Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on July 27, 2010 at 11:04:44
from the help-wanted dept.
Clean North could use your help yet again.
We have been asked to help the family of Della Taylor, a longtime Clean North member, to clean out her house in preparation for its sale. Many of us remember volunteering with Della in past years, she's a delightful lady.
Della and her husband have moved to much smaller and less-demanding accommodation, and taken their treasures with them. They've left behind the accumulation of decades of living in one place, and their daughter, who lives in Toronto, has asked us to help.
So we're having a garage sale. Julia has offered Clean North the proceeds of the sale, as she does not want to spend her entire holidays sorting her parent's things, all on her own. There are bed linens, kitchen items, some functional furniture pieces (chests, shelving, tables, a twin bed), sewing items, costume jewelry, two lawnmowers, contents of a garden shed, and even a few treasures sprinkled throughout. Literally, "everything must go!"
It all needs sorting, some of it needs pricing, other items to be sold in "lots" or by-the-bag. We need Clean North's garage sale experts. You know who you are!
Thursday, August 5th, 6:30 pm - sorting and pricing
Friday, August 6th, 6:30 pm - sorting and pricing
Saturday, August 7th, 8 am - sale
Please get back to me at kathie or leave a phone message at 949-3862, if you can help on any one of these three days. I'm extremely grateful for your time and expertise!
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on January 01, 2007 at 02:27:29
from the feliz-aņo-nuevo dept.
Happy 2007, Clean North readers! As a present for the new year, I have a brand-new layout for you. Not only that, but the code is improved, which fixes comments and has new anti-spam features. This should be huge and great! Sorry, I'm just really excited. The last layout we created in 2004, up to then we ran with the same layout from 1999. Now, with the release of Internet Explorer 7, I find that our 2004 layout did not render correctly in the new browser. Read on for the rest of the reasoning.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 07, 2006 at 09:48:53
from the recycled-notices dept.
September 30th, 2006 at the PUC Building at 550 Second Line East. From 10 am to 4 pm, you can bring your unwanted electronics and we'll recycle it for you! The charge is $2 per monitor. No charge to come in and browse working stuff at garage sale prices...
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on June 12, 2005 at 22:40:20
from the conservation-conversation dept.
Clean North is looking for one bright, energetic, and personable student to help with our summer's activities. We have a Summer Career Placement position funded by Human Resources Development Canada for eight weeks of work, 40 hrs per week at minimum wage. If you were in school this past school year, will be in school next year, and know a little bit about environmental volunteer groups, please send us your resume as soon as you can. We hope to fill the job by Monday June 20th. The job description is posted below. Thanks!
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on November 04, 2003 at 22:46:53
from the when-will-I-see-you-again? dept.
The next Clean North membership meeting is Tuesday, December 2, at 7:30 pm at the office - 736-A Queen Street East. All members welcome. The deadline for the next paper newsletter is December first. Send submissions to ed@cleannorth.org. Tree chipping will be Sunday, January 11th, until 3 pm at the Cambrian Mall parking lot. We're working on a visit to the Algoma Farmer's Market, tentatively November 22nd, to launch our new collection programs - cell phones, and toner and ink cartridges. See you at one or all of these events!
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on September 22, 2003 at 16:50:01
from the seven-out-of-seven dept.
The trucks are gone. The floor is swept. Some of the supplies have been put away. Another successful Clean North event is over, except for the thank you letters. This time, for the first time, we needed that backup second truck. We shipped one full transport plus fourteen more pallets on a second truck. No wonder our backs ache!
The location in the old PUC building was ideal for truck loading, thank goodness, but much less than ideal for our sales table. Good working pentium systems went onto the recycling truck at the end of the day - lots of them. It broke our hearts. Not to mention it didn't do a lot of good for our budget.
Thanks to TransProvincial Freight for two (!) trucks, the PUC for a great big room, the city for helping with tables from the Gardens, and to all our wonderful volunteers.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on June 12, 2003 at 07:50:41
from the too-many-roadblocks dept.
Sad to report, we've encountered a deal-breaker. We cannot park the truck in the parking lot behind the hall. This makes the location unworkable, and at this late date, finding a new location is not feasible. We're very sorry to disappoint. Please watch for a late-September event.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on April 25, 2003 at 16:44:27
from the surplus-equipment dept.
Clean North bought a canoe, about seven or eight years ago, which we used to great benefit in our Inland Lakes projects. Remember those? Teams of youth canoed dock-to-dock for two summers, to bring information to lakeshore homeowners and cottagers about living with their lake and preventing water quality problems. They covered sixteen of the small lakes in the district. It was great! But now we don't need the canoe. See below for what we're going to do about it.
Posted by: Dan Brosemer (odin) on March 23, 2003 at 12:11:47
from the and-searchable-too! dept.
It was long-awaited, and now our newsletters are available online. Every equinox and solstice, a new one will go up, starting with the March issue. Older newsletters will be added as time goes on, but only new newsletters will be searchable.
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on February 16, 2003 at 23:01:48
from the strong-backs-wanted dept.
This coming weekend is the big carpeting project. We've been suffering with a threadbare, stained carpet in the Clean North office for quite a few years now. It's literally unravelling under our feet. But Don has obtained some really sturdy hotel carpeting that is clean and really nice. We began this task in the fall and did two segments, now it's time to finish the job. Can you help? Work schedule is below. Please email Kathie to join a work crew. Thanks!
