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Restoring Cedar Beach: a volunteer-led project in Fresno
A neighborhood-led restoration of Cedar Beach needs $1,300 for saplings and equipment.
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Cedar Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 41 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 125 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $1,300 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $500
• Signage and educational materials: $155
• Native saplings and stakes: $645
Thank you for reading my story.
- Diego
Updates from Diego
Quick update: $933 raised so far (72%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
We're at 40% thanks to 12 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.
- Álvaro J. Vásquez 🇪🇸 · $100
“Praying for you. Saw your post and had to give. - Tarragona”
- Vasyl Alexei Antonov 🇷🇺 · $100
- Aarti G. Rawat 🇮🇳 · $100
- Ezra A. Hoffman 🇬🇧 · $100
- Nicolás M. Castro 🇺🇸 · $80
- Comfort Peace Anyanwu 🇳🇬 · $75
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $73
“Thought of Diego all day after reading this. - Abuja”
- Majid Amir Nabulsi 🇪🇬 · $61
- Alka Mishra 🇮🇳 · $61
- Brandon Dixon 🇬🇧 · $50
“Rooting for you. My father told me about this one. - Newport”
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- Ashok H. Dubey 🇨🇦 · $50
“Thought of Diego all day after reading this. - Québec”
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $50
- Lina Nour Saleh 🇪🇬 · $30
- Carolina R. Castillo 🇺🇸 · $30
- Lemma Haile Girma 🇪🇹 · $30
- Claire Henry 🇺🇸 · $27
- Ruth Wangari Macharia 🇰🇪 · $25
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Good luck, Diego. Great idea, hope you get there
Hope it all works out, Diego. Your post was clear and honest. I have a 10 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Fresno.
Thinking of you, Diego. Hope you get there. Greetings from Port Harcourt.
Sending good thoughts, Diego. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. All the best.
rooting for you, Diego. Looking forward to the next update.
Good luck, Diego. More neighborhoods should do this