Today: OVEC’s Annual Picnic
It’s today, Saturday October 7. Come on out for our annual member and supporter picnic—30th anniversary edition! There’s no need to bring a dish, as OVEC is providing lunch. 

Please join us at Barboursville Park, Shelter No. 4. We have the shelter all day and the picnic is at noon. There’s a playground, swings, and a climbing and bouncing bridge. There’s also tennis, volleyball, basketball, and lake fishing.

Barboursville Park, Co. Rd 31/6, Barboursville, WV, 25504

Temperatures will be in the low 80s when the picnic starts, with no rain forecast. 

Here’s the day’s lineup:

12:00 p.m. Free Lunch

1:30 p.m. Annual Awards Ceremony

2:30 p.m. Bike Ride

Live music, too! Feel free to bring an instrument if you are a musician. Please bring your own equipment for outdoor activities.
To reduce waste, please bring reusable dinnerware. Join the event on Facebook here.

Whether or not you can make it, please support our $30 for 30 campaign. 

If you can’t make the picnic in Barboursville, WV, there’s also an event to Save the Greenbrier River and other waterways in Summers County, details here.

Plus, also on October 7, there’s the 30th Anniversary Film Screening of Matewan at the LaBelle Theatre in South Charleston. You can attend the picnic and still have time to enjoy make the Matewan events around 7 p.m.

News: Sayles returns to WV for 30th anniversary screening of ‘Matewan’

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Fall Membership Tour Meet and Greet
OVEC’s Executive Director Natalie Thompson is conducting a Fall Meet and Greet Membership Tour. Come meet Natalie and tell her what’s on your mind!

October 27 in Ripley, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the Jackson County Public Library, 208 N Church St, Ripley, WV 25271

November 21 in Charleston, from 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Location to be determined

November 22 in Lewisburg
Time and location to be determined

Meetings also coming up in Beckley, Elkins, and Wheeling.

For more details, or let us know you will be there, call the office at 304-522-0246 or contact [email protected].

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Upcoming Events
October 13-15: RAMPS Fall Summit on Kayford Mountain. 

October 21: Tri-State Water Defense Citizen Summit. Contact [email protected] for info.

October 21: Huntington-Cabell NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Banquet. OVEC has tickets; contact us at [email protected].

November 6-8: WV Good Jobs Conference. Scholarships available.

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Years of Living Dangerously Climate Facts
Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico is the latest tragedy in an extreme season fueled by warming waters. Check out a video on Maria and see more #ClimateFacts from Years of Living Dangerously here. 

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