[Eenc-board] [NC-EE] State Fair Recycling Volunteers Needed - Get in free!

[Elizabeth Burke]

Lois: You're not thinking that our conferees would be making their  
own mugs, but rather the Seagrove potters would be making mugs  For  
anyone who has done this, it takes a lot of practice. And, clay fresh  
from the creek bank requires some preparation before it can be used.

This is such a cool idea, to ensure that attendees have their own  
reusable, straight-from-the-earth coffee cup.

On Aug 29, 2008, at 8:22 AM, Shelby Gull Laird wrote:

> OMG, I love it!!!  Can he get us some pottery for the Silent  
> Auction???  How great!  A field trip making your own pottery with  
> clay you collect sounds fun, the only problem being that firing it  
> would take time and no one would get to take it home...  (Can they  
> ship it???)
>
> I love the mugs for the Conference idea.  That might be an item  
> worth charging for unless we could find a sponsor for the entire  
> cost.  What a neat idea, and definitely unique.
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:12 AM, Lois Nixon <doukab at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Dear EENC Board,
>
> If any of you decide to volunteer for this State Fair recycling  
> program, please kind of take notes, because the fair may end up  
> being one of our field trips at the 2011 Conference.  Since the  
> fair will be in session during our 2011 Conference, one suggestion  
> was to offer a Sunday field trip to the Vet School to tour the  
> epidemiology and conservation lab (turtles, etc--Dr. Jay Levine)  
> and other appropriate sections, then offer tickets to walk across  
> the street to the fair, and even a shuttle from there to the  
> airport, for those (most of them) leaving on Sunday.
>
> Another great idea came up yesterday, while I was fundraising for  
> our 2008 conference.  Although I have known him for many years, I  
> learned yesterday that my contact at Pepsi is a huge NC pottery  
> collector, is on a couple of arts Boards, and has connections with  
> all the Seagrove and NC MOA people.  He is going to connect us to  
> the right people there to get a field trip to Seagrove--maybe  
> digging the clay out of the creek bank, or opening a kiln, etc.   
> But he also suggested that we use some of our "goody bag" budget to  
> have various potters make their own specialty coffee mugs with an  
> NAAEE 2011 imprint on the bottom, that conferees would receive at  
> registration, could use during the conference and then take home!   
> So all the mugs would be different, but they would be a NC souvenir  
> promoting our pottery arts.  This is just an idea--no word on costs  
> or contacts or....But we might try it out for our 2009 conference  
> too!  Fun stuff....
>
> Lois
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: NCDENR DPPEA
> To: nc-ee at lists.ncmail.net
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:37 PM
> Subject: [NC-EE] State Fair Recycling Volunteers Needed - Get in free!
>
> Please forward -
>
> The NC Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental  
> Assistance is working with the NC Department of Agriculture to  
> coordinate recycling stations for the collection of plastic bottles  
> and aluminum cans throughout the fairgrounds during the 2008 State  
> Fair. We are seeking volunteers to help staff these stations to  
> prevent contamination of the recyclables. The fair will be held in  
> Raleigh off Blue Ridge Road Thursday, October 16, 2008-Sunday,  
> October 26, 2008.
>
> There will be 3 recycling stations throughout the fairgrounds that  
> need 2 volunteers per station per shift. The stations will be  
> located by Dorton Arena, the Midway and by the Village of  
> Yesteryear. The shifts will be 3 hours each starting at 10AM and  
> ending at 10PM. Volunteers will NOT need to haul or sort  
> recyclables but will be asked to communicate with the public about  
> sorting their recyclables from regular trash. Volunteers will be  
> given:
> 1. A worker day pass to get into the fair for free to work their  
> shift,
> 2. A parking pass (if you sign up to work 2, 3 hour shifts – they  
> do not need to be consecutive shifts) ,
> 3. Fair t-shirt, and
> 4. Gloves.
> Keep in mind, parking is very limited and using the Park and Ride  
> may still be your best option to get to the fairgrounds. Bus passes  
> may be available.
>
> If you are interested in volunteering, please complete the survey  
> below with the preferred days and times you can work, along with  
> the location you would like to be stationed at. NC DPPEA will  
> contact you closer to the event to confirm your date, time and  
> station.
>
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=XYkyYrhXkJTUE0xJYU_2f7Lg_3d_3d
>
>
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