Monterey Bay Charter raising funds and helping the environment

Folks at the Monterey Bay Charter have raised $17,000 with the Plant-a-thon they held March 9. They have $12,200 to go to reach their goal, and they continue to collect pledges until the end of March.

"It’s the students that do most of the planting along with their parents," Monterey Bay Charter secretary Kristi Heath said. "A representative from Return of the Natives talks to each class ahead of time giving them information about the planting and the benefit to the land and environment."

The plant-a-thon is done in partnership with CSUMB’s Return of the Natives Restoration Education Project and the Bureau of Land Management. RON gets five percent of the school's fundraising proceeds and provides the plants and location set up. All of the Monterey Bay Charter families get pledges supporting the school and this program and then, on planting day, go out to the site and plant over 2,000 seedlings of native plants. Then they have some fun with a party, a picnic and music!

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