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Clean air and water for Coventry: restoring Jacaranda Creek

Volunteers are restoring Jacaranda Creek in Coventry; $1,800 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Sami Waleed Nabulsi
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Coventry
Jacaranda Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This November, 63 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 134 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 $1,800 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $180 • Waste removal and skip hire: $420 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,200 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen. - Sami
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Sami

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 80% funded and I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 73% now ($1,310). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes.

  3. Quick update: $260 raised so far (14%). the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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    “God bless. Thought of Sami all day after reading this. - Cox's Bazar”

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  • Beatriz D. Fuentes

    hope it all works out, Sami. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.

    • Reagan H. Stephens

      Good luck, Sami. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't give up. Love from San Diego.

      • Wyatt T. RossID verified

        thanks for sharing this, Sami. I hope things turn around soon. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Iztapalapa

        • Pedro Teixeira

          Wishing you peace. More neighborhoods should do this. I have a 16 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings.

          • Hatem Ahmed Belkacem

            Good luck, Sami. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Coventry.

            • Hadi Andi Simanjuntak

              Stay strong. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I hope February is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Kingston.

              • Fatima L. Chetty

                sending strength, Sami. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Bogotá.

                • Yanti Putri Nasution

                  Wishing you the best, Sami. Great idea, hope you get there. After 13 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

                  $2,159 raised of $1,800

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