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Plant 1,050 native trees around the Acacia riverbank in Pittsburgh

Volunteers are restoring the Acacia riverbank in Pittsburgh; $1,550 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States1,560 views
Lawrence M. Fisher
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Pittsburgh
The Acacia riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 43 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 74 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 $1,550 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $780 • Tools and protective gear: $220 • Waste removal and skip hire: $380 • Signage and educational materials: $170 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Lawrence

  1. Thank you all. We're at 67% now ($1,034). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 58% now ($896). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

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    “Thought of Lawrence all day after reading this. - Hubballi”

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    “Hope it all works out. Gave what I could this week. - Tiruchirappalli”

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    “Praying for you. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Tema”

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    “God bless. Small amount but sent with love. - Mandaue”

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    “Thought of Lawrence all day after reading this. - Bellevue”

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  • Christian K. Davis

    Thanks for sharing this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from San Antonio.

    • Kelechi Ogunleye

      sending strength, Lawrence. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Corpus Christi.

      • Maja Teresa Sikora

        Wishing you the best. Hope you get there. Love from Curitiba.

        • Lệ Phượng Vo

          stay strong. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor in San Francisco donated after I showed her your page. God bless

          • Cláudio Thiago Gomes

            Sending strength. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Pittsburgh.

            • George Fiifi Sarpong

              Sending love. Shared this with my family. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care.

              • Tiago Caio Almeida

                this could happen to any of us. Greetings from Soweto.

                • Lucy Caldwell

                  Wishing you the best, Lawrence. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care.

                  • Marc GirardID verified

                    Stay strong. More neighborhoods should do this. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.

                    • Bello Kunle YakubuAddress verified

                      hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.

                      $1,669.50 raised of $1,550

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