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EHN's General Meetings - Support Group
EHN's Monthy Meetings
Meetings are generally held
the first Saturday of the month
October - May
Starting time is usually 4:00 p.m.
Summer schedule is ruled by picnics!
Next one is yours to enjoy on Sunday, August 2nd.
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EHN's August Picnic |
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Horseshoe site in Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland |
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
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To have fun, share food, share stories.
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Food or drink. We pull together a tasty, organic, alcohol-free, FRAGRANCE-FREE potluck.
Hope to see you all soon....FREE OF FRAGRANCES, of course.
-- barb
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Ecology House, 375 Catalina Blvd, San Rafael
(Home to our fall - winter - spring meetings;
summer meetings held in Bay Area parks as announced.)
Bring a tasty dish for our organic potluck afterwards so we can hang out & munch a bunch. I look forward to seeing everyone.
Until wise fools and mere mortals gather to speak of
tomatoes, medicine, & life . . .
- Louise
Please attend scent free.
We are guests of Ecology House. Do not wear any makeup, perfume, cologne, aftershave, nail polish, talcum powder, hairspray or gel, scented shampoo or conditioner, scented detergen or fabric softener on your clothes, or dry cleaned clothes, or shoes with shoe polish.
Remember, just as bodies, hair and clothing pick up the chemicals of tobacco smoke and its synthetic flavors, they most certainly pick up the petrochemicals used to make synthetic scents. Always be mindful of your surroundings and the products you use, but be especially careful BEFORE coming to EHN meetings.
Thank you. -- barb
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Synthetic Scents can contain from 70 to 100% Aroma Chemicals
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If you believe that:
1) fragrances should be tested for safety upon inhalation,
absorpition, and for adverse effects to non-users BEFORE marketing, and
2) all fragrances not substantiated for safety should be labeled with
the FDA's prescribed warning message, then
3) write to the FDA; of course, the FDA has made it as difficult as possible for you to complain about adverse reactions to fragrances and flavors. Alas. Alack.
Go to: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm
Additional information is given in EHN's
FDA Citizens' Petition, Docket Number 99P - 1340
http://ehnca.org/www/FDApetition/bkgrinfo.htm
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Looking ahead . . . for more info on current event, and
to maybe get a peak at who's going to be our next event.
Please call SAIL, 415.541.5075, for late-breaking information.
If you have a suggestion for a pro bono speaker, please leave information for our
Events Director, Louise Yost, on SAIL, (415.541.5075). Thank you.
Do NOT call Ecology House staff about EHN's meetings.
We use their home. We are their guests.
Please do NOT impose upon our gracious hosts.
If there are no unforeseen circumstances, our general meetings are held
FRAGRANCE-FREE the first Saturday of the month,
4 to 6 p.m., with a potluck following.
Please bring something natural or organic to share,
incuding alcohol-free beverages.
The first hour is devoted to support group activities.
Louise Yost is our wonderful EventsDirector .
Connie Barker, EHN Vice President, is our co-hostess from Ecology House.
Conference Room
Ecology House
375 Catalina Blvd.
San Rafael, California 94901 - 4467
We are all invited guests of the residents of Ecology House.
For EHN events and meetings, PLEASE --
- Arrive fragrance-free;
- Do not tour the grounds when there for EHN meetings; and
- Do not call Ecology House for information regarding EHN's meetings.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Directions to Ecology House:
Once on Bellam, follow it out toward the Bay, past Circuit City.
Turn left at Catalina Blvd., Ecology house is on the left, at the corner.
Heading north on Hwy 101--
take the Francisco Blvd exit.
At the traffic light, turn left on Bellam
Heading south on Hwy 101--
take the Richmond Bridge/Francisco Blvd lane and
then the Francisco Blvd. exit.
At the traffic light, turn left on Bellam
From the East Bay --
follow the signs for 101 North, but stay in
the right lane and take the Francisco Blvd exit.
At the traffic light, turn right on Bellam
Please call SAIL (415.541.5075) and listen for the message
regarding possible cancellation of meetings due to events beyond our control.
