IN THIS NEWSLETTER: · August 8 Go Green Golf Outing – Sponsors, Golfers, & Bocce Ball Players Sign Up Now!! · Announcement of New 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 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. ** Bocce Ball Tournament Option for non-golfers. If interested, contact Lisa Locke, llocke@wmsbf.org. 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!! Here is the URL for our Facebook invite. Please send out to your social media contacts: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=256269664387439 Questions?? Contact Lisa Locke, 616.914.1597, llocke@wmsbf.org, or planning committee members: Gabe Wing 616.654.7324 gabe_wing@hermanmiller.com Mike Stemo 616.723.6954 mstemo@mktec.com Sharon Koop 616.813.6413 skoop@goodwillgr.org Download golfer sign-up and sponsorship information: http://www.wmsbf.org/index.php/documents/cat_view/80-scholarship-materials Announcement of New Board Officers A new slate of officers was elected at the July 11 Board meeting. Our congratulations and appreciation goes out to: President: Eric VanDellen, Sustainability Program Manager, Amway Corporation Vice President: Gabe Wing, Director of Environmental Health & Safety, Herman Miller Treasurer: Alison Waske, Sustainable Business Officer, Metro Health Secretary: David Rinard, Director of Global Environmental Performance, Steelcase Corporation 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. Deborah Steketee, Director of the Center, and Clinton Boyd, Sustainable Research Group, will present on the 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 (American Wind EnergyAssociation), 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. THE WMSBF ON TWITTER, LINKEDIN, AND FACE BOOK We are now on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. We are using these media to update meeting information, member news, and general sustainability news. Follow or friend to remain in the loop! | 