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Clean air and water for San Jose: restoring the Pioneer wetland
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Pioneer wetland needs $1,700 for saplings and equipment.
🇺🇸 95126, San Jose, California, United States3,132 views
The Pioneer wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 31 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 105 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 $1,700 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,000
• Signage and educational materials: $190
• Tools and protective gear: $510
Thank you for reading my story.
- Willow
Updates from Willow
Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,041 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
We're at 37% thanks to 10 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
- Nghĩa Hoàng Hoang 🇻🇳 · $10
- Susana W. Tapia 🇺🇸 · $50
- Avery Spencer 🇨🇦 · $10
- Prakash W. Anand 🇮🇳 · $200
- Gustavo Pedro Marques 🇧🇷 · $10
- Hailey Rowe 🇺🇸 · $25
- Iván G. Peña 🇪🇸 · $25
- Ben Tobias Beck 🇩🇪 · $10
“Wish I could do more. Hope the November deadline works out. - Düsseldorf”
- Angelica T. Lopez 🇵🇭 · $5
- Uzma Iqra Mughal 🇵🇰 · $15
- Samuel Davi Borges 🇧🇷 · $15
- John Dominguez 🇺🇸 · $10
“Sending love. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Erie”
- Wayne Murphy 🇬🇧 · $20
- Ha-eun Young-ja Heo 🇰🇷 · $100
“Hang in there. Hope you get the rest soon. - Mapo”
- Liya Zewditu Alemu 🇪🇹 · $10
- Pavel Sumon Sarker 🇧🇩 · $10
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
“God bless. Shared with friends too. - Noida”
- Alexa J. Harris 🇦🇺 · $50
- Leo T. Martinez 🇵🇭 · $100
- Lucas Wellington Pereira 🇧🇷 · $50
“Sending love. My mother told me about this one. - Pelotas”
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Sending love. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Pasig
Sending good thoughts, Willow. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. All the best
Rooting for you, Willow. Shared this with my family. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Hồ Chí Minh City.
Hope it all works out. More neighborhoods should do this. God bless
best of luck, Willow. Looking forward to the next update. It's not much but it's yours.