Thursday, October 22, 2015

FUN, FRIENDSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP Part 2

FUN, FRIENDSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP Part 2 CMDR Michael Lewis USS Chesapeake, R1 Thanks from Admirals Helen Pawlowski, Sherry Newell and Marlene Miller: We asked for suggestions to promote the ideas of Fun, Friendship & Fellowship and received this very good response! CMDR Michael Lewis of the USS Chesapeake sent a brochure from Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, promoting the effort to clean Virginia’s waterways and beaches of litter, thereby beautifying the area and cleansing the water supply. This is a community service that may be adopted in every state and costs nothing but your time. A day in the fresh air, being a good neighbor, and it’s free! Here’s the article by CMDR Lewis: STARFLEET has members in many parts of the world. Can we “think globally and act locally” in many parts of the world at least one day a year? Can we do something to improve the environment of the planet as an international organization? “The International Coastal Cleanup engages people to remove trash and debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, to identify the sources of debris, and to change the behaviors that cause pollution.” The main cleanup event is the third Saturday of September each year worldwide. Imagine members of STARFLEET working on one project, once a year, worldwide. Imagine people in close to 100 countries, including the US, seeing members of STARFLEET working in their towns, cities, and rural areas on one project. Imagine members communicating with each other and with non-members worldwide. Sounds like fun to me! I participate in the International Coastal Cleanup in Richmond, Virginia with Clean Virginia Waterways each year. I do this as a site captain. STARFLEET chapters in Virginia can do this as well, with me or another site captain. Thank you CMDR Lewis! (see http:// www.longwood.edu/cleanva/ for more info.)
Photo to the left is from Katie Register, Executive Director, Clean Virginia Waterways. She has given us permission to use the photo, and had this to say about CMDR Lewis: “Mr Lewis has served as a Site Captain in the Richmond, Virginia area for several years, and has organized volunteers who have removed several tons of litter and debris from the James River that flows through Richmond.”


Rt: CMDR Lewis, all cleaned up! submitted by Marlene Miller STARFLEET Communiqué Volume I, No. 132 Published by: STARFLEET, The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. 102 Washington Drive Ladson, SC 29456

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