July 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 July 11th. Minutes from the last meeting on May 9th meeting are here . The semi-annual meeting of the GreenWorks Committee will immediately follow the adjournment of the WasteWatchers meeting, packet here . All are welcome!

Agenda for July Meeting - For PDF Click Here

News, Current Events, & Resources

The next Operation Our Clean Roads location is not yet determined, if you're interested in helping organize one in your neck of the woods, it could be in your neighborhood! We need YOUR help for these monthly clean up events! Please email wastewatchersintern@gmail.com with questions, suggestions for dates, when you're available to help, and locations for other future cleanups!

Waste Watchers at the Shore Made Music Festival! We love bringing our educational materials and games (for kids and adults) to local events! We're always looking for more volunteers for these fun events, please contact us if you're interested in attending local festivals and representing Waste Watchers!

Eastern Shore Recycling New resource to help residents know what they can recycle on the Shore! Download PDF here.  Primary source article here. With shipments of recyclables being rejected by counties/companies that do this sometimes dirty work, we need to be taking special care to recycle properly!

Kiptopeke State Park Awarded a Keep Virginia Beautiful Grant for Cigarette Litter Prevention! More information here.

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

Membership Information

Pay your $10 annual membership dues , and volunteer with us at least once that year and receive a FREE Waste Watchers T-shirt! See the color/design to the left. Also, if you haven't checked out our new website, please take a moment to do so! www.WasteWatchersESVA.org We hope to make further improvements soon! If you have any ideas or suggestions, or are a whiz with WordPress and would like to help out, please email us.

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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