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Unity Beach cleanup and restoration: help our volunteer crew
Volunteers are restoring Unity Beach in Los Angeles; $2,000 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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Unity Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 66 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 138 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $2,000 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,050
• Tools and protective gear: $220
• Waste removal and skip hire: $580
• Signage and educational materials: $150
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Audrey
Updates from Audrey
Good news. Because of your gifts ($705 in total) the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Charalambos Vasileios Oikonomou 🇬🇷 · $25
“Wishing you the best. Shared with friends too. - Heraklion”
- Kamal Umesh Joshi 🇳🇵 · $25
- Eunice Kariuki 🇰🇪 · $75
- Noam Omer Efrati 🇮🇱 · $50
- Haris Bagus Gozali 🇮🇩 · $34.50
“God bless. I'm in Makassar, thinking of you.”
- Julieta B. Romero 🇺🇸 · $30
“You got this - Columbus”
- Juma Brian Mwangi 🇺🇬 · $10
- Sotiris Vlachos 🇬🇷 · $10
- Letícia Ingrid Siqueira 🇧🇷 · $59
- Devi B. Kamath 🇮🇳 · $20
“Hang in there - Saket”
- Vichai Nattapong Yuenyong 🇹🇭 · $10
- Sadie H. Grant 🇺🇸 · $23
- Imani Fatuma Kato 🇰🇪 · $100
- Dipesh Sudip Bhandari 🇳🇵 · $58
“Hope it all works out. From Dharan with love.”
- Malak Iman Lotfy 🇺🇸 · $50
“Wish I could do more. I'm in Fresno, thinking of you.”
- Michael Nnamdi Idowu 🇳🇬 · $20
“Best of luck! - Awka”
- Ignacio K. Vásquez 🇪🇸 · $10
- Valentina H. Lozano 🇦🇷 · $29
- Courtney Harvey 🇺🇸 · $15
- Mahesh Kasun Wijesinghe 🇱🇰 · $5
“Wishing you the best. From Kandy with love.”
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Hope it all works out, Audrey. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
stay strong, Audrey. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Wish I lived closer to London so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Los Angeles.
thanks for sharing this. Hope this works out for you. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. God bless
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Audrey?
Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about native saplings and stakes, advice is welcome too. Ask me anything else.
Best of luck. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Madrid.
how is Audrey doing now?
Take care. Your post was clear and honest.
Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Audrey.
Sure. The biggest one is native saplings and stakes, $1,050. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Let me know if you want more detail.
You're not alone, Audrey. Shared it with a few friends. Put this on a community board in Amsterdam this morning. Blessings.
reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. It's not much but it's yours
Sending strength, Audrey. Shared it with a few friends. Take care.
Stay strong, Audrey. Hope you get there. I have a 8 year old who wants to send good wishes too
I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Los Angeles
Thinking of you and your family, Audrey. I hope things turn around soon. Blessings
Sending love, Audrey. I hope things turn around soon. Don't give up. Blessings.
Thinking of you and your family. Hope this works out for you. Wish I lived closer to Xalapa so I could bring a meal.
Hope it all works out, Audrey. Shared this with my family. God bless
Shared this with my family. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care.
Wishing you the best. This could happen to any of us. Blessings.
Praying for you, Audrey. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. God bless.
You're not alone, Audrey. More neighborhoods should do this.