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Plant 1,300 native trees around the Sycamore hillside in Bakersfield
Help us clean and replant the Sycamore hillside before the June planting window closes.
🇺🇸 Bakersfield, California, United States3,511 views
The Sycamore hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 44 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 172 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $2,400 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,450
• Waste removal and skip hire: $660
• Tools and protective gear: $290
Thanks for reading all this.
- Vy
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thinking of you and your family. Shared this with my family. I went through something like this 5 years ago and strangers helped me out
everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't give up. Greetings from Hamilton.
Rooting for you. Hope you get there. After 23 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
wishing you peace. More neighborhoods should do this. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust
Stay strong, Vy. Shared it with a few friends. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
wishing you the best. I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Pretoria so I could bring a meal
Sending strength, Vy. This could happen to any of us. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Campinas.
Stay strong, Vy. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer
thinking of you, Vy. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. God bless.
Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Shreveport.
Sending strength, Vy. More neighborhoods should do this. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Warsaw
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I'm in public service myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. All the best.
good luck. Looking forward to the next update. My neighbor in Saint Petersburg donated after I showed her your page. Take care.
Thinking of you and your family. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Sent it to 25 people at work
Stay strong, Vy. It takes guts to ask. Well done.