signage and educational materials: $260 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Mercedes

  1. Thank you all. We're at 69% now ($1,487). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 56% now ($1,208). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($918 in total) the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Mugisha Mwangi OnyangoPhoto verified

    Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Cambridge

    • Antonio Bruno Santoro

      More neighborhoods should do this. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. God bless.

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