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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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Wesley J. Lewis
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St. Petersburg
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: โ€ข Signage and educational materials: $170 โ€ข Native saplings and stakes: $1,250 โ€ข Tools and protective gear: $730 Thanks for reading all this.
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  • Maya Maya Saputra

    thanks for sharing this, Wesley. More neighborhoods should do this.

    • Anita Ananya Kushwaha

      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

      • Bongani J. ChettyQuestion

        Is there anything that isn't money that would help Wesley?

        • Denis Kuznetsov

          Keep going, Wesley. More neighborhoods should do this. Please keep us posted. Take care.

          • Tudor Dorin Dinu

            you're not alone, Wesley. Your post was clear and honest. Blessings.

            • Rahim Arif Khatun

              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.

              • Keith T. Garcia

                Keep going. Shared this with my family. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home

                • Vihaan H. Luthra

                  Wishing you peace. Great idea, hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Eldoret

                  • Cheikh Ousmane Diarra

                    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

                    • Petra Brigitte Schulze

                      it takes guts to ask. Well done. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care

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