{"id":413,"date":"2010-11-27T13:44:32","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T17:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/?p=413"},"modified":"2010-11-27T13:45:49","modified_gmt":"2010-11-27T17:45:49","slug":"vhp-reforestation-run-saturday-december-4th-11-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/2010\/11\/vhp-reforestation-run-saturday-december-4th-11-am\/","title":{"rendered":"VHP Reforestation Run: Saturday, December 4th @ 11 am"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/files\/2010\/11\/flaming-trees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-414\" title=\"flaming trees\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/files\/2010\/11\/flaming-trees.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/files\/2010\/11\/flaming-trees.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/files\/2010\/11\/flaming-trees-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/projects.vassar.edu\/haiti\/\">Raymond LaFaille, Flame Tree Collections<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The Vassar Haiti Project is sponsoring a run to help raise money to\u00a0plant trees in Haiti!<\/p>\n<p>Haiti is nearly 98%\u00a0deforested, making the soil unsuitable for agriculture, and leading to dangerous and destructive landslides. Reforestation is an essential step in building self-sufficiency and sustainable development in Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Our event consists of a 5k relay race to be completed in 3 one-mile\u00a0sections on Vassar Campus, beginning and ending in front of Jewett\u00a0House. Participants will be expected to raise at least $10 in\u00a0donations individually or $30 for teams of 3. We&#8217;re encouraging students to\u00a0get as many sponsors as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Money raised by the run will go directly to fund efforts to reforest the hills surrounding the village of Chermaitre in northwest Haiti. Every $5 raised will pay for the purchase and planting of one tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Raymond LaFaille, Flame Tree Collections] The Vassar Haiti Project is sponsoring a run to help raise money to\u00a0plant trees in Haiti! Haiti is nearly 98%\u00a0deforested, making the soil unsuitable for agriculture, and leading to dangerous and destructive landslides. Reforestation is an essential step in building self-sufficiency and sustainable development in Haiti. Our event consists of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/haitiproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}