{"id":187,"date":"2015-04-09T19:01:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T19:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2025-04-06T07:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T11:26:56","slug":"programs-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/programs-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Our Chapter Members \u00a0volunteer their time and resources on a regular basis by participating\u00a0in\u00a0a variety of programs and activities relating to conversation and the environment, such as pulling trash from ditches\u00a0as depicted in this photo on the right.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_224\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jerico-Ditch-Cleanup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224\" class=\"wp-image-224 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jerico-Ditch-Cleanup.png\" alt=\"Jerico Ditch Cleanup\" width=\"436\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jerico-Ditch-Cleanup.png 436w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jerico-Ditch-Cleanup-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jerico-Ditch-Cleanup-250x130.png 250w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jerico-Ditch-Cleanup-150x78.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">S-N IWLA Ikes relax after a hard day&#8217;s work pulling\u00a0old tires, metal, glass, and plastic bottles from the Jerico Ditch in the Great Dismal Swamp, Suffolk, VA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But we do much more, as you can see from this\u00a0summary of recurring events\u00a0held each\u00a0year at our S-N IWLA Chapter:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Annual Education Scholarships are awarded to students who have been accepted to or are already attending a university, college, or trade school, and who are pursuing studies pertaining to conservation and the environment. For more information, see <a title=\"Education\" href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/scholarships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scholarships<\/a>.\u00a0 Contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/committees\/\">Scholarship Chair<\/a>\u00a0if you have questions.<\/li>\n<li>A couple of chapter fundraisers are held throughout the year. For specific information, see <a title=\"Fund Raisers\" href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/fund-raisers\/\">Fundraisers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For information about shooting and archery classes\/competitions scheduled at our Chapter park&#8217;s firing and archery ranges, please check our <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/calendar\/\">website calendar<\/a>\u00a0for the next scheduled event, or contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/committees\/\">Shooting Sports Coordinator<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/committees\/\">Archery Chair<\/a> if you have questions.\u00a0 Also, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/park\/archery-range\/\">Archery Range<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Annual open-to-the-public <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/teddy-bear-hunt\/\">Teddy Bear Hunt<\/a> is held each April.\u00a0 Please check our <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/calendar\/\">website calendar<\/a> for the next such scheduled event, or contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/committees\/\">Youth Coordinator<\/a>\u00a0if you have questions.<\/li>\n<li>Annual open-to-the-public <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/september-2024-fishing-rodeo\/\">Youth Fishing Rodeo<\/a> at our chapter park pond.\u00a0Please check our <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/calendar\/\">website calendar<\/a>\u00a0for the next scheduled event, or contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/committees\/\">Youth Coordinator<\/a>\u00a0if you have questions.<\/li>\n<li>Periodically throughout the year, Adopt-A-Road trash cleanups, Nansemond river trash cleanups and neighborhood trash cleanups are scheduled, sometimes in conjunction with the City of Suffolk&#8217;s Litter Control\/Keep Suffolk Beautiful department. See <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/trash-cleanups\/\">Trash Cleanups<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<li>Park Maintenance workdays are scheduled 4 times per year. For specific\u00a0dates and venues, always check the online chapter <a title=\"Calendar\" href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/calendar\/\">Calendar<\/a>.\u00a0 For questions, please contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/committees\/\">Park Maintenance Chair<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Annual Awards Presentations occur at the regular dinner meeting in September.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regular Member Meetings:<\/strong> Chapter dinner meetings are held monthly usually every third Wednesday of the month (but not always) at the Oakland Church Community Life Center located in Chuckatuck at 5641 Godwin Blvd, Suffolk, VA 23434.\u00a0 Socializing beforehand and sign-in at the front door entrance begins at 6pm. The meal is served promptly at 6:30PM and the cost is $10. <em>NOTICE: w<\/em><em>e do not hold any chapter dinner meetings in the month of December. Also, in the month of May, we hold a chapter picnic in the park in lieu of a dinner meeting. <\/em>For specific dates and venues, always check the online chapter <a title=\"Calendar\" href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/calendar\/\">Calendar<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Board Member meetings:<\/strong> Board meetings are held monthly usually at 7PM on the 2nd Monday of the month. These board meetings are held at Constantia house at 509 W. Washington Street, Suffolk, VA 23434. For specific dates and venues, always check the online chapter <a title=\"Calendar\" href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/calendar\/\">Calendar<\/a>.\u00a0 For more information, see <a title=\"Meetings\" href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/meetings\/\">Meetings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Our Chapter Members \u00a0volunteer their time and resources on a regular basis by participating\u00a0in\u00a0a variety of programs and activities relating to conversation and the environment, such as pulling trash from ditches\u00a0as depicted in this photo on the right.<\/p>\n<p>But we do much more, as you can see from this\u00a0summary  \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/programs-activities\/\"> Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Activities - S-N IWLA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/programs-activities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Activities - S-N IWLA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ACTIVITIES Our Chapter Members \u00a0volunteer their time and resources on a regular basis by participating\u00a0in\u00a0a variety of programs and activities relating to conversation and the environment, such as pulling trash from ditches\u00a0as depicted in this photo on the right. 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