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Restoring Freedom Creek: a volunteer-led project in Surrey
A neighborhood-led restoration of Freedom Creek needs $1,600 for saplings and equipment.
🇨🇦 Surrey, British Columbia, Canada1,338 views
Freedom Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This November, 74 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 121 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 $1,600 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $175
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,050
• Tools and protective gear: $375
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Stay strong. Hope you get there. I hope February is when things finally get easier.
sending good thoughts, Matthew. Looking forward to the next update.
I hope things turn around soon. Sent it to 33 people at work. Greetings from Cox's Bazar.
You're not alone, Matthew. It takes guts to ask. Well done. God bless.