October 2023 Newsletter

ENERGY is meant to be saved, so you can dance at the BALL

Clever Girl headlines 2023 Energy Ball

Clever Girl is our featured band for this year’s annual Energy Ball! This is their second time headlining the Energy Ball!

Don’t miss this night of music and impact! Support STEM education and renewable energy advocacy. Get your tickets now!

Energy Ball Tickets

Energy Innovator Nominations

It takes everyone to help preserve our planet for future generations. Let’s highlight those youth (under 18) individuals and businesses and organizations going above and beyond. Use the link below to tell us the stories of your unknown heroes:

Nominations

Multiple ways to get involved with Energy Ball

There are many ways to support the Energy Ball.

Be a sponsor!

Sponsorship

Contribute silent auction items!

Buy a ticket or an Angel table for 8 or a ‘phantom of the ball’ ticket (to support but not attend).

Tickets

You can volunteer by serving food, helping with decorations and staffing the registration and game tables.

EB Volunteers

Come be a part of the celebration!

Shaping Tomorrow Together Rally

ReThink proudly co-sponsors the Sharing Tomorrow Together rally.

On Oct. 18, 2023, 3-5 p.m. EDT, at the Old Capitol advocates plan to welcome our Legislators to the Florida Capitol for the 2024 General Session.

This is an opportunity to share diverse viewpoints and nurture a deeper understanding of issues important and impactful to our state.

Click below and sign up.

Shaping Tomorrow

Reclaiming Florida’s Future Year-Round: Opportunities for Engagement

Legislative Delegation meetings are a great way to get our message to all of the legislators serving a county. If you live in one of the following counties and can attend their legislative delegation meeting this month, please let us know. We will help you craft a public comment that will have impact!

Here’s a list of Counties holding upcoming meetings:
Oct. 6, 2023: Putnam County – 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. EDT
Oct. 6, 2023: St Lucie County – 9 a.m. – Noon EDT
Oct. 6, 2023: Wakulla County – 2 p.m. EDT
Oct. 13, 2023: Flagler County – 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. EDT
Oct. 13, 2023: St. John’s County – 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT
Oct. 23, 2023: Baker County – 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. EDT
Oct. 23, 2023: Columbia County – 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. EDT
Oct. 23, 2023: Union County – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. EDT
Oct. 24, 2023: Volusia County – 2 p.m. – 7 p.m. EDT
Oct. 25, 2023: Gilchrist County – 10 a.m. – Completion
Oct. 25, 2023: Brevard County – 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. EDT
Oct. 25, 2023: Nassau County – 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. EDT
Oct. 25, 2023: Alachua County – 1:30 p.m. – Completion
Oct. 26, 2023: Escambia County – 5:30 p.m. – Completion
Oct. 26, 2023: Sarasota County – 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. EDT
Oct. 26, 2023: Sumter County – 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. EDT
Oct. 26, 2023: Hernando County – 9 a.m. – Noon EDT
Oct. 26, 2023: Pinellas County – 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. EDT
Oct. 30, 2023: Seminole County 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EDT
Oct. 30, 2023: Lee County – 9 a.m. – Noon EDT
Oct. 30, 2023: Citrus County – 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. EDT
Oct. 30, 2023: Okaloosa County – 5:30 p.m. – Completion
Oct. 30, 2023: Osceola County – 5 p.m. – Completion
Oct. 30, 2023: Lafayette County – 2 p.m. – Completion
Oct. 30, 2023: Dixie County – 11 a.m. – Completion
Nov. 1, 2023: Hardee County – 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. EDT
Nov. 1, 2023: Palm Beach County – 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. EDT
Nov. 1, 2023: Duval County – 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. EDT
Please email our Campaigns team for exact locations:

Team work makes the dream work

ReThink thanks every person who gave their time to help make our planet more beautiful through cleaning up.

One cleanup even made the local news in Tallahassee. The work of Creation Care of St. Paul’s, a partner of ReThink, was spotlighted by WTXL, a local news station in Tallahassee. In the web story there are ReThinkers featured.

WTXL Article

Climate Action Now Party an overwhelming success

How do you measure success? What about over 11,000 actions taken since the Climate Action Now Party on Sept. 16.

In 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) created the largest funding for solutions to the climate crisis in history. Even though Floridians helped fund the IRA, Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed over $350 million, which would have funded solutions. This refusal to take federal dollars negatively impacts all people in Florida, but particularly low-wealth, underserved communities in the state.

You can still take action, even if you did not attend. Download the app from here:
Climate Action Now

Then go to the ‘Bring IRA Dollars to Florida’ Campaign under ‘Politics and Policy.’
Please email our campaigns team for assistance.

Campaigns Team

Reclaiming Florida’s Future Save the Date

Reclaiming Florida’s Future is closer than you think. The date for RFF is Jan. 24, 2024.

ReThink your education

ReThink Science Club is an afterschool science club run by a team that presents an engaging STEM-based curriculum and sends out free materials for hands-on projects to students in Leon County.

Below are the programs we offer:

4th- 5th grade will include many hands-on activities, such as constructing mini-greenhouses and compost bins. There will also be an emphasis on solar projects such as solar ovens and solar vehicles and making sponge boats.
6th- 8th grade will participate in higher-level learning and will be involved in long-term activities such as sampling soil quality and learning how to record and analyze primary data. Students will also have the opportunity to learn about college readiness and get the chance to ask current college students about their experiences.
Email our Education team for more information: