Challenge:

Pensacola had donations from April and Partick Jean-Baptiste, Tom Gianni, and Jerry Jaecks totalling $100. We've had other donations totaling well over $100, but none from Berteau, Hutchinson, or Cullom. Here's the challenge.

Beyond Today interns went door to door on Pensacola tonight. Can your block raise as much money for mosquito repelleent?

Let us know! email, cash in the street (as on Pensacola!), or the website.

Our order is growing!

We are going to make a bulk purchase of mosquito repellent. 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