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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: 2nd Monday of each month @ 7:00 pm. and latecomers
are welcome.
NOTE: There will be no meetings in July or August.
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:
NJ Sierra Club Singles Section Annual Summer Picnic
Date: Saturday - 8/16/08 Time: 12-5pm
Location: Sunrise Lake, Lewis Morris Park, Morristown, NJ
We will provide basic barbecue food & set up to complement
your contribution. Walking paths, duck pond, biking, sports, games and lovely
hiking paths. Rain or Shine. Plenty of picnic tables but feel free to
bring your lawn chair or blanket.
Please bring any coolers and sporting equipment (badminton sets, volleyball, horseshoes, etc.) that you may have.
Cost: $10 members, $13 non-members - advance payment by check made payable to Sierra Club.
Mail to: Bill Forester, 4 Sunderland Road, Denville, NJ 07834 no later than Friday, August 8th 2008.
Bring food or beverage contribution to share. Indicate: appetizer, salad,
entree, grillables, dessert, or beverage. Alcohol permitted. BYOB.
RSVP required to Bill Forester at xtrutec (at) optonline.net (Email preferred) or
(973) 627-6201 with name, member status and choice of contribution.
RSVP deadline by August 8th. Late replies & drop-ins will
incur a $5 late fee. We expect 100 people or more, and need volunteers to
make this event a spectacular success! Please volunteer for our picnic
committee by contacting Picnic Czar Bill Foerester at xtrutec (at) optonline.net .
Click here for a map of the meeting location.
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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.
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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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