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Clean water and shade for Bakersfield: restoring the Unity riverbank
Volunteers are restoring the Unity riverbank in Bakersfield; $1,450 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Unity riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This December, 85 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 159 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $1,450 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $175
• Waste removal and skip hire: $670
• Native saplings and stakes: $605
With deep gratitude,
Santiago
Updates from Santiago
Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($88). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled.
Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($80). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled.
Thank you all. We're at 3% now ($50). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
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Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Dehiwala
Wishing you the best, Santiago. Your post was clear and honest. Blessings
Rooting for you, Santiago. Hope you get there. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.
Rooting for you, Santiago. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in Kansas City this morning. Love from Kansas City.
Thinking of you. More neighborhoods should do this. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Swansea
Sending good thoughts. I hope things turn around soon. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Bakersfield.
Thinking of you and your family, Santiago. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings
Hope it all works out, Santiago. More neighborhoods should do this.
You're not alone, Santiago. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't give up.
I hope things turn around soon. We're a small family in Tema but we're thinking of you.
take care. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Tema.
Best of luck, Santiago. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Bakersfield.
Keep going, Santiago. I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Birmingham so I could bring a meal.
Great idea, hope you get there. My neighbor in Durham donated after I showed her your page
thinking of you, Santiago. This could happen to any of us. Wish I lived closer to Irapuato so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Bakersfield
Good luck, Santiago. Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. God bless
Sending strength. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My husband and I read this together
sending good thoughts. Hope this works out for you. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home