<div style="color: #606060;">In May of 2015, Midwest Pesticide Action Center launched a crowd-funding campaign for pesticide free parks.  <strong>Thanks to you, we exceeded our goal significantly.</strong></div>
<div style="color: #606060;"><a style="color: #5abb00;" href="http://www.razoo.com/story/Pesticide-Free-Parks?referral_code=sw"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.razoo.com/status/razoo/basic/Pesticide-Free-Parks.png" alt="Online fundraising for Pesticide-Free Parks" /></a></div>
<br style="color: #606060;" /><span class="mc-toc-title" style="color: #606060;">This initiative will close the funding gap so that we can launch pesticide-free parks in the Great Lakes Region. We've already see the harmful effects of pesticides on pollinators and wildlife, including bees, birds, butterflies, and aquatic organisms. Pesticides threaten human health too, and pollute our lakes and drinking water sources.</span>

Pesticide-free parks combined with a public awareness campaign will call attention to the problem of pesticide use and polluted runoff, as well as introduce the benefits of sustainable lawn care to the public.

When you donated, you made it possible for us to:
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	<li><span class="mc-toc-title"><strong>Launch and document at least 5 pesticide-free parks </strong>through our partnership with Greenwise Organic Lawn Care (more information <a style="color: #5abb00;" href="http://www.cityofevanston.org/news/2015/04/city-of-evanston-launches-pesticide-free-parks-pilot-program/">here</a>);</span></li>
	<li><span class="mc-toc-title">Encourage municipalities to use similar demonstration sites in public spaces as a highly visible and effective outreach tool to promote natural lawn care to the community;</span></li>
	<li><span class="mc-toc-title">Increase the acreage of outdoor spaces being maintained without toxic chemicals;</span></li>
	<li><span class="mc-toc-title">Boost public demand for the sustainable maintenance of green spaces; and</span></li>
	<li><span class="mc-toc-title">Reduce polluted runoff of toxic chemicals into our lakes, rivers, and streams. </span></li>
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We've left the <strong style="color: rgb(90, 187, 0);"><a style="color: #5abb00;" href="http://www.razoo.com/story/Pesticide-Free-Parks" target="_blank">campaign page</a></strong> open so that latecomers dedicated to the cause can still contribute.  Every donation goes a long way toward pesticide-free parks.

Thank you for your support!

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