Our news for the week is that the rest of Hurricane Ike rushed through here last Sunday and the wind knocked out most of Louisville's power. We finally got our power back on - but just look at all of the CO2 saved for the week! I guess it is true - no matter how bad something is, something good comes out of it.
The bad news is that we didn't get many pledges during the blackout. The good news is that as of tomorrow's update we'll be up to around 375,000 pounds saved! And the site has only been up for 3 weeks.
Last Saturday was Backyard Action Heroes Day at the Louisville Zoo. We got a lot of pledges that day, and handed out the booklets with the page that has the link to our website and asks people to make a pledge. The Zoo will be distributing 300,000 of these booklets to elementary schools across our area. Also, we will be giving a talk on polar bears to 200 girlscouts at the yearly camp next Saturday.
We still have many, many people to tell about our website and pledge. We have lots of work to do!
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