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Restoring the Jacaranda hillside: a volunteer-led project in Mecca
Volunteers are restoring the Jacaranda hillside in Mecca; $1,100 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Jacaranda hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 119 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 139 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $1,100 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $200
• Signage and educational materials: $140
• Native saplings and stakes: $760
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
- Ziad
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Thinking of you and your family, Ziad. Your post was clear and honest. I hope August is when things finally get easier. God bless.
Take care, Ziad. More neighborhoods should do this. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Verona.
you're not alone, Ziad. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I have a 11 year old who wants to send good wishes too
Hang in there, Ziad. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Hope things get better soon, Ziad. Hope this works out for you. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Mecca.
hang in there. Great idea, hope you get there. Please keep us posted.
Thinking of you. Hope you get there. Sent it to 16 people at work. Blessings
Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Mecca.
Sending good thoughts, Ziad. Shared it with a few friends