Team up with the Portland Chapter of Surfrider Foundation and Leave no Plastics Behind to help Promote Corporate Pre-sponsibility at the Plastic Fess Up on September 6th - 11:30-1 p.m. A street clean-up effort with accountability, between now and September 6, go for a walk and pick up a plastic shopping bag-sized amount of plastic from the streets in your neighborhood. Bring it to Peninsula Park, on September 6 for the Fess Up, where we'll wash the plastic and tally the results! Who will be the first recipient of a Leave No Plastic Behind letter introducing the idea of corporate pre-sponsibility? As for the plastic, some of it may be selected for use in art projects, otherwise we'll separate and deliver it to a recycling facility where it will begin the rest of its infinite life. There will be snacks and lots of fun, please join us! Please note: This is a VERY grassroots, volunteer-run event, so please r.s.v.p. by 9/3 to cheryl.lohrmann@gmail.com so we can be prepared. This is research, so please bring plastic you've collected from the street, and limit to one bag/person. Thank you! Not in Portland, do your own street cleanup between now and the 6th and send us your results...we'll tally them all together!

For a limited time the Portland Chapter of Surfrider Foundation is offering you the chance to win a pair of Jack Johnson Tickets for the August 20th concert at Columbia Meadows! Please join Jack Johnson and his support of Surfrider Foundation. This is a great opportunity for individuals and retailers to renew or join Surfrider Foundation and get a chance to see Jack Johnson. Two lucky members will receive two tickets to Jack Johnson's upcoming show on August 20 in St Helens!! Come support the Surfrider booth as well as 15 other non profit groups that Jack is supporting and promoting on his Sleep Through the Static Tour.

Last week Mt. Hood Ski Bowl confirmed the plan for a Mt. Hood Ski Bowl cleanup THIS Saturday, July 26. Arrive at 10am and the lifts open at 11am so people can start from the top and walk on down the mountain trash bags in hand. Please bring friends and/or family as this is a family friendly event. We will be sharing cleanup duties with a boy scout troop or two we're told. Fire smoke or no the views from the top of 'da Bowl' are always pleasing. He or she who finds the most cell phones wins a Snowrider t- shirt. The good folks at 'da Bowl' will provide a low brow bbq 'n soda pop deal in the afternoon. If you tastes veer towards the high brow by all means bring your own grillables and something to keep them cool with. If you have any questions of would like to carpool please call the Snowrider point person Eric Jeffcoat at eric@frontsideproductions.com. You can also contact Troy Fischer at Ski Bowl at or tfischer@skibowl.com

Feeling sluggish, tired and slow from all the summer heat? Well get off your buns and get active with some of these great upcoming volunteer opportunities. Cool down and ascend 2000 feet with the Snowrider crew at Mt. Hood Meadows. We need a volunteer July 15 to hike to the proposed howitzer site in Heather Canyon at Mt, Hood Meadows, shoot pictures, and report on the site. Get some exercise and do some good work! There will be a carpool from Portland. Contact michael@mhalle.com for more information. Need something at a slower pace, help us mark stormdrains! The next marking will be Tuesday, July 15th at 6:30 pm. We'll meet at SE Mitchell St. (between SE Holgate and SE Woodstock St.) & SE 60th Ave. Contact surfaeronca1@aol.com for more information.

The Portland Chapter of Surfrider Foundation, along with Wend magazine and Kona Brewing are hosting a benefit art show for Surfrider's ongoing programs to benefit our oceans. Hosted by Lizard Lounge for first Thursday, the show will feature seven different regional surf artists, music, and lots of free beer. (Spencer Reynolds 'Connecting' pictured right). Come down, show your support for mother ocean, and check out some art. Thursday, July 3rd, 6pm 1323 NW Irving St., Portland http://www.lizardloungepdx.com/.

Come out and get your hands dirty! We have over 250 members in the Portland metro area, so we shouldn't be short on volunteers and activists, but somehow some of our programs seem to be always in need of new faces and support! I have attached a one-pager "Ways to Plug-In" for everyone with lots of diverse opportunities…a little something for everyone, so check it out and be more than a member, volunteer! Scroll down to check out what's happening this weekend and how you can help immediately! Click on the file below to check out other opportunities where we need your help!
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Don't forget about this coming weekend's catch basin marking event! Saturday June 28th at 9:00 AM in SE Portland. Where? SE 54th Ave and Steele St. (between Holgate and Woodstock). Contact John Thompson surfaeronca1@aol.com for more information...great family fun and stewardship on a Saturday morning! And by the way, our fearless storm drain marking leader John Thompson (pictured right) just celebrated his 45th anniversary on a surfboard at this past Friday's International Surfing Day event. View the slide show of the event highlights! The minutes from the last chapter meeting are below linked below:
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