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Clean water and shade for London: restoring Acacia Beach

Volunteers are restoring Acacia Beach in London; $2,000 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom854 views
Riley F. Whitfield
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London
Acacia Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 91 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 75 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 $2,000 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $960 • Tools and protective gear: $340 • Waste removal and skip hire: $500 • Signage and educational materials: $200 Every share and every dollar helps.

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  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $500

    “All the best. Hope you get the rest soon. - Jalandhar”

  • Vinícius Luiz Dias 🇧🇷 · $172
  • Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $65
  • Payal S. Arora 🇮🇳 · $50
  • Ana E. Martínez 🇺🇸 · $47
  • Pamela C. Warren 🇺🇸 · $30.50

    “All the best. Only $31 but hope it helps. - San Jose”

  • Theodore Padilla 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Alejandra E. Ávila 🇨🇴 · $25

    “Stay strong. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Palmira”

  • Omolara Sade Obi 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Donal G. Boyle 🇮🇪 · $20

    “Happy to help. From Limerick with love. - Limerick”

  • Leonid Belov 🇺🇦 · $20
  • Leighton B. Grant 🇯🇲 · $10
  • Charmaine D. Castro 🇨🇦 · $10
  • Jameson P. Figueroa 🇺🇸 · $10

    “Wish I could do more. Hope the September deadline works out. - Anaheim”

  • Neha F. Kushwaha 🇺🇸 · $5

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  • Hope things get better soon. Hope you get there. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care.

    • Wishing you peace. This could happen to any of us. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings

      • Rooting for you, Riley. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I have a 16 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

        • So sorry you're going through this, Riley. More neighborhoods should do this. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of London.

          • Keep going. Looking forward to the next update. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from Belfast.

            • Ana Josiane AraújoPhoto verified

              Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Siliguri!

              • Rooting for you, Riley. Looking forward to the next update. Take care

                • so sorry you're going through this, Riley. Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless.

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