Author: Eric

A VOLUNTEER EVENT YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!

M.E.V.O. will be working once again with the non-profit organization ONECHANGE in pursuing their mission to replace one normal light bulb in every home in the United States with an Eco-friendly compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL). This event will be held from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. at the Mahwah Municipal Building (a.k.a. Town Hall and the Mahwah Senior Center) on Corporate Drive in Mahwah New Jersey.

Did you know…
If every household in the United States replaced one incandescent bulb (traditional light bulb) with a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL), the reduction in pollution from energy production would be the equivalent of taking 800,000 cars off the road?

Well M.E.V.O. volunteers, this is your chance to help!  Come lend a hand in volunteering for Project Porchlight. During the event, M.E.V.O. volunteers will go in pairs, door to door giving each house a free Eco-friendly light bulb. We needs all the volunteers we can get, because M.E.V.O. and www.onechange.org will be giving an eco-friendly bulb to every house in Mahwah.

If you would like to volunteer for this volunteer event, please fill out the designated information below and e-mail it back to mevovolunteers@mahwahevo.org and you will be put on the event roster!

Name:
Best contact number:
E-mail:
T-Shirt Size

The M.E.V.O volunteers will be joining this rally in Westwood, NJ outside Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk’s office, on Friday, May 14th from 5PM to 6PM to protest the state aid cuts Chris Christie is making towards our schools. Since M.E.V.O is a student-run organization, we are trying to encourage student action to support change. This is going to affect not only our generation of students but generations to come. WE WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE! Help support M.E.V.O in this cause to protest Chris Christie’s unfair budget cuts to schools. For more information, click the link below.

If you would like to volunteer for this volunteer event, please fill out the designated information below and e-mail it back to mevovolunteers@mahwahevo.org and you will be put on the event roster!

Name:
Best contact number:
E-mail:
T-Shirt Size

Save Our Schools!

M.E.V.O.volunteers will be holding up signs and passing out fliers in the center of town, in order to educate and raise awareness to the residents of Mahwah on the effects of vehicle idling. Volunteers will pass out fliers to people passing by and hold up signs to passing drivers in order to educate Mahwah residents on the bad habit and make residents more aware of their actions. This event will be from 12 P.M. to 4 P.M. and will meet at the Ramapo Ridge Association Club House on the corner of Ridge Road and Lydia Lane in Mahwah NJ, located in the condominium development next to Ramapo Ridge Middle School.

If you would like to volunteer for this volunteer event, please fill out the designated information below and e-mail it back to mevovolunteers@mahwahevo.org and you will be put on the event roster!

Name:
Best contact number:
E-mail:
T-Shirt Size

On Saturday March 20th, 2010 M.E.V.O.volunteers will be holding up signs and passing out fliers in the center of town, in order to educate and raise awareness to the residents of Mahwah on the effects of vehicle Idling. Volunteers will line the sides of Franklin Turnpike and display signs to passing cars in order to remind drivers of the damage vehicle idling causes to the natural environment. Volunteers will pass out fliers to people passing by in order to educate them on the bad habit and make residents more aware of their actions.

Did you know?
Idling for over 10 seconds uses more fuel than restarting your engine.

Or did you know?
New Jersey has a No-Idling regulation that says, “with limited exceptions no motor vehicle (diesel or gasoline fueled) may have its engine running if stopped for more than three consecutive minutes.”
That is right! Its the LAW! People shouldn’t idle unnecessarily. For the better health of Mahwah residents and to help stop Climate Change.

So what do you say? Do you want to come volunteer and help educate and outreach to residents of Mahwah about a bad habit that they have the power to change? Do you want to help to clean-up, preserve, and protect the environment?

Well then Sign-Up for this event by emailing mevovolunteers@mahwahevo.org with your name, age, and phone number or by signing up on facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106341136057545&ref=mf and come volunteer with the Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization! We need your help, every voice counts!

Volunteers will gather at the Ramapo Ridge Association Club House on the corner of Ridge Road and Lydia Lane in Mahwah NJ, located in the condominium development next to Ramapo Ridge Middle School.  The event will start at 12:00 PM.

