Category Archives: Education

Member Advisory – Please Volunteer to Help Plant Native Plants

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To: All S-N IWLA Members

From: Wanda Gerard

Subj: RSVP requested to assist planting native plants in our Park this coming Sunday, November 1, 2015, starting at 2:00PM, at the Park Pavilion, we will have a small introduction over what we are planting, where, why, etc., then, we will move out … Read more →

VA DEQ Clean Power Plan Listening Session

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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is conducting a Listening Session regarding the Clean Power Plan on October 6th, 2015 from 5pm until 8pm at the Tidewater Community College campus, 120 Campus Drive, Portsmouth, VA.  A reminder, our S-N IWLA Chapter Members are encouraged to attend this Listening Session, … Read more →

Chapter Scholarship Awards for 2015

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On the 15th of July, 2015,  the Nansemond- Suffolk Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America awarded two $1500 scholarships to local environmentally-minded students Trevor Fletcher and Nicole Troia, shown here receiving their scholarships as presented by Chapter President, Ricky George.

Trevor Fletcher is an incoming Freshman at Christopher Newport University who will … Read more →

Suffolk Partnership Garden Forum

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Master Gardener Wanda Gerard, Membership Chair of our Chapter, not shown in this photo, helps a young participant fill a container garden during a demonstration at the Suffolk Partnership for a Healthy Community’s garden forum at Johnson’s Gardens on Saturday, June 6th, 2015. For more info, see the full Read more →