Use this area to offer a short teaser of your email's content. Text here will show in the preview area of some email clients. ------------------------------------------------------------ http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=0e28c4d0a6e0a153f20bdcb4b&id=6959183dc7&e=1266aa5659 http://pugetcreek.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e28c4d0a6e0a153f20bdcb4b&id=a7f6137899&e=1266aa5659 ** Calendar of Events ------------------------------------------------------------ ** ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Here is our upcoming calendar of events; just click on the link to get it in PDF format: http://pugetcreek.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e28c4d0a6e0a153f20bdcb4b&id=057c394985&e=1266aa5659 ------------------------------------------------------------ What else has been going on with PCRS?? Well, here is a calendar of all the events that are open to full involvement by all individuals. If you are interested or find an event interesting, PLEASE CONTACT US AT (253)779-8890 or pugetcreek@yahoo.com (mailto:pugetcreek@yahoo.com) for more information. 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 4th and 5th grade classes. We will get them to Puget Creek for a 5 hour adventure (includes travel time from and back to school). The idea is to train our docents in 4 Watershed themes and then these docents will work with the students. We have 4 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 4 areas and when a class is scheduled (starting this spring) we will get the docents to take a group of 7-8 students and instruct for 45 minutes in each area for a total of about 3 hours. 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 (2^nd training opportunity is January 12^th, 13^th, 19^th, 20^th, 26^th and 27^th and you will need to attend as many as possible and then again in February and March) from 2-roughly 5:00 where we will go to Puget Creek and go over the field aspects. If these days don’t work for you let us know and we can POSSIBLY train you on other days. The days of a difficult donation process are over! You can now donate to PCRS using your credit card on the front page of our website www.pugetcreek.org (http://pugetcreek.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e28c4d0a6e0a153f20bdcb4b&id=44698d516e&e=1266aa5659) . Don’t worry all payments are secure and processed by WePay. 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) Tired of our e-mail look? We will soon be changing the look of our e-mails as we change over to pugetcreek.org. We will attempt to make the change as smooth as possible. We have now entered the modern era and have become users of: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn You can find us on Facebook at: http://pugetcreek.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0e28c4d0a6e0a153f20bdcb4b&id=61f821bc9e&e=1266aa5659 And on Twitter at: http://pugetcreek.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=0e28c4d0a6e0a153f20bdcb4b&id=d1248acf5d&e=1266aa5659 Are you trained in Stormwater Outfall Monitoring? If you are not but wish to be training will begin on Wednesdays, STARTING IN JANUARY. Please note that these trainings are on every Wednesday, on a drop by basis, you can start on any Wednesday but you MUST attend until you are trained. Bird surveyors are lneeded for our continuing avian monitoring. Intern Opportunities available- 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 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-manage.com/track/click?u=0e28c4d0a6e0a153f20bdcb4b&id=f5c61217eb&e=1266aa5659) 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 Society member, 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. I) We have an environmentally approved Car Wash kit and we would like to do fund raising car wash events so who would like to help work on this activity with us and get a location to do it? 3) Looking for Volunteers a) If you are in the process of building a resume, enjoy leading people in crews of 5-10, relish office work or simply like to meet people, we have an opportunity for you! Just review the calendar for events marked “HELP” next to them and contact our office for details. If none of the dates listed fit your schedule, we’ll find something that will! b) Our Board of Directors and three committees - Nearshore/Terrestrial, Education/Membership and Fundraising/Grant Writing – are all open for attendance and membership. If you are interested, please call the office for details or simply drop in on a monthly meeting. The meeting dates and times for the board and each committee are listed on the attached calendar. 4) Better the Environment a) WE HAD SUCH A GOOD DISCUSSION THAT WE WANT TO DO THE: Sense of Place-what a great idea AGAIN. Puget Creek Restoration Society is partnering with NorthWest Educational Institute in putting together a class. This class would each week discuss certain aspects of “Sense Of Place”. There is a fee of $21.40 for the book etc. and we will set up a day/time to meet to discuss and respond to each week’s readings. If you are interested please contact us. b) If you have any Compound Microscope(s); Eye Droppers; PETRI Dishes; Digital camera; bags of hard candy (as treats for volunteers); foot and/or hand warmer packets that are inserts onto socks or in gloves to keep feet and hands warm; any printer paper; Dissecting Microscope; computer mouse with USB end for connecting; walkie-talkie’s; other office materials etc.; duct tape; any unused Brita Pitcher Filters and pitcher; picture frames; work gloves; sledge hammer; tool belts/pouches; light bulbs for desk lamps; any 9 volt flashlight batteries of different sizes and/or rubber boots – new or used – that you are willing to donate please contact the office. Any donation is greatly appreciated and tax deductible. Thank you and have a good day. Scott M. 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