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Plant 3,350 native trees around Freedom Beach in Los Angeles
A neighborhood-led restoration of Freedom Beach needs $1,300 for saplings and equipment.
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Freedom Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 55 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 115 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $1,300 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $590
• Signage and educational materials: $185
• Waste removal and skip hire: $525
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
Updates from Josephine
Thank you all. We're at 27% now ($346). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
- Maricel M. Mendoza 🇦🇺 · $200
“Good luck. Saw your post and had to give. - Gold Coast”
- Lalita Waraporn Thammasat 🇹🇭 · $100
- Josefa R. Espinoza 🇺🇸 · $100
- Evelyn W. Lopez 🇨🇦 · $100
“Hope things get better. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Brandon”
- Kevin H. Martinez 🇵🇭 · $100
- Sudha G. Menon 🇮🇳 · $75
- Daniel Waweru Wekesa 🇹🇿 · $62
- Isaiah J. Beck 🇬🇧 · $50
“Hope this helps. My brother told me about this one. - Glasgow”
- Nolan W. Molina 🇺🇸 · $50
- Viktoria Daria Polyakov 🇺🇦 · $50
- Anonymous 🇪🇹 · $50
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- Macharia Ouma Tembo 🇰🇪 · $50
“Wishing you the best. Thought of Josephine all day after reading this. - Kasarani”
- Mona Aisha Siddiqui 🇪🇬 · $50
- Hari M. Warrier 🇮🇳 · $46
- Asuka Akari Ueno 🇯🇵 · $30
- Neha G. Oberoi 🇮🇳 · $25
- Enrique S. Galindo 🇺🇸 · $25
- Beau D. Pierce 🇺🇸 · $25
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Wishing you peace. Shared it with a few friends. I have a 6 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Love from Saint-Étienne
So sorry you're going through this. More neighborhoods should do this. My husband and I read this together. All the best.
Thinking of you, Josephine. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Dundee.
Shared it with a few friends. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Quezon City
Good luck. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Gqeberha.
So sorry you're going through this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Los Angeles.
Sending good thoughts, Josephine. Shared it with a few friends. Blessings.
you're not alone, Josephine. Hope this works out for you.