Tuesday 5 July 2011

Ep. 5 Share Your Care: Friends of the Coves Shortlisted in FIDO/Evergreen Contest!

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This morning Friends of the Coves received some FANTASTIC news! We have been shortlisted as one of the only 20 groups across the country eligible to compete for funding as voted by you!

Share Your Care, a joint effort between FIDO and Evergreen have selected twenty environmental issues & projects to compete for a part of $100,000. Funding will be determined by number of votes cast for each project. Each project nominated has received $2,500 regardless of results which is great news for all the 20 worthy participants!

Voting will take place between today, July 5 and close on August 14. Funding for the top 3 projects/ issues will be distributed as such:

Most votes - $25,000
2nd place - $15,000
3rd place -  $10,000

Friends of the Cove Subwatershed is incredibly excited about this opportunity and our office is a buzz with enthusiasm! What we are asking you to do is head over to Share Your Care and vote for the Restoration of the Coves. To vote all you need is your Facebook account and 60 seconds. You can vote once a day through August 14th! Any funds we receive from FIDO and Evergreen will be put towards outreach projects, planting and other materials to help restore the Coves to its natural state!

We need the support of everyone we can get! Friends, Family, Social Groups, Teams, anyone enthusiastic about The Coves or even just about our beautiful Forest City of London!!

To vote for Restoration of The Coves CLICK HERE 

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