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Restoring the Pioneer hillside: a volunteer-led project in Heliopolis

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Pioneer hillside needs $350 for saplings and equipment.

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Sawsan Nadia Radwan
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Heliopolis
The Pioneer hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 39 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 129 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $350 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $190 • Waste removal and skip hire: $110 • Signage and educational materials: $50 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.

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  • Rooting for you, Sawsan. Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Pasig!

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      Best of luck, Sawsan. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

      • Best of luck, Sawsan. Shared this with my family. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. All the best.

        • Take care. This could happen to any of us. Love from Berlin.

          • It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Sydney but we're thinking of you

            • more neighborhoods should do this. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. All the best.

              • Praying for you, Sawsan. More neighborhoods should do this. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Bakersfield.

                • Sending good thoughts. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'm in social work myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.

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