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Plant 4,750 native trees around the Lotus hillside in Kilkenny

Help us clean and replant the Lotus hillside before the May planting window closes.

🇮🇪 Leinster, Ireland3,404 views
Roisin McLoughlin
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Kilkenny
The Lotus hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 35 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 181 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 $2,850 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,500 • Tools and protective gear: $510 • Waste removal and skip hire: $840 Thank you for reading my story. - Roisin
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Roisin

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($950 in total) I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 26% now ($745). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

Donations

RecentTop gifts
  • Anonymous 🇪🇬 · $10
  • Tuva Hellström 🇸🇪 · $25
  • Anyango Naliaka Wekesa 🇰🇪 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇳🇵 · $250
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $14.50
  • Leo R. Padilla 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Weerasak Mongkol Nakpong 🇹🇭 · $42.50
  • Reza Agus Hutapea 🇮🇩 · $75

    “Hope it all works out. Thought of Roisin all day after reading this. - Malang”

  • Modupe Hauwa Idowu 🇳🇬 · $5
  • Bruno P. Solís 🇺🇸 · $100

    “From my family to yours. I'm in Chandler, thinking of you. - Chandler”

  • Chihiro Akari Ogawa 🇯🇵 · $20
  • Giang Toàn Kieu 🇻🇳 · $40.50

    “Only $41 but hope it helps. - Hồ Chí Minh City”

  • Abril E. Mendoza 🇺🇸 · $49
  • Walker P. Young 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Henri Nathan Vincent 🇨🇦 · $15.50

    “Thought of Roisin all day after reading this. - Brampton”

  • Nakato Faith Mukasa 🇰🇪 · $200
  • Barış Emre Koç 🇹🇷 · $25
  • Ricardo Manoel Rodrigues 🇧🇷 · $50
  • Imani Margaret Wekesa 🇺🇬 · $10

    “Sending love. Hope the May deadline works out. - Entebbe”

  • Viviane Aparecida Pacheco 🇧🇷 · $5

    “Best of luck. Thought of Roisin all day after reading this. - Santarém”

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  • Liliana B. Fernandez

    Hope this works out for you. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Ibadan.

    • Gloria N. Powell

      So sorry you're going through this, Roisin. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

      • Emilio K. Romero

        I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Birmingham so I could bring a meal. God bless.

        • Umar Ahmed Baig

          sending love, Roisin. Your post was clear and honest. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Quezon City.

          • Sophie D. ChenQuestion

            is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Roisin

            • Roisin McLoughlinOwnerAnswer

              Native saplings and stakes is $1,500 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Thanks, that means a lot.

          • Easton N. Campos

            Rooting for you, Roisin. More neighborhoods should do this. After 28 years in logistics I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Kilkenny.

            • Weston F. CallahanQuestion

              How is Roisin doing now?

              • Iwona Iwona Lewandowski

                You're not alone. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We're a small family in Iloilo City but we're thinking of you. Take care.

                • Crystal N. Owens

                  Thinking of you and your family. Great idea, hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like!

                  • Xolani B. Moodley

                    sending strength, Roisin. Shared this with my family. I have a 9 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

                    • Yuma Kouki OgawaAddress verified

                      Hang in there, Roisin. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money

                      • Kumar Kamath

                        Wishing you peace. Shared it with a few friends. We're a small family in Boulogne-Billancourt but we're thinking of you. All the best.

                        $2,176.50 raised of $2,850

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