Augusta, GA
Local organizations and businesses celebrate Earth Day
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG) – Friday is the 52 annual Earth Day. It was began to lift consciousness about our impacts on the earth.
Amazon’s new facility in Appling marked the day by planting a tree and doing a number of clean-up initiatives throughout our space. One thing normal supervisor Neil Gwynne says they need to make a convention.
“The Earth Day dedication from Amazon, and even from my workforce, is a big dedication for us. Persons are very that we’re doing one thing for the atmosphere,” he says.
The work from Amazon wasn’t simply on Friday. Gwynne says they began with a mission in downtown Augusta on Wednesday.
“We went all the way down to the Riverwalk. Had been in a position to clear up down there, decide up trash, we additionally shoveled up the filth that had sadly washed up from the river,” he says.
Workers at Amazon additionally spent Friday working to choose up trash from a surrounding roadway. They weren’t the one group paying tribute to Earth Day. The Phinizy Swamp Nature Middle together with Augusta College, Preserve Augusta Stunning and the town of Augusta are internet hosting a day-long occasion on Saturday.
Kimberly Dillard is the occasions and volunteer supervisor on the Phinizy Middle.
“We’ve finished this since 2013. All of us had been doing separate earth day celebrations. We stated why don’t we simply workforce up collectively, put our efforts collectively and throw this huge celebration,” Dillard says.
This 12 months she says they’ve additionally added some new issues to the celebrations.
“It’s from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. we have now volunteers throughout. We now have as much as 10 areas you’ll be able to volunteer to assist decide up trash and litter. Then we are going to feed them over right here on the celebration on the park,” she says.
Additionally they have some enjoyable occasions deliberate all through the day.
“We’ll have golf cart excursions, bike excursions, we’ll even have courses,” she says.
Click on right here to seek out out particulars about Saturday’s occasions.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – If getting a pet for Christmas wasn’t on your to-do list, think again.
Augusta Animal Services has the chance for you to “test run” a pet this week as part of their Home for the Holidays program.
You get to foster a pet, with all the food and supplies you need provided for you and in return, a dog or cat gets to spend the holiday outside the shelter.
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Augusta Animal Services says they struggle with overcapacity almost all year round so events like Home for the Holidays are crucial.
“We have really high hopes for it, we always do,” said Rebecca Reece, Augusta Animal Services outreach coordinator.
It’s an event the shelter depends on.
“Home for the Holidays is one of our favorite programs,” said Reece. “We do it every year for Thanksgiving and for Christmas.”
The goal is for animals to find a home where they can spend lots of future holidays.
“We have a pretty good rate of people who take their dogs home for the holidays, deciding to keep them which is something we love having happen,” said Reece.
But adoption isn’t a requirement. They say taking them home even just for a little bit can help.
“It helps get the dogs out into a home environment over the holidays,” she said.
Which in turn, makes them more adoptable.
“It still helps us get a lot of vital notes about how the dogs do in the home environment, which helps future adopters,” said Reece. “It also helps the dogs to just enjoy themselves for a while. It means they’re not in the kennel.”
And they say they are there to help you through the process.
“You can always just come in and let us know if you’re looking for a dog or if you’re looking for a cat,” she said.
They say they’ll do their best to make sure both you and the animal are comfortable.
“We’ll talk to you a little bit about your home, what you’re looking for, whether you have any animals in the home already, and we’ll give you some suggestions of dogs you might like,” said Reece.
If you decide to add a furry friend to your holiday fun, they will give you everything you need to get started.
“The leash and some food. Some minor supplies,” said Reece. “Almost like a gift bag to make it easier for you.”
Augusta Animal Services says even though the shelter is closed on Tuesday, they will still have the event from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m
If you decide to return your foster animal, you can do that between Jan. 2 and 3 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
If you do adopt that animal, your adoption fee is waived.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Recovery Centers are taking a Christmas break.
South Carolina centers are closed from now through Dec. 29 for Christmas. They’ll also be closed on New Year’s Day.
Georgia centers are closed Tuesday through Thursday this week and then Dec. 31 through Jan. 2 next week.
To locate disaster recovery centers and their hours, visit https://egateway.fema.gov/ESF6/DRCLocator.
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Also, there’s no debris pickups from now through Jan. 2 in Richmond and Columbia counties.
Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson says contractors are on break for the holidays.
Leaders say pickup will begin again on Jan. 3.
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