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݊dҢࡁცࠅһଉɝήਞၾᐑྤڭᚐჯਹdආ
         Бһɽ஝ᅼeһፋɢፋމٙࠇ೥f™
             ᒄतਔᆞ઄ᆤпږٙ͡ሗݴ೻d຾ཀᔊ೵
         ٙฤరd˼ᑌᖩə͘ή৵זГی௅ݾ౶ڛဧϖ
         ౶дᔜဧतیˑ (Los Altos Quetzaltenango) ҧ
         ቃٟdᜫ˼ࡁϓމ਷ყྫМfவՇࡈٟཀ̘ಀ
         ༟пҷഛ͘ή৵זٙኪࣧʿԶ˥ӻ୕fՉ˼༟
         ږԸІᅃψ΢ήٟٙၾήਜ˸ʿ̏ߕݲՉ˼ή
         ਜf
             ίᐏ੻ 9 ຬߕʩٙᆤпږܝdᔜԢ෫ʃኪ
         ක֐ਗʈணࠇɓࡈ̙˸ܔίࣧ෤ʫ 77 ໮ʮ༩
         €ضऎਜਹ˴ࠅٙی̏ਗএࣙٙڠ˥ڀ෤f





             Are you already working to protect
             freshwater resources? Or is your
            你目前已在努力保護淡水資源嗎？
             club ready to make a commitment
            或者貴社準備好投入恢復或維護某                                在一筆扶輪基金會全球獎助金的協助下，扶輪社員於
             to restoring and sustaining a
                                                           2025 年 5 月在該流域第一座雨水花園辦理剪綵典禮。
            個淡水水域嗎？就從提供你的計                                 這座花園的規劃目的是要成為一個教學示範區。
             body of fresh water? Provide
            畫詳情及連絡資料開始。請參看
             your project details and contact
            communityactionforfreshwater.org。              ̙ঐЭЇ 5 Ց 30 ߕʩdᒔঐᄣ̋גପᄆ࠽e
             information to get started. Visit
             communityactionforfreshwater.org.             ԣ˟ݳ˥eԨࠥЭ˥൬fᒄतਔڌͪdͦۃʊ
                                                           ຾ᑘ፬ɓఙ઺ࢪʈЪѥd༈ਜਹኪࣧʫϞՇࢭ
                                                           ͟˼ɛᗎпٙ༰ʃۨڠ˥ڀ෤ɰί஝ྌʕf
             ኋ၍߅Ь౶дԢ౶໛ҧቃٟಀ૶ଣऎᛉe                                ऎ֦ᝄਜऎᝄʿئɹࠇ೥ٙҎဧϷڌͪd
         ၇ಔዓ˝dԨ˕ܵ஢εڭԃࠇ೥dШ˼ࡁ੽͊                              ࡇኬ٫ࠦᑗٙܿ኷݊ᒒеᓥշப΂dאਞၾᗫ
         ίᕎ࢕νϤڐٙή˙dଡ଼ᔌཀνϤ஝ᅼٙ༨਷                              ׵ምᏐ࿁ˋځᝄসৗࠋபٙዧडᚗሞdϾ݊Ա
         ҧቃࠇ೥fٟࡰІႴήሔሞഹ˼ࡁ߈ɪ৷ഇ                               ፠͍ࠦٙ܁ෂdіˏ΢˙ஷɢΥЪdᜫˋځᝄ
         ཀྵeࣅৎᗟɿdፋ˓މᔜԢ෫ڠ˥ڀ෤ءɝ                               ܨూ͛ዚfҎဧϷႭj˜ͦᅺ݊הϞ௅ژேঐ
         ͛նfۃٟڗီΛhᅃ۾त - ݚᖯд (Marge                         နආҷഛf™Ցͦۃމ˟dٟਜ࿁Ϥഗʚə੶
         DeWitt-Crocker) Ⴍj˜ٟࡰႩމவࡈ࿴ซܘ                      ɢ˕ܵf                                        ALL RAIN GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTESY OF COASTAL BEND BAYS & ESTUARIES PROGRAM
         ಏdԨͭуᚤᏐf™                                             ৰəவԬ҃ɽଣׂdவࡈਖ਼ࣩ࿁׵ίᔜ
             ᒄतਔ໾̂Ⴍj˜Ңࡁڢ੬࿲ֱঐਞၾ                             Ԣ෫၇ಔഓཽ҈ণe৵ᜃʗeල଻ᘽޙʿՉ˼
         வࡈࠇ೥fҢࡁٙڠ˥ڀ෤ࡡۨ݊Ңࡁݴਹʫ                              یᅃψࡡ͛ಔيٙ 47 ЗԸІ 7 ࡈҧቃٟٙқ
         ࠯௴f™һࠠࠅٙ݊d̴ࠅӋגήପක೯ਠʿ                              ʈԸႭdɰ฽Ոࡈɛจ່f˼ࡁʕϞԬɛකԓ
         ܔጘ஝ᇍ၍ଣ٫ҷᜊܠၪdࡌҷ˼ࡁ஝ྌʿ၍                              ൴ཀ 200 ߵԢԸਞၾfɛࡁ࢝ତ৷ܓጳሳd˼
         ଣڠ˥஽ݴٙ˙όd੽Ͼڭᚐ๣ݴeئݴeಳ                              ࡁʔ੻ʔܔͭഃࡉΤఊfᅃ۾त - ݚᖯд੶ሜ
         غʿऎᝄfڠ˥ڀ෤޴࿁࢙׸ፄɝอٙක೯ࣩ                              əɓࡈࡒՈ઺ԃၾᐑྤᅂᚤٙࠇ೥੭Ըٙጳኧ
         ʕdɰ̙˸ᄣܔՑ࢕ࢬeΆุdʿִ̹ৌପٙ                              ชj˜ᜫɽІ್ܨూԨ઼೯ϋჀːᜳఱ݊வࡈ
         ࢬ৫༁fɓࡈܝ৫ڠ˥ڀ෤ӊ̻˙ߵˉٙϓ͉
                                                           ࠇ೥ٙࠠᓃהίf™
 provements in Guatemala. Other funding came from   businesses, and city property. A backyard rain garden   Aided by a Rotary