Directions to China Camp State Park (for two of our summer picnics, see Joaquin Miller Park, below):
From the East Bay: Cross the Richmond Bridge, stay on 580 north; enter Hwy 101.
Take the Central San Rafael exit.
At the bottom of the exit, there's a red light, so turn right onto Second Street. Stay on 2nd as it merges into 3rd Street automatically a few blocks later.
Stay on 3rd Street as it changes names to San Pedro, and San Pedro will take you all the way to China Camp.
From the freeway, it's about 6.5 miles to China Camp entrance. Once you enter the park, Weber Point is the 3rd picnic area on the right; Buckeye Point is the 4th picnic area on the right. The first area you'll pass on the right is China Camp Village, and the 2nd area on the right is Bullhead Flat.
From San Francisco: Cross the Golden Gate Bridge and go north on 101. After reaching San Rafael, take the Central San Rafael Exit, and turn right onto 2nd Street, and follow directions above.
From Sonoma County: Take 101 south until you get to San Rafael. Take the Central San Rafael exit, and keep going straight from there for 5 blocks until you reach 2nd Street. Turn left onto 2nd and follow directions above.
The park staff works very hard to keep our reserved site safe for us . . . and the park,
like EHN, can always use a couple of those extra dollars you might happen to have. Please share. -- barb
Directions to Joaquin Miller Park, Redwood Glen picnic area
From San Jose & points South:
Take Hwy 880 N
Take Hwy 238 S toward I 580
Take Hwy 580 toward Oakland
Merge onto Hwy 13 toward Berkeley
Take the Carson St. (Redwood Rd.) exit.
Make a slight right onto Redwood Rd. off the ramp
Turn left on Skyline Blvd.
Enter Joaquin Miller park -- entrance obvious
Pass a sign and entrance for Robert's Park on the right, then
At the next opportunity to pull off the road and park on the left do so
(the area is unmarked)
Walk on a road (internal to the park) a short distance to the picnic site, which will be on your left
(If you go too far past the Robert's Park sign you will come to a road and a parking lot for Sequoia Arena) Turn around and head back.
From San Francisco and points North:
Take Hwy 80 E across the Bay Bridge
Merge onto Hwy 580 toward Hayward
Take the 35th Ave. (Redwood Rd.) exit
Make a left on 35th Ave. (it will eventually turn into Redwood Rd.)
Make a left on Skyline Blvd.
Enter Joaquin Miller park -- entrance obvious
Pass a sign and entrance for Robert's Park on the right, then
At the next opportunity to pull off the road and park on the left do so (the area is unmarked)
Walk on a road (internal to the park) a short distance to the picnic site, which will be on your left
(If you go too far past the Robert's Park sign you will come to a road and a parking lot for Sequoia Arena) Turn around and head back.
From Berkeley and points East or West (e.g., Berkeley, Sacramento, San Rafael)--
If in Marin County . . . or crossing from San Francisco through Marin, via the Richmond San Rafael Bridge:
Take I-580, east to 80 (then pick up the directions to Oakland, just below)
And for those who are traveling down 80 from Sacramento, Vallejo, Berkeley, Eastern Contra Costa County . . .
Take 80 west to Oakland (splits on the left side of the freeway,
Take the I-580 East towards Hwy 24/Downtown Oakland/Hayward/Stockton.
Take the Fruitvale Avenue exit.
Turn left on Fruitvale.
Turn right onto MacArthur Boulevard.
Turn left onto Lincoln Avenue.
Lincoln Avenue becomes Joaquin Miller Road.
Thanks to: http://www.oaklandnet.com/parks/Facilities/rental_joaquinmiller.asp
Pass a sign and entrance for Robert's Park on the right, then
At the next opportunity to pull off the road and park on the left do so (the area is unmarked)
Walk on a road (internal to the park) a short distance to the picnic site, which will be on your left
(If you go too far past the Robert's Park sign you will come to a road and a parking lot for Sequoia Arena)
Thanks to Louise.
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