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Restoring the Liberty canal: a volunteer-led project in Laredo
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Liberty canal needs $2,600 for saplings and equipment.
🇺🇸 Laredo, Texas, United States2,990 views
The Liberty canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 93 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 84 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 $2,600 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,400
• Tools and protective gear: $250
• Waste removal and skip hire: $690
• Signage and educational materials: $260
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
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Hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Chattanooga so I could bring a meal. Love from Montego Bay.
is there anything that isn't money that would help Angel?
Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about native saplings and stakes, advice is welcome too. Let me know if you want more detail.
Sending strength, Angel. Hope you get there. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out
Rooting for you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. God bless!
This could happen to any of us. God bless!
Thinking of you and your family. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money!
you're not alone, Angel. Shared this with my family. I hope May is when things finally get easier.
Hope things get better soon. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Bergamo!