Jessica Marsh

Educated by Earth Month

Earth Day. April 2021. Team challenge. $250 donated. 25 pounds of trash removed from the ocean. Every so often, I collaborate with three coworkers to plan a month-long charity challenge for our team at work. In celebration of Earth Day, our April 2021 challenge focused on being environmentally friendly. I made a list of 23 "green" tasks each team member could complete once and eight of us joined in each pledging $0.25 donations every time someone completed a task. We decided to support 4Ocean, a nonprofit that removes a pound of trash from the ocean, rivers, and coastlines for every $10 given, and works to stop plastic pollution before it happens by educating people about choices and behaviors that lead to pollution.