LEAVING A POSITIVE LEGACY INC

Positive Legacy's most recent environmental project at Xcacel Turtle Sanctuary (part of the largest stretch of turtle nesting area in the Yucatan) has made the most significant impact by showing the importance of the ecosystem and beach to the local government who often are more interested in development and financial gain than maintaining the stretches of untouched beach and associated pristine ecosystems. Positive Legacy has brought 12 groups to this location over the past three winters to provide site improvement projects such as micro-plastic beach combing, painting and hanging educational signage, putting up rope fencing to protect habitat areas, and clearing space to build a picnic area, as well as picnic tables, to provide a designated place for visitors to eat rather than on the beach. Additionally, our grant funding has begun efforts in creating a welcome center for visitors to learn about sea turtles and the importance of their conservation as well as creating better facilities for the overnight volunteers during nesting and hatching season.

In response to COVID-19's impact on the live music industry, Positive Legacy and Cloud 9 Adventures aligned to spread joy and give back to the music community in need. The COVID-19 Crew Relief Fund & Program was launched to benefit gig workers who were actively involved with live music events and found themselves out of work without a platform to obtain income during the pandemic. Positive Legacy challenged fans to a $10,000 donation match, which was raised within weeks, allowing PL to distribute 180 micro payments of $250 to qualified independent contractors from the live music industry.

"This helps me keep y house and make it another month until I can apply for unemployment," says a COVID-19 Crew Relief Fund recipient. "I'm truly honored to be in this industry and I'm forever grateful to you."

PL also teamed up with artists, events, and venues to fundraise and provide relief to the crews that were out of work, as well as inspire positive improvement within their communities.

In November 2019, Positive Legacy provided funding for a year-long weekly beach cleanup of 100+ kilometers of virgin beaches to the North and South of Mahahual, Mexico. The goal was to catch plastics before they break down into micro plastics and enter our food, as well as to prevent disrupting the beach’s turtle nesting sites. Through the program, Menos Plástico es Fantástico (“Less Plastic is Fantastic”) created jobs within their community, and spread consciousness around the impacts consumer consumption has on our oceans and beaches.

· Through these beach cleanups, Menos Plástico es Fantástico collected 18,492.37lbs of varied types of plastic, glass, and trash
· The grant project provided 10 families with jobs during the incredible economic downfall of their local community due to the pandemic
· Before the program began, only 12 turtle nests were found on this beach, but this year, over 70 nests were counted. We would call that a major turtle success!

For decades, Mexico has suffered from food insecurity and the pandemic only exacerbated this inequity. That's why we united with Mike's Amazing and RCD Fundación during the 2021-2022 Cloud 9 Adventures event season to assemble food and supply bags for communities in need throughout Quintana Roo.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the 350 volunteers who joined us on the assembly line at one our Days of Service, and the countless others who sponsored a food bag. Over eight events, we watched pallet upon pallet of 16 different products totaling over 43,000 pounds slowly disappear into pretty, upcycled, durable, and reusable bags. Our efforts equated to providing more than 19,000 healthy meals distributed to seven communities: Torres, Vida y Esperanza, Santa Cecilia, Playa del Carmen, Nuevo Noh Bec, Puerto Maya, and Puerto Aventuras. From the smiles on the recipients faces, it’s easy to see how our small actions make a big impact as we build one world united through music.