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Plant 2,500 native trees around Sycamore Beach in Mérida

Help us clean and replant Sycamore Beach before the November planting window closes.

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Salvador H. Treviño
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Mérida
Sycamore Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 93 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 149 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 $850 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $460 • Tools and protective gear: $165 • Waste removal and skip hire: $155 • Signage and educational materials: $70 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to. - Salvador
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Salvador

  1. 40% there. the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. Thank you.

  2. Update from Mérida: we've started the first stage. We're at 12% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Update from Mérida: I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. We're at 26% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Bruno Henrique Lopes

    praying for you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. All the best

    • Armando K. RíosAddress verified

      Sending love. Great idea, hope you get there. God bless.

      • Francisco P. Acosta

        Wishing you the best. I hope things turn around soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. God bless

        • Nebiyu Surafel Legesse

          sending strength, Salvador. It takes guts to ask. Well done

          • Michael Schuster

            Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Swansea.

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