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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, Germany3,513 views
Marie Bauer
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Hamburg
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?

              • Marie BauerOwnerAnswerID verified

                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.

              • Javeria Sana WarraichPhoto verified

                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

                      • Angelica N. RiveraPhoto verified

                        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.

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