Carnival Meeting at McCornack Elementary

McCornack Elementary PTO

Kennedy Middle School Booster Club2200 Bailey Hill Rd.

Earth Day Celebration 4/21/2007 Celebrate Earth Day at EWEB's River Edge Plaza! Visit WREN's education booth to learn more about the West Eugene Wetlands. We'll see you out there! http://www.wewetlands.org/

As part of a year-round commitment to recycling and the protection of the environment, NextStep Recycling will join with Best Buy and Wal-Mart to celebrate Earth Day this year by putting on two electronics recycling events—one at each store. Selco Credit Union has donated $250.00 to help support the event.    PASS IT ON! On April 22nd , Best Buy, WalMart, and NextStep Recycling will work together to help Lane County residents easily and properly dispose of household electronics, stereos, VCRs, televisions, DVD players, handheld games, cell phones, and computers, including computer hardware, monitors, cables, calculators and printers. If it plugs in or runs on batteries, we’ll take it! NextStep Recycling is reducing its recycling fees for this one-day event. Here’s how you can take advantage of these great opportunities:

The one-day electronics recycling extravaganzas will take place at:
1. Best Buy - 3300 Gateway St., Springfield, OR. The event will take place in the parking lot, on the south side of the main entrance. 12 PM - 4 PM, Sunday April 22nd, 2007.
2. Wal-Mart - 1040 Greenacres Rd., Eugene, OR. The event will take place in the parking lot, next to the garden department. 12 PM - 4 PM April 22nd, 2007.

RECYCLING FEES:
ALL ITEMS ARE FREE, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:
25 % of the weight of all monitors/TVs is lead. Lead is also found in UPS batteries. This requires NextStep to handle monitors/TVs/UPS batteries as a hazardous waste.

$5.00 per UPS battery backup unit (uninterruptible power supply)
$7.00 per computer monitor
$1.00 per diagonal screen inch charge for TV's
$40.00 and up for console TVs

NextStep Recycling will accept cash or checks.

Lane County and surrounding area residents are urged to take advantage of these great opportunities to clean up their homes and properly recycle their old computers and other obsolete electronics. Items with reuse potential will be tested and cleaned (data eradicated from hard drives) before being donated to those who do not have access to technology. Our volunteers will recycle damaged and obsolete equipment at our facility.

About NextStep Recycling: Founded in 2002 by Lorraine Kerwood, NextStep is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to protecting our environment and providing technology, and job and social skills training to our community members.

NextStep also serves as the umbrella organization for Partners in Solidarity, a non-profit dedicated to placing technology an Guatemalan communities, and World Computer Exchange, an international educational nonprofit focused on helping the world's poorest youth bridge the global divides in information, technology and understanding.

VOLUNTEER AT THESE EVENTS! Call 541.686.2366 extension 119

Lorraine Kerwood Executive Director, NextStep Recycling ~ http://www.nextsteprecycling.org
World Computer Exchange Coordinator, Oregon Office ~ http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org
Member, Association of Oregon Recycler’s E-Scrap Counsel ~ http://www.aorr.org
Member, Lane County Resource Recovery Advisory Committee
Member, US EPA Computer Reuse Coalition Working Group
Lane County Master Recycler

The Churchill Area Neighbors Executive Board will meet this Wednesday. Our neighbors are always welcome to share their comments, questions or concerns. Churchill Estates, 1919 Bailey Hill Rd.The main items of the agenda are:
Acorn Park Sidewalk Improvement presentation
Charter Revision Discussion
Web site enrollment disclaimer discussion
Jonah's Logo ideas
Committee Reports
You can view the agenda here.

Amazon Creek Clean Up Day 4/28/2007 Join Stream Team volunteers to clean up Amazon Creek and tributaries between Danebo Ave. and Royal Ave from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.. We will be picking up litter and debris deposited along both sides of the creek. There will be prizes for the most interesting finds! The City of Eugene Stream Team will provide tools, garbage bags, direction, snacks, and drinks. Come prepared with sturdy footwear and . Volunteers will be walking 1-mile to 3-mile loops during this effort. For more information call 683-6494. http://www.wewetlands.org/

Wednesday, May 2, at the Bethel Public Safety Station, 464 Hwy 99N Chief Robert Lehner will be at the station from 7:00 to 8:30 a.m. Community members are invited to stop by and talk to the chief over coffee and pastries.

This event is held each quarter at one of the neighborhood police stations located around Eugene to allow community members the opportunity to speak one-on-one with the city's police chief. For more information, please call the Public Information Office at 682-5124.

Saturday, May 5 you are personally invited to join thee famous Steve Gordon in a day of birding at The BIG SIT. This fundraiser for the WREN education program will last from sunrise to sunset (although how long you stay is up to you). How many bird species will we identify? Participants must register and collect pledges. No birding experience necessary! Not a birder? Become a sponsor and pledge your support to a participating birder. All pledges must be in by June 1. Please call 683-6948 or 683-6494 for more information and to register.

The Mulkey Cemetery traditionally hosts a series of workday weekends in the spring and fall. We’ve scheduled three workday weekends for this May: the 5th and 6th, the 19th and 20th, and the 26th and 27th. Workdays are a great opportunity to get outdoors, meet new people, do some gardening, and get the Mulkey looking good for Memorial Day. Don’t forget gloves, a hat, and sturdy shoes! The Mulkey Cemetery is a nonprofit, community-based historic cemetery located at 3335 S. Lambert Street in west Eugene. For directions or more information about the cemetery, visit our web site at http://www.mulkeycemetery.org.

The Mulkey Cemetery traditionally hosts a series of workday weekends in the spring and fall. We’ve scheduled three workday weekends for this May: the 5th and 6th, the 19th and 20th, and the 26th and 27th. Workdays are a great opportunity to get outdoors, meet new people, do some gardening, and get the Mulkey looking good for Memorial Day. Don’t forget gloves, a hat, and sturdy shoes! The Mulkey Cemetery is a nonprofit, community-based historic cemetery located at 3335 S. Lambert Street in west Eugene. For directions or more information about the cemetery, visit our web site at http://www.mulkeycemetery.org.

The West Eugene Wetlands offer many opportunities to photograph the natural world right here in Eugene - wildflowers, birds and miniature landscapes abound.  Learn from local photographer David Stone the principles of nature photography and see examples in class, practice techniques in the field and share your results in a follow-up session back in the classroom.  Film and digital cameras welcome. Bring one roll 24 or 36 exposure slide film or a memory card (64 mb or larger) for your digital camera.  Space is limited to 15 participants.  For registration call Holly McRae at 683-6494.

Join WREN in a celebration of our education program and community partnerships as we host a benefit event at Cosmic Pizza, 199 W 8 Ave. From 4-6 we will feature local artists and musicians, many of whom are associated with the West Eugene Wetlands. The evening will conclude with a concert by locally-based Celtic folk band, Circled by Hounds. Suggested donations will be collected at the door at a sliding scale of $5-$20. No registration necessary, just come out and participate in this evening of art, music and good food!

Carnival Meeting at McCornack Elementary

McCornack Elementary Monthly meeting