LRNow Events:
April 22 -- Happy Earth DayApril 22 -- Murphy's Pub for Earth Day Trivia
April 26 -- 12th Annual Oyster Roast
April 30 -- Painted Garden Lynnhaven River Art Show
May 2 -- Bird Walk at PHP
May 3 -- Earth Day Celebration at Mt. Trashmore
May 4 -- Pearl Home Backyard Tour
May 10 -- River Cleanup
May 15 --6-7 PM -- Spat Catcher Workshop
Free Rain Barrels for Faith Communities
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Earth Day Trivia Tonight
Murphy's Pub
Join us at Murphy's Pub, 2914 Pacific Avenue, for Earth Day Trivia. Show off your environmental and Lynnhaven River knowledge.
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Community Events:
Garden Tour -- Visual Landscapes on the Waterfront, Linkhorn Oaks and Alanton April 30, 10:00-5:30 The Virginia Beach Tour showcases some of Virginia Beach's most beautiful Lynnhaven River waterfront residences.
Tickets are $35 per person. For more information, go to
The Painted Garden --
a Biennial Art Show
April 30th, 4- PM
The Beach Gallery, 313 Laskin Road, is hosting a Lynnhaven River Art Show, April 12- May 19. More than 30 artists will display their works in the show including the featured artist, Bobbi Gunn. Join us for wine and cheese and beautiful river artwork 4-6 PM on April 30th.
Energy Training for businesses, property managers, churches and others. The City of Virginia Beach is launching a new energy training program. Monthly sessions will be held at the Oberndorf Central Library.
Attendees will be taught how to measure energy performance, water use, utility costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Information will be available on how to improve performance and reduce energy consumption. To register, call 757-385-5663 or go to www.vbgov.com/energyTraining Dates:
April 21, May 19, June 16. All sessions are 3-5 PM
Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet -- Prescription Drug Drop Off
You can help the Virginia Beach Police Department in their mission to reduce contaminants in the environment and reduce children's opportunity to gain access to unused or old prescriptions. "When is the last time you cleaned out your medicine cabinet?" Chances are you have some old prescription drugs lying around that you probably need to get rid of, but how? The Virginia Beach Police Department will be conducting a prescription drug drop off event on:
Saturday, April 26th from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., at the following locations:
-First Precinct, 2509 Princess Anne Road (Headquarters) 757-385-4377
-Second Precinct, 820 Virginia Beach Blvd., (Oceanfront) 757-385-2700
-Third Precinct, 926 Independence Blvd., (Haygood) 757-385-2703
-Fourth Precinct, 840 Kempsville Road 757-385-2800
This event is open to any local Hampton Roads residents.
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Spat Catcher
Workshop
Save the date for our next Spat Catcher Workshop on May 15th, 6-7 PM. More details will be available soon.
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Saturday, April 26th  The weather forecast is excellent and
a few tickets remain
Buy your tickets today by calling our office at 757-962-5398 or on our website, www.LRNow.org
Thank you to our generous Oyster Roast Sponsors:
Gold Sponsors:
71st Street Anglers
Runnymede Corporation
Harry & Calvert Lester
Bob & Eleanor Stanton
Lynnhaven Oyster Company
Silver Sponsors:
Waterfront Marine Construction
Langley and McDonald
Monarch Bank
Ramon W. Breeden FoundationBronze Sponsors: WPL Site Design
Kerr Environmental
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Volunteers Needed
Oyster Roast -- Two Spots Open
Thank you to our terrific volunteers for your quick response to our request for volunteers for the Oyster Roast. Because of last minute changes, we have two spots to fill:
Thursday afternoon organizational help in our office
Saturday, 2nd half of the Oyster Roast at the Merchandise Table.
If you can fill either of these spots, please contact Trista@LRNow.org
Planting Helpers for our Wetlands in the Classroom Project
We need one or two helpers at each of the times listed below to help students plant wetland plants they have been growing in their classroom. All plantings will be led by our Education Coordinator, Jody Ullmann, and are at Mt. Trashmore Park. If you can help at any of the times listed below, please contact Jody@LRNow.org or call 757-962-5398.
April 28, 10:00-12:00 and 4:00-4:30
April 29, 10:00-1:00
April 30, 10:00-Noon
May 5, 10:30-11:30
May 14, 10:30-12:00
May 21, 9:30-10:30
May 22, 3:00-4:00
May 27, 4:00-4:30
May 28. 10:00-12:00
June 4, 9:30-11:00
Thank you!
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Pearl Home Backyard Tour
Sunday, May 4, 1:00-4:00 P.M. LRNow presents our first very special garden tour. We will be visiting waterfront properties on the Lynnhaven River to see model living shoreline projects, oyster castles, buffer gardens, rain gardens and more. It will be a beautifull and informative afternoon. And you may go home inspired.
Join us on our Pearl Home bus for a day of touring
some of the watershed's greenest waterfront homes!
Get the inside scoop on actions your neighboring
Pearl Homes have taken to restore the river. Cost is $10 for the first guest, but you can bring another person for just $1 extra!
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Bird Walk at Pleasure House Point
Friday, May 2, 7:30 AM
 Join us at Pleasure House Point, on of the major stopovers of migratory birds on the Atlantic Flyway, to take a walk through the property in search of birds. What better way to go bird watching than with an avid Audubon birder at this ideal location. This event is free, but please register by calling 757-962-5398 or email Dana@LRNow.org. |
Pearl School Applications
Due Friday, May 9th
We have listened to you, the teachers, and have made major modifications to the Pearl School application process. Not only have we put the application
 on-line, but we have simplified the application and added more opportunities to get points by encouraging projects across grade levels and across disciplines.
To access the application, go to:
https://www.lynnhavenrivernow.org/pearl-school.aspx Fifty-one schools received the Pearl School Award last year. Our goal is at least 60 Pearl Schools this year. And don't forget that you can start to collect points for next year's application on May 10th!
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Free Rain Barrels for Faith Communities
Nine Available LRNow has nine rain barrels like the one pictured that are available free to any faith community in Virginia Beach. If your church, synagogue, temple, or other faith group can use one of these rain barrels, please contact Pam Northam at Pam@LRNow.org. Rain Barrels are an easy way to reduce the run off from your property and make the water available for your gardens or other outdoor uses. You will be contributed to less stormwater and a cleaner river! |
River Cleanup
Saturday, May 10  Come out to our next river cleanup Saturday, May 10, join in the fun and feel good about contributing to a cleaner river. We will be cleaning in London Bridge Creek in the Lynnhaven Mall area. We will put in our kayaks and canoes at the Hutton Circle canoe and kayak launch site at Hutton Circle and Virginia Beach Boulevard. Call 757-962-5398 or email Dana@LRNow.org for more information or to sign up. Access to a canoe or kayak is required. There may be extra seats, or openings for a couple of people to do a land-based cleanup. Cleanups are held the second Saturday of each month throughout the year. Mark your calendar now to help out. If you are aware of an area of the river that needs a cleanup, please let us know. Also, if your business would like to be a sponsor of one of our cleanups, please contact us. |
We are thankful for all of the ways the natural environment supports and enriches our lives. |
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