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Restoring Unity Creek: a volunteer-led project in San Antonio
A neighborhood-led restoration of Unity Creek needs $3,300 for saplings and equipment.
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Unity Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 99 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 110 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 $3,300 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,450
• Tools and protective gear: $710
• Waste removal and skip hire: $810
• Signage and educational materials: $330
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Gregory
Updates from Gregory
Quick update: $1,065 raised so far (32%). I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Jayden D. Sanders 🇺🇸 · $14
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
“Keep your head up. Please keep us posted. - Saket”
- Prachi N. Savla 🇮🇳 · $25
“Hang in there. Shared with friends too. - Kanpur”
- Ryan H. Soriano 🇵🇭 · $5
- Nakato Ruth Juma 🇰🇪 · $25
- Seul-gi Ga-eun Na 🇰🇷 · $149
- Bisma Rukhsar Jilani 🇵🇰 · $10
- Onur Enes Aydın 🇩🇪 · $39
- Ngọc Hoa Huynh 🇻🇳 · $10
“Hope the September deadline works out. - Nha Trang”
- Anonymous 🇲🇦 · $10
“From my family to yours. - Salé”
- Dana Hannah Bar 🇮🇱 · $25
“Hope it all works out - Beersheba”
- Ratna Siti Sitompul 🇮🇩 · $44
- Salma Khan 🇮🇳 · $50
- Marcos C. Ramos 🇪🇸 · $20
- Aarti S. Soni 🇮🇳 · $5
- Vinícius Wagner Vasconcelos 🇧🇷 · $50
- Miguel E. Macías 🇲🇽 · $10
- Anonymous 🇵🇱 · $74
“All the best. Only $74 but hope it helps.”
- Vitaly Vitaly Komarov 🇩🇪 · $100
“Best of luck. My father told me about this one. - Munich”
- Mónica P. Villalobos 🇪🇸 · $20
“Small amount but sent with love. - Tarragona”
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Wishing you peace. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near San Antonio!
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I hope September is when things finally get easier!
Wishing you the best, Gregory. Hope you get there. My neighbor in Fort Worth donated after I showed her your page. Take care.