Calendar 2008
| Feb 23 ‘08 | Carrollton Cares (our Making a Difference in Carrollton workday this year) – partnering with the City of Carrollton to work on the Elm Fork Nature Preserve; Dimension Tract; Josey Ranch Sports Complex, Library, Senior Center; and Greenbelt. Bring your tools, wheel barrels and help us. We had almost 400 volunteers and completed maintenance projects at five sites - mulching, sealing benches and picking up trash! |
| Mar 1 ‘08 | Idea Exchange – Gather representatives from all the already existing organizations together who support their neighborhood (community) to discuss successes, concerns and plans. All invited, |
| Apr ‘08 | Earth Day Celebration in the schools – planted a tree on Earth Day with Good Elem. to celebrate their International Bachalaurate status; celebrated Cultural Night with Kent Elem. |
| Apr 19 ‘08 | Great American Cleanup 2008 – fifth annual participation in national cleanup event partnering with Carrollton Evening Lions Club, the City of Carrollton and Allied Waste Services and environmental education vendors - so far we've counted 6700 pounds of trash collected! |
| Apr ‘08 | Texas Waterways Spring Cleanup – fifth annual partnering with Intuit, Inc. and Exponent HR – collecting tons of wet, gushy trash from the Trinity River |
| May & June ’08 | Teen Advisory Board scholarship awards for qualifying senior members from Hebron, Ranchview and Turner |
| Sept 27 ’08 | Trinity River Trash Bash – annual river cleanup partnering with Dallas Down River, Carrollton Evening Lions Club to clean the Elm Fork and Denton Creek in canoes; go to Forms for registration. |
| Nov 15 ’08 | Texas Recycles Day – fifth annual collection of materials to divert from the landfill, partnering with Carrollton Evening Lions Club, all Carrollton high schools and recycling vendors |
On going:
Yard of the Month Adopt-A-Spot
Cell phone recycling Squirrel Brigade trainingTeen Advisory Board Green Teams in the schools
