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Thank you:
Township of Langley (Eric) for partnering with our charity to make this community activity possible!
Amazing Green Team volunteers: Cheng, Kate, Doug, Zamezi, Diana, Francis, Ryan, Lindy, Grace, Kimberley, Julie, Jensen, Cassie, Elliott, Bailee, Evalit, Grant, Jack, Sam, a mom and two children
Highlights:
- 24 volunteers contributed 47 hours
- 5 cubic meters of invasive plants (morning glory, himalayan blackberry, evergreen blackberry, sumac) were removed
- 18 volunteers had never been to Routley Park before
- 8 volunteers had never removed invasive plants before
- We had a contest for the biggest himalayan blackberry root dug up. Francis won and got a custom Green Team bandana!
- We were joined by beautiful baby Kameria (she is named after the term “blue moon”)
- One of the volunteers had a dog called Pippin (Lord of the Rings!)
- Two girl guide leaders had cool guider names : Rabbit brush and
Tiger Lily - A local came by with his two children and told us we “nailed it”
- Volunteers received West Coast vegetable seeds
What a Green Team volunteer said:
Always good to make a dent in the invasive species. Community involvement and making the kids work is also good – Jack
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