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Plant 986 native trees around Freedom Creek in Miami

A neighborhood-led restoration of Freedom Creek needs $2,050 for saplings and equipment.

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Anita F. Chopra
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Freedom Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 100 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 64 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 $2,050 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $560 • Tools and protective gear: $770 • Native saplings and stakes: $720 Thanks for being kind about this.

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  • it takes guts to ask. Well done. I'm in customer support myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Greetings from Gazipur.

    • Keep going, Anita. More neighborhoods should do this. My neighbor in Pietermaritzburg donated after I showed her your page.

      • praying for you, Anita. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Miami

        • So sorry you're going through this. I hope things turn around soon. Love from Warsaw.

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            It takes guts to ask. Well done. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Miami

            • everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Sent it to 13 people at work. Take care

              • Keep going, Anita. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I'm in farming myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. All the best.

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