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Clean streets and rivers for Québec: restoring the Sycamore canal
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Sycamore canal needs $1,450 for saplings and equipment.
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The Sycamore canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 87 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 46 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 $1,450 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $120
• Tools and protective gear: $460
• Waste removal and skip hire: $870
Thanks for being kind about this.
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Thinking of you and your family. Shared it with a few friends. After 18 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Shared it with a few friends. After 9 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Wishing you the best. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care.
Wishing you peace, Madelyn. It takes guts to ask. Well done. God bless
Praying for you, Madelyn. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Birmingham.