Hey Puget Sound! My name is Collin and I help promote Puget Creek Restoration Society in Tacoma, WA. Here's some highlights about all the great opportunities PCRS is providing in 2013 (more information and 2013 calendar link below)! Firstly, *Invasive European Green Crab and Stream Habitat Monitoring* *On April 6**th from 12-2:00 we will have a seminar on the Invasive European Green Crab and Stream Habitat Monitoring. If you would like to attend please RSVP so we can get an idea of how many are attending. It is at our office and light refreshments will be served. We have our quarterly Newsletter once again thanks to our intern Zoe and there is a link below to it.* ** Next, *WATERSHED ADVENTURES PROGRAM/ DOCENT TRAINING* opportunity: ** *How would you like to get trained in order to provide a teaching experience to 4th and 5th graders? Well, we have a Watershed Adventures Program here at PCRS that provides an outdoor education experience for fourth and fifth graders. We will get them to Puget Creek for a five hour adventure (includes travel time from and back to school). The idea is to train our docents in four watershed themes and then these docents will work with the students. We have four stations: Trees and their importance and aspects; Water Quality; Stream Habitat characteristics and finally; Native vs. non-native invasive plants and the similarities and identifying characteristics. We will train you in presenting and instructing in all these areas and when a class is scheduled (starting this spring) we will get the docents to take a group of seven to eight students and instruct for forty-five minutes in each area. This will be about a three hour process. * ** *So, if you like learning about our local environment, working with youth and enjoy the outdoors please let us know. THE first training day is in the office, which will orientate you about the manual (you will need to schedule to come in to do this). Then training opportunities (many are needed so you can get fully trained) is April) from 2:00 to 5:00pm on Saturday and Sunday (Tuesday and Thursday is 2:30-5:00) where we will go to Puget Creek and go over the field aspects.* Next, ** *Intern Opportunities **A) Do you want to gain real life work experience? Are you between the ages of 15-21 in high school or college? Are you curious about how a small environmental agency works? If you answered yes to all of the questions above then you may qualify to participate in PCRS Student/Youth Job Training/Internship program! Call Scott at **(253)779-8890*<%28253%29779-8890> * for more information. B) If you like to work outside and enjoy the beauty of nature we are now offering unpaid internships to high school and college students as well as older adults in the fields of stream/habitat studies. We are also offering unpaid internships in volunteer coordination, GIS (with prior knowledge of GIS), and office management. We also have research opportunities for anyone that is interested. **Fundraising* *A) Have recipes? We are putting together a book of recipes that contain native plants in there ingredients, which we can later on sell. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE YOUR RECIPES FOR THE CAUSE. B) GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE… Have you checked out the marketing section on our website www.pugetcreek.org<http://pugetcreek.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=0e28c4d0a6e0a153f20bdcb4b&id=5550afb647&e=71213fb40c> lately? We now have an On-Line Auction up and running again with new items in it. So place a bid!! C) Did you know that the average person uses a search engine about twice a day?? Well if you use “Good Search” as your search engine and put our organization “Puget Creek Restoration Society” as the non-profit where proceeds will go, every time you use Good Search a donation will be made to us. D) Clutter in your cabinets caused by old cell phone and ink-jet cartridges we can help with that!! Just drop them off and PCRS will recycle them in the safe and correct way. And in a way you will be helping us help the environment. Just call ahead of time and make sure that someone will be here when you come by and drop off. E) The author, Alan Gorsuch, has kindly allowed us to share in the profits of his newest book, “All the Ways I Found to Hurt Myself.” For each $15.00 book sold, Alan will donate half of all proceeds to PCRS – a very generous offer, and a good buy! Please contact the office to purchase this hilarious book and help support the restoration work being done at Puget Creek. F) Calling all Fashionistas!! Make all your friends jealous when you show off your new T-Shirt at the next gathering. They are priced at $9.00 each for members and $11.00 each for non-members. Available in blue, gray and now a very bold and stunning green. Make a fashion statement. G) A Puget Creek Restoration Society Membership is only $20 for an individual or $30 for an entire family. Membership comes with a membership card, a subscription to and mention in our quarterly newsletter, a copy of “From the Park to the Sound” A Guidebook to Puget Creek, and the knowledge that you are helping a non-profit in restoring an important urban habitat. H) Coldwell Banker Bain has formed a unique partnership with the Puget Creek Restoration Society in an effort to help raise money for the non-profit organization. Each time a Puget Creek Restoration Societymember, or friend or relative of a member, buys or sells with Coldwell Banker Bain sales associate Bruce Larson, he and Coldwell Banker Bain will donate an amount equal to 10 percent of the commission from the transaction to the Puget Creek Restoration Society. Coldwell Banker Bain established the Community Partnership Program as a way for its company and agents to give back to the organizations that are committed to the welfare of our communities. Coldwell Banker Bain agents have donated over $1 million to non-profit organizations in the greater Puget Sound area. For more information on the Puget Creek Restoration Society partnership, contact Scott Hansen, at (253)-779-8890. * Lastly, *How to Connect:* *We have now entered the modern era and have become users of: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn You can find us on Facebook at: ** http://www.facebook.com/pages/Puget-Creek-Restoration-Society/156129634460559 *<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Puget-Creek-Restoration-Society/156129634460559> *LinkedIn: Search: Puget Creek Restoration Society And on Twitter at: **https://twitter.com/pugetcreek*<https://twitter.com/pugetcreek> *Calendar of Up-Coming Activities click here: ** www.scribd.com/doc/133858080/April-June-2013-Calendar-of-Up-Coming-Activities *<http://pugetcreek.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e28c4d0a6e0a153f20bdcb4b&id=4ccc1638ac&e=71213fb40c> *Donations and Support for Non-Profits:* *-It’s the time of the year when every non-profit is in dire need of pecuniary support. As a non-profit it is essential that we receive donations to keep our office running and open for the community. -Shop at Bartell’s Drugs?? Great! Sign up for their non-profit donation program and Bartell’s will make a donation after every purchase to the non-profit organization of your choice. -Hey! Do you work at Bank of America?! Bank of America promises to match its employee’s contributions to non-profits. So if you work at Bank of America and would like to donate to us please consider doing so. (Remember we are a tax exempt organization!)* * Scott M. Hansen Puget Creek Restoration Society 702 Broadway-Suite 101 Tacoma, WA. 98402 Phone: **(253) 779-8890* <%28253%29%20779-8890>* Fax: **(253) 593-8890*<%28253%29%20593-8890> * E-Mail: pcrs@pugetcreek.org Website: **www.pugetcreek.org* <http://www.pugetcreek.org/>