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Clean air and water for Sheffield: restoring the Lotus hillside

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

🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom1,477 views
Josephine L. Henry
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Sheffield
The Lotus hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 91 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 179 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $2,200 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $840 • Tools and protective gear: $550 • Waste removal and skip hire: $710 • Signage and educational materials: $100 If you're reading this, thank you. - Josephine

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  • Good luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I have a 11 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

    • hope things get better soon, Josephine. Looking forward to the next update. Wish I lived closer to Depok so I could bring a meal. Take care

      • I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. After 16 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care.

        • Shared it with a few friends. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Sheffield.

          • Best of luck. More neighborhoods should do this. Wish I lived closer to Fukuoka so I could bring a meal. Greetings from San Jose.

            • Praying for you, Josephine. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I hope May is when things finally get easier. All the best.

              • Wishing you the best. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Sheffield.

                • Hope things get better soon, Josephine. Great idea, hope you get there!

                  • Praying for you. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in public service myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.

                    • best of luck, Josephine. Your post was clear and honest. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless.

                      • hope things get better soon, Josephine. Looking forward to the next update. God bless.

                        • Wendy CoxPhoto verified

                          Thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.

                          • Thinking of you, Josephine. Your post was clear and honest. After 23 years in accounting I know how hard it is to ask for anything. Take care.

                            • Stay strong, Josephine. This could happen to any of us. Blessings.

                              • thinking of you, Josephine. Great idea, hope you get there. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.

                                • good luck, Josephine. I hope things turn around soon. Don't give up. Greetings from Tacoma.

                                  • Take care. Your post was clear and honest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Bacolod

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