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A statewide special interest section including hikes,
social gatherings, cleanups, picnics, cultural outings,
etc.
The Sierra Club NJ Singles Section’s mission is
to encourage membership in the Sierra Club, work on
environmental issues, and hold social events where
environmentally-motivated people can meet.
We highly recommend that our participants join our
national parent organization, the Sierra Club, dedicated
to exploring and protecting the wild places of the
earth. Your donation helps your voice to be heard
through congressional lobbying on environmental issues.
The Sierra Club is a member-supported environmental
organization, which seeks to influence public policy
in both Washington and the state capitals through
public education and grass-roots political action.
JOIN! Applications are available at all Sierra
Club Singles Section events, as well as at local group
meetings, or online.
We get frequent questions about the age range of
those attending our events. The age range varies widely
(from 30s to 60s and beyond), depending on type of
event and difficulty (if it’s a hike).
Outing or social event leaders may collect a $3 surcharge
per event to non-Sierra Club members to cover operational
expenses.
All activities are open to all, regardless of membership
or marital status. However, we strongly recommend
that once you have participated in 3 of our events,
you join our national parent organization, the Sierra
Club.
Please join us as we enjoy our natural areas and
learn about how we can protect them.
- Table of Contents:
- Keeping
Informed/Event Details
- Meeting Schedule
- Upcoming
Events
- Conservation
and Political Issues
- Beyond
the Singles Section (national, state, local Sierra
Club info)
- Contact Directory
KEEPING INFORMED/EVENT DETAILS:
Join
our FREE Listserver:
- Anyone may subscribe/unsubscribe/change their
settings to this list by going to: http://lists.sierraclub.org/archives/NJ-SINGLES-NEWS.html
and clicking on "Join or leave the list."
To contact the listowner, send a message to: NJ-SINGLES-NEWS-request
(at) lists.sierraclub.org
We will use this automated email service to announce
activities as they are planned. Once you subscribe,
you will receive email messages with the details of
future activities. You may subscribe and unsubscribe
at will. Directions on how to unsubscribe are included
at the bottom of each message. We recommend joining
this useful service as many different outings and
social events will be posted only on the listserver.
And remember, this is a free service!
View the Archive:
This is especially helpful if you either prefer
not to receive e-mail or if you are a new member
to the listserver, as announcements to those events
that will occur in the near future will have already
been sent out by the time you subscribe.
MEETINGS:
Please feel free to come out to help plan upcoming
events, as well as to socialize.
General meetings
(Casual pizza gathering and introduction to
club issues and activities.)
When:
Watch this space for updates. At this time no
monthly meetings are scheduled.
Where: Library of the Chathams
214 Main Street (Main St. is Route 124), Chatham,
NJ
If you need directions, see the directions
page.
We will have guest speakers at most meetings.
If you would like to be informed of when we have
guest speakers, please join our listserver. (see
above section titled 'Keeping Informed') or call
(973) 364-7573, option 3 for details.
If you want pizza, a $5 donation is required.
Also, an R.S.V.P. is required for pizza. Please
R.S.V.P. if you are interested in the pizza social
to joycewhite
(at) att.net or call (973) 364-7573 (option
3) and specify plain or veggie pizza.
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LIST OF UPCOMING EVENTS:
Outing helpers are needed to sweep (bring up the
rear), post (stand at intersections to direct "traffic"),
sign in people, coordinate optional plans (like
a visit to a viewpoint), pass messages between the
leader and sweep, pass out handouts, have post cards
and petitions signed, promote various issues, etc.
Contact any outing leaders to volunteer. If you
know any hiking areas very well, you may wish to
ask one the outings leaders about training to become
a hike/outings leader yourself. (Very low cost training,
including first aid/CPR, may be available soon.
If interested, you are encouraged to inquire with
the hike leader.)
Monthly Socials:
First Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in Morristown
at the Famished Frog. An RSVP is required! Join
our list server for further details.
(and)
Third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in Montclair.
Restaurant to be announced. An RSVP is required
to Joyce
Haddad or (973) 364-7573. Option # 4. This will
generally have information on where the restaurant
will be a week or 2 before.
Movie Night and Special Events:
On occasion, we have special events, such as movies,
which aren't classified as outings or conventional
socials. They can be found on the calendar.
Details of each event are announced via an email
listserver (see Keeping
Informed section above). Please do not contact
the leader with questions until you have received
the monthly hike email with details (sent out the
last week of the prior month).
These are a few of our upcoming events, but by no
means all. Please join our listserv
to be notified of all upcoming events:
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CONSERVATION \ POLITICAL ISSUES:
FREECYCLE
It’s E-Bay without the money! The Freecycle
Network lets you clean out your garage without
sending anything to the landfill. Groups are
organized geographically, with many in NJ.
You simply post the things you are giving
away, or look for things you need. Go to http://www.freecycle.org/,
find your closest group, click on it, and
follow the instructions to join.
FIGHT JUNK MAIL!!!
Now here’s something we can all get behind.
Want less junk mail? Go to the Direct Marketing
Assn website (http://www.the-dma.org/),
move your mouse over “For Consumers,” scroll
down and click on “Remove My Name From Marketing
Lists,” click on the link “How to remove your
name from mailing lists,” and then fill out
the online registration form. There is a $5
fee for this online service. Or, for the price
of a stamp, you can send a postcard with your
name and address to: Mail Preference Service,
P.O. Box 643, Carmel, NY 10512.
COMPUTER RECYCLING
Many computers end up in landfills,
leaking toxics. PC maker Dell has begun a
recycling
program. For $5 to $15, Dell owners can
send their old machines to the company, where
they are “demanufactured” and their materials
either reused or safely disposed of.
Also check out :
CONSUMER ELECRONICS RECYCLING FACILITIES in
NJ
and
Earth911.com
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BEYOND THE SINGLES SECTION:
JOIN THE SIERRA CLUB:
The singles section highly recommends that
our participants join our national parent organization,
the Sierra Club, which helps its members explore,
enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth.
Your donation helps your voice to be heard through
congressional lobbying on environmental issues.
The Sierra Club is a national, member-supported
environmental organization, which seeks to influence
public policy in both Washington and the state
capitals through public education and grass-roots
political action.
If you join the Sierra Club, you will receive
a printed quarterly newsletter from the New
Jersey state chapter including New Jersey outings,
as well as the bimonthly, national Sierra Magazine,
which includes national and international outings/vacations
sponsored by the Sierra Club. Applications are
available at all Sierra Club Singles Section
events, as well as at local group meetings,
or online.
Get involved at the local level:
Your membership in the national Sierra Club
also provides membership in the state chapter
(http://NewJersey.SierraClub.org)
and a local group near you.
The local groups hold meetings around the state,
which focus on onservation issues at the local
level and beyond. To find the local Sierra Club
group near you, find your county at (http://newjersey.sierraclub.org/groups.asp).
All chapter and group outings and general
meetings are open to all regardless of membership
status.
CONTACT DIRECTORY FOR NJ SIERRA CLUB'S SINGLES SECTION
Volunteers needed for the positions of outings
leaders, Programs, Publicity, fundraising chair/co-chairs,
and members of all committees, including social
event planners. Please attend a Planning/Executive
Committee meeting or email any of the officers if
you are interested.
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