PRESS RELEASE: The Water Project supports WildPlaces and Rio Limpio

The Water Project, Inc.,  a non-profit organization that’s bringing relief to communities around the world who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water want’s you to take part in the Clean Water Challenge by helping to clean the Tule River.

How it works

Youth groups make a commitment to partner with WildPlaces and The Water Project to improve the availability of clean water locally and globally. Groups will…

1. Participate in a half day volunteer clean-up event (Rio Limpio) with WildPlaces staff. The Clean-up event is located along the Tule River on Sequoia National Forest, and scheduled for July 10, 2010 from 8:00 AM to Noon. Registration is located at the Park in Springville next to Gifford’s Market from 8:00-8:30 AM. A WildPlaces sponsored BBQ lunch and prize raffle will be provided for participants immediately following the event.
2. Youth groups affect the world by adding to WildPlace’s donation of $1,000 dollars to The Water Project by promoting the Clean Water Challenge with friends, family and their local congregation.

Youth can make personal sacrifice donations by saving money that they would normally spend on sodas or snack foods in a month, and by getting others to make a sponsorship donation for each bag of trash removed by your youth group from the Tule River. All donations raised by each youth group will be submitted by that youth group directly to The Water Project. All donations are tax deductable and results can be tracked on-line.

You can pre-register with WildPlaces by calling 559-539-5263.