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Restoring the Sycamore riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Aurora
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Sycamore riverbank needs $1,550 for saplings and equipment.
🇺🇸 Aurora, Colorado, United States1,460 views
The Sycamore riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 97 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 194 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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 $1,550 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $170
• Tools and protective gear: $270
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,110
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Sophia
Small update. $542 so far, I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials.
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $15
“Be well. Thought of Sophia all day after reading this. - Milan”
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $20
- Gemma Torres 🇺🇸 · $5
- Rosa H. Villalobos 🇺🇸 · $50
- Oky Joko Wardana 🇮🇩 · $42
- Leo Smith 🇬🇧 · $25
“Stay strong. Thought of Sophia all day after reading this. - Liverpool”
- Roberto Davi Lacerda 🇧🇷 · $50
“Shared with friends too. - Caruaru”
- Bikash Newar 🇳🇵 · $50
- Omondi Mukasa Maina 🇹🇿 · $10
- Valentina Bianca Barros 🇧🇷 · $50
- Marcus F. Chavez 🇬🇧 · $10
- Jahid Rubel Parvez 🇧🇩 · $200
- Theodora Galanis 🇬🇷 · $15
“Wishing you the best. Been where you're, it gets better. - Patras”
- Joya Tamanna Sarker 🇧🇩 · $10
“Hope things get better. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Dhaka”
- Margaret Amani Macharia 🇹🇿 · $48.50
- Mateus Luís Tavares 🇧🇷 · $20
- Kiran Rukhsar Farooqi 🇵🇰 · $15.50
- Abril F. Arias 🇪🇸 · $50
- Paloma D. Romero 🇺🇸 · $5
- Candra Agus Sutanto 🇮🇩 · $5
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Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Aurora.
This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Manchester this morning. Thinking of Aurora.
Praying for you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Take care.
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Pune.
Gave what I could, wish it was more. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Nagpur.
Wishing you peace, Sophia. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Gazipur
Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I'm in social work myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. All the best.
Best of luck, Sophia. More neighborhoods should do this. God bless