Congratulations
to Adam Zwick of Newburyport High School, who was awarded
the first Annual First Parish Environmental Church of Newbury
"Stewards of Earth and Spirit" Award Scholarship
of $1000. Adam will be attending Unity College in Maine. Best
Wishes to You, Adam!
And congratulations to Lynn Kinsella, winner of the 2008 Prius
Hybrid in our Earth Day Raffle!
Thank
You to Ira Toyota
and everyone who bought raffle tickets!
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First
Parish Collaborates with
Organic Growers!
We
are pleased to announce that we are collaborating with local
produce growers, and the Green Artists League, to create an
organic “Garden of Eden” to be shared with the greater Newbury/Newburyport
community.
First
Parish became an early member of Newburyport’s environmental
group S.E.E.D for the purpose of collaborating with others
to raise environmental awareness. To honor S.E.E.D.’s call
for organic “Victory Gardens”, First Parish is offering a
dozen 10’ x 15’ community gardens to the public for a fee
of $25 for the growing season. Community gardeners are also
required to use organic garden practices and pay for their
share of water usage. The plots will be tilled and ready to
use. Applications are now being taken for the twelve garden
plots.
First
Parish is pleased to announce it is a partner in Community
Supported Agriculture by hosting The Greater Newburyport CSA.
In Community Supported Agriculture, a farm partners with a
community of supporters who cover a farm’s yearly operating
budget by purchasing a share of the season’s harvest. The
Greater Newburyport CSA is currently accepting new “charter”
members for the 2008 growing season. Each week shareholders
will be invited to select their produce from bins brimming
with freshly harvested produce grown using only organic, sustainable
methods. Shareholders will also be invited to pick their own
herbs, flowers, and vegetables in the CSA garden in the back
of First Parish Church.
First
Parish has asked the Green Artists League, a collective of
artists dedicated to raising environmental awareness, to collaborate
with the church and the Victory and CSA gardeners. The Green
Artists’ “Eden Project” will work with the FPC and the garden
community on a number of green art initiatives that will include
environmental educational outreach and art projects to transform
the field in back of First Parish Church into an Organic Garden
of Eden.
For more
information on The Green Artists League, First Parish’s environmental
program and applications for the organic victory gardens,
contact Erin Stack at erinstack@comcast.net,
or call 978-499-0096.
For more
information on the Greater Newburyport CSA, call Bonnie Silva
at 978-465-2913, or at newburyportcsa@yahoo.com.
See www.greaternewburyportcsa.com
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STEWARDS
OF EARTH AND SPIRIT
SEAS CAMP
with
Environmentalist/Artist/Musician
DON SINETI
Unique
Environmental Program
for 5th – 8th graders
August
19-21, 9AM-Noon
Learn
about dolphins and whales through songs, journal keeping,
and through Don’s collection of baleen and marine life from
around the world
Place:
Holton Hall, First Parish Church, 20 High Road, Newbury, MA
For:
5th – 8th Graders
Cost:
$200 per child includes snacks and art materials; You can
pay with VISA, MASTERCARD, or CHECK
Deadline
for Registration: May 30, 2008
No Refunds after June 10, 2008
Limit:
20 children
Teacher:
Don Sineti, Mystic Seaport, CT
Requirements:
Prompt delivery and pick up by responsible adult.
Call
the church office to register:
(978)465-5597
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