voted, thanks Ben, and keep us informed
On Nov 15, 2007 7:51 PM, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PASS THIS EMAIL ON! > ~~~~~~ IF YOU RECEIVED THIS MORE THAN ONCE, DARN IT! > WE LOVE YOU AND APOLOGIZE! We are new to this and are learning. > > contact: NextStep Staff: < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Lorraine Kerwood: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > office: 541-686-2366 website: < http://www.nextsteprecycling.org> > postal address: NextStep Recycling > 2101 W 10th Ave Eugene, OR 97402-2788 > > Holy Moly and Heaven's to Betsy! Our [NextStep's, FKA CRRC's] founder and > Executive Director, > Lorraine Kerwood, was nominated by Lane County community members for the > Volvo For Life Awards! And now she is semi-finalist! Zowee! HOW FUN!!!! > > * If our fearless leader is one of two finalists in the Environment > category, she will gift the $25.000 Volvo for Life cash award to to her > favorite nonprofit, NextStep Recycling! Right on! > * If she is the winner for the Environment Category, she will gift the > $100,000 Volvo for Life cash award to her favorite nonprofit-NEXTSTEP > RECYCLING! DOUBLE COOL! > * If she is the grand award winner, she will gift her Volvo to NextStep > too! Fantastically COOL! > > Click here to vote: > <http://www.volvoforlifeawards.com/cgi-bin/iowa/english/vote/environment/index.html> > Lorraine is the third person on the left column. Look for her photo: > > You can vote once a minute! Vote once, vote often! VOTE UNTIL JANUARY 7th, > 2008!!! Why? BECAUSE: > > NextStep doesn't charge much for our services because our community > can't pay much for our services. As a result, NextStep Recycling does > not receive income to match it's operating costs. However! Lorraine's > dream, NextStep Recycling, is kicking the e-waste out of our landfills! > NextStep Recycling volunteers and staff have, in three short years, > recycled over 1100 TONS of local and national obsolete > electronics-keeping it out of our landfill, our water, earth, and air. > The NextStep family has also refurbished over 11,500 computers that have > been placed in the hands of marginalized community members-addressing > the digital divide and empowering people locally, nationally, and > internationally. Lorraine's leadership has motivated and inspired > hundreds of community members to donate their obsolete electronics > hardware, to volunteer their time, to educate our community, and to > offer increasingly expanding recycling and educational services to > address our waste production and REDUCTION-and encourage our communities > to think REUSE FIRST! before the landfill or recycling. > > Lorraine has dedicated her savings and her life to the development of > NextStep Recycling; empowering community members who have barriers that > she has experienced in her life-poverty, lack of appropriate education > because of her developmentally disabilities, homelessness, and familial > abuse. Through access to technology as an older adult, Lorraine learned > that being poor, living on the streets, or lack of education did not > mean she was a lost cause. Lorraine learned through access to > technology, that she was intelligent, capable, and smart, smart, smart! > After her mother saw her first computer shop, even her mama said, "I did > not know you were so smart." Lorraine has learned she was smart, > capable, and powerful by using the computer, tearing it apart, putting > it back together, and helping others learn these skills. > > Help Lorraine build this rockin' nonprofit that impacts thousands of > community members! A VOTE FOR LORRAINE IS A VOTE FOR NEXTSTEP RECYCLING! > HELP US PLACE TECHNOLOGY WITH OUR COMMUNITIES MOST MARGINALIZED > POPULATIONS! Recipients of NextStep computers report: increased > connections with their families (via the Internet and email); increased > knowledge of their health and disabilities issues (via the Internet and > list serves); increased connection with fellow students/disability > forums/web based classes; increased employment opportunities; increased > access to educational opportunities; and overall sense of connectedness > with the wide world! Help us bridge the digital divide and vote for > Lorraine! > > Did you know that reusing ONE computer and CRT monitor saves: > * 30 lbs of hazardous waste > * 77 lbs of solid waste > * 147 lbs (17.5 gallons) of water from being polluted > * 32 tons of air from being polluted > * 1,333 lbs of CO2 from being emitted > * 7,719 kilowatts of energy > Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency > > DID YOU KNOW NEXTSTEP RECYLING HAS KEPT THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF LEAD > OUT OF OUR LANDFILL? (Lead is a highly toxic substance, exposure to which > can > produce a wide range of adverse health effects. Both adults and children can > suffer from the effects of lead poisoning, but childhood lead poisoning is > much > more frequent). NextStep volunteers and staff responsibly handle the > hazardous lead and other wastes contained in monitors, batteries, and other > materials brought to NextStep. > > DID YOU KNOW NEXTSTEP GIFTS TECHNOLOGY DIRECTLY TO THE MOST > MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES? NextStep gifts computers and > other > technology to: children and adults living in foster care, to persons who > experience disabilities, to migrant worker families, to family members > leaving > domestically violent relationships, to seniors and others living in > poverty, to underfunded schools and nonprofits, to rural native communities > in Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, The Island of Fiji, the Philippines, > Uganda, and hopefully in the future: Ethiopia, China, and Honduras. > > A VOTE FOR LORRAINE IS A VOTE FOR OUR MOST UNSUPPORTED COMMUNITY > MEMBERS! THE MORE FUNDS COMING INTO NEXTSTEP THE MORE COMPUTERS WE CAN > PLACE! IT COSTS US $160.00 FOR EACH COMPUTER WE BUILD. SUPPORT OUR > BUILDS! VOTE FOR LORRAINE! IF SHE RECEIVES THE $25.000.00 GIFT FROM > VOLVO, IT WILL PAY FOR 156 COMPUTER PLACEMENTS. THE $100, 000.00 GIFT > FROM VOLVO WILL PAY FOR 625 PLACEMENTS! WOOOOO HOOOOO! > > Voting An online public vote from November 1, 2007, through noon EST on > January 7, 2008, will determine the three finalists in the categories of > Safety, Environment, Quality of Life, and the Butterfly Award. Members > of the public may vote for as many nominees as they wish. Only votes > made through the online ballot on this Web site will be counted. Any > votes that appear to be submitted from the same computer or IP address > more than once per minute will be disqualified. A user who submits more > than one vote per minute from the same computer or IP address will not > be prompted that his or her votes in excess of one per minute have been > disqualified. Additionally, any votes submitted from a Web browser that > does not accept cookies will not be counted. An online public vote will > determine the three finalists in each category. A panel of independent > judges will choose the winner in the categories of Safety, Quality of > Life, and Environment. The Grand Award winner will be selected from the > category winners in Safety, Quality of Life, and Environment by the > panel of independent judges and Volvo Cars of North America, LLC. > > Awards include: > > * All semifinalists receive a certificate of merit. > > * Two finalists in each of three categories "Safety, Quality of > Life, and Environment" receive $25,000 each to a designated charity > recognized as a tax-exempt charity under the Internal Revenue Code > (called a "Qualified Charity"). > > * A winner in each category (Safety, Quality of Life, and > Environment) receives a $100,000 donation to a designated charity > recognized as a tax-exempt charity under the Internal Revenue Code > (called a "Qualified Charity"), plus a trip to the final awards > ceremony and a starring role in a Volvo for life Awards documentary > film to be presented at the Gala Awards Ceremony in New York City. > > * Grand Award winner (selected from the winners in the categories of > Safety, Quality of Life, and Environment) also receives a new Volvo > every three years for the rest of his or her life. > > QUESTIONS? You can talk to our Director Lorraine at 541-686-2366 ext > 112. Wanna talk to one of our Master Recyclers? Another member of our > staff? A member of our Board of Directors? Send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we'll hook you up with the person > you want to talk to! > > HELP SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS TO BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE! VOTE FOR LORRAINE AT > < > http://www.volvoforlifeawards.com/cgi-bin/iowa/english/vote/environment/index.html> > ! > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
