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Clean streets and rivers for Brescia: restoring the Sycamore wetland
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Sycamore wetland needs $1,400 for saplings and equipment.
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The Sycamore wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 32 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 163 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 $1,400 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $300
• Native saplings and stakes: $790
• Tools and protective gear: $310
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
Updates from Tommaso
Small update. $173 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($148 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Quick update: $122 raised so far (9%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Jide Musa Nwankwo 🇳🇬 · $20
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
“Rooting for you. Small amount but sent with love. - Madurai”
- Heather B. Santiago 🇺🇸 · $26
“Thought of Tommaso all day after reading this. - Warren”
- Lucian Daniel Oprea 🇷🇴 · $122
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Wishing you peace, Tommaso. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Brescia
Thank you. If you're in Brescia I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks, that means a lot.
Stay strong. Hope you get there. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. All the best
Good luck. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted. Love from Barcelona
so sorry you're going through this, Tommaso. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.
any update on how things are going in Brescia?
Thinking of you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
so sorry you're going through this, Tommaso. Shared this with my family. I'm in social work myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Tommaso.
hope things get better soon, Tommaso. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. God bless.
rooting for you. Shared it with a few friends. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
Stay strong, Tommaso. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.
Thinking of you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Wish I lived closer to Alcalá de Henares so I could bring a meal. Blessings.
Praying for you. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Chattogram.
shared this with my family. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. All the best
Rooting for you, Tommaso. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. God bless.
Sending love, Tommaso. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.
So sorry you're going through this. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We're a small family in Palmira but we're thinking of you. All the best.
Hope you get there. My husband and I read this together
you're not alone, Tommaso. Great idea, hope you get there. After 23 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings.
More neighborhoods should do this. Put this on a community board in San Jose this morning. God bless
reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My neighbor in Duisburg donated after I showed her your page. All the best.
A colleague of mine might know someone for this in Lombardy. I'll ask around and let you know