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Restoring the Baobab riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Chicago
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Baobab riverbank needs $1,500 for saplings and equipment.
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The Baobab riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 65 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 125 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 $1,500 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $660
• Native saplings and stakes: $600
• Waste removal and skip hire: $240
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Gustavo
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Wishing you the best. Hope this works out for you. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from Rochester.
Thanks for sharing this, Gustavo. Hope this works out for you.
Sending good thoughts, Gustavo. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.
You're not alone, Gustavo. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. God bless.
take care, Gustavo. Your post was clear and honest. All the best.
thanks for sharing this. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Love from Stellenbosch.
I hope things turn around soon. After 11 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless.
Hang in there. Great idea, hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Chicago
Shared this with my family. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Heliopolis.