Recycling of Plastics #1 through #7

The newly expanded Monroe county recycling program started June 1, 2011. See
Curbside Recycling in Monroe County Brochure as a PDF file

Questions? Contact Gerry Gacioch at onegreendoc@aol.com .

Community Garden

The community voted to use some of the seven acres the church owns to develop a community garden. We started digging in the spring of 2010. We included a gift garden, in which the efforts went to help feed those in need. Crops included potatoes and onions that soup kitchens can readily use. There were also individual gardens available for parishioners to plant their own vegetables. Please join us at our meetings to get involved and learn more. Click on the links below for information, guidelines and sign-up form:
2011 Community Garden Brochure as a Microsoft Word file
2011 Community Garden Brochure as a PDF file

For additional information contact the moderator onegreendoc@aol.com or for publicity jdztechw@rochester.rr.com.

Recycle Bottle Caps
Plastic Bottle Cap Collection Program Ends at Transfiguration

Since July 1, 2011 Monroe County Curbside Recycling Program has been accepting plastic bottle caps as part of the expanded #1-7 plastics (not Styrofoam) in the Curbside Recycling Bin (“blue bins”). So, with a way to recycle them locally, we no longer need to ship them to NYC for recycling (and use fuel/resources to ship them). We have recycled 2895 lbs (1.44 tons)! If you and your organizations have been collecting them, please put them in your curbside bin. If you live outside Monroe County, ask a resident to take them home (please don’t put them in the landfill!) The cap collection site behind the Church of the Transfiguration Education Building will disappear on October 1, 2011. We’ll be very close to hitting the 1.5 ton mark by then! For details of the expanded County curbside program, see http://www.monroecounty.gov/des-solidwaste.php

Community Supported Agriculture

The premise of The Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA) is simple: create a partnership between local farmers and nearby consumers. Consumers support of the farm by paying in advance (at the beginning of the growing season when the farmer needs financing) and receive the freshest, healthiest produce throughout the season and keep money, jobs and farms in the local community.

As part of Transfiguration’s Care of God’s Creation effort, a CSA at Transfiguration will start its fifth year in June 2012. Our certified organic farmer, Fellenz Family Farm, is located in Phelps, and the produce (lots of vegetables and some fruit) will be distributed at the church on Fridays from 4-6pm afternoon June 1 until November 16. A deposit of $100 will hold a share in the CSA. There are three different share sizes (small, large or micro) to fit your needs.

New and returning members can sign up. Members will be available in the Gathering Area after masses on March 10 &11 to answer questions and share their experiences.

Get complete details (a CSA brochure, Membership Agreement and a list of the produce typically available each month) from the Gathering Area kiosk or this web site. For additional questions, contact Annette Gacioch (GERRYNETTI@aol.com ) or 223-9252, Jeanette Zavislan (jdztechw@rochester.rr.com). Also, you can check out the farm (www.fellenzfamilyfarm.com). Learn More  about the program.
2012 CSA Brochure
2012 CSA Application

Pope Benedict and U.S. Bishops Call Us To Take Action on Global Climate Change

Photographs from the U.S. Apollo space missions show earth beautiful in the stillness of space. The earth is our home given to us by God. God trusts us to care for the gift of the earth for ourselves and for future generations. Yet, a broad consensus of modern science is that human activity is polluting earth’s atmosphere causing earth’s climate to change. This pollution (called greenhouse gas) is caused when we burn coal, oil, and natural gas in power plants, vehicles, and buildings. Scientists believe climate change is dangerous and, if it continues, human health will suffer, agriculture could be at risk, we could experience water shortages and drought, floods, coasts will be swamped by rising seas, animal extinctions, diseases, and other unpleasant impacts – all vastly changing the earth God has given us for our home.