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Clean water and shade for Fukuoka: restoring Maple Beach

Volunteers are restoring Maple Beach in Fukuoka; $700 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Haruto Yuma Kato
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Fukuoka
Maple Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 115 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 79 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $700 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $340 • Signage and educational materials: $115 • Waste removal and skip hire: $245 If you're reading this, thank you.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Haruto

  1. Small update. $85 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

  2. We're at 24% thanks to 10 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

  3. Update from Fukuoka: the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled. We're at 38% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Craig C. Singh

    gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in San Francisco this morning. Greetings from San Francisco

    • Nicola Francesco Sanna

      hang in there, Haruto. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Fukuoka.

      • Arnel S. Navarro

        Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Kadıköy.

        • Nisha L. DhillonID verified

          praying for you, Haruto. This could happen to any of us. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Buffalo

          • Arnel T. Marquez

            sending good thoughts. Hope this works out for you. I have a 14 year old who wants to send good wishes too

            $567.50 raised of $700

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