Take Back the Tap @ Central Michigan University

Hi, Tappers! Tonight in place of our meeting, we will be showing the documentary Michigan At Risk: Water Troubles for SEA’s film festival for Earth Week. Please join us in Anspach 161 at 7pm! Also, our last meeting of the semester will be held next Tuesday at our usual time and place. We will be having a little party so please bring something. J  Here’s a few updates:

-Derek Forgie will be joining us this Friday, April 20, at 4 pm in Brooks 176! We’ve put up posters and are very excited to have him join us. Please spread the word!

-We (Chris and Alysha) will be presenting to Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law on Sunday, April 22^nd at 6 pm in the Lake Huron & St. Clair rooms of the U.C.

-If you have any petition signatures or sign-on support sheets, please get them to me (Krista) as soon as possible so I can log them! My number is 906.282.4455 !

-We have come up with a few new ways to get our water bottles out there. We will be taking off the logos and selling them at different events such as Relay for Life.

-Relay for Life is this weekend, Saturday à Sunday from 11am to 11am. We will be selling them for 5 dollars. Please attend if you can!! We need people to sit at our table.

-Earth day celebration is this Thursday in the Warriner Mall from 10-3! We will be selling our bottles there, as well, and providing water. Again, please attend so we have enough people to man our table for the day!

Finally, congratulations to our new E-board members!
President: Krista
Vice President: Mariah
Treasurer: Sarah
Secretary: Jake
SGA Representative: Caitlin
Fundraising Chair: Alysha

See you all tonight at 7 in Anspach 161! J

Hi, Tappers! Hope you all have had a nice Easter. Here’s what we’ve been up to – get excited! :D

-Derek Forgie from MTV Canada will be here on Friday, April 20, at 4 pm. If you volunteered to work on advertising (we need lots of help!!) please get started on your task if you haven’t done so already. Melissa is making the Facebook event, Alysha working on flyers in the residence halls, etc. We’ve secured Brooks 176 for this event.

-T-shirts are ordered! As soon as they arrive, they will be brought to our meeting. Please bring your money ($10) if you would like one! They say ‘Take Back the Tap’ on the front and the back has a faucet and water droplet with the words ‘I’d Tap That’

-Don’t forget!! ELECTIONS are tomorrow evening! If you have any questions about the positions or what they entail, don’t hesitate to ask! Positions include: president, vice president, SGA representative, secretary, treasurer, and fundraising chair! Please prepare a little ‘speech’ on why you would like this position so that we may take a vote.

-We have some upcoming presentations this week! I believe they have been covered, but just for safety, here’s what they are: Phi Alpha Delta on Sunday, April 22^nd, at 6 pm in Lake Huron and St. Clair rooms of the UC. Also, Phi Sigma Phi can have us on Sunday, April 15^th, at 6pm in Grawn 212.

-Keep selling those SFSL water bottles, guys! J

See you all tomorrow evening at 7 pm in Brooks 201 per usual!

Hey, Tappers! Don’t forget to join us for our weekly meeting tonight in Brooks 201 at 7 pm. We’ve got lots of exciting things going on that you don’t want to miss! Here’s a quick recap:

-We’re getting new shirts! They will be ordered by the end of this week, so keep in mind that if you’d like to get one, please watch for the e-mail letting you know when they’re available so you can bring money to the meeting. They will be sky blue with navy writing. The traditional Food and Water Watch Take Back the Tap logo will be on the front. The back will have a faucet with the phrase ‘I’d tap that.’ Woohoo!

-Our fundraiser with Stella & Dot Jewelry is still going on! Keep that in mind this weekend if you are visiting with family for Easter. There is still time for them to order by phone, online, or in the catalogue.

-Don’t forget that as part of SEA’s Earth Week, Derek Forgie, an MTV Canada comedian, will be joining us at CMU on April 20^th! We need to start our advertising efforts this week! If you signed up for a task, please get this done as soon as possible. If you would like to be involved with the advertising (which we would love everyone to do!) please let us know.

-Also for Earth Week, we will be showing Michigan at Risk: Water Trouble which is a documentary that is locally based. At this film screening, you can bring your e-waste and it will be recycled!

See you all tonight! J

Hey, Tappers! Hope to see you at our meeting tonight at 7 pm in Brooks 201. :) Here’s what happened last week:

Last week before spring break, Tappers! Hope you’re all holding on. J Here’s what we talked about on Tuesday:

-HAPPY 21 to Dan and Jake! J

-Both Killian & Richmond/Cooke joined us to talk about their platforms for VP/P. Thank you! Don’t forget to vote when we get back from spring break.

-We’re in the process of getting a number of presentations set up, so if you have some availability please help us out!

-With the help of Chris, we’d like to get some footage of us presenting and doing other TBTT things to make a sort of documentary of our efforts on CMU’s campus. Suggestions?

-Great news! Jane Wilsher has let us know that with the help of our suggestions for water bottles in the 4-5 dollar range, Res. Life/Campus Dining may be willing to gift on campus students with a reusable water bottle in the autumn!!

-Stella & Dot Jewelry Fundraiser is March 15 (Thursday) from 6-8 in the UC Ausavle! Don’t forget to pass flyers around, invite your FB friends, so on. Ordering online is also available! Just choose Alysha McClain as your hostess at checkout.

