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Plant 2,400 native trees around the Cedar wetland in Macon
Help us clean and replant the Cedar wetland before the September planting window closes.
🇺🇸 Macon, Georgia, United States1,656 views
The Cedar wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 54 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 64 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $1,700 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $980
• Waste removal and skip hire: $610
• Signage and educational materials: $110
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
- Bennett
Updates from Bennett
Update from Macon: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 14% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
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So sorry you're going through this, Bennett. Looking forward to the next update. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Machakos.