Want to get involved but can't make the meetings?

Here are some of the issues we're working on and who to contact if you'd like to help.

HELP WANTED : Recycling Center Chair - Are you looking for ways to help the Nashville Sierra Club but can’t leave home for meetings and hikes? Well, we have a volunteer opportunity to become chair of our group's biggest fund-raiser, our Recycling Center. This position puts you in charge! And, most of the work can be done from home. Give it a shot, it’s a great place to meet new folks, and if it’s too much, there's lot of help from others.

Our contract requires us to have volunteers to help with the recycling and keep the site clean from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays; in return, Metro pays our group a percentage of the profits! Responsibilities include scheduling recruiting volunteers for each Saturday. As the volunteer coordinator, you’ll meet a lot of nice people. In fact, I’m marrying one of my old volunteers in July! This recycling site is vitally important not only because our consistent presence will increase recycling in general, but also because the funds we receive enables us to rent an office, pay for mailings and many other functions. You will also be our contact with Metro, although when I was running the recycling program, I rarely contacted them.

The Recycling Site Chair receives lot's of support from those of us already active in the club! Leaders in the club will help get you started for the first several months, and assist as much as needed with scheduling and recruiting site volunteers. You will be the one who will stay in contact with all site volunteers maintaining a positive relationship, and following up with new people who express an interest. This job does require making phone calls and staying in touch with everyone. You will also be the one that explains, and/or educate volunteers as to what they will be doing, what they will need, and how to get to the site. To reestablish our presence there, we will need at least two to three volunteers each Saturday.

If you like to look more information, or contact to volunteer, contact Betsy at hackberrypond@hotmail.com

Other Volunteer Opportunities

a.) Live in the Goodlettesville, Joelton, Hendersonville area? Help us get up and going in presenting environmental presentations in classrooms and at environmental tabling events using both classroom material we have and State provided materials. Contact Betsy Garber at 370-9454, or garberb@hotmail.com.

b. ). Join Diane Perschbacher in working with the Green Building Council on promoting "green buildings" and "green offices" in this area, Contact Diane@Propson.com.

c.) Help Bill Terry and Penny Brooks work with our lobbyist on pending legislation and mailing candidate questionnaires. Contact Penny at Penny.H.Brooks@vanderbilt.edu

d.) Learn about pending transportation issues being considered and start attending TDOT (Tennessee Department of Transportation) meetings for us. All interested in alternative transportation issues can be helpful even if you are unable to attend TDOT meetings. Contact Diane@Propson.com.

e.) Join Gary, Diane, Katherine, and Adelle in facilitating the grassroots effort to encourage Dupont to address the dioxin pollution problem in New Johnsonville. Contact Katherine at Katibug1959@aol.com, 943-6877.

f.)Help us coordinate and recruit volunteers to work at the recycling site on Saturday mornings. Contact Betsy, garberb@hotmail.com.

g.) We need more folks to lead hikes! Contact Katherine Pendleton - 943-6877; Katibug1959@aol.com.

DIRECTIONS:

Directions to recycling: Help at the Elysian Fields Kroger recycling site (Kroger is between the Nashville Zoo and the new Walmart at the intersection of Harding Place and Nolensville Pike). We keep the area clean and help older folks and anyone else with their recycling and questions. This project provides our Group with approximately $260 a month which is what enabled us to open our small Nashville Office and helps with our copying, mailing, and phone expenses. Bring a lawn chair.

Directions to Business Meetings at our Office: From I-440,Take the 21^st Ave. North exit (exit 3), heading North on 21ST AVE / HILLSBORO 0.8 miles, and just past Friedman’s Army Supply store on your left, take a left onto Bernard Street. Then, take the first right into the parking lot, and the first building on the left is where the meeting is. From Vandy and Hillsboro Village, heading South on 21st Ave. (Hillsboro Pike), you would turn right at the street before Friedman's Army Supplies (Bernard Street). Then, take the first right into the parking lot, and the first building on the left is where the meeting is. We meet on the fourth floor. Need more help or get lost, give me a call: (Betsy - 668-1977).

Directions to Program Meetings at Radnor Lake Visitor Center: Take I 65 to Harding Place, exit 78. Travel west on Harding Place (also called Battery Lane) to Granny White Pike. Turn left on Granny White Pike and travel south to Otter Creek Road. Turn left onto Otter Creek Road (across from the Granny White Market). Parking lot is down a bit on your left.