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Restoring the Freedom hillside: a volunteer-led project in Guadalupe

Help us clean and replant the Freedom hillside before the November planting window closes.

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Gabriel M. Campos
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Guadalupe
The Freedom hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 60 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 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 $700 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $250 • Tools and protective gear: $155 • Waste removal and skip hire: $210 • Signage and educational materials: $85 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Gabriel

  1. We're at 24% thanks to 6 of you. the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. More news soon.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 75% now ($523). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

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    “God bless. My brother told me about this one. - Joliet”

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    “You got this. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Dallas”

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    “Happy to help. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Ibadan”

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  • Nova N. Griffin

    good luck, Gabriel. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't give up.

    • Josiane Océane ClementQuestion

      Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Guadalupe!

      • Gabriel M. CamposOwnerAnswer

        Thank you. If you're in Guadalupe I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Let me know if you want more detail.

    • Lorena Sandra Peixoto

      Sending good thoughts, Gabriel. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings.

      • Hyacinth Ellis

        good luck. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't give up. Love from Mecca.

        • Suresh R. NambiarID verified

          hope it all works out. More neighborhoods should do this. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out

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