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Restoring Liberty Beach: a volunteer-led project in Bologna

A neighborhood-led restoration of Liberty Beach needs $2,050 for saplings and equipment.

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Federica Moretti
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Bologna
Liberty Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 80 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 45 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 $2,050 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,150 • Tools and protective gear: $510 • Waste removal and skip hire: $220 • Signage and educational materials: $170 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Federica
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Federica

  1. We're at 32% thanks to 16 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 17% now ($352). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week. - Federica

  3. Small update. $137 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

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  • Annabelle C. Williams

    you're not alone, Federica. I hope things turn around soon. Blessings.

    • Nora L. Mendoza

      thinking of you and your family, Federica. Shared it with a few friends. Sent it to 15 people at work. Love from Wrocław

      • Regina R. Espinoza

        Thinking of you and your family. Shared this with my family. Thinking of Bologna.

        • Suren S. Khumalo

          You're not alone. More neighborhoods should do this. My husband and I read this together. Blessings

          • Roisin S. DoylePhoto verified

            Thanks for sharing this, Federica. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes

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