Donation protected
This funding goal will hopefully help get us beyond a few final major hurdles so the garden can be an independent, self-sustaining and permanent organization and community resource!
Please donate as soon as possible and share this site with anyone and everyone! Every little bit counts!
For the last seven years, the Eldert Street Community garden has been providing the surrounding neighborhood with one of its only green spaces and community outlets. It has been maintained entirely by volunteers and by charitable donations from community members, nonprofit organizations, and local elected officials. We now wish to reach out to as broad a group as possible, because we need more help than we ever have before.
Namely, the garden is in jeopardy because of an attempt by someone from an outside organization to unlawfully sell it to a third party. The garden has been operating entirely legally and with the cooperation of its neighbors for seven years and is now facing difficulty through no fault of its members. We are fully confident that we can prevent this injustice, but it will require great effort on our part, and on our attorney’s. This being the case, we have incurred unexpected expenses that have far exceeded our usual annual budget.
And so, we are asking for donations from our community and everyone who is concerned with neighborhoods and community resources being co-opted by real estate developers. Anything and everything you can contribute will be immensely appreciated. Every dollar will go toward necessary garden expenses including the legal fees to help keep our doors open, fees to help us become a fully organized 501c3 nonprofit, and normal garden material expenses (plants and seeds, soil, mulch, building materials, etc).
To see more of our story:
Our blog.
Our facebook page.
News 12 Brooklyn
Gothamist
DNA info Bushwick
If you have questions, want more information, just
want to say Hi, or need a tax-deductible method of donating, please reach out to us on facebook, or email us at [email redacted].
THANKS!!!!!
Please donate as soon as possible and share this site with anyone and everyone! Every little bit counts!
For the last seven years, the Eldert Street Community garden has been providing the surrounding neighborhood with one of its only green spaces and community outlets. It has been maintained entirely by volunteers and by charitable donations from community members, nonprofit organizations, and local elected officials. We now wish to reach out to as broad a group as possible, because we need more help than we ever have before.
Namely, the garden is in jeopardy because of an attempt by someone from an outside organization to unlawfully sell it to a third party. The garden has been operating entirely legally and with the cooperation of its neighbors for seven years and is now facing difficulty through no fault of its members. We are fully confident that we can prevent this injustice, but it will require great effort on our part, and on our attorney’s. This being the case, we have incurred unexpected expenses that have far exceeded our usual annual budget.
And so, we are asking for donations from our community and everyone who is concerned with neighborhoods and community resources being co-opted by real estate developers. Anything and everything you can contribute will be immensely appreciated. Every dollar will go toward necessary garden expenses including the legal fees to help keep our doors open, fees to help us become a fully organized 501c3 nonprofit, and normal garden material expenses (plants and seeds, soil, mulch, building materials, etc).
To see more of our story:
Our blog.
Our facebook page.
News 12 Brooklyn
Gothamist
DNA info Bushwick
If you have questions, want more information, just
want to say Hi, or need a tax-deductible method of donating, please reach out to us on facebook, or email us at [email redacted].
THANKS!!!!!
Organizer
Alexander Lane
Organizer
Brooklyn, NY