July Events
1) Fun Event: Seafood Boil - Sunday July 12 (3pm-8pm)

It was fun! Everyone had a good time slipping and sliding in the water while the music was rocking thanks to john and his misfit musical team. John and Johnny successfully produced enough food to feed an army. The night was finished off with everyone swimming at PepperTree Apartments. Those who attended are: Phillipe T., John Pastor, Johnny Miller, Kent Labry, Jerry Cotrell, Pat Lablanc, Leah Abshire, Anne Morello, Leah Pastor, Richie, Tressie Barret, Ally Barret, Skyler Barret, Maria ?,





2) Service Trip: Rutherford Beach Tree Planting - July 25th -26th 2009

Who: green monkeys
What: travel and excavate an illusive Louisiana beach to plant trees in an effort to preserve the wetlands and save the world!!
When: July 26th Sunday. We rendezvous at the intersection of hwy LA27 & LA 82… map included…
Where: South Cameron parish in the Mermentaw watershed.
Why?: To save the world, of coarse?

Johnny and an elite crew will be heading to Lake Charles a day early on the 25th. They will be renting a hotel room and having an evening of good green monkey fun. The crew will also be taking a detour to the Creole Nature Trail Museum . They will be departing and meeting up with the rest of our crew at 2:30pm to progress into the Rutherford Beach wonderland.



Why is our coast line important to us? Why should we bother to do anything about it? There is so much more to the regions south of Abbeville than the fact that flooding may be an issue. The face of our culture and local families will change forever. The average price of everything you touch involving meat will change forever.

Salt water intrusion will in fact be a part of our lives sooner than we think. Everything in vermillion parish is cattle, or rice and crawfish due to the heavy amounts of flooding. Now what happens when the salt water ravages all those areas? No GRASS. No grass means no cattle. No cattle means a severe raise in the price of meat. The crippling of any civilization which is indigenous is the cut off of resources which make them self sufficient. You can expect in a short time to pay twice the price for those steaks you love.

You have the choice… support the coastline or give up steak (an exaggeration, of coarse)

Cool Websites to check out

Epa.gov
Lsuagcenter.com
Treesacadiana.org

Contact Harrold Schuffler to discuss what types of trees to plant on Rutherford beach.