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Clean streets and rivers for Raleigh: restoring the Harmony hillside

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Harmony hillside needs $2,050 for saplings and equipment.

🇺🇸 North Carolina, United States1,361 views
Silvia N. Ortiz
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Raleigh
The Harmony hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This October, 69 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 42 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 $2,050 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $230 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,200 • Tools and protective gear: $620 Thanks for reading all this.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Silvia

  1. Update from Raleigh: I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. We're at 45% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Small update. $145 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

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  • Amber A. Valdez

    I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Tlaquepaque.

    • Adewale Garba ShittuPhoto verified

      Hang in there, Silvia. Shared this with my family. After 11 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

      • Ayesha Ishrat Haque

        Praying for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Madrid!

        • Riley M. Gonzales

          Hope it all works out, Silvia. Hope this works out for you. My husband and I read this together.

          • Arianna T. Foster

            You're not alone, Silvia. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Bristol

            • Kajal K. Vyas

              Take care. Looking forward to the next update. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless.

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