Please contact Judy Dearden at hhgreentaskforce@yahoo.com for our latest meeting minutes. Here are some meeting notes from our archive. Please let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions.
Respectfully submitted - Amy Milroy, Secretary
Highland Heights Green Task Force Board of Directors Meeting
December 3, 2014, General Meeting
Board of Directors - Meeting - Nov. 22, 2014
These are currently in review
Judy called the meeting to order around 4:00. Present were Judy, Rick, Al, Frank, Mary Beth, Jeanette, and Mary.
Board of Directors Meeting Notes
These are currently in review
OCT. 2 (2014) Meeting Notes
Judy provided an update on finances, little free library, Millridge garden, Attorney General Annual Report, Sustainable Cleveland Conference, Gazebo party, Fall Family Fest, restoration planting on Bishop near Hawthorne on Oct. 11, and the Boat Float. Speaker Deez Lincoln made a presentation on Reclaimed Cleveland, Rustbelt Reclamation where he is the founder and owner.
September 3 (2014) Meeting Notes
We held the gazebo potluck and 50/50 raffle meeting. Judy reviewed the achievements of the year including freecycles, ewaste drives, financials, 501c3, zero waste campaign, little free library, Millridge garden, composting, fermented tea party, Greenwood Farm, Great Lake Boat Float, hazardous waste drive, shred day, Gates Mills Education Environemntal Center Festival, and greening your holidays program.
August 6 (2014) Meeting Notes
This was a joint meeting with Friends of Euclid Creek and Greenwood Farm Association. According to Claire Posius 94 people signed attendance sheets. Judy covered the following.
1. Our 501c3 application was accepted and granted
2. A thank you goes to all who helped at our 4th freecycle/ewaste drive in June... best one yet with great press coverage... collected 1625 pounds of elecronics... total for 4 approximately 5,000 pounds and the Highland Heights Community Day table
3. Little free library, Millridge garden, Great Lake Boat Float, fermented tea party on August 21
4. September 3 is our gazebo potluck with zero waste
5. Our upcoming project is the high school courtyard landscaping improvement
The speakers were Claire Posius and Dr. Larick.
June 4 Meeting Notes
Judy provided an update on the upcoming freecycle event on June 22, community days on July 26, financial report, Millridge garden, environmental club participating in the Lake Erie Boat Float, fermented tea party, compost demo, little free library, Gates Mills Spring Open House on May 9, Hillcrest Green Task Force, and August meeting to be with FOEC at Greenwood Farm. We then presented book reports.
May 7 Meeting Notes
Judy provided an update on finances, 501c3, Millridge garden, food composting, recycling, closing of GreenTech, upcoming events, future project, and the June 4 book report meeting.
Thank you to Mike Dungan, Director of Sales and Marketing for providing the presentation about the Akron based RES Polyflow energy recovery process.
Board of Directors Meeting Notes
Highland Heights Green Task Force Board of Directors Meeting
March 24, 2016
In attendance: Judy Dearden, Al Hess, Rick Evans, Amy Milroy, Mary Ellen Dombek
Financial Report:
Current Balance as of 2/29/16 $3,213.87
Savings Balance as of 2/29/16 100.00
March deposits (2 memberships) 40.00
TOTAL ASSETS: $3,353.94
Expenses -0-
Scholarship donation - $500.00 for 2017 Scholarship
Upcoming expenses - printing yearly calendar - approx. $50.00
Earmarked - $500.00 for the MHS Courtyard Project, $500.00 for 2016 Scholarship
Total Membership = 46, only 4 more to go to get to the 2016 goal of 50!
Amy will send out acknowledgement letters shortly.
Judy sent in the 990N - Federal Tax - postcard and the Attorney General Annual Report for 2016.
Website - GoDaddy has informed us that we will need to upgrade our site within the next 6 months. This will be at no expense to us.
We have received 3 applications for the 2016 Alan Lorenz Environmental Scholarship. These candidates were reviewed by a committee consisting of MaryBeth Skala, Joan Albro, Donna Grigas, Judy Dearden, and Amy Milroy. The students who applied are all at the top of their class and have bright futures ahead of them. The opportunity to interview them individually will take place on April 13th at the High School. The award will be presented by Amy Milroy May 19th. We are expecting another donation from Alan’s daughter towards the 2017 Scholarship. This may allow us to triple the offering next year.
Judy is looking for volunteers to join her at the Earth Day event at Hillcrest Hospital on April 19th from 11am - 2:30pm. Both FOEC and HHGTF will be represented.
The upcoming events for the remainder of the year were reviewed as were the sign-up sheets for said events.
This is the time of year for people to leave donations at the Little Free Library outside of the pool in the city park. Please donate.
There was a discussion about the continuing involvement with the schools.
Highland Heights Green Task Force Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015
Judy called the meeting to order
at 5:10. Present were: Judy
Dearden, Mary Ellen Dombek, Rick Evans, Mary Fash, Al Hess, Marybeth Skala and
Amy Milroy
Financial:
Judy reviewed the Financial
Report. As of 9/30/15 we have a
balance of $2,058.63 in the bank. We have $500 earmarked to help with the MHS
Courtyard “Living Lab” Project. We
spent money on 2 speakers for the first time this year and it was a big success
and well worth the minimal cost.
Social
Media: The website now has 22,757
hits. Amy will contact GoDaddy
about the cost to add another tab/page to our website for a comments section as
well as how to properly insert photos to the site.
Upcoming
Events: The monthly
events involving a speaker drew record numbers for the year and we saw an
increase of 4 in paid memberships.
Other events over the course of 2015 represented challenges with
volunteers remaining committed to the times they had signed up for. This created stress as many backed out
at the last minute. We may revisit
having an Eco Fair in a couple of years – perhaps in the spring.
The Green Vendors fair is
scheduled for November 7, 2015.
Mayfield
Schools: The courtyard
project is still a go. It is a
slow process. The students at MHS have received $2K from Progressive to build
more monitors for the space.
The 2016 Campaign was discussed.
It was decided to go with a Suburban Agriculture theme. Judy presented a
tentative schedule for the year that looks great and will focus on gardening,
food and awareness.
The Officers and Board of
Directors will remain the same.
Respectfully submitted by:
Amy Milroy, Secretary
Highland Heights Green Task Force
Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Judy called the meeting to order
at 5:07. Present were: Judy
Dearden, Frank Sever, Mary Ellen Dombek, Rick Evans, and Amy Milroy
Financial:
Judy reviewed the Financial
Report. We are one member away
from our goal and are ahead of budget for 2015. Our upcoming expenses are printing for HHGTF calendars and
more DYI recipes pamphlet.
We have $500 earmarked to help
with the MHS Courtyard Project.
The 990N postcard and Attorney General Annual Repost were filed 2/10/15.
Social
Media: The website has been updated and
now has 17,877 hits. Amy and Judy
have now become administrator on our Facebook page so we can now post.
Upcoming
Events: Judy has two speaking events coming
up in April - one with Nursery School students at Faith United Church and the
other at Mayfield Village Citizens Advisory Committee. Hillcrest Hospital is hosting an Earth
Day Celebration, April 28 in the Atrium.
Ron Hinkle will raffle off a rain barrel and Deb Harpp will pass out
HHGTF information. The Gates Mills Environmental Education Center will hold its
annual plant sale May 15th.
The Eco Fair is Saturday, October 3 at the CCPL and Judy has 26 groups
involved. The Green Vendors fair
is scheduled for November 7, 2015.
Millridge
Garden: The PTO has come up with
volunteers to help with the garden and composting. Judy met with the volunteers to explain the project. Frank and Amy will start lunchtime composting
schedules - Amy = Monday and Frank = Friday - as soon as weather permits.
Mayfield
Schools: Rosby has cancelled food
composting at the High School. The Living Lab project is all hold until testing
finishes at the school. Judy went to a meeting at the CMNH regarding “plant
sitting” plants from their collection while construction takes place at the
museum. Watering would be a concern.
MHS could take the plants that are not deer resistant as the courtyard
is totally enclosed. People are
slowly donating to Creeklife.com for the water bottle stations at the High
School.
The 2016 Campaign was
discussed. Food and Soil looks
like the direction we will go in.
Amy read the Board Meeting
minutes from the October meeting they were approved.
December 3, 2014, General Meeting
Judy called the meeting to order around 7:00.
(The above was prepared by Amy Milroy. The following were prepared by Jeanette Evans.)
Quorum
Judy announced we have a quorum and can vote
Financial report
Judy provided the financial report
Web site
We are paid up through the end of 2016
Elections
We voted to accept the Officers and Board of Directors on the slate
Misc.
Dues
2014 Annual Report
2014 Zero Waste Campaign
2015 Clean Water Campaign
MHS LIving Lab
Committees
We looked at sign up sheets with committee duties
Board of Directors - Meeting - Nov. 22, 2014
These are currently in review
Judy called the meeting to order around 4:00. Present were Judy, Rick, Al, Frank, Mary Beth, Jeanette, and Mary.
Ongoing projects to do list
Judy reviewed the list
Friday lunch/Fifth graders
Frank will help with this from 12:30 to 1:00
Phone calls
We need help with these
Budget
Judy reviewed the sheet
Holiday gift sale
Mary Beth will help with flyers
We looked at the advertiser list
Other projects
Gazebo party
Freecycle
Boat Float
Courtyard landscape
Frank to report on dimensions, downspouts, faucets
Board of Directors Meeting Notes
These are currently in review
Present at the meeting were Rick Evans, Al Hess, Kathy Hess, Frank Sever, Judy Dearden, Marybeth Skala, Jeanette Evans, Mary Fash, and Roy Fash. Judy called the meeting to order at Panera around 5:00 PM.
Minutes
We voted to approve the minutes read by Jeanette
Finances
Judy read the report
Website
Judy will email us about costs to continue with GODaddy
Annual report
We reviewed items in the report and discussed options for Clean Water as the campaign for 2015 including Clean Water = Life
Mayfield H.S. courtyard
Judy provided an update.
Recycle bins
Frank updated on the grant from Cuyahoga County SOlid Waste
Committees
We discussed the need for committees
Holiday Green Vendor Fair
Judy reviewed the list of vendors
Documentary purchase
Next year Judy wants to look at buying
Officers
Existing officers could continue
Judy to reach out to possible new board members
OCT. 2 (2014) Meeting Notes
Judy provided an update on finances, little free library, Millridge garden, Attorney General Annual Report, Sustainable Cleveland Conference, Gazebo party, Fall Family Fest, restoration planting on Bishop near Hawthorne on Oct. 11, and the Boat Float. Speaker Deez Lincoln made a presentation on Reclaimed Cleveland, Rustbelt Reclamation where he is the founder and owner.
September 3 (2014) Meeting Notes
We held the gazebo potluck and 50/50 raffle meeting. Judy reviewed the achievements of the year including freecycles, ewaste drives, financials, 501c3, zero waste campaign, little free library, Millridge garden, composting, fermented tea party, Greenwood Farm, Great Lake Boat Float, hazardous waste drive, shred day, Gates Mills Education Environemntal Center Festival, and greening your holidays program.
August 6 (2014) Meeting Notes
This was a joint meeting with Friends of Euclid Creek and Greenwood Farm Association. According to Claire Posius 94 people signed attendance sheets. Judy covered the following.
1. Our 501c3 application was accepted and granted
2. A thank you goes to all who helped at our 4th freecycle/ewaste drive in June... best one yet with great press coverage... collected 1625 pounds of elecronics... total for 4 approximately 5,000 pounds and the Highland Heights Community Day table
3. Little free library, Millridge garden, Great Lake Boat Float, fermented tea party on August 21
4. September 3 is our gazebo potluck with zero waste
5. Our upcoming project is the high school courtyard landscaping improvement
The speakers were Claire Posius and Dr. Larick.
June 4 Meeting Notes
Judy provided an update on the upcoming freecycle event on June 22, community days on July 26, financial report, Millridge garden, environmental club participating in the Lake Erie Boat Float, fermented tea party, compost demo, little free library, Gates Mills Spring Open House on May 9, Hillcrest Green Task Force, and August meeting to be with FOEC at Greenwood Farm. We then presented book reports.
May 7 Meeting Notes
Judy provided an update on finances, 501c3, Millridge garden, food composting, recycling, closing of GreenTech, upcoming events, future project, and the June 4 book report meeting.
Thank you to Mike Dungan, Director of Sales and Marketing for providing the presentation about the Akron based RES Polyflow energy recovery process.