 ALL RAIN GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTESY OF COASTAL BEND BAYS & ESTUARIES PROGRAM
 clubs and districts across Texas and from districts   can cost as little as $5 to $30 per square foot, add   Foundation global
 elsewhere in North America.            to property value, prevent flooding, and lower water   grant, members cut
                                                                                        臺灣扶輪 2026.1
 After securing the $90,000 grant, the work began  bills. Already, one teacher workshop has been held   the ribbon in May   21
                                                                                      2025 on the first
 at Sarita Elementary to design a rain garden that could  and two smaller rain gardens sponsored by others   rain garden in the
 be carved into the school’s campus on Highway 77, the  are planned at area schools, Zeitler says.  watershed, de-
 main north-south artery along the coast.  Hilmy from the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries   signed to become
 Though the Corpus Christi club had cleaned up   Program says the challenge for advocates has been to   a teaching model.
 beaches, planted trees, and supported many conserva-  avoid laying blame or engaging in rancorous debate
 tion projects, it had never organized a multinational Ro-  about who is responsible for the decline of Baffin
 tary project of this size so close to home. Its members  Bay and instead rely on positive messaging that will
 speak with pride about donning their wellies, grabbing  draw all parties into a collaboration to bring Baffin
 their shovels, and getting their hands dirty giving life  back. “The goal is making incremental improvements
 to the Sarita rain garden. “The club members thought  across all sectors,” Hilmy says. So far, there’s strong
 it was a great idea and jumped right on it,” says Marge  community support for that.
 DeWitt-Crocker, a recent past president.  Beyond the big concepts, this project was personal
 “We are very proud to be involved in this project,”   for the 47 Rotary volunteers from seven clubs who
 adds Zeitler. “Our rain garden prototype is the first   showed up in Sarita to plant purple sage, lantana,
 one in our watershed.” And, importantly, it requires   black-eyed Susan, and other native south Texas
 a “shift in the philosophy” of real estate develop -  plants. Some of them drove more than 200 miles
 ers and building code managers to modify how they   to participate. Interest was so high they had to in-
 plan for and manage stormwater runoff in a manner   troduce a waiting list. DeWitt-Crocker points to the
 that protects streams, rivers, lakes, and bays. Rain   excitement of a project with both educational and
 gardens are relatively easy to incorporate in new de-  environmental impact: “Restoring nature and inspir-
 velopments and can be added to the yards of homes,   ing young minds is what this project is all about.”


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