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Plant 4,800 native trees around Acacia Beach in Los Angeles
Help us clean and replant Acacia Beach before the July planting window closes.
🇺🇸 California, United States2,804 views
Acacia Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 57 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 72 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 $2,650 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,500
• Tools and protective gear: $400
• Waste removal and skip hire: $470
• Signage and educational materials: $280
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Usha
Updates from Usha
We're at 40% thanks to 37 of you. I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. More news soon.
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Good luck, Usha. Hope this works out for you.
Wishing you the best, Usha. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Los Angeles.
Best of luck. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. It's not much but it's yours.
Hang in there, Usha. Shared this with my family. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Stay strong, Usha. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Blessings.
So sorry you're going through this, Usha. I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. All the best.