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Restoring Pioneer Creek: a volunteer-led project in Bakersfield
Volunteers are restoring Pioneer Creek in Bakersfield; $2,850 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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Pioneer Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 109 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 101 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $2,850 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,050
• Tools and protective gear: $640
• Waste removal and skip hire: $1,000
• Signage and educational materials: $160
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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Thinking of you and your family, Rohan. It takes guts to ask. Well done. God bless.
thinking of you. Shared this with my family. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. After 6 years in hospitality I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Greetings from Los Angeles
Keep going, Rohan. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't give up. Thinking of Bakersfield.
Sending love. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My neighbor in Southampton donated after I showed her your page. Take care
Hope you get there. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Bakersfield.
Wishing you the best. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Nakhon Ratchasima but we're thinking of you. Take care.
good luck, Rohan. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My neighbor in Marseille donated after I showed her your page. Take care
Thinking of you and your family. More neighborhoods should do this. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care.
Wishing you the best. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We're a small family in Richards Bay but we're thinking of you. All the best.
This could happen to any of us. My neighbor in Thủ Đức donated after I showed her your page.
Best of luck, Rohan. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Jessore.