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Clean streets and rivers for Syracuse: restoring the Lotus wetland

Help us clean and replant the Lotus wetland before the April planting window closes.

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Stephanie Spencer
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Syracuse
The Lotus wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This December, 110 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 134 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $3,200 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,650 • Tools and protective gear: $540 • Waste removal and skip hire: $790 • Signage and educational materials: $220 I hope life is good to you. - Stephanie

Updates from Stephanie

  1. We're at 14% thanks to 15 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($179). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. - Stephanie

  3. We're at 4% thanks to 6 of you. I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear. More news soon.

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    “Wish I could do more. Hope the April deadline works out. - Ikeja”

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    “Thinking of you. Thought of Stephanie all day after reading this. - Thane”

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    “Hope things get better. Hope the April deadline works out. - Hyderabad”

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  • Priya E. MalhotraPhoto verified

    Sending love. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I hope April is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Syracuse

    • So sorry you're going through this, Stephanie. Your post was clear and honest

      • Hope it all works out. Hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours. Take care.

        • Luis G. TorresID verified

          hang in there, Stephanie. Hope this works out for you.

          • Thinking of you, Stephanie. More neighborhoods should do this. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Love from Atlanta.

            • Thinking of you, Stephanie. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. All the best

              • Sending love, Stephanie. Looking forward to the next update. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double

                • Shared it with a few friends. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Syracuse.

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