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Say No to Plastic – One Bag at a Time
Join in on a new local project to prevent plastic bags from polluting our canals, harbor, mangroves, and harming the turtles, dolphins, manatees, and seabirds we all love.
Sad news: It only takes 1 plastic bag to kill a sea turtle or sea bird.
Good news: 
1 person saying no to plastic bags daily = 1,000 fewer bags in our canals and ocean each year
20,000 Punta Gorda residents together = 22 million bags kept out of our waterways and marine habitats annually
Our donation goal of $8500 is to fund the project for one full year.
Your support helps us:
Provide reusable bags to the community
Fund fun, surprise $500 cash prize giveaways to shoppers spotted using reusable bags around Punta Gorda
This is a positive, inclusive, and community-driven project designed to encourage kind, nature-loving habit change one reusable bag at a time!
Whether you want to give to a good cause 
, help maintain our beautiful coastlines 
, protect our special wildlife 
, enjoy cleaner beaches and waterways
, wish to get more involved in the community 
, or you just want a chance to win one of the $500 monthly giveaways 
, then this project has something for you!
Please join us, no donation is too small, even $1 helps and all money goes directly back to the community!
Together we can make a real difference!