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Clean streets and rivers for Moscow: restoring the Cedar riverbank

Help us clean and replant the Cedar riverbank before the October planting window closes.

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Svetlana Lebedev
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Moscow
The Cedar riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 92 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 90 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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: • Native saplings and stakes: $290 • Tools and protective gear: $175 • Waste removal and skip hire: $155 • Signage and educational materials: $30 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Svetlana

Updates from Svetlana

  1. Thank you all. We're at 93% now ($604). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  2. Update from Moscow: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 39% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Praying for you. From Uberlândia with love.”

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    “Best of luck. Hope the October deadline works out.”

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    “Thought of Svetlana all day after reading this.”

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    “Praying for you! - Epe”

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    “God bless. Thought of Svetlana all day after reading this.”

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    “You got this! - Columbus”

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    “Be well. Thought of Svetlana all day after reading this. - Hubballi”

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  • how is Svetlana doing now?

    • It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Gatineau but we're thinking of you. Blessings.

      • Pallavi N. MehtaQuestionPhoto verified

        Do you have the council agreement you could share with the moderators?

        • Svetlana LebedevOwnerAnswer

          I do, the council agreement is with the HelpBLESS team. Happy to answer anything else about it. Thanks for looking so closely.

      • Our local union branch has an emergency fund, might be worth asking them.

        • When's the deadline? Is October firm?

          • Svetlana LebedevOwnerAnswer

            Yes October is the real date. I'm working on a few other things at the same time but this is the main hurdle. Thanks, that means a lot.

        • Good luck. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Moscow.

          • Thinking of you, Svetlana. Looking forward to the next update. Love from Shreveport!

            • Ramesh R. KrishnanAddress verifiedPhoto verified

              Sending strength, Svetlana. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Take care.

              • Wishing you peace, Svetlana. Hope this works out for you.

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