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Clean streams for El Paso: restoring the Freedom canal

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Freedom canal needs $2,650 for saplings and equipment.

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Regina N. Carrillo
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El Paso
The Freedom canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 45 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 146 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 $2,650 goes: โ€ข Native saplings and stakes: $1,500 โ€ข Waste removal and skip hire: $830 โ€ข Tools and protective gear: $320 Thanks for being kind about this. - Regina
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Regina

  1. Small update. $638 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

  2. Update from El Paso: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 11% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Atim Zawadi Opio ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ ยท $67.50

    โ€œWish I could do more. Thought of Regina all day after reading this. - Jinjaโ€

  • Jessica Ursula Berger ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ยท $25

    โ€œHappy to help. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Leipzigโ€

  • Pavel Oleg Tkachenko ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยท $4.50
  • Sathi Nargis Rashid ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ ยท $15
  • Francesca Monti ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ยท $5
  • Qiang Hong Sun ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $100
  • Haris Dedi Hakim ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ ยท $25
  • Mercedes R. Flores ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ ยท $20
  • Aaron Ruiz ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ยท $48

    โ€œFrom my family to yours. Only $48 but hope it helps. - Bristolโ€

  • Mi-young Bo-ra Shin ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท ยท $10

    โ€œThought of Regina all day after reading this. - Gangnamโ€

  • Ariana Johnston ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $25
  • Anonymous ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $15
  • Rakesh Walia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $10

    โ€œPraying for you. Thought of Regina all day after reading this. - Jodhpurโ€

  • Todd A. Wade ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $50
  • Gerard C. Lyons ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ยท $30
  • Lukas Emil Schubert ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ยท $10

    โ€œWish I could do more - Hannoverโ€

  • Haritha G. Natarajan ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $100
  • Zara Rubina Pasha ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ ยท $10
  • Aubree M. Rivera ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยท $49
  • Manisha S. Panwar ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $100

    โ€œHope this helps. Thought of Regina all day after reading this. - Coimbatoreโ€

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  • John T. Lambert

    Praying for you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I'll check back for the next update. Take care.

    • Lucy Beatrice Okello

      Thinking of you and your family, Regina. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer

      • ร“scar A. Estrada

        Sending love, Regina. This could happen to any of us. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Akron.

        • Rony Arif Siddique

          Keep going, Regina. More neighborhoods should do this. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out. Blessings.

          • Ruth Senait Kahsay

            Sending good thoughts, Regina. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Irapuato.

            • Ihor Gusev

              Hang in there, Regina. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Marseille

              • Dhanalakshmi Gowda

                Take care, Regina. This could happen to any of us. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care

                • Ananya D. Mishra

                  Thinking of you. Looking forward to the next update. Wish I lived closer to Rohini so I could bring a meal. Greetings from Port Harcourt.

                  • Nora MacDonald

                    Wishing you the best. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from St. Petersburg.

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