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Clean water and shade for Bakersfield: restoring the Sycamore wetland
Help us clean and replant the Sycamore wetland before the December planting window closes.
🇺🇸 Bakersfield, California, United States2,206 views
The Sycamore wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 54 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 188 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $2,350 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $640
• Tools and protective gear: $600
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,110
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
Updates from Kaylee
We're at 10% thanks to 11 of you. I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. More news soon.
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Good luck, Kaylee. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. All the best.
Hang in there. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. After 27 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Bakersfield!
Hope things get better soon, Kaylee. It takes guts to ask. Well done
sending good thoughts. Hope this works out for you. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
sending love, Kaylee. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.
Looking forward to the next update. Wish I lived closer to Gaziantep so I could bring a meal. God bless
Wishing you peace, Kaylee. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Blessings.
sending good thoughts, Kaylee. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Kisumu!
So sorry you're going through this, Kaylee. I hope things turn around soon
Shared it with a few friends. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Bakersfield.