July 1 meeting invitation from our President

Hello Friends,

It's time again for our monthly Friends of Euclid Creek meeting! Please join us on Tuesday, July 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the South Euclid Community Center. It's our annual member talks night. This is when we here from our own for 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes on a variety of environmental topics.  There are still speaker spots left. If you have something you'd like to share, please contact Fran Hogg at franhogg@sbcglobal.net.

As we plan for future membership meeting programs, we welcome your suggestions. Is there a watershed/environment topic you would like to learn more about? Feel free to share your ideas with us at the July meeting.

As the time as FOEC president comes to a close, I'd like to thank you all for your support. Our group continues to grow and accomplish much. My hope is for each one of you to take an active role as we "Speak for the Creek."

Happy summer, Barb Holtz

Twelve acres of Highland Heights property near community park to be preserved in perpetuity

For details on the property and involvement of Friends of Euclid Creek please see

http://www.cleveland.com/hillcrest/index.ssf/2014/06/highland_heights_property.html#incart_river

July and August events - Visit Greenwood Farm

For our July 1 meeting we want to hear from you. Our annual Member Talks invite FOEC members to share a 5-15 minute presentation on a watershed topic of their choice. 

To schedule a talk please contact Fran Hogg or Jeanette Evans (jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net). Join us Tuesday, July 1, at 6:30 at the South Euclid Community Center.

Our Wednesday, August 6, meeting starts at 6:30 at Greenwood Farm and is a joint meeting with the Highland Heights Green Task Force and Greenwood Farms Association. Please let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions.

June 23 is the Greenwood Farm Social 5:30 and Annual Meeting 6:30. www.greenwoodfarmassn.org
has detailed information.

Here is a map showing Greenwood Farm at 264 Richmond Road, Richmond Heights.

Recycling Game You Might Like

New Game Aims to Give Garbage a New Life

Think for a moment about all of the trash produced in a week, in a month, or in a year. Instead of all that trash going into a landfill, could more of it be recycled and given a new life? As a part of Keep America Beautiful and the Ad Council’s “I Want To Be Recycled” campaign, St. John & Partners has created a new interactive online game called Super Sorter that educates gamers on the different ways items can be sorted and recycled.

The Super Sorter game takes place in a material recovery facility (MRF) where mixed recyclables are separated by different types of sorters. The goal of the game is to sort all of the materials in the queue as they progress down the conveyor belt and send the recyclables on their way to becoming something new and valuable. If you miss too many recyclables, and they end up in the landfill, you lose the level. Complete all seven levels and you are a Super Sorter!

The game is free and can be played at iwanttoberecycled.org/game.

The “I Want To Be Recycled” campaign builds on a great legacy of environmentally-focused public service announcements (PSAs), targeting sporadic recyclers and aiming to generate awareness and understanding of how, where and what to recycle. The Super Sorter game was created to engage a new generation of environmental stewards, building on data showing that 97% of teens (and more than 4 in 5 young adults) play computer, web, portable or console games. 

Our June 3 Picnic Meeting

Friends,

Please join us for our Annual Meeting and Picnic!

Tuesday, June 3 at 6:00 p.m. (dinner around 6:30)

Rear Quarry Reserved Picnic Area

Euclid Creek Reservation

FOEC will provide pizza and beverage

**Please bring a dish to share and your table setting.**

Besides good food and conversation, we will have our election of officers. Here is the slate:

• President - Christi Carlson
• Vice President - Ken Messinger-Rapport
• Treasurer - Rick Evans
• Secretary - Jeanette Evans
• Directors: Barb Holtz, Chris Vild, Gary Bloom

Nominations for additional directors will be taken from the floor. If you are nominating someone, they must have previously agreed to accept the nomination.

Hope you can join us!

Barb Holtz

President

Greater Cleveland Trail & Greenways Conference

Recognizing the value of trails and greenways as Pathways to Healthy Communities, decision makers, planners and practitioners, and trail advocates from around Greater Cleveland will gather on June 12th, 2014 in Mayfield Village, Ohio to share ideas, discover new tools, and set the stage to transform plans and concepts into successfully completed projects.

Please see http://gctrails.org/ for details.

May, June, July meetings

Every month Friends of Euclid Creek gathers to raise our awareness about watershed issues and how we can help. We’d like to invite you to join us! Here’s what’s coming up, starting at 6:30 PM, for each meeting:

• May 6: Redstone Run Highland Reserve field trip to the property conserved in Richmond Hts. last year by FOEC. Discover more about the forest cover as well as the geology of the area with archeologist, Roy Larick, and arborist, Alan Klonowski. We start at 6:30. Let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions. See the map below. 
• June 3: Annual Meeting and Picnic in the Cleveland Metroparks Euclid Creek Reservation.
• July 1: Member Talks—We want to hear from you! Our annual Member Talks invite FOEC members to share a 5 - 15 minute presentation on a watershed topic of their choice.

This map shows the location of the Redstone Run Highland Reserve property. Please let me know at Jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions.