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Events
MRNA coordinates and/or advertises events to bring neighbors together
for fun, benefits, educational 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.
Current Events
- June 26, 2010 @ 1 p.m. - Moretown Memorial
Library's 2010 Summer Reading Kick-Off Party Featuring VINS
What: The Moretown Memorial Library presents... the 2010
Summer Reading Kick-Off Party Featuring VINS.
When: Saturday June 26,
2010
at 1:00
p.m.
Where: Moretown Town Hall.
Visit the Moretown
Memorial Library on Facebook for updates. Click here
for bookmarks.

Past Events
- In Our Backyard: The Health Risks of
Nuclear Power - Dr. Helen Caldicott - March 29, 30 and 31, 2010
- Monday, March 29th, 6:00 pm, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s
College, off Rte. 15, Colchester (Contact: Edmundite Center for
Peace and Justice, 802-654-2205).
- Tuesday, March 30th, 7:00 pm, Big Picture Theater, 48 Carroll
Rd., Waitsfield (Contact: Green Mountain Global Forum, gmgf.org or
802-496-4566).
- Wednesday, March 31st, 4:30 pm, Moore Hall, Filene Auditorium,
Dartmouth College (Contact: Sierra Club, 802- 885-4826).
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Dr. Helen Caldicott is the single most articulate
and passionate advocate of citizen action to remedy the nuclear
and environmental crises. Dr. Caldicott has devoted the last 38
years to an international campaign to educate the public about
the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the changes necessary
in human behavior to stop environmental destruction.
Co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Dr Caldicott
has received many prizes and awards for her work, 20 honorary
doctoral degrees, and was personally nominated for the Nobel
Peace Prize by Linus Pauling - himself a Nobel Laureate. The
Smithsonian Institute has named Dr Caldicott as one of the most
influential women of the 20th Century.
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Dr. Caldicott’s visit to Vermont is timely as our state grapples
with the health and environmental impacts of tritium leaks at the
Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon.
“ When I heard Dr. Caldicott speak, in Ira Allen Chapel
years ago, you could hear a pin drop
in the crowded auditorium. Her message is as compelling and relevant
now as it was then.
I was left with the realization that it is up to us to prevent the unthinkable:
nuclear disaster
whether from war or power plant. This trumps all for the survival of
our planet.”
Deb Van Dyke, NP, of Green Mountain Global Forum and Doctor’s Without
Borders
Dr. Caldicott’s Vermont tour is supported by Green Mountain
Global Forum; VNRC; VPIRG; Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice
at St. Michael’s College; Sierra Club; and Big Picture Theater.
Click here for
the poster. For more information, contact Green Mountain Global Forum
at www.gmgf.org or
802-496-4566.
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.
MRNA is honored to be co-sponsoring this annual event for the sixth
time. We will be participating in the panel conducting a permitting
workshop. We have two paid entry tickets and additional discounted
tickets available to our members. Childcare available; you must pre-register
childcare needs. Please contact MRNA if
you are interested in attending this great conference.
Please visit the conference
homepage for additional details. Hope to see you there!
- Quilt Benefit Auction - September
26 - Moretown Town Hall - 10:00 a.m.
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Come
to the Live Auction Quilt Benefit
Moretown
Town Hall.
Preview is at 10:00 a.m., and auction starts at 11:00 a.m.
Quilters Using Their Talent to Help Others.
Proceeds
will benefit the Food Bank, Humane Society,
Battered Women’s Shelter, and Seedbank for Haiti.
Over 85 quilts
being auctioned.
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- Blueberry Jam Dinner Concert - September
20, 2009 - The Sanctuary Pavilion on Blueberry Lake in Warren,
Vt.
On Sunday, September 20, 2009 from 3 - 7:30- pm at The Sanctuary
Pavilion on Blueberry Lake in Warren,Vt.
Blueberry Jam Dinner Concert to benefit the Vt Chapter NOCC National Ovarian
Cancer Coalition www.ovarian.org
The Vermont Chapter of the NOCC will host “Blueberry Jam” a special
afternoon of Live Music, Local Food Buffet and a Silent Auction all to help
with the NOCC’s mission of Ovarian Cancer Awareness and Education.
Most women are not aware they are not being tested during an annual exam.
Ovarian Cancer is very deadly.
4 bands perform from 3 pm on. Debuting a funky ska style is Warren’s
Big Hand Band, Dubnotix is an environmentally charged Reggae band
from Vt, Elephant Revival is a 5 piece original Gypsy String Band
from Boulder, Colorado with stellar vocals. Boston’s Spiritual
Rez is a high energy Funky Reggae Dance Band, a horn section & congas
add to a fun, memorable performance every time.
There will be a local Food dinner buffet complete with American
Flatbread, Organic Harvest Salad, Red Hen Bread, Pasta Primavera
Apple, Blueberry Cobbler and Ben and Jerry’s Vanilla Ice
cream. Hot Apple Cider and Green Mountain Coffee will also be served.
A silent Auction that includes 3 days 2 nights at A Sanctuary
on Blueberry Lake worth $ 1,500, Gift Certificates from local businesses,
a brand new kids bike and more all to benefit The NOCC during September,
Ovarian Cancer Awareness month.
A Beautiful Lakefront covered Pavilion, Incredible Live Music,
Amazing Local food, and a silent Auction make for a wonderful afternoon
not to be missed.
Suggested donation is $10-20.Kids are free and students are only $ 5.
To donate or for more info contact Rita Brown rita@madriver.com 802-583-1156 www.ovarian.org
For directions: www.sanctuaryonblueberrylake.com
- August 20, 2009 - The Lareau Farm
4th Annual Corn Roast and Community Dance

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The Lareau
Farm, home of American Flatbread, gave us
their annual slot for a Valley benefit on August 20, 2009.
This is the 4th Annual Corn Roast and Community Dance held
during the Festival
of the Arts. MRNA was the beneficiary of this 4th
Annual community event.
There was live music and dancing to Tammy
Fletcher is Mountain Girl, flatbread, roasted corn and ice cream.
The winner of our BERMUDA
DREAM TRIP FOR 2 - RAFFLE is Peter Lucier from MA.
Thanks for your support. Photos coming soon.
- 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!
- 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:
- 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)
- Rockwood Art of Leadership, led by Jose Acevedo (back by popular
demand!) of the Rockwood
Leadership Program
- 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
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Saturday, September 20th, from
noon until 4 pm -
Rain or Shine
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| What: |
Old Fashioned Country Fair with Silent Auction,
Games, Contests and Music
FAMILY FUN for ALL on 400 beautiful
acres!!
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| Where: |
CrossHaven Farm on 100B in Moretown
(2 miles north
of Moretown Village - look for signs
on 100B)
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| Food: |
Chicken barbeque, hot dogs, salads,
ice cream
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| Live Music: |
Mark
LeGrand and Sarah Munro
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- MORETOWN TOWN HALL BENEFIT DANCE
Saturday, January 26, 2008
7:00 – 11:30
LIVE MUSIC COURTESY OF
W. Bailey & Company (starts at 8:00)
50/50 raffle
Share your favorite finger food,
Drink your favorite beverage
Bring your kids, friends and neighbors
and have some FUN!
Proceeds to benefit the Moretown Town Hall Restoration.
Click here to see photos and information on events from
2004-2007.
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