Board of Directors Meeting Notes
HHGTF Board of Directors Meeting
March 27, 2014
Present at the meeting were Al Hess, Mary Ellen Dombek, Jeanette Evans, Rick Evans, and Judy Dearden. Judy called the meeting to order around 7PM. Here are the items discussed.
Finances
Judy provided the report.
We have 36 paid members.
We agreed to pay for the web site, 501c3 application, and printing.
We agreed that pay out without board vote is $100 or under or budgeted amounts.
Website
It is updated.
We have had over 10,000 views.
Meeting times
We agreed that 5:00 on Thursdays could work.
Discrimination policy
We agreed to accept the policy statement Judy read.
Dinner night
We discussed options.
Fundraisers
We discussed recycling cans at HH baseball games.
Gates Mills Environmental Center Open House
May 9 is the date of the event.
H.S. Environmental Club
Judy provided an update.
Millridge School
We are still looking for volunteers.
Center School
We discussed possible composting.
Elevator speech
We agreed with the speech Judy read.
What else can we do
We brainstormed a possible native plant sale.
April Meeting Notes
April Meeting Notes
Judy Dearden updated the group on the HHGTF Board of Directors meeting and upcoming events and activities, distributed sign up sheets, and made a presentation on zero waste.
March Meeting Notes
Judy Dearden called the meeting to order with 24 attendees, and we covered the following.
1. Recycle bin grant update for Mayfield schools and Highland Heights
2. Mayfield HS Environmental Club updatee
Student from the club reported on their efforts at community service at Metroparks, recycling awareness, sustainable energy efforts, and a biofuel project.
3. Freecycle proceeds of $65 came from selling leftover books to Half Price Books - we agreed to buy pizza with this money at the next freecycle
4. Financial report
5. 501c3 update
6. Waste less program update
7. Gates Mills Environmental club open house in May
8. Green book reports will be the meeting in June
9. Freecycle/ewaste will be June 22, Sunday
10. Fermented tea party in August will be at Milroy's house
11. Greenwood Farms event on August 6 will be with Friends of Euclid Creek
12. Cook off - we discuss possible events and agreed during the week in Oct.-Dec., possibly on Meatless Monday, would be some options
13. Mayfield Hts. or Lyndhurst Home Days - are possible events where we could participate
14. Planet Aid update - the Operations Manager explained about the program
February Meeting Notes
Judy called the meeting to order around 7:00 and covered the following topics.
1. Financial report
2. 501c3 application
3. Freecycle e waste drive at Millridge
4. Freecycle in June - voted for June 22
5. Mayfield High School Environmental Club
6. Cooking healthy with Leslie Elia
7. Green book reports in June
Thanks you to Cathy Lehn for the 2014 Zero Waste campaign presentation.
December Meeting Notes (currently under review)
Judy called the meeting to order around 7:00 and covered the following topics.
1. Financial report
2. Website - We voted to renew for one year
3. Elections - We voted to accept the slate of officers and Board of Directors
4. Dues
5. MHS Environmental Club
6. 2013 Annual Report
7. 2013 Use Less Plastic campaign
8. 2014 Zero Waster campaign
9. 2013 schedule
November Meeting Notes
Judy called the meeting to order around 7:00 and covered the following topics.
1. Financial report
2. Non profit application
3. Millridge garden, pumpkin contest, and raffle tickets sold
4. Planet Aid
5 Mayfield Green Team Executive Committe with a school system wide garden club
6. Mayfield School Family Funfest
7. Freecycle/ecycle
8. Cooking with Leslie Elia
9. Board of directors meeting on Oct. 22
10. Moniatio slate
11. Roy Fash agreed to be treasurer
12. Board of directors remain the same
13. Volunteer for board are being accepted
14. Membership will vote on the slat in December
15. December meeting will cover 2014 calendar
16. Membership letter and dues should go out soon
Jon Kaplan of Pearlwind presented on solar options.
Rick Evans, VP of HHGTF, presented on lighting options.
October 22, 2013, Meeting Notes, Board of Directors Meeting
Present at the Oct. 22 meeting held at Panera were Al Hess, Frank Sever, Rick Evans, Jeanette Evans, Judy Dearden, and Mary Fash. Judy called the meeting to order, and we discussed the following.
Meeting minutes - Jeanette read the last meeting minutes and no onehad corrections or additions.
