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Call for Rockland Recycles Awards & Green Exhibitors O
n Sunday, May 6th, the Rockland County Solid
Waste Management Author- ity will be hosting its 3rd Annual Environmental Day, Living Green in Rockland, at their facilities in the beauti- ful Torne Valley in Hillburn. “Each year, as part of the Authority’s Environmental Day, recognition is given for excellence in recycling and waste prevention programs. The goal is to highlight the successes of organizations, businesses, institutions,
schools and government entities that go beyond the norm to advance recycling and waste prevention and to make these examples available to others who may use them as models,” shares Kerri Scales, solid waste educator at the Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority. Applications for this year’s Rockland Recycles Awards
Program will be received until Monday, April 2nd. The Authority also is looking for green exhibitors, vendors, environmental demonstrations and volunteers for the day of the event. The 2012 event will feature over 40 green exhibi- tors, vendors, and environmental demonstrations as well as tours of Rockland’s Environmental Education and Recycling Center, an organic plant sale, kids’ activities, music, food, giveaways and more. “Each year the event offers more in the way of green
resources and information in and around Rockland County,” says Scales. “We hope to see you from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 6th, for our 3rd Annual Environmental Day.”
For more information, visit
rocklandrecycles.com or contact
info@rocklandrecycles.com. Kerri Scales can be reached at 753-2200 x22. See ad, page 3.
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Celebrate World Doula Day in the Hudson Valley
global colleagues in celebration of World Doula Day on March 22-28. Join Just Us Women Productions and members of Orange County Doulas as they host screenings of Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion followed by lively discussions, panel presentations and an opportunity to meet your local doulas. According to the World Doula Week website, “The
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purpose of World Doula Week (WDW) is to empower doulas all over the world to improve the physiological, social, emotional and psychological health of women, newborns and families in birth and in the postpartum period. The World Doula Week events will take place all over the world during the same week, stating the benefits of the presence of doulas in birth and in the postpartum period.” Just Us Women Productions, headed by executive direc-
tor Tamara Wrenn, provides birth and postpartum doula care as well as related birth services such as normal birth educa- tion and infant massage instruction. Wrenn’s background in maternal and child health spans more than 17 years. In addition to her work with individual moms and groups, she provides maternal and child health consulting services to organizations. The Orange County Doulas are a group of local dou- las who also are certified and/or licensed in areas such as placental encapsulation, childbirth education and nursing.
Tamara Wrenn
To register for World Doula Day events, contact Tamara Wrenn at
JustUsWomen.org or 914-595-2065, visit the Orange County Doulas page on Facebook or go to
WorldDoulaWeek.com. See Community Resource Guide listing, page 46.
oulas across the Hudson Valley will be joining their
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