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Restoring the Maple hillside: a volunteer-led project in Sydney
Volunteers are restoring the Maple hillside in Sydney; $850 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Maple hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 103 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 50 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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 $850 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $250
• Signage and educational materials: $210
• Tools and protective gear: $390
Thank you so much.
- Fen
Updates from Fen
Quick update: $136 raised so far (16%). I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
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“Take care of yourselves. - Mexicali”
- Habib Hossain Molla 🇮🇳 · $31
“Wish I could do more. Hope you get the rest soon. - Coimbatore”
- Anonymous 🇸🇦 · $30
“Be well. Shared with friends too. - Riyadh”
- Cláudia Maria Santos 🇧🇷 · $58
- Pilar J. Pérez 🇦🇷 · $63
- Zainab Zainab Siddiqui 🇵🇰 · $15
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keep going. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Riverside but we're thinking of you. Blessings
You're not alone, Fen. Great idea, hope you get there. I'm in farming myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.
Sending strength. Great idea, hope you get there. All the best
Wishing you the best, Fen. I hope things turn around soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. All the best.