2012 Rural Action Annual Meeting
Date: June 30th, 2012 Time: 3:00-5:30pm Location: The Plains United Methodist Church, 3 N. Plains Rd Cost: Free to Rural Action Members, $25 for non-members with the first $20 applied to a one year membership. Join us at 3:00pm for a social hour followed by our program starting at 3:00pm. Chuck Fluharty, Rural Policy Research Institute .. read more
The 5th Annual Adventure Auction
Experience a night to remember with fellow community members and “Break Away from the Everyday” at Rural Action’s Adventure Auction! The 5th Annual Adventure Auction will take place at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio on Saturday April 21st, 2012. Doors open at 6:00pm. The event will feature silent and live auctions featuring .. read more
Annual Meeting
Saturday June 23 6 PM Place TBA The annual meeting will start with “how to” demonstration projects from Rural Action program areas as well as a butterfly hike. Stay tuned for more information!
Sunday Creek Fall Hike
Saturday November 5 At the Burr Oak State Park More details to come!
“Old Fashioned Farm Day” at the Chesterhill Produce Auction
Saturday October 22 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM At the Chesterhill Produce Auction Chesterhill, Ohio Anyone wanting to volunteer or help out is encouraged to attend. Pumpkin decorating, food, crafts, a farmers market and games for the kids will be among the highlights!
Leopold Documentary Showing
Thursday October 20 7:30 PM At the Twin City Opera House McConnelsville, Ohio Wayne National Forest and Twin City Opera House, located in McConnelsville will host a free screening of a new film called Green Fire. The movie is the first full-length, high definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold. The film explores Leopold’s .. read more
MCRP Fall Tour
Saturday October 15 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM At the MCRP office New Straitsville, Ohio Participants will tour Coe Hollow, hike a 2 mile section of the Buckeye Trail in Monday Creek Watershed and see the Successive Alkaline Producing System at Rock Run.
Huff Run Fall Watershed Tour
Participants will meet at Crossroads Restaurant in Magnolia to eat lunch together. Lunch will not be provided. After lunch, participants will head out to tour Thomas and Lyons II, if construction is completed. Friday October 14 11 AM to 3 PM At Crossroads Restaurant Magnolia, Ohio Fifteen-passenger vans will be rented for transportation. People .. read more
Raccoon Creek Fall Camp
School-age kids are invited to attend the Raccoon Creek Partnership’s fall day camp! These camps will focus on environmental education and will feature activities such as learning about local animals and reptiles, art projects, exploring the outdoors and looking for fish and aquatic insects! Please dress for the weather (sunscreen, bug spray, rain coat) and .. read more
To the next 20 years!
Rural Action’s Trimble office will be hosting an open house on Saturday October 1st celebrating the next twenty years of the organization. The event will start at 5:30 and will be open to the public. Local food and beverages will be provided. RSVP requested. Please contact Susan Roth at Susan@ruralaction.org or 740-767-4938.