Membership and financial reports - Judy provided updates.
Website - We agreed that Judy would research this, and we would vote in December.
Annual report - Judy led the discussion on the report she provided.
2014 community outreach - We discussed attending the HH Home Day, Greenword Farm Day, Mayfield Schools Fun Fest, and in the spring the plant sale at the Mayfield Schools Environmental Center. We also discussed having students get credit through classes such as Energy and the Environment, coordinating with the HHGTF.
2014 campaign - We voted unanimously that zero waste would be our campaign, tied in to Cleveland's campaign.
Non profit application - We reviewed the following and voted unanimously to accept this information as appropriate as policies and in our bylaws.
- retention/detention
- conflict of interest
- whistleblower
Nominations - We discussed that Judy should at the November meeting ask for volunteers and nominations. We plan to vote on a slate in December. We discussed keeping the current individuals and possible new people such as Sandy Schwartz and Roy Fash.
The following is the accomplishments sheet Judy prepared.
The following is the accomplishments sheet Judy prepared.
HIGHLAND
HEIGHTS GREEN TASK FORCE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
February 2011 forward
2011 PROJECTS & PROGRAMS
CSA FOOD
CO-OPS, instrumental in Fresh Fork Market adding a drop-off site in our area
(Mayfield High school) in 2012
RECYCLE
BINS-found and authored grant through Solid Waste District which the city
then submitted for the purchase of recycle bins for the City Hall complex,
Police Dept, City Hall, Fire Dept, and Community Center
PHARMACEUTICAL
TAKE BACK- helped the Police Dept by distributing the flyers around our city
GREEN
VENDOR FAIR at our community HOME DAY with 5 green vendors
CITY
NEWSLETTER: Contributed to city newsletter promoting the
HHGTF and articles on living more environmentally friendly lifestyles.
7=COMMUNITY
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
PROGRAMS 2011:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle:
Naturalist Jeff Riebe on importance of recycling & representatives from our
trash company, J&J Refuse
Community Garden and CSA’s:
Discussion on starting a community garden at our new city green space, and
representative from Fresh Fork Market, CSA
Organic Gardening and Composting : Rep
from Beyond Pesticides Ohio, Rep from Cleveland Museum of Natural History, on
native plants, and speaker on composting.
Rethink Your Habits and Getting Toxins Out of
Our Homes: Round-table discussion with reps from Aveda
Cosmetics and others on what we now know about toxins in our cleaning products,
etc.
How to Renovate Your Home in a Sustainable
Manner: Speaker Julia Cyganski, LEED certified architect and Amanda Thorpe,
LEED Green Associate (Interior Designer); Thomas Meyer, construction operations
director for Habitat
Water Conservation and What’s in Our Water: Speaker
from Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Home Energy Audits and Alternative Energy
Sources: Rep from Green Street Solutions, Bold Alternatives, solar and wind; and
Rick Evans on alternative lighting.
i4
Business Meetings in 2011
iEstablished
a website and a Facebook page.
2012 PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS
COMPOST
TUMBLER GRANT
Took idea
for food composting to one of our elementary schools. Found a grant to cover
expenses for the supplies to start a FOOD COMPOSTING PILOT PROGRAM, ie:
tumblers, 5 gal. buckets for collection of food scraps, plastic gloves, pitch
fork, etc. One of the teachers agreed to be the lead teacher on the project and
authored the grant, which was awarded to the school. Have helped with the
education and overseeing of the project, helping the kids at lunchtime with the
collection of the food scraps and emptying into the tumblers. Finished compost
will be used on the school vegetable garden.
FISKAR’S
GRANT
Authored
a Fiskar’s grant for the purchase of plantings at our new city green space. The
city filed the grant, the grant was not awarded to the city.
SHOE
RECYCLE DRIVE and PLANET AID BIN INSTALLATION
@ HIGH
SCHOOL
Worked
with Planet Aid to install a bin in the parking lot of the local high school
for the Shoe Recycle Drive that was held in April. The total collection
poundage of shoes and clothing in April was 350 lbs. The bin has seen a total
donation of 4,600 lbs. of shoes and clothing from April through Nov., 2012.
