Mad River Neighborhood Association

Events

Current Events

MRNA coordinates and/or advertises events to bring neighbors together for fun and social activities. If you would like MRNA to post your event, or if you have ideas for events that MRNA could become involved in, please share those with us.

• ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION 2008

  Saturday, November 15, 2008
  8:00am – 5:30pm

  Vermont Technical College

  Join us for a day of exciting speakers, workshops, and networking with activists and community leaders from across Vermont and New England, as we work to mobilize the grassroots to create healthy communities.

  Special guest: Sandra Steingraber,
  world-renowned ecologist and activist.

  To register, please visit the conference homepage. Hope to see you there!
  

Past Events

• NEGEF’s Fall 2008 Grassroots Retreat - October 10th and 11th

  Alright, put down your shovel and gardening gloves, grab a glass of lemonade, and take a moment to get excited about NEGEF’s Fall Grassroots Retreat!

  When: Friday, October 10 – Saturday, Oct 11th
  Where: University of Mass / Amherst
  What:This year’s event features three daylong workshops geared towards grassroots needs:

  1. Grassroots Fundraising, led by Andy Robinson (Co-author of Grassroots Grants: An Activist’s Guide to Proposal Writing; and author of Selling Social Change (Without Selling Out): Earned Income Strategies for Non-Profits)
  2. Rockwood Art of Leadership, led by Jose Acevedo (back by popular demand!) of the Rockwood Leadership Program
  3. Community Organizing, led by Alyssa Schuren, Executive Director of the Toxics Action Center

  The $45 registration fee covers one of these three workshops, four delicious meals with local ingredients, and one night at the Campus Center Hotel. We’ll be sure to keep you posted as we get more details and plans in place.

• Mad River Country Fair - September 20, 2008

  Mad River Country Fair

  
  

  When:	Saturday, September 20th, from noon until 4 pm - Rain or Shine
  What:	Old Fashioned Country Fair with Silent Auction, Games, Contests and Music FAMILY FUN for ALL on 400 beautiful acres!!
  Where:	CrossHaven Farm on 100B in Moretown (2 miles north of Moretown Village - look for signs on 100B)
  Food:	Chicken barbeque, hot dogs, salads, ice cream
  Live Music:	Mark LeGrand and Sarah Munro

  
  

Bring your kids, friends and neighbors and have some FUN!
Proceeds to benefit the Moretown Town Hall Restoration.

• November 17, 2007 - Vermont Environmental Action Conference
  Mobilizing the Grassroots for a Greener Vermont

  When: Saturday, November 17, 2007 8:30 - 5:30

  Where: Vermont Technical College, Randolph, Vermont

  Workshops: Media Savvy Messaging, Life After Vermont Yankee: How to Close and replace Vermont's Aging Nuke, Illness or poison? How to tell if Environmental Pollutants are Sickening your Family, Stopping Global Warming Starts in Vermont, Be the Change You Wish to See by Running for Office, Thinking Outside the Bottle: water, energy, waste and your rights, and many more.

Hosted by: New England Grassroots Environment Fund, Toxics Action Center, Vermont Alliance of Conservation Voters, Vermont Technical College, Vermont Natural Resources Council and VPIRG

MRNA was a co-sponsor of this event and members participated in workshops to share our experience and learn from others facing the same community issues.

• October 6, 2007 - Barn Dance and Bar B Q Benefit
  

Music from the The Dave Keller Band

Thanks to all who donated items for our Silent Auction (list coming soon)

Special thanks to all who made this happen; and to YOU - who braved the stormy weather and came out for a great time!

Photos (coming soon)

• August 11, 2007 - We received a matching challenge to raise $10,000 by August 21, 2007. Please click here for details.

  

• CELEBRATION Moretown to Middlesex Rt. 100B Mad River Byway Sunday May 20, 2007

  A GREAT time was had by all at our FIRST ANNUAL BYWAY CELEBRATION.
  The raffle raised $128.00 for future 100B Byway events. Thanks for your support!
  
