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Plant 2,250 native trees around Unity Creek in San Francisco

A neighborhood-led restoration of Unity Creek needs $3,000 for saplings and equipment.

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Javier D. Peña
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San Francisco
Unity Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 81 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 41 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 $3,000 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,600 • Tools and protective gear: $390 • Waste removal and skip hire: $810 • Signage and educational materials: $200 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Javier

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,112 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. 13% funded and I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire.

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  • Shapla Moumita Uddin

    Wishing you peace. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in farming myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.

    • Angel G. De Leon

      Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. All the best.

      • Jumoke Popoola

        So sorry you're going through this, Javier. I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.

        • Winnie Akello Mutua

          Praying for you, Javier. Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. All the best!

          • Uri Amar

            Stay strong, Javier. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. All the best.

            • Beth RojasPhoto verified

              your post was clear and honest. Love from Tiruchirappalli.

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