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Dear Surfrider,
A short and sweet intro this month because as
soon as I click "send" I'm escaping to Tahoe for
a weekend of (hopefully) good snow and nice
weather.
Two things immediately spring to mind that deserve
being bubbled up to the very top:
#1: Our next meeting will be Wednesday March 12,
7pm at the Park Chalet. Everyone is invited, they
usually last about an hour, and we drink some drinks
and eat some snacks while we talk about our projects
and events. Come out if you can make it!
#2: Wednesday, March 26 we are having a fundraiser
at the Riptide bar in the Outer Sunset. More
information below in the newsletter, but we'd love to
see you all there to meet, drink, win prizes, and be
happy.
So there it is, short as a Ft. Point right and
sweet as candy from a stranger. I hope
everyone's had a great month... get in touch if you have
any updates for us or want to get involved, and
hopefully we'll see you at an event or in the water soon!
Wes
| Become a Styrobuster! |
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Please join Surfrider in getting the word out about
a
very important City Ordinance: Food Service and
Waste Reduction Ordinance. The Ordinance came
into effect in June of 2007, prohibiting restaurants and
retail food vendors from using polystyrene foam
products in their take-out food containers, and instead
using more bio- and eco-friendly disposables. You
can be trained in less than 30 minutes to visit a
restaurant near you and educate the establishment
about this ordinance. The City has some 4000
restaurants, of which only about half have been
notified so far.
100,000 ocean mammals and sea
turtles die each year from consumption of plastic
debris, and this is one way you can help to fight the
pollution of our natural areas. Please contact michellep@sf
surfrider.org to learn how you can become
a "Styrobuster".
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| Oil Spill Questionnaire |
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If you volunteered or were at all involved in the oil
spill
cleanup last December, the San Francisco
Department of Emergency Management want to hear
from you. They've released a short questionnaire (in
MS Word format) that you can fill out and return either
by email or fax. SF DEM are looking for any and all
feedback from the people "on the ground" about how
the procedures worked (or didn't work) to hopefully
continue improving their response system. If you were
involved please take the time to download and complete this 1-page
questionnaire. Due February 29, 2008.
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| Surfrider Fundraiser @ Riptide -- Wednesday March 26 |
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Surfrider Fundraiser!
Wet Wednesday, 3/26
Starting @ 8:00pm
At The Riptide Cocktails:
Taraval @ 47th, Ocean Beach San Francisco
No cover charge!!!
Come out for drinks, surf movies, DJ's, Surf board
raffle, free food, beautiful people, and a little dose of
environmental activism.
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Next Beach Cleanup: Sunday March 2, 10am at Taraval Street |
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Above: the problem with
plastic - a baby sea turtle snacks on plastic mistaken
for food.
If you're interested in helping
Surfrider keep the
beaches clean, come out to the
cleanup this Sunday morning at 10am at the end of
Taraval Street. Cleanup supplies provided.
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