From announcement:

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church is offering basic home energy-saving devices to households on Oregon Hill that want and need assistance in this area. Items include weatherization strips for doors and windows and interior window insulation kits. Windows and doors can account for up to 20% of the air leaks in a house. Reducing them and the solar gain in houses can save as much as 10% to 25% on heating and cooling bills (See Energy Savers: Tips on Saving Energy and Money at Home, produced by the US Department of Energy). Our hope is to help households reduce the cost of utility bills while also caring for God’s creation.

On October 31 from 10:00 am to Noon and on November 1 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, volunteers will be canvassing the Oregon Hill neighborhood to identify those households that need and want this assistance. If you are home and interested, please welcome them!

If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact Abbott Bailey at abailey@standrewsec.org. Volunteers will be given a simple script to follow and an area to cover. We’d love to have some more neighborhood folks join us in our House Warming efforts.

Have we got a deal for you! Join WBCH for a night of fun at the New York
Deli! There will be giveaways, karaoke, drinks specials and more on
October 22nd with WBCH!

When you make a donation to WBCH in the month of October and eat at New
York Deli from 5-10pm on Thursday October 22 and mention WBCH
Deli-Palooza you will receive a discount on your meal on our special
night. You can also give the night of the event at New York Deli.

Give WBCH $10 = 10% off your meal on October 22nd

Give WBCH $25 = 25% off your meal on October 22nd

Give WBCH $50 = 50% off your meal on October 22nd

Send your gift to WBCH today to participate!

How It Works: Donations will be taken between 10-1-2009 & 10-22-2009 in
the WBCH Development Office. Credit Cards, Checks and Cash may be used
until 4 pm on October 22nd. Checks and Cash donations will be accepted
on site for your meal discount. Participants will receive wristbands
when they arrive at New York Deli on 10/22/09 to receive discount based
on giving level.

Have questions? Email: doffice@wbch.org or call 804-643-2717 ext. 324

New York Deli is located @ 2920 W. Cary St Richmond Virginia 23221

Jessica Turner
Development Associate
William Byrd Community House
224 South Cherry Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220

(804) 643-2717 ext. 324
jturner@wbch.org

Not in Oregon Hill, but nearby in Randolph:

Hello,

I am writing to invite you to a roundtable on climate change and national security. Military veterans are embarking on a 21-state tour to talk to citizens and local community leaders about the dangers of climate change and ts threat to national security. Tomorrow, October 20th, they will be coming to Richmond.

The tour is sponsored by Operation Free, a coalition of veterans and national security groups working together to raise public awareness about national security threats posed by climate change and the importance of building a clean energy economy that is not tied to fossil fuels.

Operation Free and its members are encouraging Congress to pass energy legislation that cuts carbon pollution, develops clean energy incentives, and puts America in control of its energy future.

In conjunction with the tour, the veterans group VoteVets.org is running a heavy buy of radio ads in Norfolk featuring a local veteran urging Senators Warner and Webb to support clean energy legislation in Congress.

WHAT: Roundtable on Climate Change and National Security

WHERE: Randolph Community Center
1415 Grayland Ave.
Richmond, VA 23220

WHEN: Tuesday October 20th
10 – 11 AM

I hope that you will be able to make it to this event.

Antigone Ambrose
Conservation Program Coordinator
Sierra Club, Virginia Chapter
804-301-5916
antigone.ambrose@sierraclub.org

On October 24th at approximately 12:15 pm a ceremony will be held at Hollywood Cemetery which will include artillery fire.

Please think about your pets and the seismophobic.

From poster:

St. Andrew’s School, Williams Byrd Community House, and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church would like to invite you to attend the unveiling of the Grace Arents historical marker.

Please join us Friday, October 16th at 5:30 pm at St. Andrew’s School, 227 South Cherry St., Richmond, VA 23220. Free, guided historical walking tours and a children’s fall festival immediately following at 6:00 pm. The children’s saints walk will be held in the church at 6:30 pm.

Please RSVP for the unveiling at development@st-andrews-school.org or call 648-4952.

Many citizens are concerned about protecting neighborhoods’ historic views of the James River from inappropriate development. An event on Wednesday unveils a petition on the subject.

Later that evening, the Sierra Club Falls of the James group holds its October membership monthly meeting at the Science Museum of Virginia. Recycling at VCU will be the main program. This may also be of particular interest to Oregon Hill residents.

7:00 pm
Program: Recycling and Sustainability. And a Pre-Elections Political Update!
Speakers: Jacek Ghosh, Director of Sustainability at VCU, and Steve Heinitz, Recycling and Reuse Coordinator at VCU.

Jacek Ghosh has been leading VCU’s campus effort to meet the requirements of the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) and is directing the development of VCU’s Sustainability Master Plan, due in May 2010.

Mr Ghosh has worked for community-based non-profit organizations for over thirty years. Previously, he was the Economic Development Director for the Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation (FRDC) from 1997 to 2006. Many of you may have already met Mr. Ghosh, working with the JRGBC, Richmond’s Better Housing Coalition, and the Richmond Cool Cities group.

Steve Heinitz has worked at VCU since the 1990s, managing its recycling and reuse program, a major effort handling confidential documents destruction, cardboard, electronics, light bulbs, mixed paper, scrap metal, wood and waste products. He has been a FoJG member since the mid-1990s, and is active with the group.

Come discover how our FoJG Recycling initiative is progressing, and how you can play your part!