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The Pioneer hillside cleanup and restoration: help our volunteer crew
Volunteers are restoring the Pioneer hillside in St. Petersburg; $2,150 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Pioneer hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 105 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 179 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 $2,150 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $170
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,250
• Tools and protective gear: $730
Thanks for reading all this.
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thanks for sharing this, Wesley. More neighborhoods should do this.
Sending good thoughts, Wesley. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We're a small family in Galle but we're thinking of you. Blessings
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Wesley?
Keep going, Wesley. More neighborhoods should do this. Please keep us posted. Take care.
you're not alone, Wesley. Your post was clear and honest. Blessings.
sending good thoughts. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. God bless.
Keep going. Shared this with my family. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home
Wishing you peace. Great idea, hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Eldoret
take care, Wesley. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Take care
it takes guts to ask. Well done. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care