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Did you know that the Sustainable Saybrook team meets monthly in the 2nd floor conference room at the Old Saybrook Town Hall and all are invited to participate?  Meetings take place on the third Tuesday of the month at 5:30 pm.  Please check our calendar to confirm dates, times, and specific locations and plan to join us!
AGENDA
SUSTAINABLE SAYBROOK MEETING
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 5:30 p.m.
Town Hall, 2nd Floor Conference Room
  • Partner and Correspondent Updates
  • Green Up Day Follow Up
  • Essay Scholarship Follow Up
  • Survey Publication
  • Budget
  • Non Profit Status
  • Lecture Series
  • Other Business

  • Sustainable Saybrook sponsors Green Up Day!

    Join the first annual town wide Old Saybrook Green Up Day Saturday, April 27, 8 a.m. to noon. This is a great opportunity to get out and see friends and neighbors, help spruce up the town for the season, and remove the trash left by the recent storms and litterbugs.

     
    For added social networking, start your trash journey with the Green Up send-off celebration, 8 a.m. on the green and disperse from there to clean up the roadside litter. Whether starting from the green, or working in your own neighborhood, bring filled garbage bags to one of several designated drop-off locations: the Green, Clark Memorial Park (Town Park) or the Town Beach Parking Lot. Free garbage bags will be available at those locations as well. Public works will collect bags left by the side of the road on Monday, April 29, but to reduce their workload, bringing them to one of the designated areas is preferred.
     
    There are many community activities taking place April 27, why not bring along a bag or two and look for trash on your way to baseball, the fishing derby, the Seaside Shuffle or the Fire Department/SSKP food drive? Every can, bottle, bag and fast food container picked up is one less item that will end up in Long Island Sound, and eventually in the great floating plastic island in the middle of the ocean. 
     
    For more information about how and where you can help “green up” the town:
    Posted Apr 3, 2013, 11:27 AM by Sustainable Saybrook
  • Connecticut DEEP Announces Participation in Website to Promote Materials Reuse
    PRESS RELEASE: DEEP is pleased to announce our participation in the newly launched Reuse Marketplace - a web-based resource to Capture Value, Exchange Reusable Items, Save Money & Reduce Waste.  The Reuse Marketplace is a free regional website that businesses, municipalities, institutions and organizations can use for posting or obtaining reusable or surplus materials that would otherwise be disposed as trash.  It's is a quick and efficient way to manage surplus or gently used goods, which saves money and reduces waste disposal throughout Connecticut and the northeast region.   Anyone can browse the website and obtain materials, but only businesses, municipalities, institutions and organizations in the states of CT, DE, MA, NJ, NY, RI, and VT can become members and offer items for reuse.  The Reuse Marketplace is being administered by the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) and sponsored by several government agencies and private companies doing business in Connecticut.  
     
    Questions can be directed to  K.C. Alexander of the Connecticut Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection at 860-424-3239 or Lynn Rubinstein of NERC at 802-254-3636.
     
    Posted Nov 28, 2012, 8:03 AM by Sustainable Saybrook
  • Old Saybrook Social Services Offers Programs and Events

    OLD SAYBROOK SOCIAL SERVICES HAS PROGRAMS AND SCHEDULED EVENTS TO HELP OLD SAYBROOK RESIDENTS WITH A VARIETY OF NEEDS.

    Several events are scheduled for December to help Old Saybrook residents with a variety of needs:

    * Employment Workshops and Job Networking
    * "Social Services Help Day" including Dental Clinic and Hearing Clinic
    * Connecticut Food Bank Truck
    * Warm the Children, Holiday Giving, Energy Assistance
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    Employment Workshops and Job Networking

    With Acton Library and CT Works, Social Services has formed Shoreline Works providing free career counseling, placement and training opportunities at Acton Public Library on Mondays.

    This month's special events are:
    * December 10th workshop - Marketing Your Transferable Skill Sets, presented by Lew Slotnick 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
    * December 17th group - How to Present Your Skills on Your Resume and in an Interview 10:15 am - 12:15 pm

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    Social Service Help Day
    December 20th at Grace Episcopal Church, 336 Main Street

    Call or email Susan Consoli, MA, LPC for an appointment (see contact info at bottom):

    * CT Dept of Social Services will process applications for SNAP, HUSKY Insurance, and Medicaid, etc on site in the DSS Bus from 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
    * CHC Dental Clinic will provide cleanings and screenings from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.  There is a $30 co-pay but services will be free for those in need.
    * Hearing Clinic will provide free screenings from 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
    * Feed the Children replacement food for victims of Storm Sandy who applied for this assistance will be distributed from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

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    Connecticut Food Bank Truck
    December 27th at Grace Episcopal Church, 336 Main Street

    No applications needed, just bring your bags for the distribution from 1:30 - 2:30 pm

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    Warm the Children, Holiday Giving, Energy Assistance
    Energy Assistance application appointments are ongoing. To schedule an appointment, contact Susan Consoli, MS, LPC (see contact info at bottom).
    Applications for help with children's clothing and gifts for the holidays are available at Youth and Family Services.

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    Contact Susan Consoli, MA, LPC
    Social Service Coordinator
    860-395-3188
    sconsoli@town.old-saybrook.ct.us [mailto:sconsoli@town.old-saybrook.ct.us]

    Posted Nov 28, 2012, 7:19 AM by Sustainable Saybrook
  • OSLT Puts on Annual Thanksgiving Hike
    Please join the Old Saybrook Land Trust for their annual Old Saybrook Land Trust Thanksgiving Hike.  The hike will be held on Sunday, November 25, from 12:30 to 3:30.  This year the OSLT hikers will be visiting the Pleasant Valley Preserve, in the town of Lyme.  Managed by the Lyme Land Conservation Trust for The Nature Conservancy, this 235-acre site is wonderfully diverse, featuring a stretch of the Wild and Scenic Eightmile River, open fields, early successional woodland, and vernal pools.  This preserve was also inspiration for the work of 20th century impressionist painters Oscar Fehrer, Eugene Higgins and Robert Vonnoh.  

    Those interested should meet at the commuter lot off 95, Exit 70, in Old Lyme to carpool (parking is limited).  This is an easy walk over somewhat uneven terrain. Dress appropriately for protection against ticks (long pants). Please, no dogs.

    Posted Nov 12, 2012, 10:57 AM by Sustainable Saybrook
  • Community Workshop to be held on November 5
    Old Saybrook Youth and Family Services and Healthy Communities-Healthy Youth cordially invite town residents to a community workshop: "Building Developmental Assets in Our Community". 
     
    The workshop will be facilitated by Tim Duffey of Vision Training Associates. Tim is a nationally recognized expert on developmental assets and their practical applications for individuals and organizations working with and for youth. Tim is also very familiar with Old Saybrook having facilitated community workshops, professional development workshops and small group conversations for Old Saybrook Healthy Communities Healthy Youth in the past. Whether you are new to the concept of developmental assets and asset building for youth, or are very familiar with it - you will personally benefit from attending this Community Workshop...AND your community will too.
     
    Where: Old Saybrook Middle School, 60 Sheffield Street, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
    When: Monday, November 5, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
     
    THERE IS NO COST TO ATTEND, but you do need to pre-register in order to maximize the experience and content for all. You may also reserve free on-site child care if needed when you register. To register, please follow this link.
     
    If you have any questions about the workshop or how to register, please don't hesitate to contact Youth and Family Services.
     
    Phone: 860-395-3190
    Fax: 860-395-3189
     
    Posted Oct 25, 2012, 8:06 AM by Sustainable Saybrook
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