duck pond task force

i attended a meeting last night with the "lakes,ponds and wetlands taskforce" (this was organized by gerrie schipske, remember we were asked to help with this after the girls wrote letters to her regarding the los cerritos wetlands). we discussed future projects and came up with two events:

1. Good Neighbor Day Sept 21st Sunday (at the island of grass adjacent to the eldorado library and recreation center, on studebaker) 10am to 3pm

we will have a table set up with the same "do not feed the ducks" info/poster drawing we had at the earth day event we hosted in april. we will have the kids make posters and something different this time is having the kids sign up for "duck patrol" which will be saturdays and/or sundays in october and november (we have to see how many kids sign up to see how long we can run it). each kid will get a "duck button" (remember my button machine?) our girls will help run this table and we will help on the weekend duck patrols. we are going to ask other camp fire groups to help us as well as the boy scouts (maybe some girl scouts too?)

2. "Do not feed the ducks" poster contest for long beach unified school district, 5th district. i am working with the taskforce to set this up, there wont be much involvement for the girls, other than promoting this at school with friends once the contest starts, sometime in october or november at the latest. the winning poster will be on the official sign(s) displayed at the el dorado duck pond. there might be more than one winner and more than one sign (in other lakes/ponds throughout long beach parks) exciting! i am hoping to use some of the posters to make bookmarks for local libraries.

i need volunteers for the good neighbor event, even 30 minutes at the table will help. this will be funner than the earth day, there are more activites for kids this time. we will be set up from about 10am to 3pm, i will send out emails to other camp fire groups for help and the boy scouts will be there too. siblings and friends are welcome to hang out and help us. spread the word!

fall is going to be busy! don't forget the parent meeting (last post)

see everyone soon!