  This map shows the trails and land behind the Moretown Elementary School. The recent vote to sell the development rights for the deer yard easement passed 122 to 62 on May 22, 2007. This sale ensures the protection of this valuable deer yard and supports the ongoing management of this land for recreational and educational use.

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Please contact MRNA if you have photos to share!

• The Moretown Town Hall Renovation Committee presents a post Valentines Day and pre-Mardi Gras Heart of Winter celebration.
  
  February 17 from 7:30 - 12:00 midnight at the Moretown Town Hall

Featuring the Montpelier based bands: Rusty Romance and The BARN BAND

$5.00 donation, BYOB and potluck finger food.

• Vermonters Building Solutions: People Creating Healthy Communities

  

  Join hundreds of citizens for a day of inspiration, skills building and networking as we learn how to create healthy communities by strengthening the capacity of concerned citizens working on food, energy, toxics and land use issues.

  Hosted by: New England Grassroots Environment Fund, Rural Vermont, Toxics Action Center, Vermont Natural Resources Council and VPIRG

  MRNA was a co-sponsor of this event and members participated in workshops to share our experience and learn from others facing the same community issues.

  When: Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:30 - 5:30

  Where: Vermont Technical College, Randolph, Vermont

  Workshops:

  Avoiding Toxic Products, Assessing Your Community’s Health, Applying the Precautionary Principle, Building an Effective Citizens Group, Cultivating Vermont’s Homegrown Economy, Creating a Statewide Clean Energy Future, Power to the people: energy action at the town and local level, Meeting Facilitation, Organizing a Successful Media Event, Protecting Vermont’s Drinking Water and many more.

  

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  When: Saturday, October 14, 2006; 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

  Where: Fayston Elementary School and the adjacent town-owned "Chase Brook" parcel

  What: Schedule of activities and list of sponsors

  Free and open to all ages. Great local food!

• October 7, 2006 - Barn Dance and Bar B Q - Mad River Stables, Moretown, VT

  Music:

• Blue Fox with special guest, Oliver.
• The Dave Keller Band

Thanks to all who donated items for our Silent Auction
Please share our gratitude by patronizing their businesses.

 

Special thanks to all who made this happen; and to YOU - who came out for a great time!

Photos

• April 30, 2005 - First Annual Moretown Mud Ball - Moretown Town Hall

• We had a great time dancing to St. John's Wood - please contact Sammy at (802) 456-7473 to book this band for your event. Their support for our group was WONDERFUL. Kids of all ages enjoyed dancing to their classic rock and roll!
• Thanks for helping us raise over $3,300!
• Special thanks to all who donated Silent Auction Items!
• Raffle winner - Mason from Montpelier, won $242.50 and an autograph copy of Senator Doyle's book, The Vermont Political Tradition. Mason donated $222.50 back to MRNA. Thanks, Mason!
• Photos
  
  
• November 20, 2004 - Toxics Action 2004 Conference - Randolph, Vermont.
  Toxics Action Center has provided tremendous support to our KEEP 100B QUARRY FREE efforts. Click here to see the special acknowledgment our MRNA membership received. This recognition is for all of you, our supporters! Thanks!
  
  
• October 9, 2004 - Barn Dance
  
  
• Green Up Day, May 1, 2004 - A group of MRNA folks participated in Green Up Day this May. We filled 2 pickup trucks, a few station wagons and some cars with trash collected in the Village, Jones Brook and Stevens Brook areas of Moretown. We collected over 30 bags of trash, discarded tires and scrap metal. We even found a Montpelier parking meter with its cash box removed! An intact jar of pickled carrots was found and saved as the most unique find. Just who would want to throw away pickled carrots?!! After drop off to the dump, we enjoyed a delicious potluck cookout.
  
  Special THANKS go out to Mike Dimotsis for coordinating our efforts and to Pat Cox and Scott Sainsbury for opening their home for our pre-collection gathering and post-collection celebration.
  
  Click here to view some photos.
  
  
• February 18, 2004 - MRNA's first social event was a huge success. Attendance was high and the discussion was spirited. We appreciated your participation. Click here for press release.

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