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Rain Barrels Get You Thinking About Water

Joanne Poyourow has a great outlook on rain barrels as a blogger at Transition United States (http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-14/defense-rain-barrells) :

Rain barrels raise awareness.

When we use hose water, we think nothing of the waste. We think nothing of dropping the hose to run and get the phone, or hosing off that patio chair, whatever. When we haul water we begin to think differently. We start to notice where every single drop goes, because we had to save it and haul it in order to use it. Rain barrels are a terrific low-tech simple tool to get people thinking about water in a radical, root level, different way. I’ve had rain barrel newbies come to me and exclaim how quickly the barrel fills in a single storm (i.e. within minutes). Then they return and express their amazement and dismay at how far the water didn’t go as they used it, thus how they began using it so much more carefully. Rain barrels are an excellent way to “dip your toe in the water” of beginning water awareness.

Our first sale of 2012 in support of Brantford’s St. Jude’s Anglican Church’s Food Cupboard is this Saturday. Make sure your order is in NOW at www.RainBarrel.ca/Brantford so you don’t miss out. Check out our other sales if another location is needed.

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Cold Outside but Rain Barrel Planning Moves Ahead

I made it to chilly Toronto to be here for the Outdoor Adventure Show this coming weekend. We’ll be selling rain barrels but look forward to talking with you about your favourite non-profit group or organization. We are helping dozens of groups raise $3000+ with our easy-to-follow sales planning booklets. Kinsmen, Kinettes, hospitals, food pantry, Master Gardeners, botanical gardens, schools, environmental groups, Scouts, Lions’ Clubs and others are partnered with us to raise important funds for their good work. I’m excited to see who I will meet at the Toronto show. Everyone has a favourite non-profit cause – I look forward to showing them how easy it is to raise funds for them with RainBarrel.ca. Will you be there?

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Rain Barrels and Social Networking – Good Combo?

Last night, I attended enp’s social networking presentation in downtown Vancouver. We learned about the power of story telling in this computer age and about having conversations instead of just monologues. So, comment anytime!

RainBarrel.ca is on Facebook, and I tweet (@RainBarrelDotCA) about our work too. Connections are made on LinkedIn too. But I have to say, one the greatest ways to connect is by phone. I meet the nicest people from across the country when I have a chance to talk about our rain barrel fundraising partnerships with them. They fill out our partnership information request form and we take it from there. For some, we rarely talk by phone again but it’s a nice start to a productive partnership. RainBarrel.ca helps make a difference in so many communities through so many organizations – it starts with a click, moves on to a phone call and then heads onto the internet full speed ahead.

See you online!

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