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Restoring the Acacia canal: a volunteer-led project in Los Angeles
Volunteers are restoring the Acacia canal in Los Angeles; $2,500 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Acacia canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 66 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 106 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,650
• Tools and protective gear: $260
• Waste removal and skip hire: $490
• Signage and educational materials: $100
With deep gratitude,
Eliana
Updates from Eliana
71% there. I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. Thank you.
- Samuel T. Mendoza 🇺🇸 · $10
- Nathan Merritt 🇳🇿 · $15
- Ximena P. Luna 🇲🇽 · $20
“Hope the April deadline works out. - Iztapalapa”
- Rashid T. Govender 🇿🇦 · $10
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $5
“Thinking of you. I'm in Likoni, thinking of you. - Likoni”
- Bruna Lúcia Batista 🇧🇷 · $30
“Take care of yourselves. Hope the April deadline works out. - Santos”
- Comfort Sade Eze 🇳🇬 · $23
- Carol T. Maldonado 🇬🇧 · $25
- Gregory D. Coleman 🇺🇸 · $27.50
- Yu-na Ye-eun Yoon 🇰🇷 · $19.50
- Esteban D. Santos 🇺🇸 · $75
“You got this. Hope the April deadline works out. - Spokane”
- Jin-woo Tae-yang Hwang 🇰🇷 · $100
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $22
- Usha P. Bedi 🇮🇳 · $67.50
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $20
“Thought of Eliana all day after reading this. - Ikeja”
- Swapnil L. Patil 🇮🇳 · $55.50
“Thought of Eliana all day after reading this. - Mumbai”
- Mrunal T. Kulkarni 🇮🇳 · $5
- Mehwish Kausar Kazmi 🇵🇰 · $30
- Olga Papadopoulos 🇬🇷 · $5
- Ahmed Haider Lashari 🇵🇰 · $20
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Take care, Eliana. Great idea, hope you get there. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Eliana!
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. native saplings and stakes is the biggest at $1,650. Ask me anything else.
Wishing you the best. Shared it with a few friends. After 20 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best.
You're not alone. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Los Angeles
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Los Angeles.
Thinking of you and your family, Eliana. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best.
Thinking of you, Eliana. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Quezon City.
how is Eliana doing now?
Thinking of you. Hope you get there. I hope April is when things finally get easier.
Stay strong, Eliana. Hope this works out for you. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Los Angeles.
Wishing you the best. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My neighbor in Obuasi donated after I showed her your page. God bless.
Wishing you peace, Eliana. Shared this with my family. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Envigado.
Stay strong, Eliana. Hope this works out for you. God bless.
Hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. All the best.
Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Los Angeles.
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Wish I lived closer to Iztapalapa so I could bring a meal. All the best.