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Clean water and shade for Aberdeen: restoring Lotus Beach

Help us clean and replant Lotus Beach before the October planting window closes.

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Robert C. Long
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Aberdeen
Lotus Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 68 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 189 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $1,400 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $220 • Waste removal and skip hire: $200 • Native saplings and stakes: $980 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to. - Robert
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Robert

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($531 in total) I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Update from Aberdeen: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 22% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 10% now ($140). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

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  • Patrick Wang

    rooting for you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Take care.

    • Noah Hermann LehmannQuestion

      can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Aberdeen!

      • Robert C. LongOwnerAnswer

        Thank you. If you're in Aberdeen I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Let me know if you want more detail.

    • Margaret Fatuma Lubega

      Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Palmira

      • Sara Malak Wahba

        Sending good thoughts, Robert. This could happen to any of us. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Blessings.

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