PHARMACEUTICAL
TAKE BACK- helped the Police Dept by distributing the flyers around our city
ESTABLISHED
BOARD of DIRECTORS, OFFICERS and BY-LAWS
TABLE at
GREEN DREAM put on by Beachwood High School
Promoting
the Highland Heights Green Task Force, discussing how to live a more
environmentally friendly lifestyle. Approx 4,000 attend this function.
E-RECYCLE
DRIVE
Sponsored
an E-Recycle Drive for the community. Anything with a cord or battery could be
dropped off and items then went on for recycling. Cell Phones for Cancer was
the company doing the recycling. 1,200 lbs. of electronic waste was collected
for recycling.
FREECYCLE
DRIVE
Community
dropped off usable items, and could pick up any item that they wanted. No money
was charged for any item. Due to the positive feedback from the community, it
was suggested that there should be 2 drives in 2013.
GREEN
VENDOR FAIR at our community HOME DAY with 3 green vendors.
GREENWOOD
FARM FALL FUN FEST, had a table to promote organization and green
living. Approx. 400 people attended
GAZEBO
POT LUCK DINNER: the HHGTF was honored to be the first group to
have an event at our new city gazebo at our city green space.
CITY
NEWSLETTER: Contributed to city newsletter promoting the
HHGTF and articles on living more environmentally friendly lifestyles
INCORPORATION: HIGHLAND HEIGHTS GREEN TASK FORCE
became incorporated in December, 2012
7=COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATION
PROGRAMS 2012:
Mayfield Schools Chemical Round-Up: Speaker
Frank Sever explained how he and his crew cleaned out all of the schools in our
school system of toxic chemicals.
Alternative Transportation and Fuel Options:
Speakers from Ohio Technical College
Going Local, Connecting Land, People and
Community: Speaker Brad Masi from Oberlin College and NEOFoodweb.org; Jerry Glick
from Urban Organics and Robert Stockholm from Fresh Fork Market, CSA
Climate Change & Public Health: Speaker
Meiring Borcherds, Cuyahoga County Board of Health.
The Condition of the Great Lakes: Speaker
Jane Goodman, Executive Director of Cuyahoga River Community Planning
Organization and Chris Trepal, Exec. Director, Earthday Coalition.
Supplying Our Energy Needs: Speakers
Ken Messenger-Rapport, Environmental Attorney and Bob Greenbaum, Northeast Ohio
Sierra Club
Greening Your Holidays and Gift Ideas:
Speakers Maryellen Dombek and Betty Kryszan
i3
Business Meetings in 2012
i2 Board
of Directors Meetings in 2012
iJanuary
2012 opened checking and savings accounts
iJanuary
2012 began membership dues
*Currently
working on establishing an “Environmental Group Network” for the eastside of
Cleveland.
2012
continued
Partnered
with Frank Sever, Supervisor of Building and Maintenance Operations for the
Mayfield School System, and member of the HHGTF to start a recycling program
throughout the school system with Rumpke Waste & Recycling Services, who
already held the school system’s waste removal contract.
HIGHLAND
HEIGHTS GREEN TASK FORCE
2013
PROJECTS, PROGRAMS & COMMUNITY OUTREACH
l Partnered with Frank Sever,
Mayfield Schools to start the Mayfield Schools Green Teams Executive Committee, March 19,2013
l MILLRIDGE GARDEN EXPANSION
PROJECT: with the help of the
Gates Mills Environmental Education Center
kids and teachers, Mayfield Village, Highland Heights, Grande’s Nursery, Home
Depot and parent volunteers, members of the HHGTF expanded the existing garden
to accommodate a pumpkin patch, herb and vegetable garden.
COMPOSTING PROGRAM: We are in the third
school year, and this school year we have 39
students signed up for the compost teams! This shows an ever increasing interest in composting.
l PHARMACEUTICAL TAKE BACK- helped the Police Dept
by distributing the flyers around our city
l MAYFIELD LIRBRARY OPENING, April 2013: We were
honored to be invited to have a table at
the opening
l 2013 CAMPAIGN PRIORITY: “USE LESS PLASTICS” discussion with visual displays on alternatives to plastic use given at community events, ie: Mayfield
Library opening, Highland Heights Community
Day, Greenwood Farm Fall Fun Fest, Mayfield Schools Family Fun Fest, etc.
