Wednesday, January 15, 2014

CONSERVATION 2013-2014

Mission of the EPA to Save Our Environment
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Make YOUR Home Energy Conscious

ENERGY STAR^® is a U.S. government-sponsored program that guides businesses and homeowners toward purchases that save energy and help the environment. When you choose ENERGY STAR qualified heating and cooling products, you know you’re making a smart decision that can significantly reduce your monthly utility costs. Energy Star products include dishwashers, stoves, refrigerators, computers, lighting, washing machines, dryers, audio/video, light bulbs, cordless phones, hybrid cars and so much more. Since you are purchasing items that help conserve energy and help the environment there may tax credits available. Check http://www.energystar.gov/ to learn everything you would need to know about the Energy Star program and how YOU and YOUR FAMILY can help save our environment!

Reduce YOUR Carbon Footprint
by Shopping Green and More!

Walk, bike or carpool to the store
Reuse the "Green" shopping bags, not the plastic bags
buy items that are energy efficient, used or reusable, made of recycled items or is recyclable, have no packaging or reduced packaging
buy in bulk to save going to the store so often
shop local
buy sustainable products

More About SHOPPING GREEN

Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

What is a carbon footprint?
car·bon foot·print noun: noun: carbon footprint; plural noun: carbon footprints;.

the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.

Many Ways to REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT at home, work, travel, your car, and much more!

Tally YOUR Carbon Footprint

Laws Regulated by the EPA

Clean Air Act

Clean Water Act

Other Laws regulated by the EPA

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

NSCAR Project 2013-2014 "Student Veterans of America"

National President’s Project

National President – CAITLIN M. COLLINS

Senior National President HANS E. JACKSON

Student Veterans of America

Student Veterans of America is an organization that helps veterans returning to college following military duty. The Student Veterans of America is non-profit. Chapters of Student Veterans of America can be found at many colleges in 50 states in the USA and in 3 other countries. There are 750 chapters in all. Student Veterans of America provide scholarships, support, student centers for the veterans to get together and call home, and much more for veterans entering the mainstream of college life. Caitlin Collins', N.S.C.A.R. National President, hope is that the CAR societies will find numerous ways to help these veterans attending colleges near where they are located in as many ways as possible. CAR members can visit the chapters, send C.A.R.E. packages, packages of supplies they need at college, gift cards, phone cards-the list is endless! This coming year we will be aiding the Student Veterans of America at Eastwick College in Ramsey, NJ and Felician College in Lodi, NJ.

The Student Veterans of America chapters closest to our society are;

Eastwick College in Ramsey
Berkeley College-Newark in Paterson
Felician College in Lodi
Montclair State University
Rutgers in New Brunswick
DeVry University in Piscataway

Out-of-state members can locate Student Veterans of America Chapters near were they live by accessing the map on the Student Veterans of America site which is listed below. Be sure to let us know about all the ways you were able to support the veterans at the colleges near your homes.

The Student Veterans of America is a non-profit organization, which provides scholarships and support to returning veterans entering college mainstream life. They build student centers on the campuses so the veterans have a place to “hang out” and call home along with many other things to provide them support. Student Veterans of America has 750 in all of 50 states and 3 countries. The goal for this NSCAR year is to get all societies involved with the national project-Student Veterans of America by visiting the chapters, sending C.A.R.E. packages, and more! The Student Veterans of America chapters closest to our society are Eastwick College in Ramsey, Berkeley College-Newark in Paterson, Felician College in Lodi, Montclair State University, Rutgers in New Brunswick and DeVry University in Piscataway.

Link to packet on the National President’s Project

National%20Project%202013-2014.pdf

YouTube on the SVA at Penn State

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YVFwFQxertI

Thursday, March 21, 2013

NJCAR State Project 2013-2014

NJCAR President, Vittoria Marie Flick

NJCAR Senior President, Ms. Heather Smith

Progress Digs Up the Past

State President Vittoria Marie Flick is pleased to announce the New Jersey Society Children of the American Revolution State Project for 2013-2014. The project is to raise money for the East Jersey Olde Town Village in Piscataway, New Jersey. The money raised during this project will be used for the preserving and interpretation of Revolutionary War artifacts, which were found during the excavation of the Route 18 Widening Project in New Brunswick in what was the port town called Raritan Landing.

The Raritan Landing archaeological findings include the remains of house foundations, commercial structures, and associated artifacts dating to the heyday of the community in the middle of the 18th century, to the destruction during the Revolutionary War, and to the rebuilding of the community after the war.

East Jersey Olde Towne Village is located on River Road on a 12-acre showcase in Johnson Park. The collection includes original, reconstructed, and replicated 18th and 19th century of architecture typical of farm and merchant communities of central New Jersey.