-“Cool Lady,” or Rosalinda Vasquesz, is going to be bringing her merchandise to the DUFC on March 20-22 from 10-2pm and we get 15% of her sales! J

-Keep selling those water bottles! SFSL fundraising is going very well – keep spreading the word.

-SGA TBTT Resolution join committee consists of Krista & Jake from the House and Mariah & Sean Kolhoff from Senate. We’ll keep you updated as this progresses.

Have a fabulous spring break, everyone! Stay sustainable!

Hey, Tappers! Here’s what’s going on:

-We’re starting up some committees to keep ourselves on the ball. Petitions, programs, Earth week, fundraising, you name it. Interested in heading a committee? Just say so!

-We raised about $100 at Riverwood Bowling Alley! Thanks to all for your help. J

-Stella and Dot Jewelry trunk show will be in the UC on Thursday, March 15 from 6-8. Invite all your friends and let’s pass some flyers out! Contact Alysha for flyers or ask us to e-mail you the PDF.

-Our spring break photography contest will be open to any CMU student with a TBTT sticker/water bottle. Entries will be voted on at our meeting after spring break and the winner receives a $20 Kaya gift card and a free water bottle.

-SGA TBTT Resolution was not fully passed in the Sensate. An amendment is needed and there will be a joint committee working on this. Stay tuned for updates!

-Anna & Justin for VP and President of SGA spoke to us this evening – Thank you! Don’t forget to cast your votes after spring break.

-SFSL fundraiser is going strong! Keep selling those water bottles J Don’t forget that ordering online is possible!!

Have a great week everyone J

Hey, Tappers! We’ll be seeing you shortly this evening, but here’s a quick rundown of our last meeting.

-First of all, thank you to everyone who made our fundraiser at Riverwood Bowling Alley last Thursday a success! We raised about $100.

-Anna and Justin, President and Vice President candidates who are running in the upcoming SGA election will be giving a quick presentation at tonight’s meeting. This our chance to ask them specific questions and ask them what they will be doing for the sustainability of CMU. Keep in mind, neither of them voted for our legislation in the SGA senate last night.

-We’d still love to have anyone interested in committees step up! Presentations, petitions, Earth week crew – you name it, we need help!

-Last night in the Senate, our legislation was passed with an amendment, removing the part about the student body supporting our movement to ban the sale of bottled water. This will be reviewed and amended by a joint committee in the next few weeks. We will be discussing this in greater detail tonight so make sure you come to the meeting to get all the details.

-UAEM gave us a great presentation last week and we are excited to pair with them in the future, especially for their health conference this spring!

-Don’t forget about our water bottles! SFSL and TBTT have paired to bring the students of CMU awesome BPA free, aluminum water bottles in three different colors for just $5! Let us know if you would the like the order form in PDF format to print off and carry around. Ordering online is also possible! The water bottles came in last week and are really nice!

-Don’t forget to keep collecting petition signatures! Every bit helps. If you need some petitions I will send you the PDF for you to print off as many as you’d like.

-Lastly, TBTT has decided to continue last years tradition of TBTT goes on spring break! This is a photography contest open to any CMU student. They need to place our sticker on their reusable water bottle, take a photograph of it wherever they are on spring break, upload the picture to Facebook, and tag TBTT. We will then vote on the best picture at our meeting after spring break and the winner gets a prize (to be determined)! This is a great chance for us to get our name out there and cover CMU’s campus with our logo. If you need stickers for friends interested – let me know!

See you tonight J

Happy Valentine’s Day, Tappers! <3 

I know many people may have plans tonight, but we will still be meeting at 7 pm in Brooks 201! We have a lot to discuss so please join us if you can. J

Here’s a few updates:

-First of all, our fundraiser is THIS Thursday at Riverwood Bowling Alley! Invite as many people as you can and sell those 50/50 tickets! We will be selling our SFSL water bottles there, as well. There are many events going on this Thursday, including the TOM’S benefit concert at Rubble’s – but don’t let this discourage you! Let’s work toward a great turn out. J

-Last night in the SGA Senate, Mariah and Alysha presented our legislation to the senators and lead a brief Q & A. Thank you for presenting, girls! The discussion will continue next Monday and hopefully be voted on. We’re going to discuss this in greater depth at tonight’s meeting.

-In honor of Valentine’s Day, during our meeting tonight we will be making flowers out of plastic water bottles! Grab a few water bottles from the recycling bins in Brooks on your way up to the second floor.

-We would love to form some stable committees with everyone working on a project. These could include petitions, fundraising, Earth week ideas, and more! If you are interested in anything specific just speak up.

-Derek Forgie, the MTV Comedian that does the bottled water skit has officially agreed to come to CMU on April 20, the Friday before Earth Week!

-Mariah and I met with Jane Wilsher to discuss supplying students with free reusable water bottles and she was very into the idea.

-THANK YOU to everyone who participated in RSO Spotlight Night! We met some great people and sparked some new interest.

-Don’t forget to keep selling those SFSL water bottles! Only 5 dollars and can be ordered online.

See you lovelies tonight!

TBTT bonding at RSO Spotlight Night.

RSO Spotlight set-up!