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Clean water and shade for London: restoring the Harmony hillside

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

🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom1,411 views
Shirley White
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London
The Harmony hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 73 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 135 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $2,250 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $120 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,500 • Waste removal and skip hire: $630 Thank you for reading my story.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Shirley

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,103 in total) the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Update from London: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 15% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Thought of Shirley all day after reading this. - Toronto”

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    “Stay strong. Only $44 but hope it helps.”

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    “Best of luck. Thought of Shirley all day after reading this. - Rawalpindi”

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  • Carol W. CastilloQuestion

    Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Shirley!

    • Shirley WhiteOwnerAnswerPhoto verified

      Sure. The biggest one is signage and educational materials, $120. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Thanks, that means a lot.

  • Wyatt Kelly

    Thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Saint-Denis.

    • Sagar Narayan Dahal

      Keep going. Great idea, hope you get there. Greetings from Iztapalapa.

      • Heitor Fernando Santana

        Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. All the best

        $2,070.50 raised of $2,250

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