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Plant 3,300 native trees around Cedar Creek in San Diego

Volunteers are restoring Cedar Creek in San Diego; $2,450 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States1,530 views
Autumn Stanley
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San Diego
Cedar Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 31 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 151 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $2,450 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $640 • Tools and protective gear: $320 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,490 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to. - Autumn
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Autumn

  1. Small update. $1,291 so far, I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes.

  2. Quick update: $758 raised so far (31%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  3. Quick update: $385 raised so far (16%). the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

Donations

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  • Jenny L. Andrada 🇵🇭 · $250
  • Yash T. Sathe 🇮🇳 · $200

    “Hope this helps. Only $200 but hope it helps. - Kolkata”

  • Maximilian Scholz 🇩🇪 · $100

    “Wish I could do more. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Frankfurt”

  • Tayo Okechukwu Lasisi 🇳🇬 · $100
  • Roberta Maria Bellini 🇮🇹 · $100
  • Okechukwu Emeka Nwachukwu 🇳🇬 · $77

    “Thought of Autumn all day after reading this. - Zaria”

  • Samantha P. Guerrero 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Dante J. Tomas 🇺🇸 · $75

    “Wishing you the best. Thought of Autumn all day after reading this. - Bakersfield”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Dina Souad Ibrahim 🇪🇬 · $65.50
  • Maciej Artur Szczepański 🇵🇱 · $50

    “Blessings. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Łódź”

  • Khadija Kehinde Ibrahim 🇳🇬 · $50
  • Rudi Bagus Susanto 🇮🇩 · $50
  • Salma Sabina Zaman 🇧🇩 · $50

    “Wish I could do more. My cousin told me about this one. - Savar”

  • Kunal E. Pawar 🇮🇳 · $50
  • Rowan Hicks 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Sending love. Thought of Autumn all day after reading this. - San Jose”

  • Jacob W. Powell 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $50
  • Everett L. McDaniel 🇬🇧 · $32.50
  • Mussa Kariuki Mushi 🇰🇪 · $30

    “Hope things get better. Shared with friends too. - Machakos”

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  • Hussain Babar Butt

    Hang in there. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Shinjuku.

    • Rima Salma Akter

      Sending strength. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Wish I lived closer to Pattaya so I could bring a meal.

      • Rahim Pavel Ghosh

        Hang in there, Autumn. Shared this with my family. God bless.

        • Chanida Sasithorn Nakpong

          Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Fresno.

          • Kunal S. Bansal

            Thinking of you. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Columbia!

            • Hannah Gloria Larbi

              Wishing you the best, Autumn. More neighborhoods should do this. Greetings from Ekurhuleni.

              • Mizanur Tanvir Kabir

                Thinking of you, Autumn. I hope things turn around soon. Take care

                • Indika Amarasinghe

                  Hope things get better soon, Autumn. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't give up. Greetings from Shubra.

                  • Daniela Natália Fernandes

                    Rooting for you, Autumn. Gave what I could, wish it was more. After 28 years in teaching I know how hard it is to ask for anything. God bless.

                    • Beatriz L. Duarte

                      Take care, Autumn. Looking forward to the next update

                      $2,030 raised of $2,450

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