Orleans Pond Coalition

Orleans, Massachusetts

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📌2020 OPC Annual Membership Renewal and Appeal

October 12, 2020 By John Smith

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As summer draws to a close, we hope you had wonderful times enjoying our waters.  We all felt joy and relief to be out of our houses walking the beaches, swimming in the cool waters, and being out in boats, kayaks and paddleboards. For many of us, our waters are central to our quality of life.

This has been a strange and challenging year, but also a year to take the time to think about what is important in our lives–what brings joy to our hearts and peace to our souls.  This was a year to celebrate approval at Town Meeting of the decades-long effort to protect these waters we love with a sewer system of our downtown and a wastewater treatment plant. Thank you to everyone who supported these efforts and voted to make them happen. It is easy these days to forget to take the time to experience gratitude for the good moments of 2020.

OPC continues to celebrate our waters by advocating for future wastewater plans, providing dispensers, mitts and volunteers to protect our waterways from dog waste, and exploring new technologies for pond remediation.  Thanks to our demonstration project at Sarah’s Pond, we are collecting valuable data on nanobubble technology and learning first-hand what this technology may or may not be capable of accomplishing.

Join us at our virtual annual meeting via Zoom on Sunday, November 8th, at 5:00 PM to hear more about our activities over the past year. Hear our technical advisor, Dr. Ken Wagner, speak on what we are learning about nanobubbles at Sarah’s Pond as well as provide a “primer” on cyanobacteria blooms in our fresh water ponds. Information on the meeting as well as bios for the slate of Directors to be elected are now on the OPC website.

  • To see details on the Annual Meeting – Click here.
  • To see the Bio’s of the new OPC Directors – Click here.
  • To vote on-line for the slate of new OPC Directors – Click here.
  • To vote on-line for the new OPC Nomination Committee – Click here.

We delayed our OPC membership drive by a few months, but now we are asking that you renew your membership with as generous a donation as possible.  We will not be conducting a year-end fund raiser this year, so your generous donation is especially important at this time.  We need and appreciate your continued support of our efforts to protect and preserve our waters.

  • To Renew your membership on-line – Click here.

We hope you stay healthy and safe and continue to enjoy our waters into the fall.  There is much work yet to be done – please give generously and help to keep our good works going.

Thank you!

Judith W. Bruce – President

The 2020 Orleans Pond Coalition Annual Membership Renewal and Appeal Letter is also now available to download for those who wish to respond by US Mail. Just click here to download, print the document and fill out the membership renewal/appeal form on the 2nd page, and then mail your form and check to:

Orleans Pond Coalition
P.O. Box 2485
Orleans, MA 02653

We look forward to your participation in the coming new year.

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About Orleans Pond Coalition

Orleans Pond Coalition, Inc. is a volunteer organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the saltwater estuaries and freshwater ponds and lakes of Orleans. Our work includes offering educational programs to encourage mindful land use practices, sponsoring water quality research, working with community, regional and state organizations to formulate constructive policies to protect our … Learn More

Our Mission

Orleans Pond Coalition is dedicated to the protection and health of our shared watersheds, estuaries, ponds and lakes.

Orleans   Pond   Coalition

PO  Box  2485

Orleans,   MA   02653

OrleansPondCoalition@gmail.com

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