July 18, 2011
IN THIS NEWSLETTER
· August 8 Go Green Golf Outing – Sign Up Now!!
· Announcement of New WMSBF Board Officers
· September 12 Monthly Meeting
· Great Lakes Transportation Summit
6th Annual Go Green Golf Outing
Monday, August 8, 2011
8:00 a.m. scramble -7:15 a.m. free driving range
NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR!
Wallinwood Springs Golf Club in Jenison (www.wallinwoodspringsgolf.com)
$75.00 cost includes 18 holes of golf, lunch, door prizes and awards, networking and good green fun. Bring your own foursome ($300) or we can help place you in a group.
We are also looking for SPONSORS for this fun and worthwhile event. The Go Green Golf Outing is a scholarship fundraiser designed to raise $5,000 in order to encourage college/university students to integrate sustainability into their particular discipline and seek ways in which it may be infused into their institution’s curriculum. Your Sponsorship will help ensure we reach our goal!!
Questions?? Contact Lisa Locke, 616.914.1597, llocke@wmsbf.org, or planning committee members:
GabeWing 616.654.7324 gabe_wing@hermanmiller.com
MikeStemo 616.723.6954 mstemo@mktec.com
Sharon Koop 616.813.6413 skoop@goodwillgr.org
http://www.wmsbf.org/index.php/documents/cat_view/80-scholarship-materials
2011-2012 New WMSBF Board Officers
Welcome and congratulations to new Officers elected at the July 11 Board of Directors Meeting.
President: Rick Van Dellen, Sustainability Program Manager for Amway Corporation
Vice President: Gabe Wing, Director of Environmental Health & Safety for Herman Miller
Treasurer: Alison Waske, Sustainable Business Officer for Metro Health
Secretary: David Rinard, Director of Global Environmental Performance for Steelcase.
September 12 Monthly Meeting
Monday, September 12, 2011 :: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Donnelly Center, Aquinas College
157 Woodward Lane, SE, Grand Rapids
Aquinas Center for Sustainability hosts our September meeting. Presentation topic is Michigan Green Chemistry Clearinghouse. Details to follow.
Events
Great Lakes Transportation Summit
July 27, 2011; 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
GVSU Eberhard Center, 301 Fulton St. West, Grand Rapids
Attend this year's premiere wind energy manufacturing event. Hosted by The Right Place/ MMTC, in partnership with AWEA (AmericanWind Energy Association), the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Rockford Berge, the Great Lakes Transportation Summit brings together the industry leaders in transportation and logistics management.
For more information and to register, visit www.rightplace.org/TransSummit or contact Natalie Powers 616-771-0327 or powersn@rightplace.org.
