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Restoring the Freedom canal: a volunteer-led project in Eugene

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Freedom canal needs $2,800 for saplings and equipment.

🇺🇸 Eugene, Oregon, United States1,347 views
Patrick A. Murray
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Eugene
The Freedom canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 56 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 186 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 $2,800 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $470 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,350 • Waste removal and skip hire: $980 With deep gratitude, Patrick
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Patrick

  1. Update from Eugene: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 9% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 9% now ($250). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 7% now ($205). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

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  • Quinn Ross

    Thanks for sharing this. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't give up.

    • Jayanthi Kumari Wijesinghe

      You're not alone. Shared it with a few friends. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Mbarara

      • Miguel D. Navarro

        Thinking of you and your family, Patrick. More neighborhoods should do this. I have a 5 year old who wants to send good wishes too!

        $330 raised of $2,800

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