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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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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
Updates from Jackson
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.
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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Hang in there. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Lviv
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.
Take care. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor in Ibadan donated after I showed her your page. Take care.
sending strength, Jackson. Hope this works out for you. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like
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.