Steve Schnarr of MO River Relief (good friends of RK) sent me info on a fundraising event for them...Whole foods is donating 5% of their profits for the day on July 2, 11am-7pm. So if you're already shopping, consider helping MO River Relief at the same time!
Event: Whole Foods 5% Day
"Thursday July 2nd"
What: Fundraiser
Host: Missouri River Relief
Start Time: Thursday, July 2 at 11:00am
End Time: Thursday, July 2 at 7:00pm
Where: Both St. Louis area Whole Foods Locations!
Ben
Event: Whole Foods 5% Day
"Thursday July 2nd"
What: Fundraiser
Host: Missouri River Relief
Start Time: Thursday, July 2 at 11:00am
End Time: Thursday, July 2 at 7:00pm
Where: Both St. Louis area Whole Foods Locations!
Ben
3 comments:
Hey River Kids!
You Rock!
Hope to see you at Whole Foods Market! Or else on a river sometime soon....
Hoooorah, for the NCS River Kids who came and helped with the MO River Relief cleanup at the Confluence (Duck Island) this past Thursday.
Ben, you asked for some river stories for 9/19/09
some of my better ones are:
http://accweb.itr.maryville.edu/mississippi/
http://mostreamteamwqm-eastmo.blogspot.com/
http://www.dailyjournalonline.com/articles/2008/05/19/news/doc4831a26c474df751365308.txt
I have other stories, of course, but don't want to be a hog. Hey, that reminds me of the 500 dead pigs up in Foley and further north in IA after last year's flood-- now there's a story (no happy endings for the pigs, though. more urls if you like).
Evidently, it happens that there are a fair number of Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) or pig farms located in flood planes:
http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,4164,00.html#65_4235
Anyway, thanks again River Kids! You really did a good job on Duck Island!
Aaak. It cut off my urls!
hmmm. you'll have to remove hardspaces.
http://accweb.itr.maryville.edu/
mississippi/
http://mostreamteamwqm-eastmo.blogspot.com/
http://www.dailyjournalonline.com/
articles/2008/05/19/news/
doc4831a26c474df751365308.txt
http://www.foxnews.com/
photoessay/
0,4644,4164,00.html#65_4180
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