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Calling all Heritage Environmentalists!
Alison Lang-Hickey and Anne Lyon with volunteer flyer
Saturday Stream Snapshot is back and needs your help!
Two of our HUUC members/friends, Anne Lyon and Alison Lang-Hickey, are leading the charge to re-start the Saturday Stream Snapshot (SSS), a water quality monitoring program for the Lower Little Miami River Watershed. Anne Lyon founded the SSS in 2003 and is mentoring the new team as it re-starts. Volunteers are needed to collect stream samples throughout the watershed, or assist in the lab, on the second Saturday of each month starting March 9, 2024. You can select which dates you’d like to help and bring a friend, so this an easy, fun, and rewarding way to help protect the river that many of us love.
Click here for more information: http://tinyurl.com/37zxjy8t
Sign up here: SSS Volunteer Sign Up and Interest Link
- Interested in stream sampling? Sign up for the part of town/section of the river you prefer. Then come to the training session February 27, 2024, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Izaak Walton League’s lodge (544 Branch Hill-Loveland Rd) to get your supplies and specific sampling site/meeting place.
( Note: even if you can’t join the February 27 or March 9 events, please still sign up. We’ll reach out later with details for future sampling dates April 13, 2024, May 11, 2024, June 8, 2024, and beyond.)
- Want to help out as a lab volunteer? This is great experience and no advance training is needed – we’ll show you the ropes in the lab on the date you select. (March 9, 2024, April 13, 2024, or June 8, 2024 are available for sign ups now).
Any questions? Please email Alison Lang-Hickey at: Volunteer@SaturdayStreamSnapshot.org
Image Source: Alison Lang-Hickey
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HUUC Technology Coordinator: Lucy Rogers
Lucy Rogers became our Heritage Church Technology Coordinator at the beginning of March 2025, succeeding church member Kevin Palmer, who “retired” back to life as a Sunday morning attendee and active HUUC member. Lucy’s role will be similar to Kevin’s: handling our audio and visual technology both in the sanctuary and for our Zoomers during Sunday worship services; providing tech support for congregational and special meetings, weddings and memorial services, and our staff; and working with our ever-more sophisticated software, hardware, and physical technology infrastructure.
Lucy is a Cybersecurity student at the University of Cincinnati, planning to complete that program in the spring of 2026. Their professional interests center around networking and systems administration, with plans to next pursue a CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certificate, an entry-level certification for network professionals.
They have thrived in not one but two very successful co-op terms with 84.51 (Kroger’s technology arm), gaining more experience in both systems and networking. Outside of work, Lucy enjoys video games, reading, catching up on their many preferred television programs, and taking Pilates classes.
We are excited to add Lucy to our wonderful Heritage staff. Please welcome them the next time you’re at church on Sunday!
(Call the church office at 513-231-8634 to get their email address.)
Image source: Rev. Bill Gupton
