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Restoring the Jacaranda canal: a volunteer-led project in Los Angeles
Help us clean and replant the Jacaranda canal before the August planting window closes.
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States792 views
The Jacaranda canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 89 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 159 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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 $1,900 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,200
• Waste removal and skip hire: $460
• Signage and educational materials: $240
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
- Emily
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Thinking of you and your family. I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Los Angeles.
Thinking of you, Emily. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Love from Nottingham.
Hope it all works out, Emily. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. All the best.
So sorry you're going through this. Hope this works out for you. I'm in customer support myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Los Angeles.
Thinking of you. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Coventry this morning. Love from Coventry
Take care. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Narayanganj.
your post was clear and honest. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double!
Thinking of you, Emily. Shared it with a few friends. All the best.
thinking of you and your family. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Los Angeles.