Izihlahla Ezinempilo, Izingane Ezinempilo! Uqokelwe Isibonelelo sika-$10,000 esivela kuHlelo luka-Odwalla Lokutshala Isihlahla

Ukukhulisa ubuhle obuncane akukaze kube lula kangako. Le Nyanga Yomhlaba, i-Brentwood Academy kanye nezakhamizi zase-East Palo Alto zingasiza ekuguquleni ikhasi elisha lephrojekthi yendawo yendawo ngokuchofoza nje igundane. Ngohlelo lwayo luka-2012 lokutshala Isihlahla, u-Odwalla unikela ngo-$10,000 ezinhlanganweni ezifanele, kanti iphrojekthi ye-California ReLeaf kanye neCanopy's Healthy Trees, Healthy Kids iyaqhubeka nokuthola enye yezibonelelo.

U-2012 uphawula unyaka wesihlanu olandelanayo u-Odwalla enze iminikelo yezihlahla ngokusekelwe kumavoti enziwe abalandeli kuwebhusayithi yohlelo Lwezitshalo Isihlahla. Kule minyaka emine edlule, inkampani yeziphuzo ezinomsoco nokudla ihlinzeke ngezihlahla zenani lika-$450,000 emapaki kahulumeni waseMelika. Lolu hlelo lubuyekeziwe kulo nyaka ukuze kuvunyelwe izinhlangano ezikhethiwe ukuthi ziqhudelane ngezibonelelo zephrojekthi yokutshala izihlahla zika-$10,000.

Phakathi no-April no-May, izivakashi ezivakashela iwebhusayithi ye-Plant a Tree zingasekela Isihlahla Esinempilo, Izingane Ezinempilo Ngokungena ngemvume nokuvotela ividiyo yephrojekthi. Awukho umnikelo odingekayo. Izinhlangano eziyishumi ezinamavoti amaningi ngoMeyi 10 zizothola u-$31 iyinye.

Uma kukhethiwe, Izihlahla Ezinempilo, Izingane Ezinempilo zizosebenzisa izimali ukutshala izihlahla ezingu-114 ekhempasini ye-Brentwood Academy futhi ilethe umthunzi wesidingo esikhulu kubafundi bayo abangu-500. Izinhlobo zezihlahla ezinikelwe zizohluka ngesifunda futhi zizotshalwa ekwindla 2012. "Uhlelo lwe-Odwalla Plant a Tree lubaluleke kakhulu ekuthuthukiseni izinga lomoya nokudala izindawo eziphephile nezinempilo zezingane e-East Palo Alto," kusho uCatherine Martineau, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Canopy. "Sithemba ukuthi zonke izakhamizi zase-East Palo Alto zizoya kuwebhusayithi ukuze ziqinisekise impumelelo yephrojekthi yethu yendawo, okuqinisekile ukuthi izozuzisa izakhamuzi zendawo ezizukulwaneni eziningi ezizayo."