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Clean streets and rivers for Hamilton: restoring the Maple wetland

Volunteers are restoring the Maple wetland in Hamilton; $1,700 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇳🇿 3285, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand2,001 views
Teresa B. Fitzgerald
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Hamilton
The Maple wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 75 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 104 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 $1,700 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $750 • Tools and protective gear: $250 • Waste removal and skip hire: $550 • Signage and educational materials: $150 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure. - Teresa
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Teresa

  1. Quick update: $1,078 raised so far (63%). I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 45% now ($758). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

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  • Benjamin G. Legaspi 🇺🇸 · $200
  • Brooks N. Holland 🇺🇸 · $194
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Gifty Elizabeth Manu 🇬🇭 · $100

    “Be well. My sister told me about this one. - Tema”

  • Kwabena Richard Yeboah 🇬🇭 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $100
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  • Natália Débora Leite 🇧🇷 · $100

    “Sending love. Saw your post and had to give. - Curitiba”

  • Kunal M. Jat 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Alexandra Schneider 🇬🇧 · $75
  • Brandon Stokes 🇺🇸 · $75

    “Be well. I'm in Santa Fe, thinking of you.”

  • Wulan Mega Surya 🇮🇩 · $74.50

    “Sending love. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Jakarta Selatan”

  • Yogita M. Solanki 🇮🇳 · $74
  • Elena D. Hernandez 🇵🇭 · $50

    “Thought of Teresa all day after reading this. - Manila”

  • Wafula Musyoka Temba 🇰🇪 · $50
  • Bello Olumide Idowu 🇳🇬 · $50

    “All the best. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Ibadan”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Hala Yasmin Ghanem 🇸🇦 · $50
  • Megan D. Gardner 🇨🇦 · $50

    “Hang in there. Thought of Teresa all day after reading this. - Kelowna”

  • Rachel Quincy 🇺🇸 · $30

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  • Greyson S. Holmes

    Thinking of you and your family, Teresa. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.

    • Evelyn B. Sanders

      Stay strong, Teresa. Looking forward to the next update. Love from Mesa.

      • Mythili NamboothiriID verified

        Thanks for sharing this. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Wish I lived closer to Bahir Dar so I could bring a meal. Love from Adama

        • Letícia Ingrid Fernandes

          Hope it all works out, Teresa. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Take care.

          • Shefali Priya Ghosh

            Sending strength, Teresa. Shared it with a few friends. I have a 6 year old who wants to send good wishes too

            $2,136.50 raised of $1,700

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