Category: Upcoming Events

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!

On December 12th, 2009 volunteers interested may attend a clean-up of the Darlington Schoolhouse located on 156 Ramapo Valley Road.  The event will be from 12:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.  The schoolhouse is between Ramapo College and the entrance of Ramapo Valley County Reservation. We are volunteering with the non-profit organization the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (NYNJTC), in helping to restore this historic community landmark. The NYNJTC maintains all hiking trails within New York and New Jersey, including Ramapo Valley County Reservation, and Campgaw Mountain Reservation. Please come volunteer and show your support for NYNJTC, with the restoration of this Schoolhouse!  If you are interested in attending please send an e-mail to mevovolunteers@mahwahevo.org with “Clean-Up 12/12” in the subject and your name, age, and best contact number in the e-mail.

A VOLUNTEER EVENT YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!

On December 19th, 2009 M.E.V.O. volunteers interested may volunteer with M.E.V.O. in participating in the second Project Porchlight blitz in Mahwah.  The event will be from 12:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. at a location in Mahwah, that will be announced closer to the day of the event. Project Porchlight is one of the most important volunteer events of M.E.V.O.’s new volunteer season.  M.E.V.O. will be working with the non-profit organization www.onechange.org 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). 

Did you know…
If every household in the United States replaced one incandescent bulb (traditional lightbulb) 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 to pursue www.onechange.org‘s mission and M.E.V.O.’s founding goals to clean-up, preserve, and protect the environment.  During the event, M.E.V.O. volunteers will go through a brief training workshop on how to give out the eco-light bulbs, receive a free onechange.org volunteer T-shirt, and then head to their designated sections of town to hand out the light bulbs to each home.  All volunteers will be working in pairs that they will choose themselves at the event!

If you would like to volunteer for the 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:
Address:
E-mail:
T-Shirt Size (S, M, L, XL, XXL):

On November 7th, 2009 at 12:00 P.M. M.E.V.O volunteers are invited to help in the clean-up of an historic cemetery on Moffat Road in Mahwah NJ.  Not only is this an environmental clean-up but it is also an opportunity to preserve a beautiful piece of history.  If you enjoy both history and saving the environment then this is one M.E.V.O event you don’t want to miss out on!  For this event, M.E.V.O. recommends bringing rakes and clothes appropriate for cleaning-up and getting your hands dirty.

On November 14th, 2009 at 11:00 A.M volunteers interested may attend a M.E.V.O. clean-up hike at the Ramapo County Reservation in Mahwah NJ. The upper reservoir lake has been drained substantially and this may be our one chance to clear the surfaced pollution inside the drained part of the reservoir! M.E.V.O. needs all the help we can get so the more volunteers the better, so don’t hesitate bring your friends along!  For this event M.E.V.O. recommends bringing water, hiking boots, food, and clothes appropriate for occasion, M.E.V.O. will supply trash bags and gloves.  Ramapo County Reservation is very significant to M.E.V.O., it is where M.E.V.O. first began and where the dream of M.E.V.O. first developed from.  It is important to remember our roots and to preserve the land that inspired it all.  Hope to see you there!

A VOLUNTEER EVENT YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!

On November 22nd, 2009 M.E.V.O. volunteers interested may volunteer with M.E.V.O. in participating in Project Porchlight.  This is one of the most important volunteer events of M.E.V.O.’s new volunteer season.  The exact time and meeting place of the event located in Mahwah, will be released closer to November 22nd.   M.E.V.O. will be working with the non-profit organization www.onechange.org in pursuing there mission to replace one normal light bulb in every home in the United States with an Eco-friendly compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL).

Did you know…
If every household in the United States replaced one incandescent bulb (traditional lightbulb) 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 to pursue www.onechange.org‘s mission and M.E.V.O.’s founding goals to clean-up, preserve, and protect the environment.  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. Please come and lend a helping hand to clean-up, preserve, and protect the environment!  Hope to see you there!

On October 7th, 2009 M.E.V.O. will be attending one of the last Truck Stop meetings.  This meeting will be taking place at Mahwah Town Hall on Corporate Drive at 8:45 PM.  M.E.V.O. would like to extend an invitation to all volunteers who can attend this event. M.E.V.O. will be attending the meeting as a neutral party, intent on learning exactly what is to come for the truck stop.   Did you know that the truck station is only a little more than 500 feet away from Mahwah High School? We recommend all you environmental volunteers come and educate yourself on the situation. Hope to see you there!