Sunset at Sassafras Point
Date: Saturday, August 11
Time: 5-8pm
Location: 159 Pine Hill Road
Featuring:
Silent Auction
Open Bar by Perfect Pour & Lees Market
Fine Food from Wilhelmina’s Catering
Online reservations for 2012 Gala are closed. Please purchase additional tickets at the door of the event for $100.
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When: September 22, 2012
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Where: Cherry and Webb LN - Westport
Category: Volunteer Opporunity
For the past twenty years, Massachusetts volunteers have scoured beaches, river banks, marshes, and the seafloor to pick up trash and record information about the types of trash being collected. These volunteers are part of COASTSWEEP, the Commonwealth’s annual coastal cleanup program, organized by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management and the Urban Harbors Institute of the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Last year, over 2,200 COASTSWEEP volunteers collected over 22,000 pounds of trash from beaches, marshes, rivers, ponds, and the seafloor. This year, volunteers in Westport will be participating in a COASTSWEEP cleanup at Cherry & Webb Beach. WRWA will coordinate our local clean up on Saturday, September 22nd from 10 A.M. to noon. Please help us clean up our beautiful Westport beaches. Refreshments, trash bags, trash pickers, and rubber gloves will be provided. Contact Shelli Costa with questions at (508)636-3016 or by e-mail at wep@wrwa.com
You can learn more about the COASTSWEEP program by visiting the COASTSWEEP website: www.coastsweep.umb.edu
When: October 26 through October 28, 2012
Where: New Bedford
Category: Lectures
The 8th Annual Connecting for Change Conference is a three-day SOLUTIONS BASED gathering that brings together a diverse audience to create deep and positive change in their communities. An unforgettable weekend filled with: live keynote speakers – including Sandor Katz, Judy Wicks and Bill McKibben, afternoon workshops, FAMILY programming, Youth Initiative program, exhibition hall featuring sustainable businesses and organizations, farmers’ market, films and live music, an open mic night; seasonal, local and organic food; art installations and more. Join the Movement. Visit www.connectingforchange.org or call (508)748-0816, to register, apply for a scholarship or to volunteer.