The money for this project will be raised through donations and by selling voices on a hand-made quilt and a framed Norman Rockwell print. We hope you will support this project.

Here are some links so out of state members can see the East Jersey Olde Town Village in Piscataway, NJ

http://www.lincolnbittner.com/east_jersey_olde_towne.html
http://www.co.middlesex.nj.us/culturalheritage/village2.asp

Washington Elm Society American Revolutionary War Patriots

	Washington Elm Members
	Patriot List

Washington Elm Society Families		Patriots

Amiaga		Thomas Chapman
Bantel		Timothy Meeker Sr.
Beck		Moses Harriman
Beck		Englehart Wormsley
Cunningham		Richard Van Riper
Demes		Benjamin Randall Jr.
Egner		William Demarest
Gallo		John Willison Sr.
Haines		Aaron Haynes Sr.
Higgins		William Wilson
Highley		Solomon Peirce
Hoover		Thomas Hopkins
Jorgensen Masarwe		Jotham Stuart John Cox Jr.
Matson		James Croft
Mills		Jacob Mills
Nguyen		Elijah Gardner
Oursler		Benjamin Randall Jr.
Pallien		Timothy Meeker Sr.
Parsekian		George Hartzell
Schwenker		Walter Burnside
Seifer		Benjamin Randall Jr.
Senanayake		Samuel Turner
Skriloff		William Stewart
Sullivan		George Weisel Sr.
Taylor		William Stewart
Tobias		Joseph Stonecipher
Travers		James Croft
Valdes		Moses Moore

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

History of the Washington Elm Society's Name

A Note About “The Washington Elm”

From its location on modern day Franklin Turnpike, near the historic HoHoKus Inn in HoHoKus, NJ, a famous landmark has now vanished from the scene, but it is remembered in picture and history. That is the Washington Elm.

Legend has it that General George Washington and his officers are thought to have stopped under the spreading branches of this great elm tree as they traveled from Fort Lee to the Ramapough Mountains during the American Revolution.

Even during the Revolutionary War, this famous elm was a majestic tree over sixty years old and in the prime of its beauty. By 1830 it had passed its first century of life.

About 1917, when the state widened Franklin Turnpike, some of the roots of the elm had to be cut away. This damage so weakened the tree that it fell prey to Dutch Elm disease. Many attempts were made to save the tree, and some of the large branches were braced, but to no avail. This historic old tree, whose falling branches had become a menace to pedestrians and automobiles, had to be taken down in 1937. As of that date, the tree measured seventeen feet in circumference, and its age was estimated as 225 years.

Though the noble elm is gone, its memory remains green. Some interesting facts about the Washington Elm:

· The gavel used by the HoHoKus Woman’s Club was made from a piece of wood from the tree

· The Veterans of Foreign Wars of HoHoKus chose the name Washington Elm Post 192

· The Washington Elm is pictured on the bookplates used in the HoHoKus Public School Library

· A mural of George Washington and his officers under the Washington Elm was depicted for many years in the lobby of the Warner Theater in Ridgewood, NJ

The Washington Elm Society, Children of the American Revolution is as well proud to bear the name of this grand historic symbol. Just as the Washington Elm spread its branches over key figures and events during the birth of our nation, its legacy presides over our society and its endeavors during the dawning of this new millennium.

Link:
Memorial Park, 2 Franklin Tpke, HoHoKus, NJ where the Ramapo Valley Chapter DAR moved the monument

HoHoKus Inn, NJ was where the tree originally stood

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Native American Indians

Hudson River Valley Indians

Do YOU know where they live??? Check out the link below to find out about various tribes that live along the Hudson River. There are sections on the Lenni-Lenape tribes, the Mohican tribes, Iroquois tribes, and Munsee which are a few of the tribes in the area :

Native Americans in the Hudson River Valley area

Explore the links below to see how the Hudson River Valley Indian tribes lived, their cultures, homes, foods, clothing and much more!

Mohican                  Mahican tribes, culture, homes and more

Wappinger               Wappinger tribe for kids

Munsee             Munsee tribe for kids

Iroquois              Iroquois tribe for kids

Lenni-Lenape       Lenni-Lenape for kids         Lenni-Lenape Indians

Did You Know that the Native Americans assisted in the American Revolution???? Well, they did in many ways. Check out the links below to see some of the ways:

Indians and the American Revolution

Native Americans and their role in the American Revolution

American Revolution and the Native Americans

Some ways the Indians assisted in the American Revolution

Enjoy this YouTube of an Indian Powwow!

Indian Powwow

Washington Elm Society

Monday, February 3, 2014

Ongoing Veterans Programs