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The Lighthouse of Collier has become a registered nonprofit organization affili- ated with two Internet services, enabling two new ways to raise funds for conduct- ing programs for the blind and visually impaired children in the county. Up to 30 percent of the purchase price of products made available by approximately 1,600 retailers on Good- Shop.com is directed to the user’s favorite charity; Lighthouse of Collier is listed in the Participating Nonprofits section of the site. In addition, for every search con- ducted on the Yahoo and Bing-powered GoodSearch.com search engine, approxi- mately one penny can be donated to the user’s charity of choice.


For more info, call 239-430-3934, visit LighthouseOfCollier.org or email info@ LighthouseOfCollier.org.


California-based REC Solar is donat- ing materials and installation costs for a new 10-kilowatt solar electric system to the National Audubon Society’s Corkscrew Sanctuary in Naples, in recognition of its response to the BP Gulf oil disaster. The organization played a central role in the successful recovery of imperiled Brown Pelicans within a broad volunteer bird rescue effort, and contin- ues to monitor citizen/science activities to restore and preserve threatened Gulf ecosystems. It also champions greater renewable energy use as key to avoiding future disasters and reducing climate- changing emissions.


Corkscrew Center Director Ed Carl- son says, “It’s gratifying to get this new opportunity to use renewable energy in recognition of Audubon’s efforts to renew the Gulf.”


Corkscrew hosts 100,000 visitors annually and is home to the largest stand of old-growth bald cypress trees in North America, the nation’s largest nesting colonies of endangered wood storks and 200 other bird species.


For more info, visit Audubon.org and RECSolar.com.


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