The University City District (UCD) has announced the Green Giving Challenge that would support their greening efforts in the area. UCD’s Green Team has been taking care of the green spaces at The Porch at 30th Street Station, Trolley Portal Gardens at 40th and Baltimore, which have become beautiful urban oases. The team also maintains planters and pedestrian plazas in the neighborhood as well as participates in community cleanups.

Funds raised through the Green Giving Challenge will go to support the Green Team’s work. Here’s how it works:

Community members are invited to contribute to the Challenge online. Donations will be matched up to $25,000 thanks to a generous support from a longtime Spruce Hill resident and founding UCD Board member Barry Grossbach.

“Barry and his late husband Mike Hardy always valued community landscapes and the neighborhood at large, and the work of our Green Team is a continuation of Mike’s years of gardening, tree planting, and greening of the neighborhood,” reads a post on the UCD blog. More information about Mike can be found here.

To read more about the Green Giving Challenge and to contribute to UCD’s greening efforts in the neighborhood, go here. Donations are accepted through December 31st.