Go green with MIFA

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Ways to help

There are lots of ways to help as we try to offset the greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) produced by MIFA Transit.

 

Listen to the kids

 

 

Recycle, Reduce, Reuse

 

Did you know?

  • Turning off the water when you brush your teeth saves 2,600 gallons of water and reduces 5,850 pounds of GCE per year!
  • Planting 1 tree reduces GCE by 23 pounds per year!
  • Replacing 1 light bulb with a CFL reduces GCE by 50 pounds per year!
  • Changing your air filters every 3 months reduces GGE by 205 pounds per year!
  • $1 a week spent on local food will reduce GGE by 2,800 pounds per year!
  • Shortening your shower by 1 minute will save 2,190 gallons of water and 4,700 pounds of GCE per year!
  • Recycling your plastic bottles will reduce GGE by 16.7 pounds per year!
  • Subscribing to 1 TVA green power block will reduce GGE by 3,000 pounds per year!
  • Reducing the temperature of your water heater by 20 degrees will reduce 1,300 pounds per year!

Put these facts into action!

Choose some of these easy changes and help make Memphis a better place. Help MIFA offset our emissions by making your pledge today!

 

Make your pledge

Make a pledge today, and we will keep track of how MIFA's friends, staff and volunteers have reduced the greenhouse gas emissions in our city!

 

Pass it on and tell somebody

 

The environment isn't just important to us at MIFA, it is important to everyone. So share the word about what you have learned about how easy it is to make a difference. A lot of small changes will make a big change in our community!

  • Memphis was declared hunger capital of the U.S. in 2011

  • MIFA serves 55,000 individuals each year

  • 74% of children in MIFA's neighborhood live in poverty

  • 86% of every dollar donated goes directly to MIFA's programs

  • In the area MIFA serves, almost 30% of those over the age of 65 live alone

  • MIFA was founded in 1968

  • Memphis' unemployment rate has been close to 10% since 2009

  • MIFA's Ombudsman program's 2 staff and 60 volunteers serve over 7,000 residents of long term care facilities

  • Only 4.5% of residents in the 38126 ZIP code have college degrees

  • Emergency Services provided assistance for 25,000 people last year

  • In 2010 and 2011, 100% of COOL seniors graduated from high school

  • MIFA Meals on Wheels serves 1,800 seniors every weekday

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Contact us.

MIFA (Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association)

910 Vance Avenue, Memphis, TN  38126

(901) 527-0208, email us, or find out more.

 

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