Non Profits Welcome At Riverfest!!! Line-up Teaser!!

 

Folks,

I’ve got some great news. The 2012 Riverside Festival is underway and we are expecting quite a turnout. We have been working very hard with the people at Watermelon Park to ensure that this year is something else. We have also decided to open up the fundraiser and let any non-profit that is representing the environment be welcome to set up a booth at the festival to preach on their cause. We want the riverside festival to be huge and why not get  as much educational material out there as possible. So if you are involved with an environmental nonprofit or know someone who is please e-mail your interest to earthkorps@yahoo.com and we’ll get you set up. Also I suppose I should release a few of our bands to you. We have so far the legendary….

Rhonda Vincent

 

Drifitn’ Westward

 

Acoustic Burgoo

Allen Thompson Band

Jake and The Burtones

 

The Shakedown

Steal the Prize

That should be enough of a teaser for right now. The pictures are linked to the bands websites. Check em out and get ready because tickets go on sale March 1st. Tell all your friends, tell all your non-profits

Headliner Announcement for Riverfest 2012

Hey folks,

for all of you wondering we are looking to have tickets for the 2012 Shenandoah Riverside Festival for sale starting March first. Be sure to get them ahead of time to early bird pricing. By the way did you hear about one of our headliners, Rhonda Vincent, she’s a small town award winning bluegrass singer. If you haven’t heard of her, then you don’t listen to bluegrass. This year is going to be crazy folks we are going to feature many other non-profits aswell as Earth Korps. So come on down to Watermelon Park  June15-17th to have a big time with us and keep your earrs open because we’re announcing more bands soon.

-Captain

February News for Earth Korps

Hello All,

This is our first attempt at an official news letter. No worries were still the same small town company you know and love haha. We have some interesting things going on here lately and I would also like to follow up on some past projects you may be wondering about.

Mono Bins

Remember our mono bin project that we started a few months ago, well it’s still in the works we are waiting on a day to mesh schedules with D.I.G.F. to go out and install these bins around the North Fork. Hopefully we will have that coming to you soon. Also our Adopt a Stream signs that we ordered 8 months ago still have not come in. No we didn’t un-adopt the river, it’s just a long process making signs to put everywhere. I’m hopeful that project will also be able to be completed before the warm weather season hits and we get back to cleaning. On that we would like to go ahead a pre thank V.D.O.T. for donating sign posts and the man power to put these guys up for us. Thanks guys!

 

Adopt a Stream

We have a few grants out right now as you might remember, so keep your fingers crossed on those.

Also we are hoping by tomorrow to know whether we have the legendary Watermelon Park as our new venue for Riverfest 2012. Trust me folks you are not going to want to miss this year. We will be doubling what we normally provide for you if everything works out. I would like to personally thank Mr. Mike Capanelli the parks GM for all his help and cooperation in this matter. If you ever get to meet this man give him a slap on the back for me. He has done tremendous things for us, both festival related and other.

If I’m not mistaken Earth Korps will be lecturing about community involvement at Central Highschool later in the month. I’m sure there will be excellent stories to tell about that.

Also we are still trying to get that volunteer list up folks. This is not so wee can send you a bunch of junk mail. We need to show a strong volunteer base to increase the over all substanciability  of Earth Korps. It will also make our cleans much easier to announce to everyone in the summer. So even if you only plan on helping one time this summer send your e-mail address to jenniferndalke@gmail.com.

I’m sure I’ve forgotten quite a few things but beyond that I would like to thank our team and our board and everyone who supports cleaner water and promotes better life in Shenandoah and the surrounding counties. It would not be possible without any of you. I thank you and so does your river and it’s inhabitants.

 

Check Out Potomac River Keepers News on Trash!

February Edition: What’s Happening in Trash? Cleanup Time Site Leader Trainings Scheduled: Wednesday February 29th at 5:30 pm in Washington, DC Saturday March 3rd at 11:00 am in Accokeek, MD Saturday March 10th at 10:30 am in Fairfax, VA Register your sites now for the 24th Annual Potomac Watershed Cleanup.  Please follow the instructions provided here, or emailpotomaccleanup@fergusonfoundation.org with any questions. Last call for Sponsors to appear on the cleanup bag! If you are interested in sponsoring the cleanup and having your name printed on over 30,000 cleanup bags distributed throughout the watershed, please emaildevelopment@fergusonfoundation.org by Friday, February 3. Get Started Early: The Arlington Fairfax Chapter of the IWLA will be conducting a stream cleanup of Bull Run on Saturday, March 10, 2012 from 9:00 am – 12:00 noon.  For more information, visit www.potomaccleanup.org. Policy News Support the Maryland and Prince George’s County Bag Bill and Help Reduce Litter at Its Source!   Make a Video!  Since we cannot get all of the supporters to testify at the hearings, we are currently compiling videos of testimonies of citizens, small business owners, children etc., about why they would like to see fewer plastic bags blowing in their neighborhoods and clogging their local streams.  Find out how to get involved with the projects here. Sign this petition!  Urge the state General Assembly to give the County the ability to pass a bag fee.  This petition is only for Prince George’s County residents, so stay tuned for petition and news about the Maryland Bag Bill. Second Annual Litter Enforcement Month Police Departments & Sheriffs Offices of the Potomac Watershed: Do you want to be recognized as an active participant in the prevention of litter and illegal dumping? Registration for Litter & Illegal Dumping Enforcement Month April 1st – April 30th, 2012is now open. If you are Interested in participating in Litter Enforcement Month, send an email to Ashlea Smith at asmith@fergusonfoundation.org  “Littering and Illegal Dumping are crimes that affect community pride, safety, and well-being. We are glad to participate in Litter Enforcement Month and will focus on education both our officers and the people we serve about the environmental and social impacts of litter.” - Commander Russell Hamil, Montogomery County Police Dept., 2011 Have an Event or News to Share? If you would like to have your cleanup or other trash event to appear in this newsletter and/or website, please contactpotomaccleanup@fergusonfoundation.org

Thanks Farmers and Merchants Bank!

