Archive for April, 2013

Global Youth Service Day was celebrated on Friday with a garden planting at the Boys & Girls Club. A Snack Rx reception was held to celebrate the removal of vending machines from the club and a healthier snack program has been implemented!

We’re kicking off Global Youth Service Day on Friday at the Boys & Girls Club with garden activities, reception and celebration of the Snack Rx program with ECU Dept. of Nutrition Science!

Members from the Boys & Girls Club of Pitt County – Grady White Boats/E.R. Lewis Family Unit and local high school students assembled personal size fishing line recycling containers – a Stow It-Don’t Throw It project. I led the volunteers in a presentation of the importance of our upstream downstream connection through marine debris collection. A local racquet club collected empty tennis ball cans and the fishing line containers will be given to participants in an upcoming fishing tournament sponsored by Grady White Boats.

After our Earth Day event, I headed over to Fresh Market for a Sea Turtle Blend Coffee promotion. Samples of the Fair Trade Organic Sea Turtle Blend Coffee from Hillsborough coffee roaster Joe Van Gogh were provided to shoppers.

Kohl’s Cares volunteers led one section of our river clean-up on April 20 and Sheetz managers and staff kayaked another branch of the river for trash removal. Sheetz also provided snacks and lunch for all of our volunteers!

Our Earth Day event will take place rain or shine!

We’re celebrating Earth Day on Saturday, April 20 with community volunteers and Boys & Girls Club members! We’ll be planting more hazelnut bushes, kayaking and cleaning the river, and making personal size fishing line recycling containers – a Stow It Don’t Throw It project. After that, I head over to Fresh Market to promote the Fair Trade Organic Sea Turtle Blend coffee!

NC Science Festival event was held at the Ayden Boys & Girls Club and was also a kick-off for National Boys & Girls Club Week. This is another example of how science can be fun!