MARQUETTE, MI-- A local group of citizens is raising funds to help out pipeline protesters at Standing Rock.
Event coordinator John Mallo says they’re raising money to buy Eco-Bricks—an environmentally friendly hardwood fuel product that burns in a fireplace or woodstove. One ton is equal to one full cord of cut and split firewood and has the burning capacity of 1.25 times that amount.
Mallo says the group wants to purchase ten tons of the Eco-Bricks.
“Our goal is to raise $3,200. That’s what it’s going to cost to get these bricks and get them shipped. And actually we’re getting them shipped from the Menards in Bismarck, which is 40 miles away. We’ve raised about $1,700 to date,” he says.
The group has established a GoFundMe site at Firewood for DAPL Protesters, and a fundraising event featuring bands and a silent auction will also be held December 11 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Masonic Temple Hall in Marquette.