Hey Folks,

Got a bit of good news the other day. We have been accepted in a program by Farmers and Merchants Bank in Timberville. I suppose it is a small grant program in which non-profits recieve free radio advertisement time on q101 and a few other radio stations. Our allotted time slot is in April and we will obviously be using it to push the Shenandoah Riverside Festival, which by the way is coming along nicely. Stay posted for that. Also in other news we had our first river trip of 2012 the other day. Just scouting the banks and seeing what kind of trash mother nature brought to us in the past flood season. Looks like we’re going to have a busy year. Stay tuned for more news folks. I hope to be getting some pretty cool stuff out to you soon. We are in negotiations with the biggest project Earth Korps will ever pull off right now and are also just a short time away from installing our mono recycling bins. Keep your eyes open everyone because good things are coming soon and remember to do your part in the war against pollution.

-Captain

Reminder About Volunteer Registration

Hey Folks,

This is your captain speaking. Sorry for the continued delay in blogging. We have been exceptionally busy securing a new venue for 2012′s Shenandoah Riverside Festival, booking bands, and putting in some last minute grants that were all scrunched together. Needless to say, time is a little hard to find. I would like to remind everyone though that if you intend to come on out to a river clean-up day in 2012 we have a neat little system worked out now to where we can let folks know ahead of time. All you need to do is send an e-mail expressing your interest in the river to jenniferndalke@gmail.com and she will add you to the list. Don’t worry this does;t mean that you’ll be getting a bunch of junk mail. You’ll only be hearing about the most important events of Earth Korps, keeping you in the loop. Thanks to everybody for supporting the Shenandoah River clean-up project and we cannot wait to get back out on the water in some warmer weather to bring you pictures of our crazy finds again.

-Captain

Your chance to vote on bands

Hey folks,

I figured as we get further into this festival planning thing I’d go ahead and let you listen to the submissions I’m getting and decide who you really want to hear this year. I’ve gotten quite a few already and I’ll post a new one every few days. Without further adue here is the Luke Johnson Band. If you love their music then drop us an opinion on facebook about it.

http://www.lukejohnsonband.com

-Captain

P.S. We have just gotten word of an incredible grant opportunity that the winner gets voted on by the public so get ready to do your part for the river. All I need is a vote from each and every one of you.

2012 S.R.F Headliner Survey

Hey folks,

I’m starting to look at a possible headliner for this years festival. This is your chance to cast your vote for who you want to hear. I’m not talking about bringing back the kiss tour or anything crazy like that but I’ve been looking at a couple of up and coming bands like Joe Pug, Trampled By Turtles, Punch Brothers, The Hackinsaws Ect. Here’s your chance to let me know if there is anyone out there that masses of people want to hear and I will do my best to see if I can make something happen. We’ve got some good changes coming to you this year and I think this year is going to be one for the record books. Feel free to post your responses on facebook.

-Captain

New Decomposition Chart on Website

Hey Folks,

Hope every one is making the most out of the last bit of beautiful weather we’ve had here lately. We’ve been very busy trying to secure a new venue for Riverfest 2012 and also doing some other fun things. Have you ever seen a decomposition chart. It’s amazing how long it takes for something to decompose compared to the amount of time it would take to just throw it away properly in the first place. We’ve got a brand new section on the website devoted to that. It’s actually on the trash removal page underneath of “Programs” on Earth Korps’ website. Here’s a link http://earthkorps.webs.com/trashremoval.htm

Also I’ve been getting quite a few submissions for the river fest already. I will get back to all of you as time goes on, but I want to have an accurate amount of time to listen to each band and also give other bands a chance to be heard without doing a first come fisrt serve basis. I will send an initial e-mail to each of you stating that I have gotten your links or expressd interest and will probably not make final decisions untill late March or early April. Thanks for all the support from both ends of the environmental support and the musical support for our fundraiser. Lets make this thing huge

-Captain

 

Introducing new people and new pages.

Hey folks,

Welcome to 2011…. Oh wait it’s 2012. Where does time go? Well anoywho I’m here to let you know that Earth Korps is going to be pushing some very cool things this year. We’ve got some very motivated people behind our cause and things are going to get very interesting come Spring. For now though we’ve got some other excellent new news. We have a new member of our family and her name is Jessica Larson. She has agreed to be our event coordinator this year so you can expect a variety of fun fundraisers possibly even a second music festival. Who doesn’t want more of that action? Info on Jessica and a picture to put with the name are on our website at http://earthkorps.webs.com/ourteam.htm. Also we have finally added the mono filament recycling section to our website so check it out. The link is http://earthkorps.webs.com/monorecycling.htm.  Also we are putting together a list of folks are willing to volunteer. Now this list is not saying that you are committed to coming out every single time we do any sort of clean-up, but if you would like to be kept in the loop of news then send us your e-mail address so we can add you to our list and you will be the first to know of the things we have going on and for volunteer and play opportunities. So to everyone out there who loves the river get ready because we’ve got  2012 in our scope.

-Captain