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Plant 3,700 native trees around Lotus Creek in Oakland

A neighborhood-led restoration of Lotus Creek needs $2,400 for saplings and equipment.

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Joshua Gomez
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Oakland
Lotus Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 81 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 75 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $2,400 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,300 • Tools and protective gear: $370 • Waste removal and skip hire: $550 • Signage and educational materials: $180 Every share and every dollar helps.
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Updates from Joshua

  1. We're at 51% thanks to 39 of you. I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. More news soon.

  2. Quick update: $706 raised so far (29%). I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Kwasi Ekow AnnanQuestion

    Is there anything that isn't money that would help Joshua?

    • Joshua GomezOwnerAnswer

      Thank you. If you're in Oakland I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks, that means a lot.

  • Wiktoria Teresa Kucharski

    Hope it all works out. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.

    • Alexander W. Carpenter

      sending love. Hope you get there. My neighbor in Guarulhos donated after I showed her your page.

      • Valentina A. HartQuestion

        any update on how things are going in Oakland?

        • Natalia Moran

          So sorry you're going through this. Hope you get there

          • Fatima Kausar Aslam

            Thinking of you, Joshua. Hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.

            • Wesley G. HerreraAddress verifiedPhoto verified

              Good luck, Joshua. Looking forward to the next update

              $2,016.50 raised of $2,400

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