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Plant 1,050 native trees around Lotus Beach in Liverpool

Help us clean and replant Lotus Beach before the December planting window closes.

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Valentina Watkins
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Liverpool
Lotus Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 108 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 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 $2,550 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,150 • Tools and protective gear: $420 • Waste removal and skip hire: $720 • Signage and educational materials: $260 Thank you for reading my story.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Valentina

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($205 in total) I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Update from Liverpool: we've started the first stage. We're at 31% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Hùng Duy LeQuestion

    Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Valentina!

    • Yash E. Sawant

      hope it all works out, Valentina. Hope this works out for you. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.

      • Lorena Aparecida Andrade

        Thanks for sharing this. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Liverpool.

        • Grace A. Dominguez

          thanks for sharing this. Looking forward to the next update. Take care!

          • Alejandra C. Quiroga

            Keep going, Valentina. Hope you get there

            $1,356 raised of $2,550

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