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New Month’s Article : Cataracts and protecting your vision
Many people notice small changes in their vision as they get older. Reading may become more difficult, headlights from oncoming traffic might seem brighter than they used to, or colors may not appear as vivid. While these changes are often considered a normal part of aging, they can also be signs of cataracts … read more: …
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BIG LOVE to the Rotary Club of Castro Valley for their support of the new #CleanYourButt pilot program!
Learn more about how you can support the cleaning of cigarette butts in your town or city: https://www.forestr.org/clean-your-butt/
Let us know about hotspots you find in your area on our #ButtMap:
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As weather continues to be warm, we are looking for volunteers open to watering the various Forestr parks.
If you have an interest in seeing our shared spaces green, send a dm here, comment, or email: info@forestr.org
We would love for you to join the greening. We supply the tools and the support. You bring the time and the <3
#earthdayeveryday
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No cleaning planned this weekend. Next cleaning will be Aug. 8th at Dragonfly park.
If you are looking for something to do this Saturday, check out our Food Preservation Workshop! Pricing recently reduced and it promises to be a fun afternoon: https://www.forestr.org/product/food-preservation-workshop-ticket/
#forestrevents
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Irrigation at Monarch park is complete THANKS to the AMAZING Forestr Jeff!
Just in time for the coming heat and a new season of planting, water has come to Monarch park with an all new piping and water spout system.
The groundwork is, literally, laid for in support of the next decade and a half of planned growth. For more on the Monarch…
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#ForestrCleans volunteers CLEANED UP this morning. Literally!
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! You are everything.
Here are a few before, before & after shots of the land along the Redwood Road exits and entrances.
We did an awesome 18 bags of litter collected along with 996 cigarette butts. The latter adds the first cleanings to our #CleanYourButt campaign: …
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For this weekend’s Saturday (25th) cleaning we will gather at the BART station parking lot (Redwood Rd. & 580W entry) from 9am to 11am.
Goal will be to tackle the freeway entrance and then move onto the BART parking lot and surrounding neighborhoods if time allows.
Meeting place can be found on this map: …
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New Healthy Hub Article!
Self-care has become a popular topic in recent years, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood.
Social media often portrays self-care as luxurious vacations, expensive skincare products, or long afternoons spent relaxing.
While those activities can certainly be enjoyable, they only represent a small part of what it truly means to care…
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The Bay Area has a butt problem. 🚬
Cigarette butts are the #1 most littered item on Earth — and they’re plastic. They wash off our sidewalks, into storm drains, and straight into the Bay.
So we built the Butt Map. 🗺️
See a spot covered in cigarette litter? A bus stop, a beach entrance, a parking lot corner everyone’s learned to ignore?
Pin it. Takes 30 seconds. Over the next year,…
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A message from the amazing Pat Alger, Fruit Rescue Lead for Brentwood:
Dear Volunteers,
Thank you for taking time out of your morning to join us in Brentwood to help pick peaches for families in need. Your enthusiasm and hard work made an incredible difference!
Together, we harvested 7,869 pounds of peaches in less than two hours—an amazing accomplishment that simply wouldn’t have been possible without each of…
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