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In This Issue - Interim Executive Director Announcement
- Taste of Green 2019
- Tips for a Low-Waste Halloween
- #OhSoPunny
- The Truth About Recycling
- Sponsor the Earth Day Festival
- Young Friends of earthday365
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| | earthday365 is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeanette Reynolds to serve as Interim Executive Director. | |  | Following the resignation of earthday365 Executive Director, Jen Myerscough, the earthday365 board of directors conducted a search for an Interim Executive Director. earthday365 is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeanette Reynolds to serve as Interim Executive Director of the organization. Jeanette served as Program Manager and later Programs and Communication Director of St. Louis Earth Day from 2010 through 2014. During that time, she played a leadership role in.. read more. | | | | | |
| | | |  | | | - Wham out to ‘80s Tunes! - Pull a bomb-diggity bottle of wine with a $20 donation at our Wine Pull! (Donated by our event chairs, hosts & board of directors, valued at $20+) - Strike a pose at our Selfie Station, sponsored by Purus Organic Wheat Vodka! #earthday365 - Get a totally fresh Caricature of yourself! | | | - Enjoy a Planetini or a Wake Me Up Before You GoGo by Mixologist Matt Sorrell (must be 21!) - Bid on majorly jammin' Auction items! - Be rafflelicious! Our Thanksgiving-themed Raffle is guaranteed to be totally rad! - Savor righteous food/beverage tastings provided by Green Dining Alliance Restaurants! | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tips for a Low-Waste Halloween | |  | The spookiest thing about Halloween is the amount of waste generated in celebration of the holiday. Last year during the week of, 300,000 tons of candy were sold. From single-use individually-wrapped candies to the mass amount of holiday decorations, read our blog for tips on having a low-waste Halloween. | | | | | | | |
| | #OhSoPunny Why didn’t the ghost dance at the Halloween party? Keep reading for the answer. | | | | | | | |
| | | | earthday365 has several openings on our Board of Directors. If you are interested in participating in the growth and impact of earthday365, contact Board President, John Risberg at john.risberg@maritz.com. | | | | | |
| | The Truth About Recycling | | | | earthday365 Program Director, Bob Henkel, will be presenting "303 The Truth About Recycling" on Thursday, Nov. 7th at the Kirkwood Community Center from 10am-12pm. There have been a lot of changes in single-stream recycling, but one thing that has stayed constant since its inception in 2004 is the type of materials accepted. We will step back in time and look forward at the current trends in the recycling industry. Learn what goes in your recycling cart, what stays out and where to take the rest of your materials for reuse. To sign up, you can find the class listing here. | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | A special thank you to our sponsors that have committed early: | | | | | | | | | |
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Who Are They? The Young Friends of earthday365 group is made up of emerging, young professionals dedicated to supporting the earthday365 organization. If you're interested in supporting the group, but are unable to commit to a board or committee position, please consider joining as a member! Get Involved The Young Friends of earthday365 are looking to fill three board member positions – Vice President and Board Development Chair, as well as marketing, membership and events committee positions. If you are interested, please fill out the application at the bottom of our webpage and email to friends@earthday-365.org. | | | | | | Annual fees consist of a $50 one-time payment or monthly installments of $5 and help support the year-round programming of earthday365. Learn more about the group and become a member here, and be sure to like the Young Friends on Facebook to stay up to date with upcoming events and earthday365 news. Interested in getting to know more? Consider attending Community Table Night at Bailey's Range on 11/25 from 5pm-8pm. 25% of all food and beverage sales from the evening will be donated back to earthday365! The Young Friends will be chatting about the organization and signing up new members. We hope to see you there! | | | Member benefits include: - Discounted tickets to earthday365 events (ex. Taste of Green)
- Free membership gift (to be picked up at any Young Friends event)
- Social and professional networking events
- Volunteer opportunities
- The satisfaction of knowing you're supporting a more sustainable St. Louis
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| | Why didn’t the ghost dance at the Halloween party? Because he had no BODY to dance with. | | | | | | | |
| | Congratulations to the new and renewed members of the Green Dining Alliance! | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 Support for the efforts of the Recycling On the Go program provided in part by the following: | | |  Support for the Green Dining Alliance provided in part by the following: | | | | | | | |
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4125 Humphrey St | Saint Louis, Missouri 63116
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