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Plant 4,950 native trees around Cedar Creek in Madrid

Help us clean and replant Cedar Creek before the September planting window closes.

🇪🇸 Madrid, Madrid, Spain2,038 views
Paula D. Navarro
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Madrid
Cedar Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 103 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 78 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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 $1,000 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $620 • Tools and protective gear: $165 • Waste removal and skip hire: $215 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself. - Paula
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Paula

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($869 in total) I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. We're at 63% thanks to 15 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

  3. Wanted to say thank you properly. 33% funded and I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

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  • Andrea F. Muñoz 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Tithi Nusrat Sarker 🇧🇩 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $75

    “Only $75 but hope it helps. - Dresden”

  • Nicholas D. Walker 🇬🇧 · $75
  • Yong Hu 🇨🇦 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇸🇦 · $50
  • Dennis Frazier 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Olivier Jules Lefèvre 🇫🇷 · $50

    “Hang in there. Hope the September deadline works out. - Paris”

  • Halyna Zoya Romanov 🇷🇺 · $50

    “Wishing you the best. Thought of Paula all day after reading this. - Moscow”

  • Antonio L. Guzmán 🇲🇽 · $44.50

    “Hope it all works out. Hope the September deadline works out. - Ciudad de México”

  • Lucía E. Flores 🇦🇷 · $31
  • Adrián K. Rangel 🇦🇷 · $30
  • Senthil M. Venkatesh 🇮🇳 · $30
  • Khadija Layla Mebarek 🇪🇬 · $30

    “Hope things get better. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Aswan”

  • Chinedu Ibrahim Adebayo 🇳🇬 · $30
  • Nicole P. Francisco 🇵🇭 · $30
  • Edson Mateus Dias 🇧🇷 · $25

    “Only $25 but hope it helps. - Juazeiro do Norte”

  • Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $25
  • Lucas Luís Andrade 🇧🇷 · $25
  • Divina S. Cruz 🇵🇭 · $25

    “Hope this helps. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Lapu-Lapu”

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