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Clean air and water for San Antonio: restoring Sycamore Creek

Help us clean and replant Sycamore Creek before the June planting window closes.

🇺🇸 San Antonio, Texas, United States2,571 views
Randall P. Joyner
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San Antonio
Sycamore Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 117 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 139 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $2,700 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,550 • Tools and protective gear: $590 • Waste removal and skip hire: $280 • Signage and educational materials: $280 I hope life is good to you. - Randall
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Randall

  1. Small update. $2,134 so far, we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,334 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Update from San Antonio: I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. We're at 19% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Hala Rania Nabulsi 🇸🇦 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $100

    “You got this. My neighbor told me about this one. - Thủ Đức”

  • Eugen Cristian Popa 🇷🇴 · $100
  • Yasmin Hana Nassar 🇲🇦 · $100

    “Keep your head up. Thought of Randall all day after reading this. - Casablanca”

  • Genesis Curtis 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Muhammad Bilal Hanif 🇵🇰 · $75
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  • Lakshmi Iresha Bandara 🇱🇰 · $50
  • Natalia Yana Baranov 🇺🇦 · $50

    “Stay strong. Hope the June deadline works out. - Kharkiv”

  • Siti Irma Salim 🇮🇩 · $50

    “Take care of yourselves. Thought of Randall all day after reading this. - Jakarta”

  • Candra Hendra Hartono 🇮🇩 · $50
  • Weston Kelley 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Hậu Bình Diep 🇻🇳 · $50

    “Every little bit. Hope the June deadline works out. - Hải Phòng”

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  • Fleur Roos De Vries

    So sorry you're going through this, Randall. This could happen to any of us. God bless

    • Ashwin T. Ramachandran

      Praying for you, Randall. Looking forward to the next update

      • Kimani Joseph NabwireID verified

        I hope things turn around soon. Put this on a community board in Cali this morning.

        • Florian SchäferPhoto verified

          good luck, Randall. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Mumbai.

          • Vusi L. Cele

            Thanks for sharing this, Randall. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. All the best

            • Umar Kamran Mirza

              rooting for you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I hope June is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Ludhiana!

              • Sawsan Lubna Ghanem

                Hope things get better soon. Hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings.

                $3,208.50 raised of $2,700

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