Early Saturday morning, November 5, 2016, our members were joined by volunteers from Nansemond River Preservation Alliance (NRPA) for our second River Clean- up event. Also participating were employees and family members from the Sev1Tech company.
A total of 54 volunteers participated. The focus of this event was cleaning … Read more
On Saturday, September 24th, 2016, the Natural Bridge of Virginia officially became Natural Bridge State Park. The area … Read more
The Suffolk Department of Planning and Community Development is hosting a Green Infrastructure Community Forum in conjunction with the Green Infrastructure Center. The forum will be held in the City Council Chambers located in City Hall, 442 West Washington Street at 7:00pm, Wednesday, October 12th.
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The chapter’s annual banquet was held on September 21st, 2016. Attendees enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Among other festivities during the evening, the Chapter Tobin Award and the IWLA National Website Award were presented.
There is only one Tobin Award given in each chapter each year. … Read more
On September 10th, 2016 the chapter held a SNIWLA members only 22 rim-fire shooting competition at the park range. The following are the results of the competition by event category:
25 yard Open Sights Pistol: 1st place; Darden Langston(83) 2nd place; H.K. Good(80) 3rd place; David Perdue(67)
50 yard Scoped … Read more
Six new chapter members were sworn in at our September members Banquet. They were (pictured from left to right) Cathy Lovich, Buddy Lovich, Rod Taylor, Priscilla Taylor, Bill Uhl and Carol Uhl.
The guest speaker at our September Banquet meeting was Deloras Freeman. She is a Visitor Specialist at the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Deloras and her family have lived in Chesapeake, near the eastern boundary of the refuge, for 34 years. The title of her presentation was “The Great … Read more
The Suffolk Clean City Commission (SCCC) sponsored a recycling event, in the Lowe’s parking lot on North Main St., on Saturday the 17th of September. The event ran from 9:00am until 1:00pm and had a steady flow of residents through out the event. Volunteers supporting the event included two SNIWLA … Read more
Volunteers arrived early Saturday morning to support the fall park cleanup event. Although the turn out was … Read more
Our chapter’s guest speaker at the August member’s dinner meeting was Wayne Jones. Wayne is the Litter Coordinator for the city of Suffolk.
Wayne’s talk included discussions on the direct affect of litter on the environment and wildlife as well as it’s economic impact. We don’t often think about the … Read more
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