The Yodeler, newspaper of the San Francisco Bay Chapter Sierra Club

September - October 2008

Vol. 71 No. 5

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Feature Story:
The 26-hour day: where do busy volunteers find the time?

Storm over Del Valle Regional Park © Bob Walker Collection, Oakland Museum of California

A lot of volunteers have typical full-time jobs, often with family obligations, yet find the time to be active volunteers. How do they do it?

	Special Feature: Vote Environment November 4th On November 4th, our vote will determine the future of our country and our environment. You can make the difference. You can help lead the fight for clean air, clean water, and clean energy! Given the importance of this election - your involvement will make a difference.

Priority Campaign Update: Change we can work for

Elect Obama, secure clean energy, expand our parks. The difference you can make as an election volunteer.

Conservation News:

The plug is meeting the socket for Marin Clean Energy
Report clears Park Service on Drakes Estero
Contraception will manage non-native deer at Point Reyes/Vedanta Society
2009 Regional Transportation Plan on right track
Presidio hearing brings overflow crowd
Concord Council picking plan for Weapons Station uses
more conservation news..

Strength & Sustainability Society: Norman La Force gives because he has seen firsthand how well the Chapter uses its resources.

A tradition of giving to the Bay Area's leading environmental group - the Sierra Club's San Francisco Bay Chapter.

Volunteer of the Month: Kent Lewandowski makes steep climbs

Kent Lewandowski is not intimidated by a steep uphill climb, whether on his regular bike rides, or as a Sierra Club volunteer, rising in little over a year from inexperienced newcomer to chair of the 11,000-member Northern Alameda County Group.