April 2018

Your Monthly Green News!

Upcoming Meeting Meetings for the Waste Watchers of the Eastern Shore are typically held on the second Wednesday of every month from Noon until 2pm at the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce in Melfa. Please join us for our next meeting at 12:00pm on April 11th, agenda here . Minutes from the March meeting are here . All are welcome!

Agenda for February Meeting - For PDF Click Here

News, Current Events, & Resources

Click the image above for a brief (<2 minute) video about the Sponsor-A-Road Pilot Program!

Sponsor-A-Road opportunity available on the Eastern Shore - Help your community while improving brand recognition! Please help spread the word. https://adoptahighway.net/

Operation Our Clean Roads The last event was Mar 24th on Bayside Rd - About 7 AMAZING volunteers picked up 47 bags of litter over 6 miles of beautiful scenic roadways!!!

March 7 Church Neck Road Clean Up CANCELLED due to weather and previous efforts. Next Clean Up Day is April 21st meeting at the Exmore Town Park by 11am! Clean up precedes the 3rd Annual Exmore Earth Day Celebration RSVP (not required) and find more info on Facebook . We need YOUR help for these monthly clean up events! May - TBD - Contact us if you'd like to organize one for your neck of the woods! June 2nd Clean the Bay Day Guard Shore Beach & Rd - Register with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Please email wastewatchersintern@gmail.com with questions, suggestions for dates, when you're available to help, and locations for other future cleanups!

3rd Annual Earth Day Celebration in Exmore Town Park 1-3pm Saturday April 21st Live music, Recycling, Food Vendors, Waste Watchers Clean Roads Event Preceding, Face Painting, Norfolk Zoo Bay Habitat Presentation and so much more! More info: On Facebook or Josephine Mooney at: esrcdc.projectsdirector@gmail.com 757-710-7266

Household Hazardous Waste Collection May 5th, 10am-2pm Rain or Shine! Up to 50lbs FREE! At the Chincoteague, Grangeville (Wachapreague), and Eastville Convenience Centers. Properly dispose of your old garden chemicals, poisons, repellents, fuel, wood stain, epoxy, etc. and protect your family and the environment! For more information visit the A-NPDC Facebook Events page, the A-NPDC website's Ground Water Committee pages, or contact Shannon at 757-787-2936 x115 or salexander@a-npdc.org.

Membership Information

I hope that you all opened the Member Letter that went out in lieu of a GreenNews edition in January. If not, I suggest opening it here. It lists some of the main accomplishments of the organization in 2017, might inspire some volunteering, and reminds about annual dues. Without these dues, only $10 annually, we are unable to serve the community effectively. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey and pay the annual dues. If your dues are paid and you volunteer for a clean up or education event, you'll get a free Waste Watchers t-shirt (see design below)!

Member Survey http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07ef2up9xwjd0rheke/start Your answers on the survey will provide us with valuable information and insights about how Waste Watchers can best serve the Shore.   Dues and Donations https://squareup.com/store/waste-watchers-of-the-eastern-shore We are a registered not-for-profit entity, so donations are tax deductible! This can be done by credit card or PayPal with the link below. Checks can also be mailed to President Marilyn Ailes at PO Box 191 Onancock, VA 23417.

This monthly e-newletter is made possible by the GreenWorks Committee, a collaboration between the Waste Watchers of the Eastern Shore and the Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission! These mailings will announce Waste Watchers and the GreenWorks Committee upcoming meetings, potential volunteer opportunities, related community events, and will highlight locally relevant news articles.

Waste Watchers of the Eastern Shore | (757) 824-0608 | wastewatchers.esva@gmail.com| www.wastewatchers.esva.net

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