Community Outreach

EARTH WEEK // VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

April 15th (WED):  Volunteer at the Easton Farmer’s market Spring cleaning at 325 Northampton Street!  Sign up for a shift between 2:00 – 5:30 PM 

Contact:  Joe Ingrao

April 15th (WED):  Come to the Limburg Theater in Farinon at 7:00 PM for an Earth Week Kick-off film:  YERT – Your Environmental Road Trip

April 16th (THURS):  Keynote Speaker Dr. Shana Weber from the Office of Sustainability at Princeton will be presented a talk titled “Sustainability Uncovered” in Oechsle 224 at 7:00 PM

April 17th (FRI):  There will be a movie night screening of Avatar in Limburg Theater in Farinon at 8:00 PM.  Popcorn provided!

April 18th (SAT):  LAFAPALOOZA – LEAP, ECO-REPS, & ASB TEAM SHELLSHOCK will be leading a group clean-up of Bushkill Creek, behind the Spot. This will be about a 2 hour project. This volunteer team will meet at 5:00 PM for food, provided by the Environmental Department.

Register here:  https://www.givepulse.com/event/9675-Lafapalooza-2015

LaFarm will also be hosting a clean-up project from 2:00 – 4:30 PM.  Meet at March Field at 1:45 for a bus to LaFarm, which will also take everyone to a Free Catered Dinner afterwards.

Register here:  https://lafayettec.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1zTf7rX0YmrbzFP

April 19th (SUN):  Saturday festivities’ Rain Date

April 20th (MON):  “Individual Sustainability Challeneges:”

  • Meatless Monday:  Be vegetarian for the day
  • Take Back the Tap:  Use a reusable water bottle or coffee cup
  • Take the Shuttle, walk, ride a bike!

 April 21st (TUES):  The Green Arts Showcase:  In the Farinon atrium from 7:30 – 9:30 PM, there will be environmentally themed Art, Poetry, Music, [and FOOD]

April 22nd (WED):  EARTH DAY!  There will be eWaste recycling from 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the Farinon/Pardee turnaround loop.

PICNIC:  Come to the Quad from 4:00 – 7:00 PM for sustainability booths, demos, activities, giveaways, yoga, old sneak & t-shirt recycling, food, and Laf’s own, The Hoochie Coochie Men

EMAIL ALEXA GATTI OR USE THIS LINK TO SIGN UP FOR A SHIFT AT THE EARTH DAY TABLE: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kp0sWvstAl1SphY0Z_27V2OUTS-kiz_c87L9LtDM9gE/edit?usp=sharing

April 25th (SAT):  We’re going to the Lehigh Valley Zoo:  Spend the day with kids doing a fun environmental activity!  LEAP will have a table at the Zoo  (FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM) as part of their big Earth Week celebration.

EMAIL ALEXA GATTI if you would like to volunteer

We also work with Residence Life to promote Green Move Out, a program that helps unwanted furniture, appliances, and other items find new homes.

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