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Restoring Freedom Beach: a volunteer-led project in Maringá

Volunteers are restoring Freedom Beach in Maringá; $800 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Kelly Lúcia Siqueira
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Maringá
Freedom Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 67 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 194 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $800 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $540 • Signage and educational materials: $85 • Tools and protective gear: $175 Glad we found this place.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  1. We're at 7% thanks to 5 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon. - Kelly

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  • Ashok E. Khanna

    Thinking of you, Kelly. More neighborhoods should do this. It's not much but it's yours

    • Meet Thakkar

      Hope things get better soon, Kelly. Looking forward to the next update. God bless

      • Crystal B. Steele

        Best of luck. Hope this works out for you. Sent it to 14 people at work. Blessings.

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