Helping Emma help the bees

June 19, 2014 · 0 Comments

Dear editor:

My name is Emma Harcus, I am 10 years old, and my goal is to become an official Earth Ranger with the Toronto Zoo. I will achieve this goal by fundraising for a 5km walk. The money will go to the Toronto Zoo to help fund saving the Western Bumble Bees.

Imagine this you fly around on a happy sunny day and everywhere you turn there is someone trying to swat you away and kill you. We are all guilty of this.

I feel it is important to save them because allowing them to become extinct will have a big and bad impact on our environment. Bees pollinate many of the foods we like to eat and flowers we like to enjoy. Bees are our best natural resource for pollinating food plants like fruits and vegetable to make new seeds for new growth.

If we destroy all our bees, not only will flowers suffer, but you will feel the impact on our food supply as well. There will be fewer tomatoes, cranberries, blueberries, blackberries, apples, cherries, avocados and almonds, just to name a few of the plants that rely on bee pollination. That’s why it’s SO important for us to make sure bees buzz around.

If you would like to help me with this cause you can make a small donation, every nickel counts, or for a minimum donation of 5 dollars so you can take part in this exciting walk and remember to wear yellow and black. You can also make a donation at earthrangers.com and make a tax deductable donation under my user name emmajemma543.

The walk will take place on Sunday June 29th and we will meet in the Hyland Heights parking lot at 11 a.m. and we’ll take a walk through Shelburne ending at Greenwood Park.

For more information please call Helen at 519 925-6703 or 416797-1144. Thank-you,

Emma Harcus