NC GreenPower GIFT CARDS make great holiday gifts! Order online TODAY...  CLICK HERE
**We will also feature a new winter design online beginning December 1. MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
This will be a limited-time design and less than 50 will be available.

FALL 2009 - In this issue:
                Current news - NC Conservation Network online auction ENDS 11/20!
                Featured New Sponsor - GroWild, Inc.
                Volunteer and subscriber appreciation event - Durham Bulls Field of Dreams.
                Recent Speakers Bureau activities
                More ways to support NC GreenPower! - GoodSearch online

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Auction ends Friday, 11/20! Make your bids today!

Holiday season is nearly upon us, and you may soon be looking for the perfect gift for friends and family. Or maybe you'd just like to find a good deal on a little something for yourself. 
 
NC GreenPower is one of many sponsors proud to be a part of the NC Conservation Network holiday auction, offering more than 200 sustainable gifts, unique experiences, and trips near and far. Whatever you are looking for, you can find it by visiting nccn.cmarket.com and your gifts will be delivered free of charge.
 
The starting bid for most items is half of their retail value, so they’ve got some great deals. Here are a few of the items you can bid on:

• many ways to Go Green!;
• beautiful necklaces, bracelets, and earrings;
• trips across North Carolina and travel further away;
• yoga, massage, reiki and other ways to improve your health and well-being;
• and much much more!

All proceeds benefit the NC Conservation Network and their efforts to protect North Carolina’s air, water, and quality of life. Learn more by visiting www.ncconservationnetwork.org.

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Featured New Sponsor – GroWild, a local eco-conscious company offering organic treats!

GroWild began in Raleigh, NC, on a tiny budget and in a small kitchen. The company's goal is to make healthy food fun, by creating unique flavors without compromising nutrition. All products are vegan, and are handmade with all natural and organic ingredients. GroWild hopes to inspire people to make the right choices for themselves, their families, and the planet. GroWild is proud to be a 100% carbon offset contributor with NC Green Power, and donates 5% of all profits to help plant trees with the Arbor Day Foundation. www.growild.net

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Durham Bulls and NC GreenPower Celebrate our end-of-season Field of Dreams!

Field of Dreams 10-17-09

A huge thank you to everyone who was able to attend our event on Saturday, October 17th and helped to make it such a huge success!

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Recent Speakers Bureau activities -

10/1 Town of Wake Forest Energy Fair
10/3 Wake County Green Building and Solar Tour (Yes! Solar Solutions, Cary)
10/3 Second Annual Piedmont Green Gala (T. S. Designs, Burlington)
10/5 Master Gardner Volunteer Conference (Mooresville, NC)
10/6 NCGP volunteer webinar
10/7 NC State Fair - Volunteer training
10/8 NCGP volunteer webinar
10/9 NC SEA - Annual Meeting (Charlotte)
10/9 NC State Fair - Volunteer training
10/10 Wake Forest Farmers Market
10/13 University City Leadership Summit (UNC Charlotte)
10/14 Capital Broadcasting Company Lunch 'n' Learn (WRAL-TV)
10/15-25 NC STATE FAIR (Fairgrounds-Raleigh)
10/15 Wyeth Biotech Energy Fair (Sanford)
10/17 Builders of Hope - EGB & USGBC hands-on day (Raleigh)
10/17 Cumberland County Green Fest 2009 (Fayetteville)
10/17 Durham Bulls - Field of Dreams event
10/19 Sierra Club Medoc Group (Rocky Mount)
10/21 Wilmington Green Living Expo and Conference
10/23 Triangle Business Journal Green Awards luncheon (Raleigh)
10/26 NC League of Municipalities Annual Conference (Greenville)
10/27 Business Professional Women meeting (Durham)
10/30 Rho GREENer fair (Chapel Hill )

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JOIN US! – Become an NC GreenPower Speakers Bureau volunteer

	We had more than 70 people express interest in staffing at the NC State Fair this year, and most of those were new volunteers. A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped to make the event so successful, and a big welcome to all of our new subcribers! Thanks for your support of NC GreenPower.

NC GreenPower would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to all the event planners who contributed to our renewable energy and carbon offset programs to minimize their impact on the environment from their festivities. Find out more about how you can green-up your next event through our Event Offset program here.

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Add GoodSearch to your web browser, and support NC GreenPower!

What if NC GreenPower earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!

GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up! GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting your favorite cause.

Just go to www.goodsearch.com and add it to your web browser. Then be sure to enter NC GreenPower as the charity you want to support. Spread the word!

WE ARE NOW ON THESE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES!