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Hi Earth Lovers,
We have a few events coming up and would love to see some of you there!

July 4th parade - We have a great float this year with the hard work of the parade committee....If you would like to walk we will be meeting on Danaher between 11:30-12:30. D7 is our place there...between Washington and Madison facing east.....

July 15th - Beach Sweep 10 am..Stern's Beach-south concession stand

July 24th, 31, August 7, 14th - Friday Night Live
Meet and greet locals and tourists while promoting our group and educating about the environment....5:30-9 p.m Work an hour or ???

Aug 15 Household Hazardous Waste Day
8-2 Mason County Road Commission building...

Aug 23 Ludington Triathlon
(AFFEW helps racers while also earning $500 for the group) Shifts of hour or more... 6-1 p.m.

Sept 19 International Beach Sweep

• Looking for a "Green" Job? Check this out!

Please see link below to view the Hunting Green Jobs Flyer produced by the Michigan Public Service Commission. This flyer is intended to help folks find and obtain “green” jobs.

http://migreenjobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/hunting-green-jobs.pdf

• An Earth Day Celebration to Remember!

With a supporting cast of over 50 planning members, sponsors and volunteers, AFFEW made April 18 an Earth Day to remember every day this year. Download our newsletter for the whole story.
• AFFEW's Battery Recycling Program

AFFEW has collected 1700 hundred pounds of household batteries for recycling, from seven different collection points within the past six months. You can find collection barrels at Briggs Hardware, Ludington Library, West Shore Community College, United Methodist Church, Mason County Central Middle School, Peoples’ Church and Evergreen Natural Foods Store.

If your business or organization would like to be a collection point, please call Sidney Shaw at 845-7864. Due to the limits of our grant funding, AFFEW is unable to fully pay for additional battery drop sites, however we will subsidize 30% of the total cost to recycle a five-gallon pail over the next six months. Currently it costs approximately $80.00 to recycle one five-gallon pail of batteries. AFFEW will pay for $30.00 if your organization will pay the remaining $50.00 per pail. We regret that the cost is so high, but they are very heavy to ship, and this does ensure the batteries are safely transported and recycled at Battery Solutions in Brighton, Michigan. Please join in our efforts to make this a safer and cleaner world for all, and be sure to use rechargeable batteries when possible. They have a great return on investment!
• Use cloth shopping bags - The EPA estimates that somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. Watch this amazing slideshow to see how much this impacts the world. (Once in the slideshow, use the bar on the right side of the screen to scroll through.)