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Clean water and shade for Warren: restoring the Maple riverbank

Help us clean and replant the Maple riverbank before the May planting window closes.

🇺🇸 Warren, Michigan, United States1,317 views
Marilyn M. Hamilton
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Warren
The Maple riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 104 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 139 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 $1,950 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $950 • Tools and protective gear: $300 • Waste removal and skip hire: $490 • Signage and educational materials: $210 If you're reading this, thank you. - Marilyn
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Marilyn

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($503 in total) the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 23% funded and I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. - Marilyn

  3. We're at 11% thanks to 5 of you. I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. More news soon.

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  • Fani Mahendra 🇮🇩 · $20

    “Praying for you. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Medan”

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    “Stay strong. Only $75 but hope it helps. - San Antonio”

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  • Ursula Elke Kühn 🇩🇪 · $25

    “From my family to yours. Hope the May deadline works out. - Wiesbaden”

  • Adrian Fields 🇨🇦 · $50

    “Thought of Marilyn all day after reading this. - Toronto”

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  • Min-seo Eun-ji Do 🇰🇷 · $5

    “Wish I could do more. My brother told me about this one. - Daegu”

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    “Take care of yourselves. Hope the May deadline works out. - Kadıköy”

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    “Praying for you. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Coventry”

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  • Megan Lowe

    Hope it all works out, Marilyn. Hope you get there. I hope May is when things finally get easier. Take care.

    • Shireen F. Dlamini

      Sending strength. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Warren

      • Cem İbrahim Yalçın

        thinking of you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Greetings from Leicester.

        • Tarun Grewal

          Wishing you peace, Marilyn. I hope things turn around soon.

          $915.50 raised of $1,950

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