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Plant 3,550 native trees around Baobab Creek in Montréal

Volunteers are restoring Baobab Creek in Montréal; $1,800 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Ian T. Duran
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Montréal
Baobab Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 55 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 73 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $1,800 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $430 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,250 • Signage and educational materials: $120 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people. - Ian
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Ian

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,198 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Quick update: $931 raised so far (52%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Mackenzie D. Ashworth

    Thanks for sharing this, Ian. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Bakersfield.

    • Sari Ika Putra

      Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Montréal.

      • Yusuke Akira Nishimura

        Keep going, Ian. This could happen to any of us. Blessings.

        • Sumon Babu Sen

          Wishing you peace, Ian. Hope this works out for you. Take care

          • Shawn D. Avila

            Hope things get better soon, Ian. This could happen to any of us. Take care

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