So far this semester...
Accomplishments Fall 2009
Fought for global warming solutions
Organized Green Building Tour of North Adams Public Library with speakers Professor of Williams College and MCLA Philip McKnight and Interim Library Director Rick Moon
Held educational Solar Cider Stand, powered by solar panel borrowed from CET
Collected and sent 351 signatures in support of clean energy and energy efficiency Senator Kerry
Alleviated local hunger and homelessness
Spare Change tables: $184 (donations given to Berkshire Food Project)
Canned Food Drive 10/13-10/17: collected 105 food items (Berkshire Food Project)
Zombie Walk for Hunger 10/31: $631 (Berkshire Food Project)
Sock Drive 11/16-11/17: $86 (Louison House)
Total raised: $901 and 105 food items
Campaigned to eliminate waste in Massachusetts
Held educational table at Fall Festival with recycling games for children
Collected 204 signatures in support of a Solid Waste Master Plan that moves us toward a system of Zero Waste in Massachusetts
Students lobbied Senator Downing and Representative Bosley, asking them to sign on in support of an updated Bottle Bill, which is currently debated in state legislature
Presented Bosley’s assistant with a petition of 91 signatures and information about the updated version of the Bottle Bill, waiting to hear response from Bosley
With the help of Berkshire Community College students, convinced Downing to sign on in support of the updated Bottle Bill
Increased awareness around Special Election for Senator Kennedy’s seat
Registered 42 students to vote in North Adams
Collected 90 petition signatures signifying that students plan to have a voice and vote in the election, will send to all candidates
Completed approximately 25 class presentations about voting in the special election
And more...
Completed a local river clean up, picking up 3 full bags worth of trash near the river
Collected 62 profiles of students to go into the National Student Debt Yearbook
Profiles include name, expected debt, photo, and optional opinion section
Student Debt Yearbook, with profiles of over a thousand students across the nation, will go to Higher Education leaders in National Congress, asking for their support of SAFRA, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility