
July 9, 2007
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*Note: This order was placed. 7/13/07
Non-DEET repellents are available at Whole Foods and other stores. Donations can still be made if you'd like to support this work. We raised over $300 so far. Thanks to everyone!
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Let's order mosquito repellent for an organic neighborhood.
We are going to make a bulk purchase of mosquito repellent for people in the Beyond Today environmental neighborhood (Lincoln Square). It's $5.29 (usually $10) for 4 oz of Oil of Lemon Euchalyptus spray, which is recommended by the Center for Disease Control because it is as effective as DEET. We prefer it because there is some concern over DEET due to some studies showing possible health risks.
Here's a link to contribute funds. ![]()
We'd love to order lots of this stuff and distribute it. We'll wrap little fliers around the bottles that explain why organic mosquito management is important to human and environmental health. Our summer interns and other volunteers will go door to door on each block in our neighborhood to spread the word about organic mosquito management and eliminating standing water. Please support us by helping us get the funds to make this project work.
Consider making a donation so we can distribute them to every home on your block! Hopefully we can meet this initial goal by Tuesday and place our first order. I'm sure we'll need more.
Thanks everybody! Email us if you'd like to pledge some funds but don't want to use paypal.
If it's for your personal use, we'll ask you to pick up your order once it's
ready (in about a week). Let us know if your contribution is for your own personal
order or if you are donating towards the community project. Either way, we're
happy to get more of this stuff out there!
-Julie Peterson (Beyond Today organizer) questions? julie (at) beyondtoday.org