l CITY NEWSLETTER: Contributed to city
newsletter promoting the HHGTF and articles on living
more environmentally friendly lifestyles with many articles in 2013 devoted to recycling information.
l FED TAX ID NUMBER received, August,
2013..now in process of completing the 501c3 application
form
l HHGTF WEBSITE: it has been viewed over 8,700 times in less than 3 yrs
l HHGTF BLOG: established July, 2013
l 2ND ANNUAL
COMMUNITY FREECYCLE/E-WASTE DRIVE, 1,000 lbs. of electronics went on to be recycled (bringing total recycled
electronics for both events to 2,000 lbs.)
l PLANET AID BINS: bins at the high school
and Center Elementary have taken in over 14,000
lbs of donated clothes and shoes since April of 2012, and another bin was just installed at Millridge Elementary.
l BY YEAR’S END: we will have also sponsored
8 “GREEN LIVING SPEAKERS SERIES” programs,
a Green Book Club Reports meeting, 2
member business meetings and 2 Board of Directors meetings and the 2nd Annual Gazebo Potluck Dinner.
l MEMBERSHIP: has grown to 33 paid
members in 2013, from 11 in 2012 and -0- in 2011
l EVENT VOLUNTEER LIST: of 20
l WHAT’S COMING IN 2014?
January 18, 2014 (Sat) 3rd Annual FREECYCLE/E-WASTE
DRIVE, partnering with Mayfield Schools, at Millridge Elementary
School.
January & February: Cooking with Leslie Elia,
Wellness Coach at Community Center
Assist in the formation of Student Green Teams in
each of the Mayfield schools
Field Trips: Collinwood Digester, Planet Aid, Regency Technology
Recycler
October 3, 2013, Meeting Notes
Here are some notes from the meeting.
Judy called the meeting to order and updated on the financial report, gazebo potluck, Millridge garden, Planet Aid box, Greenwood Fun Fest, and 2014 campaign. Upcoming events are Sat. Oct 12 at the Gates Mills Environmental Education Center and Jan. 18 at the Millridge recycle event.
Thank you to Clint Pemerton for speaking about the Quasar Energy facility known as the Collinwood Digester.
Judy called the meeting to order and updated on the financial report, gazebo potluck, Millridge garden, Planet Aid box, Greenwood Fun Fest, and 2014 campaign. Upcoming events are Sat. Oct 12 at the Gates Mills Environmental Education Center and Jan. 18 at the Millridge recycle event.
Thank you to Clint Pemerton for speaking about the Quasar Energy facility known as the Collinwood Digester.
September 4, 2013,
Meeting Notes
Here are some notes from our Sept. 4 meeting with the 2nd Annual Gazebo Potluck Dinner.
We reviewed achievements over the past year to include:
- planet aid box
- freecycle/ewaster drive
- use less plastic campaign
- Millridge school garden expansion
- Mayfield green team executive committee
- became incorporated
- received federal tax id number
- began 501c3 application
- sponsored 8 green living speakers series programs
- held green book club meeting and 2 business meetings
August 7, 2013, Meeting Notes
Here are some notes from our August 7 meeting.
Judy Dearden called the meeting to order at the Highland Heights Community Center around 7PM.
She provided an update on the HHGTF finances, June book report meeting, HH Fun Day, Millridge School activities, possible work with Mayfield High School, Planet Aid box at Mayfield High School with 11000 pounds collected, freecycle activities with discussion of a possible indoor event in January, September 4 gazebo no waste party, Federal ID number work, December elections, and possible need for a nominating committee. Judy then introduced our speaker Leslie Elia.
Leslie Elia talked about environmental loads on our bodies. A huge thank you goes out to our most interesting speaker.
Judy Dearden called the meeting to order at the Highland Heights Community Center around 7PM.
She provided an update on the HHGTF finances, June book report meeting, HH Fun Day, Millridge School activities, possible work with Mayfield High School, Planet Aid box at Mayfield High School with 11000 pounds collected, freecycle activities with discussion of a possible indoor event in January, September 4 gazebo no waste party, Federal ID number work, December elections, and possible need for a nominating committee. Judy then introduced our speaker Leslie Elia.
Leslie Elia talked about environmental loads on our bodies. A huge thank you goes out to our most interesting speaker.
