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Restoring the Union hillside: a volunteer-led project in Corpus Christi
Volunteers are restoring the Union hillside in Corpus Christi; $2,050 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇺🇸 Corpus Christi, Texas, United States2,251 views
The Union hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This December, 96 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 59 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 $2,050 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $850
• Tools and protective gear: $290
• Waste removal and skip hire: $670
• Signage and educational materials: $240
Thank you for reading my story.
Updates from Claire
28% there. the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled. Thank you.
Quick update: $553 raised so far (27%). I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($263 in total) I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Angelo R. Macaraeg 🇵🇭 · $5
- Juan J. Pineda 🇵🇭 · $75
- Abril F. Cruz 🇪🇸 · $25
- Hamza Sami Mostafa 🇪🇬 · $200
- Bernd Manfred Voigt 🇩🇪 · $20
- Anonymous 🇪🇬 · $20
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $5
- Juan J. Tomas 🇺🇸 · $25
- Jorge A. Tapia 🇪🇸 · $20
- Rylee S. Wright 🇺🇸 · $30
- Grace Zainab Zakari 🇳🇬 · $15
- Eugen Cristian Popa 🇷🇴 · $30
- Tunde Rotimi Igwe 🇳🇬 · $211
“Thought of Claire all day after reading this. - Abuja”
- Nina Ursula Schneider 🇩🇪 · $10
- Josefa P. Ramos 🇪🇸 · $15
- Bruno João Ferreira 🇧🇷 · $100
- Diego Bruno Melo 🇧🇷 · $15
“Only $15 but hope it helps. - Pelotas”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
- Madelyn Leonard 🇺🇸 · $20
- Peace Lilian Igwe 🇳🇬 · $10
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Thinking of you. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Mobile this morning.
Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor in Manchester donated after I showed her your page. Take care.
Hope it all works out. More neighborhoods should do this. I'll check back for the next update. All the best.
Sending good thoughts, Claire. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from San Diego
Wishing you peace. This could happen to any of us. Wish I lived closer to Depok so I could bring a meal. Love from Cần Thơ.
wishing you peace. Shared this with my family. Greetings from Lahore