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Restoring Unity Beach: a volunteer-led project in Aurora
Volunteers are restoring Unity Beach in Aurora; $1,900 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇺🇸 Aurora, Colorado, United States3,308 views
Unity Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 70 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 43 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 $1,900 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,300
• Waste removal and skip hire: $430
• Signage and educational materials: $170
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
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- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $200
- Rylee M. Butler 🇺🇸 · $200
“Hope this helps. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Corpus Christi”
- Emilia K. Perez 🇺🇸 · $100
“Thinking of you. Gave what I could this week. - Cambridge”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100
- Varun H. Rajput 🇬🇧 · $100
- Zlata Anastasia Osipov 🇷🇺 · $100
- Erik De Haan 🇳🇱 · $100
- Vivaan B. Grewal 🇮🇳 · $100
- Tarun A. Rawat 🇮🇳 · $75
“Thought of Joshua all day after reading this. - Warangal”
- Princess B. Aquino 🇵🇭 · $75
“Happy to help. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Caloocan”
- Amanuel Robel Belay 🇪🇹 · $75
“Sending love. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Jimma”
- Carmela De Leon 🇵🇭 · $70
- Joanna Witkowski 🇵🇱 · $55
“Best of luck. - Łódź”
- Andrés R. Estrada 🇲🇽 · $53
- Hong Ling Tian 🇨🇦 · $50
- Janet Florence Ngowi 🇰🇪 · $50
- Pranav N. Tiwari 🇮🇳 · $50
- Yolanda Abril Escobar 🇪🇸 · $50
- Vandana E. Tandon 🇮🇳 · $50
- Ximena F. Díaz 🇺🇸 · $50
“Be well. Hope you get the rest soon. - Warren”
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Joshua
good luck. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Hyderabad.
Sending strength, Joshua. Great idea, hope you get there. Greetings from Çankaya.
Thinking of you. Hope you get there. Don't give up. Greetings from Iloilo City
You're not alone. Great idea, hope you get there. Blessings
Stay strong, Joshua. It takes guts to ask. Well done. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
I hope things turn around soon. Sent it to 15 people at work. Take care.
Hang in there. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Aurora.
Hang in there. Great idea, hope you get there. Blessings!
Hang in there, Joshua. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My neighbor in Naivasha donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of Aurora
you're not alone, Joshua. Gave what I could, wish it was more.
Thanks for sharing this, Joshua. Hope this works out for you. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Take care.
Hope you get there. Love from Gondar.
Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Arusha.
Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Please keep us posted.
Hope it all works out, Joshua. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Aurora
Rooting for you, Joshua. Shared this with my family. God bless.
rooting for you. More neighborhoods should do this. It's not much but it's yours.
Praying for you, Joshua. Hope this works out for you. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Aurora