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Clean streets and rivers for Chicago: restoring the Liberty hillside

Volunteers are restoring the Liberty hillside in Chicago; $1,900 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States1,497 views
Isabel M. Villalobos
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Chicago
The Liberty hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 30 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 52 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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 $1,900 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $670 • Tools and protective gear: $550 • Waste removal and skip hire: $550 • Signage and educational materials: $130 Thanks for being kind about this. - Isabel
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Isabel

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($357 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. We're at 16% thanks to 7 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

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  • Wekesa Samuel Mwakyusa 🇰🇪 · $100

    “Hang in there. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Nairobi”

  • Alejandro H. Lara 🇦🇷 · $51.50
  • Anonymous 🇪🇹 · $50
  • Michelle K. Nunez 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Umesh Shyam Bhattarai 🇳🇵 · $50

    “Get well soon. Hope you get the rest soon. - Bhaktapur”

  • Rolando Quizon 🇵🇭 · $30
  • Everett Stanton 🇳🇿 · $30
  • Mariana S. García 🇨🇴 · $30
  • Landon Sanchez 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $25

    “From my family to yours. Hope the September deadline works out. - Nairobi”

  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $25

    “Stay strong - Dundee”

  • José W. Valdez 🇲🇽 · $25

    “Best of luck. Thought of Isabel all day after reading this.”

  • Solomon Biniam Kassa 🇪🇹 · $23
  • Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $20
  • Sofía H. Campos 🇪🇸 · $10
  • Ruma Molla 🇧🇩 · $10
  • Lydia Medina 🇬🇧 · $10
  • Harold Schwartz 🇬🇧 · $10
  • Tejaswini H. Iyer 🇮🇳 · $5

    “Good luck. Been where you are, it gets better. - Rohini”

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  • Fabiana Valentina Tavares

    Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Chicago

    • Hitesh J. GandhiQuestion

      can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Chicago

      • Isabel M. VillalobosOwnerAnswer

        Thank you. If you're in Chicago I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for asking.

    • Yu Su

      more neighborhoods should do this. Put this on a community board in Guadalajara this morning. All the best.

      • João Marcelo Peixoto

        wishing you the best, Isabel. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't give up

        • Eduardo M. PeñaPhoto verified

          Best of luck. Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of Chicago.

          • Pallavi H. ThakkarPhoto verified

            Thinking of you and your family. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you

            • Vikas D. Panwar

              Hope it all works out, Isabel. More neighborhoods should do this. I'll check back for the next update. All the best.

              • Elena S. Solís

                Sending love. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Girona

                • Mason T. Juarez

                  Keep going. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Palmira

                  • Hira Eman Hussain

                    thinking of you and your family. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Chicago.

                    • Beatriz T. Gutiérrez

                      sending strength. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you

                      • Amol H. Phadke

                        sending strength, Isabel. Hope this works out for you. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Take care

                        • Landon Gonzales

                          Hope it all works out. Great idea, hope you get there. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Chicago.

                          $579.50 raised of $1,900

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