There’s nothing like a “hard days labor”…say volunteering doing some restoration to the Louisiana Nature Center to make you feel good and burn some calories.  Exactly how many calories can you burn planting trees, digging and shoveling dirt, and gardening?!?! Checkout the awesome calorie calculator on FitDay.com to find out – as an example, I used my stats and found out I would burn 247 calories an hour clearing land and hauling trees.

Doing physical labor through volunteering is an amazing way to make a difference in your life and in the lives of others!!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and Entergy Corporation invite you to participate in a forested wetland restoration project at Audubon Louisiana Nature Center. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, Audubon Louisiana Nature Center was named one of the top five urban nature centers in the United States. The Nature Center suffered considerable damage from Hurricane Katrina which devastated its interpretive center, exhibits and an estimated 75 percent of the forest was destroyed.

This project is being completed through a partnership with Entergy Corporation, Restore America’s Estuaries, Audubon Nature Institute, RPM Ecosystems, Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. Volunteers will plant approximately 500 pots of various species of wetland trees, including bald cypress, red maple and pecan.

When: Saturday, January 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where: Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, 5600 Read Boulevard, New Orleans East (Behind Joe Brown Park)

All planting equipment (gloves, shovels, dibbles, etc.) will be provided. Lunch and drinks will be provided to all volunteers. You can volunteer for one or more days. Additional information will be provided to volunteers after registration.

You can register to participate online call the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana at (888)-LACOAST for more information. Additional information will be provided to volunteers after registration.