This section includes ideas and information for you about ways to help Florida stay wonderful and get even better so we can all continue to enjoy her! We're including some ideas and resources about saving wildlife, volunteering, donations to appropriate entities, and other conservation information, for example, related to helping other environmental interests, such as Florida beaches and waterways.
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Event Sat Jan 26, 2008 Learn More About Florida's Waterways |
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Written by Liz
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
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Interesting event on Jan 26, 2008 will help you learn about Florida's waterways. Also, follow the link to the article to find out about several different resource books you can read related to saving our waterways and ecosystems, including current efforts to restore the Florida Everglades. To read full article, click here. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 January 2008 )
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Honeymoon Island Beach Restoration |
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Written by Liz
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Monday, 21 January 2008 |
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1-21-08: According to The Suncoast News, The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to pay for the entire Honeymoon Island beach restoration project. The beach restoration work will cost over 2 million dollars and otherwise the expense would have been shared between the state of Florida and Pinellas county. Honeymoon Island is a popular beach location in Dunedin, Florida and also offers a ferry service from there to one of the top notch beaches in America, Caladesi Island. Full article is here. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 January 2008 )
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Do You Know What Ronald McDonald House Charities Does? |
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Written by Liz
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Sunday, 20 January 2008 |
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Ronald McDonald House Charities has many chapters and houses within Florida to help families. In particular, one of their programs is that they provide families with a home away from home where they can stay, be fed and have support, so they can stay near their ill/hospitalized child who is in a local hospital with a serious/critical illness while their child gets the medical help needed. These are the specific Florida houses and programs- http://www.rmhc.org/search_cm/searchresult.php You can find out more about the parent organization here: http://www.rmhc.org/about/ and make either a donation to that nationwide organization or you can pick your favorite local Florida branch entity with a quick search online based on the list above which details Florida programs and houses, and then you can donate either your time by volunteering or make a financial donation to a local Florida program. Online donations are easy to make through their websites. |
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Volunteers needed at marine animal facility |
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Written by Liz
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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Volunteers are often needed at a marine animal rehabilitation and educational facility- The Clearwater Marine Aquarium - Contact them at: 727-441-1790 727) 441-1790 |
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Website Connects to Volunteer Opportunities |
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Written by Liz
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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1-800-Volunteer.org is a website that can hook you up through their search feature with just the right type of volunteer opportunity in Florida - just search for keyword Florida, or the city in Florida you'd like to volunteer in. |
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