Act 18:
“It’s never too late… To Plant A Tree
Think of it as putting something back into the earth. Most of the time we take from it. Help redress the balance. Plant a new life. Nurture it. Take pleasure in watching it grow. After you plany one, you’ll want to plant more. Nurture them. Encourage others to do the same.” – Patrick Lindsay
Quote in book: “Nature never did betray the heard that loved her” ~ William Wordsworth
What an amazing idea! I don’t have a yard or any place to plant anything, but I still wanted to fulfill today’s act. I, of course, consulted The ORACLE (internet). The ORACLE pointed me to www.plantabillion.org. The Nature Conservancy is trying to plant 1 billion trees in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil by 2015. Their motto: One Dollar. One Tree. One Planet. For every dollar that’s donated on their site, they will plant a tree. How awesome is that? Right now they are a little over $9.4M – That’s less than 1%!!! This project started in 2008. They have a long way to go.
I wanted to help! So, I went to the website and donated $50. It took me less than 5 min. Here’s my proof!
That’s 50 trees, but I want to do more and want to give everyone else a chance to help out… So, being goal-oriented… I came up w/ an idea.
My pledge to everyone: For every $10 donated to The Nature Conservancy for their Plant A Billion Trees project, I will donate $5, up to $1000.
My Goal: To get 200 people to plant 10 trees or hit $2000. There's a $10 minimum. I had a different plan if they let you donate $1. That's 2000 trees. Then if you add my $1000, that's 3000 trees! I think that 3000 trees makes a decent size forest, right?
Deadline: I’m setting the deadline for my semi-matching extra donation to Father’s Day, June 19, 2011! This is my gift to my dearly departed father. I think he’d want me to do something good to honor him.
How to get to 3000: I will post the donation link to my Facebook & twitter pages and email everyone I know. I’m hoping I will inspire some of my friends to ask their friends to get me to 3000, because I won’t get there w/out help!!
Please help me out by forwarding to all your friends and family! Every dollar and person helps!
How to donate: I started a fundraising page on the site. Please go there and donate money. http://support.nature.org/goto/lilfaust
Leave me a comment in the guest book (even if you leave a fake name), so I can count you in the march to the extra $1000.
As soon as Father’s day comes, I’ll come back and update this page to see how much we got. I know $10 is a lot, but just think... it's 10 trees and it's tax deductible! 200 people seems like a pipe dream considering I know the economy has hit everyone hard, but you gotta dream big! I’ll be happy if we get half that (or even 1/4 that). =) Let's try anyway!
Note: If you want to actually plant a tree instead of donating money, let me know by contacting me or making a comment to this blog and I’ll count that as 5 people or $50 and donate $25 for you instead of just $5!
Go out there. Plant a tree. Hug a tree! I did.
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