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Plant 2,850 native trees around Unity Beach in Hialeah

A neighborhood-led restoration of Unity Beach needs $1,900 for saplings and equipment.

🇺🇸 Hialeah, Florida, United States1,667 views
Mariana J. Galindo
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Hialeah
Unity Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 46 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 143 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 $1,900 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $820 • Native saplings and stakes: $580 • Tools and protective gear: $500 Thank you so much. - Mariana
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Mariana

  1. Thank you all. We're at 81% now ($1,542). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($633 in total) I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Joseph Mensah Kumi 🇬🇭 · $69

    “Wish I could do more. Small amount but sent with love. - Takoradi”

  • Maya S. Butler 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Greta Petra Voigt 🇩🇪 · $10

    “God bless. Hope the September deadline works out. - Leipzig”

  • Iván E. Acosta 🇦🇷 · $25

    “Thought of Mariana all day after reading this. - Córdoba”

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    “Sending love. Gave what I could this week. - Butwal”

  • Jade L. Bowers 🇺🇸 · $49.50
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    “Thought of Mariana all day after reading this. - Knoxville”

  • Sharmin Jannat Sikder 🇧🇩 · $20
  • Jacob T. Pearson 🇺🇸 · $32
  • Manisha L. Agarwal 🇮🇳 · $41

    “Be well. Only $41 but hope it helps. - Rohini”

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  • Stefan Werner Walter

    thinking of you and your family. Great idea, hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend

    • Mikhail Ihor Baranov

      Sending good thoughts, Mariana. More neighborhoods should do this. My neighbor in Xalapa donated after I showed her your page

      • Varun K. Anand

        Wishing you the best, Mariana. Looking forward to the next update.

        • Hina Nao Kaneko

          Thinking of you and your family, Mariana. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I have a 5 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Take care.

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