Raffle Tickets for
Red Lion Inn Overnight Stay
and Dinner for Two
$10 a Ticket
to Benefit the
Center Pond Weed Project
Tickets available at Becket Country Store next to the Post Office, Action Sports & Travel on North Street in Pittsfield, or send a check to CPWP, PO Box 424, Becket, MA 01223.
The Center Pond Weed Project is a grassroots non-profit that has been hand-pulling the invasive weeds there since 2002. Our goal is to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of chemical applications to this very beautiful and healthy lake.
Eurasian Milfoil and Curly-leaf Pondweed are the invasives within the lake. Scuba divers pull these plants out by the roots and remove the plants from the lake. Skimmers in canoes and kayaks skim the pieces of the plants that break off from the surrounding water.
Purple Loosestrife and Phragmites are the invasives along the shoreline. We found these before they had spread throughout the lake, and we are digging them out or cutting them every year so their numbers are decreasing.
This Project has had support from the Town of Becket at Town Meeting for many years, and more recently by the Center Pond Preservation & Protection Foundation. Last year we also received a grant from the Toxics Use Reduction Institute. This year we need additional support. The Red Lion Inn has generously donated a Gift Certificate for an overnight stay and dinner for two in their main dining room which will be good for one year.
We invite you to attend our meeting where we will do a slideshow of our Project and announce the results of our project to date, and draw the winning ticket:
Public Meeting November 16 at 7PM at Becket Town Hall
Any outright donations to help fund this project would be greatly appreciated. Please get in touch to find out how you can make a tax-deductible donation!
Thank You for your Needed Support !!!
centerpondweedproject@yahoo.com
Mercedes Gallagher, director (413) 623-2169 (after 10am)
HELP FUND NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR SUPPORT IN BECKET!
Dear Becket friends-
We have a rare opportunity to help our neighbors in need. The Central Berkshire Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation is offering a challenge grant to the residents of Becket. For every $1.00 that Becket residents raise, the CBF will contribute $7.00, up to a total of $14,000.
That means if we raise $2,000, we get $14,000, making a total of $16,000 that will be earmarked for emergency assistance to Becket residents who may be having financial problems.
The funds will be dedicated to the Neighbor to Neighbor program to provide various kinds of help- transportation, utility or medical bills, short term housing assistance, etc.
The terms of the grant are that we must raise at least $2,000 from at least ten Becket residents (hopefully many more!) and that it must be done by December 31.
Make your checks payable to the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and in the memo line write CBF- Becket. Every dollar we raise will benefit Becket residents.
Please mail your checks to:
Central Berkshire Fund
c/o Becket Town Hall
557 Main St.
Becket, MA 01223
CET seeks homeowners and businesses for Green Building Tour
Energy efficiency and solar technologies are among the highlights of the 2009 Green Buildings Open House Tour, slated for Saturday, October 3. During a time of heightened awareness about energy, this eighth annual green buildings event gives the public the chance to tour homes and businesses in the Berkshires to see clean, renewable energy at work and discover the ways people are conserving energy, saving money and protecting the environment.
Owners of homes or businesses that feature green building techniques and who are interested in participating in this year’s tour are encouraged to contact CET at 413-445-4556 ext. 25 or cynthiag@cetonline.org as soon as possible. Registration deadline to be included in the tour is September 1.
