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Restoring Acacia Creek: a volunteer-led project in Reading
Help us clean and replant Acacia Creek before the August planting window closes.
🇺🇸 Reading, Pennsylvania, United States4,294 views
Acacia Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 60 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 192 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $2,000 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $820
• Tools and protective gear: $540
• Waste removal and skip hire: $430
• Signage and educational materials: $210
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Alberto
Updates from Alberto
Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,461 in total) the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,206 in total) the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Thank you all. We're at 22% now ($449). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
- Jade G. Ray 🇺🇸 · $200
- Hamza Bilal Ghani 🇵🇰 · $100
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100
- John T. Ross 🇺🇸 · $100
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- Antonio P. Sánchez 🇺🇸 · $100
“Thought of Alberto all day after reading this. - San Jose”
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“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Alberto all day after reading this. - Mumbai”
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Praying for you, Alberto. Shared this with my family. I hope August is when things finally get easier. God bless.
wishing you peace, Alberto. Shared it with a few friends
projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Nagpur.
thanks for sharing this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Reading.
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Reading!
Thank you. If you're in Reading I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Let me know if you want more detail.
Hope it all works out, Alberto. Hope this works out for you. Wish I lived closer to Kitakyushu so I could bring a meal.
sending good thoughts, Alberto. I hope things turn around soon.
Wishing you peace, Alberto. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
Thinking of you, Alberto. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Rockford so I could bring a meal. Greetings from Macon.