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Restoring the Lotus canal: a volunteer-led project in Hialeah
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Lotus canal needs $1,200 for saplings and equipment.
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The Lotus canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 101 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 162 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $1,200 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $190
• Waste removal and skip hire: $320
• Tools and protective gear: $690
With deep gratitude,
Terry
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any update on how things are going in Hialeah?
This could happen to any of us. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care.
Wishing you the best. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Terry!
Signage and educational materials is $190 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Thanks, that means a lot.
Wishing you the best. Shared this with my family. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.
Wishing you peace, Terry. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.
I hope things turn around soon. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out. Blessings.
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Hialeah
Thank you. If you're in Hialeah I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. It helps to be asked.
Thanks for sharing this, Terry. Hope you get there. We're a small family in Ikeja but we're thinking of you.
you're not alone, Terry. I hope things turn around soon. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.
thinking of you and your family, Terry. I hope things turn around soon. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Pune
Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Hialeah.