MoneyEnvironment
Restoring Maple Creek: a volunteer-led project in Birmingham
Volunteers are restoring Maple Creek in Birmingham; $1,400 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom1,320 views
Maple Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This October, 96 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 87 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $1,400 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $230
• Tools and protective gear: $220
• Native saplings and stakes: $950
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
Updates from Jose
No updates yet. Supporters are notified when the owner posts one.
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $630
- Eduardo A. Pacheco 🇲🇽 · $200
- Javier T. Cabrera 🇺🇸 · $100
“Hope it all works out. My sister told me about this one. - Miami”
- Priya G. Chaturvedi 🇮🇳 · $75
- Fernando E. Flores 🇵🇭 · $65.50
- Ștefan Vlad Popa 🇷🇴 · $64
- Paolo E. Salazar 🇨🇦 · $50
- Natalia F. García 🇪🇸 · $50
- Micah M. Whitfield 🇨🇦 · $50
“Every little bit. Thought of Jose all day after reading this. - Victoria”
- Francis H. Martinez 🇵🇭 · $50
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $50
- Beatrice Patrizia Costantini 🇮🇹 · $30
- Lawrence P. Harper 🇺🇸 · $25
- Ritu Meena 🇮🇳 · $25
“All the best. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Pune”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
- Henry Vincent Quaye 🇬🇭 · $21
- Gökhan Kemal Şen 🇹🇷 · $15
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
- Salvador J. Treviño 🇲🇽 · $10
- Renato Flávio Gomes 🇧🇷 · $10
Reviews
Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
No reviews yet.
Questions & comments
Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.
Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.
Hope it all works out, Jose. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update
Looking forward to the next update. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Love from London.
Wishing you the best, Jose. More neighborhoods should do this. After 30 years in public service I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless.
Take care. Shared this with my family. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Greetings from Bogra.
Sending love, Jose. Shared it with a few friends. Take care.
Wishing you peace, Jose. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Khon Kaen.
Hang in there, Jose. I hope things turn around soon. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Take care
Wishing you peace. Hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
stay strong, Jose. Hope this works out for you. My husband and I read this together. God bless.
thanks for sharing this. Great idea, hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.