New York’s ban, which begins next March, will forbid stores to provide customers with single-use plastic bags, which are non-biodegradable and have been blamed for everything from causing...
Green Team
Can You Help with a Garden for our Food Pantry Clients?
We are letting you know about a local project raising food this Spring and Summer for food pantries. Some Yorktown and Peekskill houses of worship, including our own, are working a large FREE garden space...
Help Fund Mission Trips with Your Cans and Bottles
We have an easy way for you to help support our mission trips – bring in your bottles and cans that have a deposit and let the Mission Trip Team collect your refund! There is a specially marked container...
Earth Day Service April 28
Earth Day falls on Easter Sunday this year. Join us as we celebrate Earth Day on the following Sunday, April 28. Our theme will be Stewards of the Earth as we celebrate all of the ways we care for the...
Household Recycling This Saturday in Yorktown
Saturday, April 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at FDR State Park In addition to properly labelled household chemicals and other special wastes found in a typical household, residents can bring documents for...
Green Lawn Care from Your Green Team
This information is excerpted from the Cornell Cooperative Extension fact sheet “Lawn Care without Pesticides.” Can home lawns be maintained without pesticides? Yes, they can, and they may...
De-Greening the Sanctuary
On December 1 we “Greened” the Sanctuary with wreaths, roping, and our Christmas Tree. It will soon come time to “De-green” our space. In the past these materials have simply been discarded in...
Deck the halls … with mounds of discarded wrapping paper?
NO, NO, NO! Let’s not! How about this year we make a sincere effort to “go green”? Let’s recycle. Here are some ideas. I’ll start off with an oldie but a goodie. Separately wrap the bottom...
Let’s Talk About Aluminum
Have you ever wondered about the life of a soda can? More than likely you have not. For some time now, Fellowship Hall has been home to recycle bins in an effort for our church to become more “green.” The...
Join with Teatown for “Zero Waste”
From Teatown: From October to December we will take aim at waste reduction and conscious consumerism, exploring the concept of zero waste and the steps we can take toward a sustainable lifestyle. Here’s...