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Clean air and water for San Nicolás de los Garza: restoring Lotus Creek

A neighborhood-led restoration of Lotus Creek needs $650 for saplings and equipment.

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San Nicolás de los Garza

Lotus Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 53 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 42 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $650 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $80 • Native saplings and stakes: $350 • Waste removal and skip hire: $220 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.

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Updates from Ricardo

Quick update: $281 raised so far (43%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them. - Ricardo
Wanted to say thank you properly. 35% funded and the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($40 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Ricardo

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