Raindrops 2 Refuge
Thought I’d spread the word that Raindrops to Refuge is putting on a spaghetti dinner at the Rebekah Hall in downtown Sherwood on Friday, April 17 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. The cost is $5.00 per adult and $2.50 per child. This includes spaghetti, a salad from Sweet Tomatoes, bread and a drink.
Raindrops to Refuge is a nonprofit organization in Sherwood that protects the local watershed. A friend of mine, Emily McBride, has been a board member for two years and recently became president. Some of the things they do are: plant native trees in Sherwood, sponser Naturescaping workshops, provide educational activity books about the life cycle of salmon to every fourth grader in Sherwood and restore small wetlands. They have also successfully fought to close a local unlined landfill that is polluting the Tualatin River and have provided comments and a letter of support for the Master Plan for Stella Olsen park.
This year alone Raindrops to Refuge will plant several thousand trees, pull ivy from Stella Olsen park, speak to civic groups, co-host a tour of Metro’s new land aquisition on Chicken Creek and much more.
The health of Sherwood’s watershed is a vital part of what makes this city so livable. As the only organization dedicated to the protection of Sherwood’s watershed, their presence here is of great importance!
100 percent of the proceeds from this spaghetti dinner will go directly to Raindrops to Refuge. They hold only one fundfraiser a year and this is it!
For more information, go to their website at www.raindrops2refuge.org
