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Clean water and shade for San Diego: restoring Jacaranda Creek
A neighborhood-led restoration of Jacaranda Creek needs $1,200 for saplings and equipment.
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Jacaranda Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 63 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 152 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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 $1,200 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $230
• Tools and protective gear: $560
• Waste removal and skip hire: $410
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- Priya
Updates from Priya
Wanted to say thank you properly. 54% funded and I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire.
Thank you all. We're at 28% now ($331). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear.
- Alejandra P. Paredes 🇲🇽 · $75
- Cristina Santoro 🇮🇹 · $10
- Rania Leila Benali 🇸🇦 · $200
- Mattia Franco Monti 🇮🇹 · $20
- Paisley James 🇺🇸 · $50
- Mónica P. Franco 🇨🇴 · $50
“Keep your head up. Thought of Priya all day after reading this. - Medellín”
- Victor Mugisha 🇹🇿 · $10
- John Vaughn 🇬🇧 · $50
- Parker P. Weaver 🇺🇸 · $25
- Waylon W. Haynes 🇬🇧 · $5
“Take care of yourselves. Saw your post and had to give. - Derry”
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $100
- Noemi Federica Donati 🇮🇹 · $28
- Jordan D. Cox 🇨🇦 · $20
- Pankaj P. Verma 🇮🇳 · $25
- Yasir Samir Said 🇸🇦 · $100
- Arjun C. Kumar 🇮🇳 · $18.50
“Sending love. My neighbor told me about this one. - Tiruchirappalli”
- Anonymous 🇸🇪 · $5
- Pratik J. Soni 🇮🇳 · $25
- Sabbir Mizanur Begum 🇧🇩 · $20
“Sending love. Thought of Priya all day after reading this. - Bogra”
- Anthony Philippe Lecomte 🇲🇦 · $10
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Thinking of you and your family, Priya. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
hope this works out for you. After 29 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of San Diego
Wishing you the best, Priya. Shared this with my family
Wishing you peace, Priya. Hope you get there. I have a 10 year old who wants to send good wishes too