Operation Pollination Pledge Partners
Individuals and Organizations across Mahoning Valley are joining in the effort to preserve essential pollinators and their habitat by taking the Operation Pollination Pledge.
Pledge Partners include:
Elayne and Lawrence Bozick - backyard waystation in Lowellville
Amber Farris - adding 20+ milkweed plants in addition to existing blooming perennials in Youngstown
Aimee Fifarek and Jason Boland - backyard waystation in Canfield
Sydney Lewis - has committed to promoting the importance of gardening and pollination to ecosystem health through her studies as a biology (pre-Health) major at YSU.
Livi Steel, Inc. - commits to be more reduce, reuse, and recycle in their operations and to rethink actions that may contribute to ecological harm.
The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County - adding pollinator plants to library landscaping, distributing seeds, and offering resources and all-ages programming to teach the community about the lifecycle of pollinators, the plants on which they feed, and the soil in which they grow.
Rebel Rescue Ohio - 8.5 acre pollinator ecosystem including feral apple trees in Berlin Center
The Rotary Club of Struthers - spearheaded the 3,000 sq ft of waystation spaces at 7 locations across Struthers, with 4 more planned, and was designated a Tree City, USA by the Arbor Day Foundation.
The Rotary Club of Warren - Create and steward a pollinator way station on the Animal Welfare League property in Vienna, Ohio, continue to nurture pollinator stewardship, and to support Operation Pollination efforts.
The Rotary Club of Youngstown - to provide budgetary support to ongoing Operation Pollination efforts and as an ongoing service project in Youngstown, Rotary District 6650, and across Ohio.
Wild Ones Youngstown Area Chapter - to plant native and pollinator-friendly plants on their .33 acres and to support Operation Pollination activities in their work.