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GRIN serves the Gahanna community, providing food, clothing, & emergency assistance all year... not just during the holidays. It was announced during the 10/11 services at Mifflin Presbyterian Church that there has been an increase in requests for assistance from GRIN of 30% over last year. GRIN is not affiliated with Mifflin or the Presbyterian Church. Mifflin simply donates office services. Please consider donating food or sending a check to GRIN, c/o Mifflin Presbyterian Church, 123 Granville ST, Gahanna, OH 43230.

Mark the calendar! Join us July 19 at Friendship Park, down behind Wendy's and the Historical District. We have the shelter house reserved from 4-7 PM. Brats and hot dogs will be supplied. Bring something to share or just yourselves and families. Stephen Renner is gonna tell us a lot about our water supply and what the future may bring.

Email Sheryl with your plan to attend so we know how much food to provide.

saw52@columbus.rr.com

If you haven't been at one of our gatherings, now is the time to try it out. :-)

Low key and family friendly. Come hang out with like minded folks!

The Feb. 24 '09 meeting included a very informative discussion with Mayor of Gahanna, Becky Stinchcomb. The mayor and her assistant administrator, Brandi Braun, began the evening with a power point presentation of the city's current financial situation and results of the community survey of '08. Several of our members asked questions and we got details on upcoming road, school and other building projects. To see the pictures taken by member Al Siegel click on the link below.

Thanks, Al.

Pictures from the meeting with the Mayor

A reminder that the next Progressives meeting is next week!
FEB 24, TUESDAY, 7 pm Gahanna Library
Speaker: Mayor of Gahanna, Becky Stinchcomb

The mayor will address your questions, so here's a great opportunity for face to face interaction you don't want to miss!

MAR 12, THURSDAY, 7 pm Gahanna Library
Speakers: Rev. Ward and Rebecca Cornett, Gahanna residents, on Israeli/Palestinian issues from their personal experiences in Israel.
This area of the world continues to be a crux of the turmoil we see in the world. Come widen your understanding of the issues.

APRIL 19, SUNDAY, 6 PM, THE SANCTUARY, 90 N. HIGH ST.
POTLUCK DINNER TO CELEBRATE THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF GAHANNA PROGRESSIVES!
More details on signing up to bring dishes later.
Bring the family!
We will have an after dinner speaker on sustainable issues to round out the evening after cake! Come mingle with your fellow Gahanna progressive thinkers!

Mark your calendars. Looking forward to seeing you on these dates.

We added the pictures from the two parties to the site. They can be seen either by the links below or by clicking the 'Photos' link on the left side of this page. You should be able to download any of them by right clicking the image and selecting download. Please feel free to add comments to either page. Let us know if you have any questions.

Gahanna For Change party

Gahanna Obama Inauguration Party

folks,

we don't have an event planned for the GP group for the national day of service Pres. Obama suggested for Jan. 19th. [which is also MLKjr day, so many folks have it off work]

but one of our progressive friends in the Licking County group, Grace Cherrington, provided some information that each of us can use on the 19th or other days to extend our support for our community at large. below is her info.
The usaservice.org site lists activities that will take place in our area on the 19th. you can pick from one of them if you'd like or decide on something of your own. One of our members mentioned she'd like to get her daughter into helping at a senior home. There are lots of options and one or more is bound to fit your schedule.

If you want to share what project you helped with on the 19th, go to our website, create a blog and tell everyone about it.

www.gahannaprogressives.org

sheryl
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Don't know about the rest of you, but I usually spend time sorting out after the holidays. I usually have stuff that does not quite meet thrift store qualifications.

The Waste Not Center accepts a lot of the stuff which you would not send to the thrift store.

This place fits in well with Obama's Renew America Together Service Program http://www.usaservice.org/content/home/

This gives you a good reason to meet the folks in your neighborhood/precinct/ward. I'll be taking a truck load over end of January.

Grace Cherrington
Hours: Open from 2 to 6 p.m. every Thursday and from 9 to 11:30 a.m. the second Saturday of each month

Location: 2830 Fisher Rd., Building B

What you can find there: Large businesses in central Ohio regularly donate unused packaging and display items and office supplies. And you can find items as varied as plastic foam, glass vases, fabric and art supplies, with an inventory that changes weekly. An annual membership costs $60.

What you can donate: Just about anything, except clothes, food and electronics. The center accepts items from businesses and individual donors.

To learn more: Visit www.wastenotcenter.org

Don't forget, this is the weekend of the Grand Opening of Creekside! There are a whole host of entertaining events to celebrate this fantastic project for our city, including paddle boats in the marina, live music, garden tours, and shows (juggling and comedy). Every day there is something fun for the entire family. Please go down there and check it out!

See schedule of events!

In it’s current form, the $36 billion (over 5 years) bill expand green energy research and development, promote the commercialization of emerging energy technologies, enhance training opportunities to equip workers for 21st century energy jobs, and help build a green energy manufacturing base. Compare that to the $18 billion EACH YEAR the current administration gives to energy companies now.

“This is an energy bill. This is a jobs bill. This is an environment bill,” Brown said. “Ohio is already a major force in the alternative energy market. We have the innovators, the manufacturers, and the highly skilled workforce. By investing in green technologies, this legislation would empower Ohio to become the Silicon Valley of alternative energy.”

Way to go, Senator Brown!

Dr. James E. Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University will give two lectures at Ohio State on THURSDAY, May 1:

“How ‘Sensitive’ is the Earth’s Climate? Uh, oh.”
Thursday, May 1, 2008 4:00 P.M.
Room 100 Mendenhall Laboratory
125 S. Oval Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Directions

“Climate Tipping Points: The Threat to the Planet”
Thursday, May 1, 2008 7:00 P.M.
Assembly Hall, Fawcett Center
2400 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Directions

You don't want to miss these!

Sometimes I think Trees get over looked in environmental talks. We keep looking for the next technological solution to help us conserve energy and clean our air, but let's not forget Trees! One average mature tree can absorb approximately 50 lbs of carbon dioxide per year. (And, not to mention all the oxygen it releases!) Trees also can prevent erosion, clean water, and remove dust and other particles from the air. They are an amazing feat of evolutionary engineering! And, don't forget, the City of Gahanna is a member of the Arbor Day Foundation's Tree City USA community thanks to the efforts of our Mayor and Parks & Recreation Department!

The Nature Conservancy has initiated "plant a billion trees" program. For every one dollar donated, one tree will be planted.