Blue Windows

June always feels like the begin­ning of sum­mer for us at Blue Windows and that is why, this month, we chose to fea­ture Friends Of Colorado Lagoon as our char­ity. The Colorado Lagoon is an urban wet­land open to the pub­lic year-round, how­ever it is most pop­u­lar in the sum­mer­time and serves as a much needed and loved oasis to Long Beach locals and vis­i­tors. Friends Of Colorado Lagoon is a non-profit orga­ni­za­tion that pro­vides free nature edu­ca­tion pro­grams that con­sist of hands-on instruc­tion, events, and ser­vice learn­ing. All events and classes are free to the com­mu­nity and open to the gen­eral pub­lic and school classes of all lev­els. All classes, events, and nature walks are guar­an­teed to be fun and filled with infor­ma­tion about the lagoon. Another aspect of Friends Of Colorado Lagoon is in restor­ing the lagoon. The restora­tion involves weekly beach clean-ups, the re-planting of native plants, main­te­nance of safe water qual­ity lev­els, as well as advo­cat­ing the major restora­tion of the lagoon. The major restora­tion of the lagoon is the open­ing up of the lagoon to flow freely into the bay. This will allow improved water flow which is bet­ter for the water qual­ity and for the native ani­mals and plants that sur­vive off the habi­tat of the wet­land. Check out this video that really explains what they do for the Colorado Lagoon.

This month 10% of all children’s sales will be donated to Friends Of Colorado Lagoon. We hope to help out this won­der­ful orga­ni­za­tion so that they can con­tinue to pro­vide free nature edu­ca­tion pro­grams to the com­mu­nity, gen­eral pub­lic, and neigh­bor­ing schools.