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Restoring Baobab Beach: a volunteer-led project in Edmonton

A neighborhood-led restoration of Baobab Beach needs $2,300 for saplings and equipment.

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Eli C. Dominguez
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Edmonton
Baobab Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 94 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 170 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 $2,300 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,100 • Tools and protective gear: $390 • Waste removal and skip hire: $680 • Signage and educational materials: $130 Every share and every dollar helps.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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    Shared this with my family. Thinking of Edmonton

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      Praying for you, Eli. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Dallas.

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        Best of luck, Eli. Shared it with a few friends. My husband and I read this together. God bless.

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          Hope this works out for you. After 11 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

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            sending good thoughts, Eli. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did

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