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The Sycamore riverbank cleanup and restoration: help our volunteer crew
Volunteers are restoring the Sycamore riverbank in Hamilton; $1,150 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Sycamore riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 92 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 193 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $1,150 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $250
• Native saplings and stakes: $420
• Tools and protective gear: $480
I hope life is good to you.
Updates from Heather
Wanted to say thank you properly. 24% funded and I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials.
- Anna Donatella Monti 🇮🇹 · $5
- Talha Faisal Orakzai 🇵🇰 · $30
- Rashed Faruk Akter 🇧🇩 · $25
- Samuel Rodrigo Bezerra 🇧🇷 · $5
- Awino Beatrice Ochieng 🇰🇪 · $10
- Anonymous 🇮🇪 · $46.50
“Best of luck! - Dublin”
- Kathleen P. Mercado 🇵🇭 · $5
“Happy to help. Thought of Heather all day after reading this. - Makati”
- Fatima Bukola Abdullahi 🇳🇬 · $10
“Wish I could do more. Been where you're, it gets better. - Badagry”
- Amani Fatuma Njoroge 🇰🇪 · $15
- Hesti Indah Permana 🇮🇩 · $75
- Arianna H. Matthews 🇬🇧 · $50
- Tania Tania Haque 🇧🇩 · $15
- Anonymous 🇰🇷 · $10
“My father told me about this one. - Seongnam”
- Saima Mehwish Warraich 🇵🇰 · $30
“Hope things get better. Thought of Heather all day after reading this. - Lahore”
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $5
- Yewande Grace Okafor 🇳🇬 · $75
“Thought of Heather all day after reading this. - Epe”
- Claire G. Rhodes 🇨🇦 · $10
“Best of luck. - Mississauga”
- Wesley N. Tillman 🇺🇸 · $5
- Christopher M. Williams 🇬🇧 · $26
- Francis E. Pineda 🇵🇭 · $31
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Praying for you, Heather. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. God bless.
is there anything that isn't money that would help Heather?
Thank you. If you're in Hamilton I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Appreciate you taking the time.
Hope things get better soon, Heather. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.
wishing you peace, Heather. I hope things turn around soon. I have a 7 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Hamilton
gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Hamilton.
thinking of you, Heather. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Please keep us posted. Blessings.