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Clean streets and rivers for Tallahassee: restoring the Baobab riverbank

Volunteers are restoring the Baobab riverbank in Tallahassee; $3,850 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Jackson R. Douglas
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Tallahassee
The Baobab riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 82 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 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 $3,850 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $2,000 • Tools and protective gear: $750 • Waste removal and skip hire: $840 • Signage and educational materials: $260 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Jackson
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Jackson

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($2,829 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,221 in total) I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Kunle Gbadamosi

    Hang in there. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Lviv

    • Asher G. Simmons

      Hope things get better soon, Jackson. Hope this works out for you. We're a small family in Campinas but we're thinking of you. Take care.

      • Amber C. Sims

        Take care. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor in Ibadan donated after I showed her your page. Take care.

        • Liliana T. González

          sending strength, Jackson. Hope this works out for you. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like

          • Prachi A. Patil

            Praying for you, Jackson. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My husband and I read this together.

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