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Restoring the Unity canal: a volunteer-led project in Mississauga
Help us clean and replant the Unity canal before the January planting window closes.
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The Unity canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This October, 68 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 174 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 $2,650 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,450
• Tools and protective gear: $500
• Waste removal and skip hire: $540
• Signage and educational materials: $160
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Travis
Updates from Travis
46% there. the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled. Thank you.
Quick update: $960 raised so far (36%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Hadley D. Watson 🇨🇦 · $500
“Good luck! - Halifax”
- Wellington Maurício Leite 🇧🇷 · $500
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $100
- Irfan Salman Rana 🇵🇰 · $100
- Tejaswini A. Vaidyanathan 🇮🇳 · $100
- Kevin Waweru Simiyu 🇺🇬 · $100
“Stay strong. My colleague told me about this one. - Fort Portal”
- Barry B. MacNamara 🇮🇪 · $100
- Mackenzie Stephens 🇺🇸 · $100
- Jorge Fernando Vasconcelos 🇧🇷 · $76
- Miguel Daniel Figueiredo 🇧🇷 · $50
“Praying for you. Thought of Travis all day after reading this. - Santos”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
“Hope things get better. Thought of Travis all day after reading this. - Mumbai”
- Deepak P. Kumar 🇮🇳 · $50
- Gabriele Julia Zimmermann 🇩🇪 · $50
“Blessings. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Nuremberg”
- Alka F. Mehra 🇮🇳 · $50
- Logan A. Powers 🇳🇿 · $25
“Thought of Travis all day after reading this. - Christchurch”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
- Vandana B. Bhardwaj 🇺🇸 · $25
- Sharmin Joya Khatun 🇧🇩 · $25
- Mugisha Evans Mrema 🇰🇪 · $24
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20
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So sorry you're going through this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 9 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings.
Wishing you the best, Travis. More neighborhoods should do this. Please keep us posted
wishing you peace, Travis. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Hyderabad.
Hope it all works out. Shared this with my family. My neighbor in San Francisco donated after I showed her your page. Blessings!
So sorry you're going through this. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Jerusalem
Best of luck. More neighborhoods should do this. Put this on a community board in Mumbai this morning. God bless.
Thinking of you, Travis. Shared it with a few friends. Don't give up.