• 17th--Suncoast General Chapter Meeting
  

     ***NOTE THE MEETING DAY CHANGED TO THURSDAY***

October

• 3rd--TWIN PIERS CLEANUP, Bradenton Beach 9am-12noon Meet at 6th Street South and Gulf Drive, Keep Manatee Beautiful Adopt A Shore Program. 
• 6TH--Upham Beach Committee Meeting, Big Kahuna's Gandy Blvd St Pete, 7pm
• 8th--Suncoast General Chapter Meeting
•  10th--Suncoast North county kickoff party @ beach bar on Mandalay, Clearwater Beach. 2 bands!! Playing at 9pm.

November

• 7th--Buillibrigade 2009, Boyd Hill Nature Park, Pioneer Village. Volunteer and education opportunity for Suncoast Chapter. 
• 12th--Suncoast General Chapter Meeting.

December

• 9th--Hillsborough county Commissioners meeting fertilizer ordinance with Sierra Club sticker demonstration. 
• 10th--Suncoast General Chapter Meeting

The chapter is already thinking ahead to 2010.  Have suggestions, comments or questions about this years or next years calendar don't be shy email the chapter!

January

• 01.09.10--Suncoast Annual Fashion Show Daiquiri Deck, Maderia Beach
• 01.14.10--Chapter Meeting Angry Pepper
• 01.16.10--SurfExpo Orlando Convention Center

February

• 02.10--Hands across the Sands Florida Wide demonstration.

March

April

• Adopted shore Bradenton Beach Cleanup

May

June

• 06.20.10--ISD

July

• 07.11.09--Suncoast Proclaimated Rescue the Beach Day on Upham Beach

August

• Adopted shore Bradenton Beach Cigarette Butt Count

September

• SurfExpo

October

• Adopted shore clean up Bradenton Beach

November

• Bullibrigade

Beach Clean Up Committee: Organize a calendar of clean up events in the region including 3x a year down in Bradenton for our adopted beach. Get permits if needed, bags, gloves, water. Promote the event and talk to surf shops and/or local businesses about donating their time or items. Talk to other environmental groups about participating or holding a joint event. Send a budget to the treasurer so if needed the chapter can provide funds.

Fund Raising Committee: Come up with fun ways to raise funds to support the chapter’s efforts. Promote the event. Be responsible for all money while its being collected and counted and turn it over to the treasurer for deposit.

LocalS Committee: Work with Thomas on promoting and distributing the LocalS Campaign to better the vibe in the surf.

Rise Above Plastics Committee: National Surfrider Foundation began the Rise Above Plastics campaign in 2008. Several California Surfrider Chapters have successfully lead the way through online blogs, videos and tool kits to help other chapters along through the beginning, middle and end of the plastics campaign. Using their guidelines and the creative thinking from our own talented pool of members the chapter can begin to take an active step towards eliminating the use of single use plastics in our region. Come up with a catch phrase to stoke up the chapter. Plan the campaign. Research, as a group, on the effects of plastic on the local environment. Set long term and short term goals for the chapter to meet. Design positive events to promote the use of re-usable bags and recycling plastic bags. Speak to the public and to public officials in reference to this issue when the time comes. Get re-usable bags printed with SF logo. Find out what other org's in area have an anti-plastic campaign going and approach them about aligning with them on an event.

Upham Beach Committee: We need activists to focus their attention on Upham and help rid the beach of those geo-tubes. Surfrider National’s stance is against all forms of new coastal armoring.  Make your voice heard: NO Tubes and nothing else to be put in their place.

Tabling Events: We would like to have the chapter’s table tent and flags at as many local events as possible. Work as a group and be responsible for the equipment, take it to the event, set it up, lay out the table with Surfrider gear and information and be prepared to inform the public about SF. If it’s a long event, set up a time schedule, talk to members about getting involved, and break the day into shifts. Pack it all up at the end. As a note: Janus Landing and St. Pete Times Forum have allowed the chapter to  table at concerts. With plenty of notice of an upcoming band it maybe possible to table and see a concert for free!