On Thursday, May 20, the Sierra Club will be hosting a special benefit event for “Hands Across the Sand”. Join us 6-8pm at Croc’s 19th Street Bistro in Virginia Beach. Tickets are $30/single and $50/couple. Click here to RSVP and pay at the door or purchase online.

Proceeds from this benefit reception will help us promote HANDS ACROSS THE SAND, a protest rally against Virginia offshore drilling. On Sat., June 26, starting at 11am, join Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, and Oceana in lining up along the shoreline along the Virginia Beach Oceanfront between 19th and 31st Streets and lock hands for 15 minutes in protest to offshore drilling. For more information and to sign up, go to HandsAcrossTheSand.com.

Sierra Club’s York River Group and Hampton Roads Cool Communities Coalition invite you to attend a Climate Change Forum on Wednesday, May 19, 7:00 to 8:30pm at Sandy Bottom Nature Park, 1255 Big Bethel Road, Hampton, VA. (map)

This forum will discuss what our local communities are doing to reduce carbon emissions, and create more resilient communities, transitioning us toward a more sustainable world.

Forum panelists will include representatives from: Hampton, Gloucester, James City County, New Kent County, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg, York County, and the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission.

Providing information on the Virginia Municipal League’s Go Green Government Challenge is Denise Thompson, Manager of Environmental Protection Programs in the City of Norfolk.

Contacts: Randie Trestrail, randiesue@gmail.com, 757-868-7044 or Tyla Matteson, tmatteson1@mindspring.com, 804-275-6476.