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Plant 3,950 native trees around Pioneer Beach in Winston-Salem

A neighborhood-led restoration of Pioneer Beach needs $2,900 for saplings and equipment.

🇺🇸 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States4,048 views
Lauren T. Lynch
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Winston-Salem
Pioneer Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 58 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 156 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $2,900 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,150 • Tools and protective gear: $730 • Waste removal and skip hire: $760 • Signage and educational materials: $260 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Lauren
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Lauren

  1. We're at 74% thanks to 63 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 40% now ($1,146). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

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  • Gerhard K. Cele

    Shared this with my family. Love from Gazipur.

    • Simone Emanuele Vitali

      praying for you, Lauren. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier

      • Fatema Nipa Roy

        this could happen to any of us. I'm in farming myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Love from Madina.

        • Mateus Raimundo Monteiro

          Wishing you the best, Lauren. Hope you get there. Thinking of Winston-Salem.

          • Ruth K. Mejia

            Hang in there. I hope things turn around soon. I'll check back for the next update.

            • Jide ObiID verified

              so sorry you're going through this. Great idea, hope you get there. I have a 11 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings.

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