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Clean air and water for Rockford: restoring Union Beach
Volunteers are restoring Union Beach in Rockford; $2,800 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇺🇸 Rockford, Illinois, United States1,416 views
Union Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 86 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 66 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 $2,800 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $720
• Signage and educational materials: $250
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,830
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Hope things get better soon, Josiah. Shared it with a few friends. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Love from Mwanza.
More neighborhoods should do this. Thinking of Rockford.
Wishing you the best. I hope things turn around soon. My neighbor in Birmingham donated after I showed her your page. Blessings.
Hang in there, Josiah. Shared it with a few friends. After 27 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Love from Melbourne
You're not alone, Josiah. Hope this works out for you. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Blessings.