Minutes of December meeting: Approved.
 
Reports

• Respect Life: No report.
• Roadmap Change: Rilene doesn’t have the time and has enlisted Jerry Mack to do the months for Respect Life.
• Paul Miner, DSJ Dir. Of Social Ministries: He couldn’t make the meeting and prefers to meet with one of us and the pastor.  We told him to set an apt. with Fr. Andrew and let us know so one of us can be there.

Last Year: The most successful activities included the book drive in which we partnered with the school, Survival Sacks (packed 103 and had large number of parishioner-helpers, including several new to the annual packing), movie nights (only 7-8 people per night but movies well received and stimulated good discussion), Festival (no voter registrations because of off-year for elections but lots of traffic to look at library and essay-contest-winner signs), and essay contest. 
 
Decision on This Year’s Issue: We’ve been considering possibilities for a month and settled on Caring for God’s Creation.  We did this issue ten years ago, but it’s timely, in the news, and in people’s minds.
 
Survival Sacks: There are only three 5-Sunday months this year before packing in Nov.—April, July, and Sept. We had success in promoting this activity and getting items donated by being outside of church after Masses on 5^th Sundays and will repeat that this year.  Packing day will be Nov. 10.  Rolwin will try to get us on the books for the Community Center that morning.
 
Timeline:  A few activities were scheduled (see below).  Other possibilities were brainstormed for future consideration: composting, ladybugs, pesticides, family outing (Prusch or Jacob’s Farm? Theresa will get info.), fun/informative demonstration at Holy Family, parish projects/needs (Jackie will ask Anne and Mimi), Seafood Watch (Jackie will try to get copies), promoting. What happened to DSJ’s “green” page on its website and is anything going on at the diocesan level?  Jackie will ask Paul Miner.
 
Next Meeting: Feb. 10 at 10 A.M. at Jackie’s house.
 
Timeline
Jan. – Dec: Continue Easy Being Green in bulletin and parish website; continue daily emailed
            info. and opportunities to people on our “green” email list.
Feb:  Bulletin article announcing this year’s issue and inviting participation in activities; bee
            article; Roadmaps all on the issue.
Mar: Small Things on issue; ways-to-help the environment leaflet back into literature rack.
Apr:  Survival Sack collection; Earth Day
May: 
June: 
July: Survival Sack collection; movie nights
Aug.: Movie nights
Sept: Survival Sack collection (last one); Festival
Oct.:
Nov: Pack Survival Sacks