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Restoring Freedom Creek: a volunteer-led project in Hamburg
A neighborhood-led restoration of Freedom Creek needs $1,700 for saplings and equipment.
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany3,512 views
Freedom Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 82 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 125 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: $1,050
• Tools and protective gear: $410
• Signage and educational materials: $240
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- Marie
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Wishing you peace. I hope things turn around soon. Sent it to 30 people at work.
wishing you the best, Marie. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 10 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best.
Rooting for you, Marie. I hope things turn around soon. I have a 11 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
Hope you get there. Love from Radom.
Hope things get better soon. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Wish I lived closer to Pasig so I could bring a meal!
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Marie?
Thank you. If you're in Hamburg I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. It helps to be asked.
Keep going, Marie. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My neighbor in Galway donated after I showed her your page. Love from Galway.
Hope things get better soon, Marie. Shared it with a few friends. It's not much but it's yours. Take care.
Thinking of you and your family, Marie. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier
Hang in there, Marie. Shared this with my family. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Lagos.
shared it with a few friends. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Hamburg
Good luck. Hope this works out for you. Love from Lviv.
Keep going, Marie. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor in Hanoi donated after I showed her your page.