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Statewide
Earth Day Events
Earth
Day Celebration at the Appleton ReStore with Sierra
Club’s Fox Valley Group
Saturday April 19, 2008: 9:00am – 3:00
pm
3000 East College Ave. Appleton, WI
“Come
Together and Do Your Part”
Opening
ceremony with representative Steve Kagen! Enjoy Earth
Friendly Exhibits! Educational Activities For Kids!
Listen and Learn at the Workshops!
List
of Exhibitors and Workshops on the ReStore Website:
www.appletonrestore.org.
Fox
Valley Sierra Group is a participant at this event.
We will have an exhibit and Dale Schaber and Penny Bernard
Schaber will present a workshop on hiking the Ice Age
Trail in Wisconsin.
Fox
Valley Group Earth Day Event: Take Back the Pavement!
Sunday, April 20th: 9:00-11:00am
Event
takes place on Broadway Street in downtown Green Bay.
See Green Bay’s streets transformed into artistic
greenery displays by local organizations, businesses,
and individuals! For more information contact Rachel
Anderson at 920-609-4496.
Sierra
Club Great Lakes Training
Saturday,
May 17 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm (lunch provided)
UW – Green Bay, University Union Heritage Room
Deadline
to RSVP for the training is Friday, May 2, 2008.
The
time is now to protect our Great Lakes! The Great Lakes
hold one fifth of the world's fresh surface water and
provide drinking water to over 42 million people. Yet
each day, our Lakes are damaged economically and ecologically
by untreated sewage, industrial pollutants, and invasive
species. Unless we invest in a solution today, the price
we pay tomorrow will be much higher and future generations
may never experience the Lakes as we know them. Fortunately
there is a solution – you!!!
Help
Sierra Club protect the Great Lakes by learning how
to effectively communicate Great Lakes concerns to all
Wisconsinites! In mid-May, Sierra Club will host a Great
Lakes Training that will provide you with the tools
you need to be successful in protecting our Great Lakes.
At
the Great Lakes Training, you learn how to:
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Talk to your neighbors and friends about specific
Great Lakes concerns
- Write
letters to the editor of your local newspaper
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Pitch stories to reporters and editorial boards
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Encourage your city leadership to protect the Great
Lakes
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Make presentations to faith groups, community service
organizations, angling groups, knitting circles, etc.
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Host a house party (a fun yet educational approach
to talking to
your friends)
Please
contact Ashley Brenke at abrenke@gmail.com
or at 608-257-4994 to RVSP for this training!
Deadline
to RSVP for the training is Friday, May 2, 2008.
Annual
Awards Dinner
Every year the John Muir Chapter has a dinner to honor
outstanding activists and volunteers in our area. The
past few years, we have combined that event with our
Autumn Assembly. See more details on our Awards
and the Nomination Process.
Autumn
Assembly
Autumn Assembly is our annual fall "all-chapter"
meeting. The name emphasizes that this is a gathering
for ALL Sierra Club members and friends, not just members
with leadership positions. We encourage all Wisconsin
John Muir Chapter members, new and old alike, to attend.
Keep an eye here for details on Autumn Assembly
2008, to be held in October near Wisconsin Dells and
hosted by the Four
Lakes Group.
Chapter
Executive Committee Meetings
The John Muir Chapter Executive Committee meets six
times per year. Contact
the Chapter office for a schedule.
Meetings are held at 10:00 a.m. in Baraboo, Wisconsin
at either the First United Methodist Church, 615 Broadway
(on the Square) or . For full details on meeting itinerary
and to verify the location and time, please contact
Chapter Chair Jim Steffens
or the Chapter office.
Chapter
Calendar 2008
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Chapter Spring Fundraiser: Throughout
March
- Saturday,
March 8,
10:00 a.m. - ExCom meeting - Methodist
Church, Baraboo
- Monday,
April 21,
John Muir’s Birthday
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Tuesday, April 22,
Earth Day
- Tuesday,
May 13,
7:30 p.m.- ExCom meeting - conference call
- Saturday,
June 14,
10:00 a.m. - ExCom meeting - First Congregational
Church, Baraboo
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Tuesday, September 2,
7:30 p.m. – ExCom meeting - conference call
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October 10-12,
Autumn Assembly - Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center,
Wisconsin Dells
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Saturday, November 8,
10:00 a.m. - ExCom meeting - Methodist
Church Baraboo
- Tuesday,
December 9,
7:30 p.m. - ExCom meeting - conference call
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Saturday, January 10,10:00
a.m. - ExCom meeting - Methodist
Church Baraboo
615
Broadway, Baraboo Wisconsin, First United Methodist
Church
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