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Restoring Cedar Creek: a volunteer-led project in Dallas
A neighborhood-led restoration of Cedar Creek needs $1,100 for saplings and equipment.
🇺🇸 Texas, United States1,220 views
Cedar Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 48 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 126 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 $1,100 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $210
• Waste removal and skip hire: $600
• Signage and educational materials: $290
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Cynthia
Updates from Cynthia
Update from Dallas: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 14% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Dola Farhana Uddin 🇧🇩 · $10
“Wish I could do more. My father told me about this one. - Narayanganj”
- Đào Phương Bui 🇻🇳 · $50
- Christina Georgia Panagiotopoulos 🇬🇷 · $15
“Only $15 but hope it helps. - Athens”
- Anonymous 🇮🇪 · $5
- Jocelyn Brewer 🇬🇧 · $75
- Verónica L. Moreno 🇨🇴 · $25
- Francisco Prado 🇧🇷 · $10
- Shaista Dua Ali 🇵🇰 · $10
- In-ho Do-yoon Kang 🇰🇷 · $25
- Alejandra N. Salazar 🇺🇸 · $200
- Fabrice Jacquet 🇨🇦 · $10
- Babu Sajib Mia 🇮🇳 · $15
- Ochieng Kiprop Urassa 🇺🇬 · $5
“Hope this helps. Thought of Cynthia all day after reading this. - Mbale”
- Emiliano J. Álvarez 🇨🇴 · $6
“Stay strong. Hope you get the rest soon. - Cali”
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Hang in there, Cynthia. Looking forward to the next update. All the best.
thanks for sharing this. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day
Praying for you, Cynthia. Hope this works out for you. All the best
Sending love, Cynthia. Great idea, hope you get there.
wishing you peace. Hope this works out for you. I have a 14 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings