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meetings | LucyMeeting #1
I was curious to see who would show up at my first meeting of Green Keene Teens on Thursday Feb. 19th. I was overjoyed at how many people came and were enthusiastic about the club. We had an amazing meeting! When it was over and everyone was leaving Olivia said, “No offense, but I didn’t think it was going to be this fun!” It made me smile to see she was excited about what we’d been talking about. I was also very pleased at the energized response I got from everyone at the meeting. When I got home I already had emails with more ideas for fundraising and a blog waiting for me to read! I was impressed at the swiftness of my friends who really wanted to get things rolling.
If you happen to miss any meetings or are just wondering what we are talking about and planning check back here to see what we’ve done. I will be putting up a blog each time we have a meeting with the major things we have gone over and talked about.
First I explained why I had made Green Keene Teens. I wasn’t very happy with the Sierra Club at school because not everyone in the club would show up to every meeting because of other commitments or they just weren’t excited about what we were doing. We weren’t really doing anything interesting. And I wasn’t satisfied with it. I wanted something more. I created GKT so I could actually make a difference in the community. I wanted to bring bright, intelligent teens together who all were committed to saving the earth.
To become a member of Green Keene Teens, you have to do some volunteering. Anyone can come to meetings, but to be truly involved you need to become a member. Volunteering will make us seem more like an established club that will become well known and liked in the community. Plus it’s just a nice thing to do. We have already been in contact with Stone Wall Farm to try and arrange volunteering. I explained that you don’t only have to be caring for the animals, you can help with gardens, work on projects and much more. I also emailed the Humane Society because my mom had mentioned that they needed someone to sort their recyclables. They haven’t gotten back to me yet about it. I told the members I would let them know when I heard something. We are also going to be making T-shirts for the club so we are easily identifiable when we are out and about. This will help promote the club and let people know who we are.
Most every club at our high school has some kind of club trip. We will have a club trip to Punta Mona, a sustainable living community on an island off of Costa Rica. We are going to fundraise all of the money to cover the expenses, so stay tuned to see what cool ideas we come up with. Check out Punta Mona’s website to see more information. Or see their Youtube video here.
In order to make all the money to go on the trip, GKT will be fundraising like crazy. We have come up with a few ideas already like: selling home-made, earth-friendly laundry detergent, felted soap bars, beeswax candles, drawings and paintings of nature scenes, recycled and earth-friendly school supplies, having car washes, healthy/organic bake sales, and much more!
I explained that I had created this blog and wanted everyone to try to contribute to it. This helps make it clear that Green Keene Teens are excited and ready to talk about the environment to anyone. We aren’t the typical ‘teenagers’ who don’t care about anything. We are ready to show people what we do and lead by example. Giving ourselves and the community tips on how to become a little ‘greener’ everyday.
Like any other organization we will need to have a logo to represent us. I challenged the creative energy in the club to think up ideas for our logo. Once we have come up with our logo it will be on this website, our T-shirts, and the things we make.
Tags: logo, fundraising, volunteering, Punta Mona
