Recap of Belmar Beach Cleanup
| September 26, 2009 |
On September 26, 2009, Tau Iota helped out with an Adopt a Beach cleanup at Belmar Beach, hosted by Hudson County College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. The event was coordinated with Coastal Cleanup, supported by the EPA. There were 6 members/officers and 1 advisor from Tau Iota in attendance. Thank you to: Kevin Rutz, Karen Marcotullio, Rachel Ryan, Michael Ryan, Matt Buenvenito and myself (Charis Chambers), with a special thanks to our advisor, Dr. Mirashi.
As a chapter, we’ve collected: 1 paper bag, 14 plastic bags, 67 plastic bottles, 1 glass bottle, 25 beverage cans, 58 caps;lids, 1 article of clothing, 48 various paper products, 49 cups plates and utensils, 15 food wrappers, 35 straws, 9 hair clips, 2 cleaner bottles, 2 PVC pipes, 3 plastic tarps, 2 pieces of electrical tape, 1 piece of boardwalk, 4 cigar tips, 1 piece of gum, 4 Band-Aids, 3 pieces of broken glass, 9 rusty screws, and 109 cigarette butts!
Along with Tau Iota, 9 other Phi Theta Kappa chapters were involved from the following schools: (consisting of 53 volunteers)
Beta Alpha Phi, Hudson County Community College
Beta Alpha Phi Alumni Association, Hudson County Community College
Alpha Theta Theta, Essex County College
Alpha Epsilon Pi, Raritan Valley Community College
Tau Iota, Ocean County College
Iota Xi, Union County College
Alpha Pi Theta, Brookdale Community College
Alpha Theta Gamma, Mercer County Community College
Tau Gamma, Northampton Community College
Rutgers University
As a chapter, Tau Iota was able to college 30 pounds of garbage! As a state, New Jersey Phi Theta Kappa was able to college over 260 pounds of trash!
Harvest Party Volunteer Form
| October 16, 2009 6:00 PM | to | October 17, 2009 4:00 AM |
Meeting Agenda for 9/15
| September 15, 2009 |
Thank you to everyone who showed to our first meeting of the semester today. I have included the agenda for others to see who were unable to make it. The agenda is also available on OceanCruiser shared files under Phi Theta Kappa. Please check back with this blog regularly, being we will be putting new information on the blog as soon as we can. Sign-up sheets for the Harvest Party will be available soon.
All-USA Academic Team Competition
| October 5, 2009 | ||
| 4:00 AM |
Please read the attached letter regarding USA Today’s All-USA Academic Team Competition. Good luck to everyone who decides to participate! Deadline for the first essay is Monday, October 5, at 4pm.
OCC Alumni Toy Drive
| October 15, 2009 |
If you are interested in helping out with the Toy Drive, please read this flyer and if you print, please print on orange paper. This flyer is the property of Ocean County College. The due date for Toy donations is October 15th.
First Meeting of the Semester!
| September 15, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 PM | to | 7:00 PM |
First General Meeting!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 6:oopm
Solar Lounge of the OCC College Center
For more information about our meeting times, visit www.ocean.edu/ptk.htm
Harvest Party Flyer
Brown Site Cleanup Photos
These are a few pictures from the event, which Sam Arcieri recollects on in the following post.
