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Clean air and water for Los Angeles: restoring Freedom Beach

Volunteers are restoring Freedom Beach in Los Angeles; $1,750 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Daniel L. Butler
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Los Angeles
Freedom Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 46 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 130 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $1,750 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $280 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,300 • Signage and educational materials: $170 If you're reading this, thank you. - Daniel
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Daniel

  1. We're at 25% thanks to 19 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.

  2. Quick update: $1,111 raised so far (63%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  3. 14% there. the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. Thank you.

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    “Rooting for you. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Latina”

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    “Best of luck. Thought of Daniel all day after reading this. - Sacramento”

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    “Hope things get better. My neighbor told me about this one. - Adama”

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  • Valentina H. Sánchez

    Best of luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Lowell

    • Bakari Kiptoo Kimaro

      Praying for you, Daniel. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

      • Rony Masud Hasan

        Stay strong, Daniel. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Naivasha.

        • Long Thắng Vo

          So sorry you're going through this, Daniel. More neighborhoods should do this. Take care.

          • Piotr Jan Wójcik

            good luck. Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Los Angeles

            $1,778 raised of $1,750

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