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Clean streams for Nottingham: restoring Cedar Beach

Help us clean and replant Cedar Beach before the March planting window closes.

🇬🇧 Nottingham, England, United Kingdom1,551 views
Katherine P. Whitaker
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Nottingham
Cedar Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 62 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 182 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 $1,150 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $65 • Waste removal and skip hire: $340 • Native saplings and stakes: $745 Every share and every dollar helps.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Katherine

  1. Quick update: $634 raised so far (55%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Olivia F. May 🇳🇿 · $59
  • Chihiro Asuka Kaneko 🇯🇵 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Annelies Lisa Schouten 🇳🇱 · $10

    “Keep your head up. My neighbor told me about this one. - Nijmegen”

  • Henry H. Pierce 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Javier W. Vargas 🇪🇸 · $10
  • Ginevra Caterina Basile 🇮🇹 · $15
  • Rudi Cahyono 🇮🇩 · $10
  • Satish Negi 🇮🇳 · $25

    “Hope things get better. Hope the March deadline works out. - Agra”

  • Isaree Busaba Chanthara 🇹🇭 · $25
  • Sipho F C. Padayachee 🇿🇦 · $75

    “Blessings. Please keep us posted. - George”

  • Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $100
  • Ruma Sabina Roy 🇮🇳 · $77

    “Thought of Katherine all day after reading this. - New Delhi”

  • Maryam Nida Ahmed 🇵🇰 · $50
  • Yun-seo Ye-eun Jung 🇰🇷 · $50

    “Thought of Katherine all day after reading this. - Seoul”

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  • Sumbal Hussain 🇵🇰 · $10

    “Thought of Katherine all day after reading this. - Rawalpindi”

  • Macharia Kioko Opio 🇰🇪 · $60

    “Thought of Katherine all day after reading this. - Mombasa”

  • Silvia C. Ibáñez 🇨🇴 · $50

    “Thought of Katherine all day after reading this. - Bogotá”

  • Renata Jasiński 🇵🇱 · $50

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  • Vinayak P. Jadhav

    Sending strength. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I hope March is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Los Angeles

    • Misaki Ohno

      Take care. More neighborhoods should do this. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Edinburgh.

      • Hadi Amir Youssef

        Best of luck, Katherine. Looking forward to the next update. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care.

        • Evelyn N. Young

          I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from San Antonio

          • Filip Ryszard Sikora

            rooting for you, Katherine. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Nottingham!

            • Nazrul Imran Bose

              Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Nottingham

              • Khadija Mona IbrahimQuestion

                is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Katherine!

                • Katherine P. WhitakerOwnerAnswer

                  Sure. The biggest one is signage and educational materials, $65. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Ask me anything else.

              • Bereket Kidus GirmaID verified

                Sending strength, Katherine. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier.

                • Regina J. Contreras

                  So sorry you're going through this, Katherine. Gave what I could, wish it was more. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Córdoba.

                  • Tharun L. Narayanan

                    I hope things turn around soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Love from Guarulhos.

                    • Isabel W. Contreras

                      Best of luck, Katherine. Looking forward to the next update. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.

                      • Kai K. DavidsonID verified

                        Hang in there, Katherine. Shared it with a few friends. God bless.

                        • Kshitija Sheth

                          Praying for you, Katherine. Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Bogotá this morning. God bless

                          $1,509.50 raised of $1,150

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