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>> Heather Beard: Contributions are really important to our organization, from the air we breathe,
to the water we drink, to the food we eat, the places we spend our time. All of these
are important to our quality of life, and having a healthy environment is critical to
all of these things. And state employees’ contributions provide over half the funding
that we’re able to provide to these organizations. I know it’s a hard time economically, but
it’s really important to participate now because when you’re in hard times, you go
to the basics, you know, food, water, shelter—things like that. That’s what Earth Share North
Carolina organizations are working on. If we don’t have a healthy place to live, work
and play, then what else do we have? So I think it’s really important in this time
that we take care of those basics.