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Restoring Pioneer Creek: a volunteer-led project in San Francisco

Help us clean and replant Pioneer Creek before the March planting window closes.

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James M. Scott
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San Francisco
Pioneer Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 97 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 44 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $2,050 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $330 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,350 • Waste removal and skip hire: $370 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people. - James
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from James

  1. Thank you all. We're at 12% now ($240). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week. - James

  2. Thank you all. We're at 10% now ($210). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  3. Quick update: $175 raised so far (9%). I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Kai Dong Lu 🇺🇸 · $200

    “Sending love. Thought of James all day after reading this. - Houston”

  • Melanie Leni Werner 🇩🇪 · $196

    “Good luck. Gave what I could this week. - Stuttgart”

  • Rodrigo F. Vega 🇨🇴 · $100
  • Thomas N. Barrett 🇬🇧 · $100

    “Hope things get better. Hope the March deadline works out. - Glasgow”

  • Ariana A. Thompson 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇸🇪 · $64
  • Marek Krzysztof Michalak 🇵🇱 · $50
  • Leonardo L. Sánchez 🇦🇷 · $50
  • Susana H. Benítez 🇪🇸 · $25
  • Rafiq Pavel Parvez 🇬🇧 · $25
  • Elżbieta Kaczmarek 🇵🇱 · $25
  • Nazrul Bappy Pramanik 🇧🇩 · $25
  • Jun Mendoza 🇵🇭 · $25

    “Thought of James all day after reading this. - Manila”

  • Dwi Dimas Purnomo 🇮🇩 · $10
  • Aditi M. Malhotra 🇮🇳 · $5

    “Hope it all works out. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Kozhikode”

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  • Aarón L. Martínez

    Sending strength. Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Kochi but we're thinking of you.

    • Anh Nhung Ha

      Rooting for you. Hope this works out for you. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you

      • Rashed Sajib Das

        Best of luck, James. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted. Thinking of San Francisco.

        • Citlali SandovalID verified

          Best of luck. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Sent it to 11 people at work. Love from Surabaya.

          • Patrick Frank Badu

            Hope things get better soon. Great idea, hope you get there. My husband and I read this together. All the best.

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