Thanks for this report Mark The area is substantially cleaner as The Friends of the Liesbeek are qorking tirelesss to clean and improive it. And thanks to all those or volunteere their time in the 9th of May where 111 bags or refuse were removed during the cleanup. I think that is one of the reasons for it being so clean!
There is a nice report of the cleanup which I will post when I find it The Friends are aiming to have pne cleanup per month and are looking to create a model where any interested party can organise the cleanup in rotation - there is a template so to sepak and if you are intereste you will get the support of FOL in organising it. There are many other ways to help including financialy and creating awareness, taking pictures and doucmenting the cleaning in progress, catering for the workerts and the volunteers. FOL has a paid team and these cleaning days are no exception for our team - they need to be paid and this is over and above the budget the FOL have - so its extra money for the team too. All in all costs for the day including the teams wages. plastic bags, refreshements and logistics is about R1000. So you coudl get together with 4 of your mates and sponsor a day for R200 each. Or any businesses out there can sponsor a day for R1000. We would like to get a banner made so that the day and event is more visible as when the team and volenteers get stuck in the can be hidden from view and thereby discouraging others from joining in. The sponsor woud then be able to fly their banner alongs side FOLs for the day of the cleanup. FOL is also a registered NPO so your donation is tax deductible. Or just get involved on our Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/friendsoftheliesbeek/ or our web page fol.org.za. Out FB Group is quite active and you are welcome to share your pics their. Get stuck in an make a difference More people using the river corridor means a safer river corridor for all Trev Trev -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room TEL: 021-447-1066 or 072-063-1653 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCIES: 10111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ONW email: [email protected] WEB: www.obswatch.org.za FACEBOOK: facebook.com/obswatch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Useful Obs Numbers: obs.org.za/obsdir You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood Watch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