June 5,
2013, Meeting Notes
Here are some notes from our June 5 meeting at the Highland Heights Community Center.
Judy Dearden started the meeting with the following reports
Here are some notes from our June 5 meeting at the Highland Heights Community Center.
Judy Dearden started the meeting with the following reports
- Financial report
- Freecycle and ewaste event on
June 23
- Pumpkin patch planting took
place at Millridge with all classes (YAY!)
- Community Day on July 27
- Mayfield schools green team
- Recycling in schools
- Planet Aid box at high school
received over 9000 pounds since April, 2012 (YAY!)
- No July business meeting
- Aug 7 business meeting - stay
tuned for details
May
1, 2013 Meeting Notes
Here are the minutes for our May 1 meeting.
Judy updated the group on activities like the following.
-deer overpopulation meeting
-library display
-board of directors meeting covering scholarship fund, dues set at $20/year, 501c3 work, UH baby seat recycling, fb page for NE Ohio Green Task Force
-financial report
-volunteer sign up
-Sunday, June 23 freecycle and ewaste recycling at the Highland Heights park
-Home Day sign up
Thank you to the representatives from CEVEC for their wonderful presentation on the recycling work they are doing.
Here are the minutes for our May 1 meeting.
Judy updated the group on activities like the following.
-deer overpopulation meeting
-library display
-board of directors meeting covering scholarship fund, dues set at $20/year, 501c3 work, UH baby seat recycling, fb page for NE Ohio Green Task Force
-financial report
-volunteer sign up
-Sunday, June 23 freecycle and ewaste recycling at the Highland Heights park
-Home Day sign up
Thank you to the representatives from CEVEC for their wonderful presentation on the recycling work they are doing.
April
3, 2013 Meeting Notes
The meeting took place
on April 3. A record number of 63 people attended.
Judy Dearden opened
the meeting by discussing the following as concerns the HHGTF.
- New Mayfield library opening is Sat., April 20, 2-5, stop by our HHGTF table
Christi Carlson, VP of
Friends of Euclid Creek, spoke about how this is a joint meeting and about the
land acquisition initiative for Richmond Heights and Highland Heights.
Geoff Westerfield, Assistant Wildlife Management Supervisor, Ohio Division of Wildlife, ODNR, spoke on the topic "What Can We Do with the Deer?"
Cathy Murphy, President of Highland Heights
City Council, spoke briefly on the topic of what topics city council is
discussing concerning deer.
March 24, 2013, Board of Director Meeting Notes
Meeting notes for HHGTF Board of Director meeting for March 28
Meeting notes for HHGTF Board of Director meeting for March 28
We met at Panera Bread
and in attendance were Judy Dearden, Jeanette Evans, Frank Sever, Maryellen
Dombek, Marybeth Skala, Rick Evans, and Al Hess. Here are the items we
discussed.
Quorum and meeting
minutes
We have a quorum and
can vote on issues.
Jeanette read the
minutes from the last meeting.
Financial report
Judy presented the
report and asked that we vote on what would happen if we were to cease
operation. By unanimous vote we agreed to
*place our money into a
scholarship fund for Mayfield schools if we cease operatin* increase dues from $15 to $20 a year
Incorporation and non
profit status
We are now
incorporated and agreed to proceed with non profit status. We discussed
proceeding with Bay Village and Rick is to talk to Ken Messinger-Rapport about
this. We discussed the need to raise funds for these types of projects:
- scholarships
- land acquisition
- speaker fees
- table fees
- supplies such as gloves for
composting projects
- costs for taking classes
- field trip fees such as renting
a bus
- conference fees
- educational materials such as
fliers and handouts
- printing
UH SAFE KIDS
Judy updated us on
this program to recycle car seats.
We discussed
partnering with cities such as Mayvield Village and Richmond Heights
Please like this NE
Ohio Environmental Task Force page.
Miscellaneous
We discussed:
- videos of our meetings
- volunteer list that we
circulated
- April 20 table at the new
library on SOM Center Road 2pm to 5pm
- Mayfield Schools Green Team
with Frank Sever updating us
- wood chips for Millridge with
an update from Al Hess
Plans for 3 and 5 years
out
We discussed that by:
*2016 we would double membership
and increase collaboration* 2018 we would have a paid staff member
Please let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions.
