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Restoring Sycamore Beach: a volunteer-led project in St. Petersburg

Help us clean and replant Sycamore Beach before the February planting window closes.

🇺🇸 St. Petersburg, Florida, United States1,714 views
Andrew Rowe
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St. Petersburg
Sycamore Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This December, 80 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 179 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 $2,500 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $165 • Waste removal and skip hire: $530 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,805 Thank you for reading my story. - Andrew
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Andrew

  1. Small update. $315 so far, I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes.

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  • Samuel Nnamdi Hassan 🇳🇬 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $10

    “Thinking of you. Hope the February deadline works out. - Angeles”

  • Bithi Begum 🇧🇩 · $30
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    “Rooting for you. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Cologne”

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    “Hope things get better. Only $67 but hope it helps. - New Delhi”

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    “Best of luck. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Hamburg”

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    “Good luck. Small amount but sent with love. - Incheon”

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    “Stay strong. My sister told me about this one. - Multan”

  • Habib Rahim Kabir 🇧🇩 · $100

    “Stay strong. Hope the February deadline works out. - Comilla”

  • Mercedes N. Franco 🇲🇽 · $25
  • Arthur Márcio Barros 🇧🇷 · $25

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  • Chioma Vivian Fashola🇳🇬Verified donor
    Exceeded expectations

    Perfect example of someone making a real difference. They took time out of their busy schedule to help me and never made me feel like a burden.

  • Julia F. Miller🇺🇸Verified donor
    Practical and effective help

    I had a complex problem and this person helped me navigate it step by step. Their expertise combined with their kindness made all the difference.

  • Manolis Yiannis Tzortzis🇬🇷Verified helper
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    This experience has restored my faith in the goodness of people. The helper was professional, knowledgeable, and genuinely cared about my outcome.

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    Honest and trustworthy

    Perfect example of someone making a real difference. They took time out of their busy schedule to help me and never made me feel like a burden.

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  • Hạnh Hằng DoPhoto verified

    Sending strength, Andrew. I hope things turn around soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Wollongong

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