Please invite any friends you can. Every volunteer is needed.
“Turn It Off!” Anti-Idling Campaign!

Recruitment Sign-ups: Will be from 12 P.M. to 6 P.M. and will meet at the Ramapo Ridge Association Club House on the corner of Ridge Road and Lydia Lane in Mahwah NJ, located in the condominium development next to Ramapo Ridge Middle School. We will be making signs and flyers and going to different areas of Mahwah and the surrounding towns to recruit volunteers.  The following dates are when M.E.V.O. will host its volunteer recruitment sign-ups.
Sunday, March 14th

If you want to volunteer for the Recruitment Sign-ups send an e-mail to mevovolunteers@mahwahevo.org with your Name, Age, and Phone Number.
Come volunteer today!

The “Video Environmental Awareness Team” or (VEAT) is back in action! Sal Capuano, the Director of Visual Arts, is restarting the team with big plans of making several in-depth environmental films. These videos will be aimed at raising environmental awareness and spreading the word about M.E.V.O. and what we are doing to help the environment.  If you are interested in joining the Video Environmental Awareness Team,  please send an e-mail to mevovolunteers@mahwahevo.org with following info included: Name, Age, and Phone Number.

The first meeting for the Video Environmental Awareness Team will take place on…
Saturday, March 27th at 11:00 A.M. at 470 Mahogany Ct. Mahwah NJ.
The meeting will be the initial reformation of the Team and preparation for filming M.E.V.O.’s newest environmental film.

This high traffic area is in disrepair due to plastics, packaging, and assorted community trash.  Around businesses such as the A&P, garbage as well as stray plastic bags have collected to a noticeable amount.  This event will be aimed to clean-up the land surrounding Franklin Turnpike on both sides of the road from the A&P to the Mahwah Police Station.  The event will begin at 12:00 P.M. in the parking lot in front of the Mahwah A&P.

If you would like to attend any of these events please send an email to Mevovolunteers@mahwahevo.org with the name of the event, your name, age, and phone number.

Happy New Years Volunteers!  Its 2010 and M.E.V.O. is entering its third year! What M.E.V.O. has accomplished over the past two years has been truly amazing, setting M.E.V.O. miles stones at every turn.  M.E.V.O. has organized countless successful events and personally thanks all you volunteers for participating and volunteering with M.E.V.O. in order to help it grow into the successful organization it has become!

For this month, M.E.V.O. is taking it easy!  M.E.V.O. has three hikes organized this month, while the M.E.V.O. leadership prepares for new volunteer events in February!

HIKES OF THE MONTH

Volunteers interested may attend the M.E.V.O. hiking trips at Ramapo Valley County Reservation a.k.a “The Res”, in Mahwah, NJ.  If you’re looking for some tough trails and some truly beautiful vistas, then the M.E.V.O. hikes are the place to come.  The hikes will meet in the parking lot at 11:00 A.M before heading up the trail.  Bring water, some sturdy boots, and clothing appropriate for the weather!

Here are the dates for the three scheduled hikes!

Saturday, January 16th

Sunday, January 24th

Saturday, January 30th

If you plan on attending any hike please send an e-mail to mevovolunteers@mahwahevo.org with the following information.

Name:

Age :

Phone number:

Hike(s) you will be attending:

M.E.V.O. has some new an exciting volunteer events planned for February, so get ready for next month volunteers to lend a helping hand to clean-up, preserve, and protect the environment!

Volunteers interested may attend a M.E.V.O. hiking trip at Ramapo Valley County Reservation a.k.a “The Res“, in Mahwah, NJ.  If you’re looking for some tough trails and some truly beautiful vistas, then send an e-mail to mevovolunteers@mahwahevo.org with “Hike 12/6” in the subject.  In the e-mail include your name, age, and phone number.  The hike will meet in the parking lot at 10:00 A.M before heading up the trail. Bring water, some sturdy boots, and clothing appropriate for the weather!