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Clean streets and rivers for Albany: restoring Lotus Creek
Volunteers are restoring Lotus Creek in Albany; $3,350 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇺🇸 New York, United States1,186 views
Lotus Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 56 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 183 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $3,350 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,800
• Tools and protective gear: $560
• Waste removal and skip hire: $670
• Signage and educational materials: $320
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Eugene
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“Stay strong. Thought of Eugene all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”
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“Wish I could do more. My brother told me about this one. - Auckland”
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Sending good thoughts, Eugene. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted. Love from Toulon
hope it all works out. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't give up.
thinking of you and your family, Eugene. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update.
Sending love, Eugene. Your post was clear and honest. I have a 14 year old who wants to send good wishes too
Good luck, Eugene. Shared it with a few friends. God bless.
Best of luck, Eugene. Great idea, hope you get there. Blessings.
Good luck. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Los Angeles.
Sending strength, Eugene. Hope this works out for you. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care.
Your post was clear and honest. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Columbus.
Sending strength. I hope things turn around soon. Love from Sukkur
hope things get better soon, Eugene. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Put this on a community board in Nagpur this morning.
hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. It's not much but it's yours. Blessings
Hope it all works out, Eugene. 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
Praying for you, Eugene. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Albany
Good luck, Eugene. More neighborhoods should do this
praying for you, Eugene. Hope you get there. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.
Take care, Eugene. More neighborhoods should do this. After 23 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything
Stay strong, Eugene. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Albany.
hope it all works out, Eugene. Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Düsseldorf
sending strength, Eugene. I hope things turn around soon. All the best.
Wishing you the best. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Christchurch
You're not alone, Eugene. I hope things turn around soon. We're a small family in Mumbai but we're thinking of you. Blessings.
Sending strength. Hope you get there. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Albany.
Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Albany.
Hope you get there. I hope September is when things finally get easier. Take care
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Wish I lived closer to Mumbai so I could bring a meal.
Gave what I could, wish it was more. I hope September is when things finally get easier. Love from Olinda.
Thanks for sharing this, Eugene. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. All the best