| Soque Bulletin
December 1, 2013
For those who may be interested in volunteering to plant trees just a quick reminder that two of our Winter Tree Planting Projects start this week.
PROJECT #1 - Level Grove Elementary. 10:30 am tomorrow morning (Monday, December 2nd). Plant 50 maple, poplar and other container trees in zones 1 & 2. The address for the school is 186 Memory Hill Creek, Cornelia, GA  The School System's maintenance crew will be helping us by augering the holes before we place the trees and pack them in. Bring shovels, gloves, a knife (for cutting root bound trees), and maybe a hat and water. There's a chance of rain so a rain jacket may be in order as well.
Project #2 - Alley's Farm. Tuesday, December 3rd at 9am. Plant 50 container trees along a small stream that was recently restored using natural channel design techniques. The address is 1377 E Glade Creek Rd, Clarkesville, GA  Both of these projects are phase I of a two phase planting. We'll be returning to both sites in January to plant 100's of bare root trees.
If you'd like to volunteer feel free to come by either of those days or send a quick e-mail to soque@windstream.net if you'd like to volunteer for a future project.
You can also support our WINTER TREE CAMPAIGN by: 1) MAKING A DONATION - For every $2 we receive we'll be able to plant 1 tree. You can donate ONLINE
2) ORDERING TREES - Take a look at the trees offered in our annual tree sale. You must Pre-Order by Friday, January 3rd for pick up on Friday, January 10th at the Mauldin House parking lot in Clarkesville (gravel parking lot across from library) from 3-6pm. To see our selection and place an order visit the ONLINE ORDERING SITE YOU ARE INVITED!  In less than two weeks we'll be holding our 5th Annual SRWA Christmas Party. The date is Friday, December 13th starting at 6pm. The evening festivities are simple. - BEER TASTING - Last year we had 35 different beers in our blind tasting. All attendees are asked to bring TWO 12oz bottles of the same beer to enter into the tasting (you can drink the rest yourself), or if you prefer you can contribute one BOMBER size beer or larger (that's 22oz). We do ask that all beer be CRAFT beer which means that it came from a small, independently owned brewery. If you're not sure what to get we encourage beer from the following breweries (Terrapin, Southern Tier, Lagunita's, Founders, Left Hand Brewing, New Belgium, Bell's, Stone, Rogue, Oskar Blues, Thomas Creek, Victory)
- POTLUCK DINNER / DESSERTS / SNACKS - A small dish for the occassion always makes the party a good place to show off something mouth watering. Dishes featuring food from local farms is always a favorite, but savory desserts, good cheeses, and other peculiarities are encouraged....especially if they go well with beer.
During the beer tasting everyone will have a score card that you are encouraged to fill in and submit. At the end of the night we'll write on a giant board the names of all the beers everyone tasted with the scores they received. The person who brings the highest scored beer will win a cool prize.
The party is at the home of Justin and Ching-Yu at 237 Wilson Street, Clarkesville, GA 30523. We look forward to bringing in the holidays with everyone.
Happy Holidays, 
Justin Ellis
Executive Director soque@windstream.net
706-754-9382 |
