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We all have our different shades of green, some light green, some dark. Regardless of what shade of green you are, you don't have to do it all to have a positive impact on the Earth.

Goal: To promote and organize community educational programs and projects with an emphasis on environmentally friendly living.

Contact: If you are interested in becoming a member/volunteer please contact Judy Dearden at 440.646.9820 or email at hhgreentaskforce@yahoo.com. Also, find us on Facebook!

Upcoming Schedule of Events 2013
Bring your used magazines to each Green Task Force Meeting for a montly magazine swap. Any magazines remaining at the end of the evening will be recycled. (Remember to remove your address label) Also, bring your bottle caps for the Aveda Cap Collection Program.

Make sure to check this schedule periodically for any changes. View the Meeting Minutes Page to view the minutes from previous Meetings and/or Speaker Series.

Date	Time	Event	Location	Topic/Links	Speaker/Notes
Any day	any time	HHGTF Event - Shoe Recycling Drive	Mayfield High School - Drop off in Planet Aid box in parking lot, next to paper recycling boxes	Recycle Your Shoes (all types of shoes in any condition accepted)	Partnering with Planet Aid, make sure to put items in the drop off box and tie shoes together if possible
January 2	7:00pm	HH Green Task Force Meeting	Highland Heights Community Center Buckeye Room	Plastic Pollution	Cathi Lehn and Nancy Hughes, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
February 6	7:00pm	HH Green Task Force Meeting	Highland Heights Community Center Buckeye Room	Air Quality, How We Can Improve It	George Baker, Commissioner of Air Quality, Cleveland Department of Public Health, Div. of Air Quality.
March 6	7:00pm	HH Green Task Force Meeting	Highland Heights Community Center Buckeye Room	Chemical Free Lawn Care	Barry Zucker, Beyond Pesticides Ohio and Alec McClennan
March 11-23 weekdays	8:00am- 3:30pm	Highland Heights Hazardous Waste Collection	Service Department		Note: latex paint cans are not hazardous waste.
March 23	9:00am - 12:00 noon	Highland Heights Hazardous Waste Collection	Service Department		Note: latex paint cans are not hazardous waste.
April 3	7:00pm	HH Green Task Force Meeting	Highland Heights Community Center Buckeye Room	Deer Population with ODNR	Geoffrey Westerfield, Div. of Wildlife (Combined meeting with Friends of Euclid Creek)
April (weekdays all month)	8:00am - 3:30pm	Highland Heights Computer Round-Up	Service Department
April 15	1:00pm - 7:00pm	Green Dream	Beachwood Community Center
April 21	10:00am - 5:00pm	Earth Fest 2013	Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds		Sponsored by Earth Day Coalition
May 1	7:00pm	HH Green Task Force Meeting	Highland Heights Community Center Buckeye Room	CEVEC (Cuyahoga East Vocational Educational Consortium) Recycling Program	Bridget Scafidi, CEVEC staff
May 4	9:00am - 12:00 Noon	Highland Heights Shredding Day	Service Department		Bring all papers in either paper bag or box, no plastic bags
June 5	7:00pm	HH Green Task Force Event	Highland Heights Community Center	Green Book Club	Book reports by HHGTF members
June 17-28 weekdays	8:00am - 3:30 pm	Highland Heights Hazardous Waste Collection	Service Department		Note: latex paint cans are not hazardous waste.
June 23	10:00am-3:00pm	HH Green Task Force Event	Highland Heights Community Park	Freecycle combined with an E-Waste Recycle Drive	Bring broken and obsolete e-waste and small appliances. NO FREON OR MERCURY ITEMS.
June 29	9:00am - 12:00 noon	Highland Heights Hazardous Waste Collection	Service Department		Note: latex paint cans are not hazardous waste.
July 27	noon - 7:00pm	Highland Height Home Day	Highland Heights Community Park	Visit the HHGTF table
August 7	7:00pm	HH Green Task Force Meeting	Highland Heights Community Center Buckeye Room	Business Meeting and Environmental Loads on Our Bodies	Leslie Elia
Sept. 4	6:30pm- 9:00pm	HH Green Task Force Event	Highland Heights Gazebo	2nd Annual Gazebo Party	there will be a 50/50 raffle
Sept. 7 (tentative)	To Be Determined	HH Green Task Force Event	Highland Heights Community Park	Freecycle combined with an E-Waste Recycle Drive	Bring broken and obsolete e-waste and small appliances. NO FREON OR MERCURY ITEMS.
Sept. 7	10:00am	Great Lake Erie Boat Float	Lower Edgewater Park Beach	Boat Launch
Sept. 16-27 weekdays	8:00am - 3:30pm	Highland Heights Hazardous Waste Collection	Service Department		Note: latex paint cans are not hazardous waste.
Sept 28	9:00am - 12:00 noon	Highland Heights Hazardous Waste Collection	Service Department		Note: latex paint cans are not hazardous waste.
October 2	7:00pm	HH Green Task Force Event	Highland Heights Community Center Buckeye Room	Collinwood Digester	Clint Pemerton, Biomass Account Exec, Quasar Energy Group
October 5	9:00am - 12:00 noon	Highland Heights Shredding Day	Service Department		Bring all papers in either paper bag or box, no plastic bags
November 6	7:00pm	HH Green Task Force Meeting	Highland Heights Community Center Buckeye Room	Solar Options and Lighting Options Update	Jon with Pearlwind and Rick Evans
December 4	7:00pm	HH Green Task Force Meeting	Highland Heights Community Center Buckeye Room	Business Meeting and Year-End Election of Officers

At the December 2012 General Year-End Business Meeting of the Highland Heights Green Task Force, it was decided that the following persons would hold offices in 2013:

OFFICERS

President: Judy Dearden

Vice President: Rick Evans

Secretary: Jeanette Evans

Treasurer: Cherie Godnavec

BOARD of DIRECTORS

Frank Sever, Mary Beth Skala, Al Hess, Mary Fash, MaryEllen Dombeck, Rick Evans and Judy Dearden

To view minutes from the Board of Directors' Meetings, please go to: http://highlandheightsgreentaskforce.blogspot.com/