Sustainable Mullica Meeting, Friday Night at 7:00 PM

Who:  Calling All Mullicans!

What:  Sustainable Mullica Meeting & Green Drinks

When:Friday, October 28, 2011 @ 7:00 PM

Where:  Polk's Cabin, 1701 Fifth Avenue, Devonshire in Mullica Township

Why: To Celebrate Mullica Township's Sustainable Jersey Certification and Discuss Sustainable Mullica's Projects & Concerns

If the weather cooperates we'll be outside and have a bonfire

 

Please RSVP by Tuesday, October 25, 2011 to Susan at susanpolk53@gmail.com or (609)703-1700

What we will be discussing:

New Focus for Sustainable Mullica:

•    Education for Sustainability Programs – Bringing the Sustainable Me! Program to Mullica Township Middle School

• Food Production – School Garden – Mullica Township Committee, Sustainable Mullica, AtlantiCare’s Healthy Schools, Healthy Children and Mullica Township School will join together to create a school garden

•  Waste Reduction – Continue Gayle Brill’s action and focus on recycling in our schools

• Adopt a Backyard Composting Program

• Adopt a Grass – Cut It and Leave It Program

•   Other Innovative Project – Work on creating a sustainable living demonstration site

Adopt-A-Road Clean Up - Saturday, September 3 at 9:00 a.m.

Our new Adopt-a-Road Clean Up Schedule will be every other first Saturday of the month. We will meet next Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 9:00 am at the Egg Harbor City Cemetery. There are now Sustainable Mullica signs at the beginning and end of our section of Moss Mill Road. It is 1.37 miles. During the last clean up 12 volunteers showed up and it really made the job easy! Please mark your calendars and join us for some exercise and good community action. Thanks!

Give Your Stuff Away Day - Saturday, May 14

Sustainable Mullica has decided to join "Give Your Stuff Away Day" held on Saturday, May 14th.

All you have to do is leave stuff out that you no longer have a use for and give it away. It's like a yard sale without anyone paying. Unclutter your life, while at the same time, reduce what is going into our landfill.

On May 14th, bring your unwanted stuff to your curb. Some guidelines - no trash, recyclables, illegal or dangerous items. No food, drugs, chemicals, or weapons. Just safe, valuable items we would like to donate. Then watch the fun – or better yet, take a walk and find some free stuff you can use.

The above link has a list of items which are acceptable and which are prohibited.

We would also like to compose a list of those in Mullica participating, so please send an email to us at sustainablemullica@gmail.com or leave your address as a comment here. I'll compose a list you can download from here and then print out and you can be a part of the World's largest giveaway/recycling event.

Sustainable Mullica Meeting Agenda, Monday, March 28

Happy Spring!
Our next Sustainable Mullica meeting will be held on March 28, 2011 @ 7PM @ Town Hall. Please come with input, ideas, positive energy & a friend! Below is our agenda. Send me an email if you would like to add anything.

Sustainable Mullica March 28, 2011 Agenda
· Sustainable Jersey Action Updates
· Mullica Night / Sustainable Mullica Involvement
· Other Green Day Possibilities
· Sustainable Mullica/PTA Raffle
· Earth Day Neighborhood Clean Ups
· NWF Great American Campout June 25, 2011
· Other Environmental Workshop Offerings
· Native Plant Swap & Sale Info
· Member Sharing

You can click the tabs above to read and download about the NWF Great American Campout, as well as information about the Native Plant Swap & Sale. The "Reduce Your Use" of Plastic Bags Pledge Form is also available to download and bring to the meeting.

SUSTAINABLE MULLICA MEETING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28 AT 7:00 PM

The Sustainable Mullica meeting will be held this Monday at 7:00 PM in town hall. The agenda is as follows:

Sustainable Mullica Agenda

February 28, 2011, 7:00 PM

Mullica Township Town Hall

·        Nominations for 2011 Officers

·        Updates on Sustainable Mullica Actions:

*Waste Management

*Natural Resource Inventory

*Anti-Idling & Enforcement Program

*Animals in Education

*Green Community Challenges

*Energy Audit for Municipal Buildings

*Give Your Stuff Away Day

*Mullica Night – Promoting Safety, Community & Green Awareness

*Adopt-a-Road Program/Grant

"Purge the Plastic" Pledge

Sustainable Mullica, with the help of Emily Schlee and friends will have a table set up at the elementary school entrance during the parent-teacher conferences on 2/11, 2/14 and 2/15 where they will be handing out "Plastic Bag Fact Sheets" and "Reduce Your Use" Pledge forms. These forms can also be downloaded here, filled out and brought into the elementary or middle school offices to the attention of Jean Gallagher. You can also bring in the filled out form to the Sustainable Mullica meeting, scheduled for Monday, January 28th.

The first 100 to take the pledge will get a free, unbleached cotton, made in the USA, reusable grocery bag with the Sustainable Mullica logo on it.

Plastic Bag Fact Sheet

Reduce Your Use Pledge Sheet

Adopt-A-Road Thank You!

A big thank you goes out to Lou Vitale, Roseanne & Joe Lugg, Anthony & Rusty Gabris, Roseanne Fittipaldi, Gayle Brill, Mary Hunt & Bernie Graebener, Pat, Jim & Guinness McCarthy, and Al Polk for a job well done. Our first Adopt-a-Road Clean Up was a huge success! We picked up many bags of trash and recycling and Mary also rescued a darling kitten that Anthony has adopted! It was a brisk and refreshing morning. Lou especially enjoyed the long walk and we all felt good about our positive action. Al has promised lunch and Guinness after the next clean up!

We are now at 80 points toward our Sustainable Jersey certification. Kim Johnson submitted recently submitted 10 points for our new Electronics Recycling Depot. Thank you, Kim!

Keep up the good green work!

SUSTAINABLE MULLICA AWARDED $1,000 GRANT

Pictured from left to right:  Randall Solomon, Coordinator of Sustainable Jersey; Jennifer Hoehn, Sr. Manager of Public Affairs NJ, Walmart Stores, Inc.; Michael St. Amour, Mayor, Mullica Township; Susan Polk, President of Sustainable Mullica & Mullica Township Committeeperson; Cindy Randazzo, Director, Office of Govt. Assistance, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection; and David Rible, NJ Assemblyman, District 11.

 

Yesterday, through Sustainable Jersey Small Grants Program, funded by Walmart, Sustainable Mullica was awarded a $1,000 Capacity-Building Grant.  Both President of Sustainable Mullica, Committeeperson Susan Polk and Mayor Michael St. Amour were present for the Grant Media Conference held in Long Branch, NJ.

Susan submitted a three page plan describing what has been accomplished since Sustainable Mullica's inception, as well as  goals for 2010-2011 as the application for this grant. The Capacity-Building Grant will be used for purchasing copy paper, copying materials, education resources (posters, charts, books, DVD's, etc), Anti-Idling signs, updating our Natural Resources Inventory, supplies to plant gardens and clothes lines.

"National Night Out" Event Planned-Tuesday, 8/03/2010

Please join your neighbors, the Mullica Township Police Department and Mullica Township Officials on Tuesday, August 3rd from 6:30 PM until 8:30 PM at the Mullica Township Rec Fields for "National Night Out". This National Night Out is designed to strengthen our communities by encouraging neighborhoods to engage in stronger relationships with each other and our law enforcement partners. 

Chief Register and Mayor St. Amour will be cooking up hot dogs for everyone!