Sustainable Mullica awarded a $1,500 AtlantiCare Healthy Schools Initialive Grant

Sustainable Mullica was chosen to receive a $1,500 Garden Award as part of the AtlantiCare Healthy Schools Initiative Grant program. While we are thrilled to get this grant, we need your help too! Please see letter below describing what the program is about and how you can get involved. Any interested parties, please email Susan.

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

Sustainable Mullica's Adopt-A-Road Clean Up Schedule

The following is the schedule for Sustainable Mullica's Adopt-a-Road Clean Ups. We will only need to meet every other month now that we have a full year to meet our goal.

• May 7, 2011

• July 2, 2011

• September 3, 2011

• November 5, 2011

• January 7, 2012

• March 3, 2012

At the top of the the page is a tab you can click to see Mullica's available Adoptable Roads.  Anyone can adopt a road, but the grant money must be given to a nonprofit. Feel free to adopt your own road and designate the money to Sustainable Mullica or any nonprofit of your choice.

Also, for those involved with the school, there is an Adopt-a-Schoolyard Program. You can contact ACUA through their website and get on board. It is a great way to do worthwhile work and make a little extra money for other good causes!

In the interest of keeping our Green Team creative, fresh and innovative we will no longer have regular monthly meetings. The meetings were definitely needed to kick off our work and get the ball rolling. Our actions are now completed by action leaders, small committees and individuals committed to their work. If you would like to have a meeting or need help forming a committee please send me an email or give me a call (609.703.1700).

Mullica Township Clothing Drive Fundraiser

The Mullica Township PTA is holding a Clean Out your Closet clothing and more drive during the month of May. (please see link above for acceptable items and where you can drop them off). This is a great chance to clean out your closets and donate to a great cause all at the same time.

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

Waste Management Program launched at Mullica's Schools

Gayle and Gary Brill have launched their Waste Management Program in our Mullica Township School cafeteria.  A special thanks goes out to Gayle & Gary, Doreen Khebzou, Jennifer Polidoro, Pat McCarthy, Roseanne Fittipaldi, Roseanne Lugg and the students for their great effort with the first trash audit.  Gayle will now begin her education/outreach part of the program and try to reduce the waste.  Stay tuned to learn more and remember to try your best to lessen your impact on the environment!