Category Archives: Bag Committee

October 2024 Film Series announced

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Marcia Ward

Barbara Schlachter and Ann Christianson 100 Grannies for a Livable Future Film Series & Discussion Wednesdays, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 5:00 to 7:00. In person in room 302 at the Iowa City Senior Center or view by Zoom.  Register online … Continue reading →

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Summer 2024 was busy with various Granny activities

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Marcia Ward

It was another busy summer of educating, advocating, and agitating for the 100Grannies.  In addition to marching in the Iowa City Pride Parade and the Coralville 4th of July parade as highlighted in previous Posts, the Grannies also staffed a … Continue reading →

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Action item – Send letters to HyVee store managers asking them to encourage customers to bring their own reusable bags

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Marcia Ward

The “bring your reusable bag” sign that a Grannie saw in the New Ulm HyVee store can be ordered by store Directors/Managers from the HyVee sign store. So let’s write to them to ask them to order the sign and … Continue reading →

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Grannies help Girl Scouts recycle t-shirts into reusable bags

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Marcia Ward

Maggie H, Becky R, and Deb S of 100Grannies led Girl Scout troop 3729 from Grant Wood through an activity to recycle t-shirts into sustainable bags on November 7, 2023.  The girls were immensely proud of their stylish creations.     … Continue reading →

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100Grannies Team in top 10% in Project Drawdown EcoChallenge

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Marcia Ward

Project Drawdown partnered with EcoChallenge for a month-long event and friendly competition during October. Team members earned points by taking a range of climate actions. Drawdown EcoChallenge is a fun and social way to connect the dots between climate solutions … Continue reading →

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100Grannies Fall 2023 Film Series

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Marcia Ward

100Grannies announces the 2023 selection for their annual Fall Film Series.  The films will be shown at the Iowa City Senior Center on Thursdays in October from  3:00 – 5:00 2040,  October 5th Concerned about his young daughter’s future, filmmaker … Continue reading →

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100Grannies has written 4 children’s books

Posted on August 5, 2023 by Marcia Ward

100Grannies’ motto, as printed on their green shirts, is Educate, Advocate, and Agitate. We have quite a few former teachers in our membership, so we decided to write children’s books as an educational endeavor. Our first book was “Granny Green’s … Continue reading →

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July tabling events included JC Fair and RAGBRAI

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Marcia Ward

Grannies were busy with more tabling opportunities in July 2023.  The Johnson County Fair gave us extra space to showcase multiple trifolds including on reducing single-use plastics, the advantages of recycled paper based toilet papers, and how personal dietary choices … Continue reading →

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Iowa Public Radio – Talk of Iowa interview with Charity Nebbe

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Marcia Ward

100Grannies reflect on a decade of agitating and advocating for a cleaner environment Iowa Public Radio show “Talk of Iowa” with Charity Nebbe on April 21, 2022 While the younger generations may have to live with the effects of climate … Continue reading →

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Plastics Team gave a program for ARC

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Marcia Ward

Deb S.  and Becky R.  gave a program for ARC on Monday, Feb 27th for a group of disabled young people. They showed them a short Granny PowerPoint and then talked about what each of them can do to eliminate … Continue reading →

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