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Restoring the Union canal: a volunteer-led project in Los Angeles

Help us clean and replant the Union canal before the May planting window closes.

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Sadie E. Woods
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Los Angeles
The Union canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 76 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 89 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $2,000 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $960 • Tools and protective gear: $500 • Waste removal and skip hire: $370 • Signage and educational materials: $170 With deep gratitude, Sadie

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  • Farah Hina BhattiID verifiedPhoto verified

    Sending love, Sadie. This could happen to any of us

    • Gennaro Davide GalloVerified organization

      praying for you, Sadie. Hope this works out for you. All the best

      • your post was clear and honest. We're a small family in Cox's Bazar but we're thinking of you.

        • praying for you. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I hope May is when things finally get easier. God bless.

          • hope it all works out, Sadie. This could happen to any of us. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Los Angeles.

            • Rooting for you, Sadie. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry

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