Friends Scholarship, Book Reading, Call for Volunteers & Board Members, Summer Calendar
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🌞  July News 🌞

Friends Scholarship, Book Reading, Call for Volunteers & Board Members, Summer Calendar, and much more! 

Summer is here!

 

 Interested in getting more involved with Valle de Oro NWR?

 

Apply to our 2024-2025 Opening Doors to Nature Education Scholarship!

Under the Program this year, the Friends will award scholarships in the amount of $500 each. These scholarships will be awarded to undergraduate college students who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate conservation/environmental-focused degree or certificate program. To learn more and apply visit our website at this link

 

Join our Education Committee

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Our Education Committee focuses on providing free programming for the community including every single student from Mountain View Elementary School! For more information contact: Joan Morrison at joan@friendsofvalledeoro.org

 

Get involved with Environmental Justice

The Environmental Justice Air Monitoring Network (EJ Air) is a community-led atmospheric monitoring program developing an accessible high-quality picture of pollution impacting those who live, work, play, pray, go to school, and learn throughout the environmental justice communities of the Mountain View Neighborhood, the broader South Valley in Bernalillo County, New Mexico and the Pueblo of Isleta. Do you want to provide input for air pollution monitoring in Mountain View, the South Valley, and Pueblo of Isleta? Fill out the short surveys below!

EJ Air Community Baseline Assessment Survey

EJ Air Stationary Monitoring Locations Poll

Encuesta sobre las ubicaciones de monitoreo estacionario de EJ Air

 

 Join our Refuge Development Committee  

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The Refuge Development Committee works to support Valle de Oro projects including trail development, habitat restoration, the construction of a Nature Play Area, extending the bus line to improve access on the refuge, and so much more! For more information contact: Jaren Peplinski at jaren@ciudadswcd.org 

 

Join our Board of Directors  

Looking for a way to be more involved in your community? Would you like to learn more about how nonprofits or wildlife refuges work? You’re in luck! We are recruiting dedicated folks with experience in: Fundraising, Membership Recruitment, Communications, Managing Finances, and Technology. 

For more information contact: Forest Graber at president@friendsofvalledeoro.org

 

Help us find a brewery for a Beer Fundraiser!

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Finally, you can always...

Make a donation to the Friends! Become a member! Join a committee! Sign up to volunteer!

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Upcoming Events 

Pueblo of Isleta Environmental Fair - July 27th 

From 10am to 2pm the Pueblo of Isleta will be hosting their annual Environmental Fair at the Isleta Recreation Center. Enjoy environmental education activities, food, door prizes, exhibits for all ages, and so much more! Looking for more information? Call the Environment Department at 505-869-9814. 

Book Reading with Local Authors - August 3rd

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This August's Saturday at the Refuge (7851 2nd Street SW) join us for a morning of reading and conversation with local authors Janet Ruth (Feathered Dreams) and Michelle Otero (Bosque Poems). In Feathered Dreams, Janet Ruth--ornithologist, poet, artist, and international birder--shares her love of birds through poem, story, and image. Michelle Otero's Bosque Poems celebrates the importance of water and the bosque to the people of Albuquerque. The event runs from 10:30am to 12:30pm. 

We will have signed copies of these books, FREE refreshments, crafts, and a related educational activity.

 

Our Summer Calendar is live!

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Do you want to volunteer?

Interested in getting involved with your community? The refuge needs your help with our Nature Store, managing invasive plants, and planting native species. Help us continue to transform our wonderful urban refuge. Many hands make light work! For more information on how to volunteer contact our Volunteer and Youth Employment Coordinator:

Dakota Dominguez at dakota_dominguez@fws.gov 

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We Need Your Help in the Nature Store!

The Nature Store is powered by volunteers. Interested in helping out?  Contact Kathleen at  naturestore@friendsofvalledeoro.org or sign up online here. Don't worry- we'll provide all the training you need. 

Click here to learn more.  

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Are you interested in donating to your urban refuge?

Visit: https://friendsofvalledeoro.org/donate/

OR Scan this QR code!

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