 | Evelyn presented the revised letter that
will be circulated to the
public, explaining our committee and requesting donations. Further
revisions were made and accepted. |
| How should the letter be distributed?
 | Linda suggested asking the Gazette
Advertiser to publish the letter in its entirety as their donation. It
should be published on April 17. |
| Tell radio stations. WRWD was
mentioned. |
| Hand out. Dave volunteered to
distribute the letter when
campaigning door-to-door in March. He asked if the committee had a
problem with this and all thought it was ok. Joanna will ask the Red
Hook High School Honor Society to join in the distribution efforts.
Committee members will meet at IGA (Brenda will ask IGA) on Sat., Apr 12
and Sat., Apr. 19 to organize/distribute. Staffing at IGA will be 10am -
2pm. Some members will distribute letters in the village. |
|
| In the past, IGA has given out trees
in celebration of Arbor Day. We will ask them about this when getting
permission to hand out letters there. |
| Dressing up like trees was
discussed. Maybe the "trees" should help
distribute letters. |
| There was confusion about the amount
of money Stewart's is willing to donate. Evelyn will get
clarification. It may be possible to get up to $5,000 in matching funds,
bringing the total amount to $10,000. |
| Brenda had contacted the Hudson Valley
Folk Guild about entertainment for fundraising/celebrating. They were
very agreeable and have approx. 100 performing members, several of whom
live in the immediate vicinity.
They often perform for "worthy causes" and are willing to perform for
little or no payment. It was decided that May 10, Apple Blossom
Festival, would be the best time for this. Evelyn will ask the Red Hook
Inn about availability for this date. Of course, our own Mark may be
willing to perform for such an event. (See what happens when you're not
at the meeting, Mark.) |
| Selling compost bins as a fundraiser
was discussed, since the Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency is
getting a truckload of them and selling them on Apr. 26 and they are
willing to send some our way. The attendees felt this was not
appropriate at this time - difficult to transport/store, what to do with
leftover bins, etc. |
| We need a tree thermometer to gauge
our fundraising efforts. Joanna will ask the Red Hook High School
Environmental Club if they will make this and will ask Williams Lumber
to donate the wood. It is needed by April 19. |
| Words (pertaining to Stewart's and
Arbor Day) have been given to Cindy for the next water bill. |
| On Arbor Day, April 26, Linda
suggested a ceremony in the Memorial
Park at 10am, complete with a dignitary from the Village Board, maybe a
speaker, definitely a tree planting, etc. Evelyn is communicating with
the Tree City USA people; hopefully, they can present the official Tree
City USA flag that day. |
| Did everyone know that Joanna's mom
had prepared the food that we all enjoyed so much at Bard???? THANK
YOU!! |
| For anyone who is interested, the
deadline to order seedlings from the Dutchess County Soil and Water
Conservation is Mar. 31. See their website,
www.dutchess.ny.nacdnet.org;
click on "order form only" in upper left corner. |
| NEXT MEETING: MARCH 18, 7PM, VILLAGE
HALL (ALSO VILLAGE ELECTION DAY) |
