That's awesome Sally! My 9 yo son was reading that some cities like San Francisco, and other European cities too, have banned plastic bags at checkouts, and they will charge you a fee if you need a bag. I think that's a super idea. It's probably the only thing that will make people remember to bring their own bags! Good luck, I hope it happens here! Sonya On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:45 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sonya, > > Thanks for asking about the Green GLOOOCS, they are getting > very excited about the World Festival. The Green GLOOOC > himself is even going to make the trip to Atlanta (our giant > paper mache mascot). > > In the next couple weeks we will be in touch with all the FLL > teams in VA/DC. We'll be brainstorming on how we will > be representing all theVA/DC teams, but have > been busy working on some legislation. > > The team has been busy getting involved in trying to help > get some legislation passed in the General Assembly. They > are going on Monday to talk before the Senate Committee on > Agriculture, Conservation, and Natural Resources. Their focus > this year has been the reusable bag, and raising awareness on > the importance of switching from paper and plastic bags to the > reusable bag. They have held many educational events on this > topic and even spoke before the Governor's Commission on > Climate Change. They spoke on the importance of Virginia > becoming a national leader in the use of the reusable bag. > > The team is also working on their robot so that it will hopefully > be able to do all the missions in the 2 1/2 minutes. > > We'll be in touch soon with everyone!! > > Sally Sylvester > Team 11-Green GLOOOCS > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sonya Shaver <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Cc: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 3:18 pm > Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Looking for Virginia Beach team > > Hey Sally! Are your kids getting excited for the WORLD Festival?! Be > sure and keep us posted on the list! > Sonya in Harrisonburg > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Sally Sylvester <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> Hello FLL friends, >> >> I have gotten a request from a grandmother looking for a team >> for her grandson in Virginia Beach. The boy is 11 years old and >> has played with Legos his entire life!! His family is currently >> stationed overseas, but will be arriving back in Virginia Beach soon. >> The grandmother would love to find a team for him, so if anyone in >> the Virginia Beach area knows of a team looking for a member, >> please let me know. I told her that I would look around for a team. >> >> Thanks for your help on this. >> >> Sally Sylvester >> Team 11 - Green GLOOOCS Coach >> FIRST Senior Mentor >> >> ------------------------------ >> Get instant access to the latest & most popular *FREE* games while you >> browse with the Games Toolbar - Download Now<http://toolbar.aol.com/games/download.html?ncid=emlweusdown00000026> >> ! >> ______________________________________________________________ >> ______________________________________________________________ To >> UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE YOUR SUBscriptION, please visit >> https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or >> leave the list". If you want to join the VADCFLL-ADMIN-L mailing list - to >> which FLL administrative announcements will be distributed - visit >> https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html and select "Join >> or leave the list". > > > > ------------------------------ > Get instant access to the latest & most popular *FREE* games while you > browse with the Games Toolbar - Download Now<http://toolbar.aol.com/games/download.html?ncid=emlweusdown00000026> > ! > ______________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". If you want to join the VADCFLL-ADMIN-L mailing list - to which FLL administrative announcements will be distributed - visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-admin-l.html and select "Join or leave the list".