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Clean water and shade for Leeds: restoring the Pioneer riverbank
Volunteers are restoring the Pioneer riverbank in Leeds; $1,450 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Pioneer riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 120 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 47 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 $1,450 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $110
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,000
• Waste removal and skip hire: $340
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Ruth
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wishing you peace, Ruth. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did
Stay strong. Great idea, hope you get there. I went through something like this 14 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Thinking of you, Ruth. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.