Hey members of the 7th Fleet,
Spring is here and Earth Day is coming next month. There will also be a celebration of First Contact Day by the USS Challenger who will once again hold its annual Intergalactic Food Festival at 1 pm on Saturday April 5 at the Seaside Heights Community Center at 1000 Bay Blvd. in Seaside Heights NJ. Everyone is invited to participate and join the party. Bring a food entree or dessert that will accommodate several people as we will be sharing food items for this festive event and you are encouraged though not required to come in uniform/costume to get into the spirit of things. The event will run until we close the doors which is why we moved it to a Saturday this year. Name your food items out of something we’ve seen or could see in Star Trek or even Star Wars, Doctor Who or other Sci-Fi sagas.
Also some exciting news from the Sciences Division of STARFLEET from that auxiliary’s Director Fleet Captain Barb Barton who wrote:
“I wanted to reach out to you directly to let you know of some important events coming up. Sciences is partnering with Petfleet, Medical, and Tactical on April 26th to celebrate Earth Day with a conference called STARFLEET Project Earth. There will be a session offered in the morning and then repeated in the afternoon EST to allow for folks around the globe to join us. There will be a couple pre-recorded sessions, live Sciences Trivia, live environmental-themed gaming, and our Sol Speaker Series which will feature a talk on whale and dolphin conservation by the Director and Assistant Director of the International Marine Mammal Institute of Earth Watch. The Sol talks will be offered for both sessions.
There is also a month-long park/wilderness area cleanup which is being run by Petfleet. Randy Mitson will be hosting a Zoom meeting to help folks plan their April 22 to May 11th Project Earth Day Clean Up events: Saturday March 29th (9am EST) Sunday March 30th (5pm EST). You can pick which day you’d like to join the Info/Ask Me Anything session on March 29th or 30th as well as register to host your clean up event.
As part of this event, we are inviting chapters and regional coordinators to submit a Happy Project Earth Day video (1-2 minutes long) that we will show during the event. In addition to chapters and regions, we have previous Sol speakers and some surprise guests also contributing. Videos should be sent to Mike Rosen at tactical@sfi.org by April 10th.”
They are hoping this becomes an annual event!
Sincerely,
ADM Bob Vosseller
Region 7 Coordinator
CO, USS Challenger NCC-1676-D