Support Annapolis Green
Be a Founding One Hundred Member or a Friend of Annapolis Green 
Want to join in and make your mark on sustainability in the Annapolis area? Consider becoming one of our Founding One Hundred. Join the list below.
 | - Charlie Birney
- Infrared Tools Energy Services*
- Gene Singleton & Maureen McEnerney
- Keith & Helen Drewett*
- Doug Lashley / GreenVest
- Elvia Thompson
- Lynne & Mark Forsman
- Ralph Gleason
- Shelley & Eric Rubin
- Boatyard Bar & Grill
- John Nicklin
- Cohen Community Fund
- Towne Park
- Eastport Civic Association
- Galway Bay Irish Pub
- The Brick Companies
- Delegate Steve Schuh
- Severn Savings Bank
- Paul Murphy
- Hannah Studios, Inc.
- Joe Budge & Sharon Kennedy*
- PNC Wealth Management
- K&B True Value
- Betty & Jim Davis
- Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company
- Clean Currents
- John H. Stevens
- EP Henry
- MOM's Organic Market
- La Prima Catering
*multiple donations
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Welcome to La Prima Catering: Our newest Founding One Hundred Sponsor
We are happy to welcome La Prima Catering to our 30-and-growing list of Founding One Hundred sponsors -- forward-looking businesses and individuals who have donated $1000 or more to Annapolis Green. Thank you, La Prima!
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Recycle Old Holiday Lights
Two of our Founding One Hundred sponsors, K&B True Value and MOM's Organic Market, are offering incentives to switch to energy-efficient LED holiday lighting.
At K&B True Value on Forest Drive, bring in an old, used, or BROKEN incandescent light strings for recycling and get $4 off a new LED holiday light set from the store in exchange! Good through December 15; limit five per customer. And you know K&B True Value has literally hundreds of eco-friendly choices for all kinds of things. Support your local hardware store!
Recycle incandescent holiday string lights at MOM's in Bowie through January 31 and receive a coupon for 15% off energy-efficient LED decorative lights from
HolidayLEDs.com! Old incandescent string lights will be shipped to a US recycling facility, where they are shredded and separated into recyclable components such as copper, PVC, and glass.
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Keep America Beautiful Affiliation
We are well on our way to completing the requirements for our affiliation with Keep America Beautiful. Joining this venerable organization will open the doors to many opportunities for Annapolis Green and our missions align perfectly. Stay tuned for more information on this as it takes shape.
Thank you to The Brick Companies for its sponsorship of Annapolis Green's affiliation application.
If you're interested in participating, send us an email.
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We hope you had a wonderful Green holiday with family and friends.
In the past month or so we took our Greening message to a wide audience: the 20,000 runners who participated in the Across the Bay 10K. We'll tell you about that, but first, we want to recap our last Green Drinks, held November 6, at Great Frogs Winery.
 We are so grateful for the hospitality of winemakers Andrea and Nate O'Shea and their staff in early November, particularly on such a raw and rainy night. In spite of the weather, we had a great showing of people who wanted to see the vineyard and taste the award-winning wines. Be sure to visit Great Frogs' website for online ordering. - think holiday gifts! Great Frogs wines also are
available at many local liquor stores and restaurants.
Everyone raved about the food provided by La Prima Catering. La Prima has a four-star rating from the Green Restaurant Association and takes great pride in its environmental standing. La Prima Catering emphasizes quality and healthy food using fresh, natural ingredients in all its recipes.
View La Prima's Sustainability Initiatives.
La Prima served fresh ingredients -- many from Groundworks Farm on the Eastern Shore. The farm has a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program for the winter season. The pickup site in Annapolis is at Vin 909 in Eastport. Learn more. http://www.groundworksfarm.com/winter-farm-shares/
 We'd like to give a big thank you to 1 North Wealth Services, a different kind of investment advisor, for sponsoring Green Drinks that night. Please visit the company's website for information about the financial services offered by the 1 North team.
Of course, we can't pull off Green Drinks without volunteers. We'd like to thank the folks who helped us set up, greet arriving Green Drinkers, and break down. A big thanks especially to Tom Cagle, Nancy Monza, and Cara Visconti, and also to Karin Hannah Stern and Leslie Trott.
We'll let you know when the next Green Drinks event will take place.
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Across the Bay 10K & Run Responsibly
At Green Drinks we introduced our Run Responsibly(TM) Campaign which we launched just a few days later at the Across the Bay 10K run across the Bay Bridge because we believe there is a natural connection between outdoor sports and recreation and caring for the environment.  We designed Run Responsibly(TM) to connect racers and spectators to the national treasure that is the Chesapeake Bay to encourage good stewardship. In addition to providing recycling and composting to the Runners' Expo and the Finishers' Party - thanks to a grant from BGE - we introduced a product that supported the "cup-free" mandate established by the race organizers to reduce litter and waste.  We were able to offer the HydraPouch® to runners at the Race Expo as an alternative to bottles and other containers, thanks to sponsorship from Maryland State Advisory Council on Physical Fitness and Maryland Sports, and the Chesapeake Conservancy. The HydraPouch® is an almost weightless, flexible pouch that clips onto the runner's clothing and works perfectly with the "fast-fill-up" HydraPour® nozzles that race organizers used to provide water to runners. Each pouch we sold, branded with the Run Responsibly(TM) logo and the Maryland State Advisory Council on Physical Fitness logo, contained a "message in a pouch" card with information about Bay conservation from the Chesapeake Conservancy.
   We'd also like to thank Bay Area Disposal for a partnering with us on proper disposal of trash and recycling at the Across the Bay 10K and the MRE Tug of War (see below). We are delighted to count them in as an important Greening partner! Thank you Greg  and Brett! Composting was provided by Veteran Compost. Thank you, Justen for your continued support. Thank you also to the volunteers who helped us get ready for the Runners' Expo: Meghan Matthews (who also ran the race and helped us with clean-up), Rita Calvert, Lynn Fitzgerald, Sandy Williamson, Leslie Trott, and Karin Hannah Stern.
Are you looking for a holiday gift for the long-distance runner in your life? Consider buying a HydraPouch®. Send us an email to buy directly from us, buy at Fleet Feet Sports in Annapolis and Severna Park or the A nnapolis Running Shop on Main Street, or buy online by clicking here. You'll give a unique gift and you'll support us!
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Tug of War Goes Green!
  We provided recycling services to both sides of the Maritime Republic of Eastport Tug of War against Annapolis this year thanks to sponsorship from K&B True Value and GreenLife Chiropractic & Wellness.
Congratulations to the victorious MRE!
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Support Our Local Independent Businesses This Holiday Season
... for a sustainable community
 Eastport
Saturday, Nov. 29 - Annapolis Maritime Museum Artisans Holiday Bazaar
10 a.m. - 4 p.m., a festive shopping experience featuring 24 local, diverse artisans with one-of-a-kind gifts and art works. Information Downtown Annapolis
Saturday, Nov. 29 - Small Business Saturday
Many merchants along Main Street, West Street, and Maryland Avenue will offer specials.
Sunday Dec. 7 - First Sunday Arts Festival, Holiday Edition
11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Upper West Street
South Forest Drive Corridor
Saturday, Dec. 6 - SOFO Santa Goodies & Fun!
2 - 4 p.m., Village Greens (Forest Drive at South Cherry Grove Avenue)
Specials, prizes & holiday cheer from member businesses
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