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Restoring Union Beach: a volunteer-led project in Jacksonville
Volunteers are restoring Union Beach in Jacksonville; $3,100 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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Union Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 115 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 41 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 $3,100 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,950
• Tools and protective gear: $300
• Waste removal and skip hire: $630
• Signage and educational materials: $220
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Yolanda
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Stay strong, Yolanda. Hope this works out for you. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
What's already covered and what's the $3,100 for?
It's all in the list in the story. native saplings and stakes is the big one at $1,950, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Thanks for asking.
Hope it all works out, Yolanda. Looking forward to the next update. We're a small family in Adama but we're thinking of you. Blessings.
Keep going, Yolanda. Your post was clear and honest
is there anything that isn't money that would help Yolanda?
Thank you. If you're in Jacksonville I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. I'll keep the page updated.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Tlaquepaque.
Praying for you. Shared this with my family. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Blessings.
Praying for you, Yolanda. Your post was clear and honest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Houston
Hope things get better soon, Yolanda. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Tamale
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
Sending love, Yolanda. Hope this works out for you. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Leeds.