Sunday, July 27, 2008, 1:00 - 6:00 PM: Annual Picnic!

Schooley's Mountain County Park in Long Valley, NJ. Rain or shine.

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Adults $10.00, children age 12-17 $5.00, and children age 11 and under are FREE. 

This year's picnic will again be catered by NJHN volunteers, and the menu items to be provided will include:

We are asking picnickers to bring a cold side dish (potato, pasta, veggie salad, or your favorite) OR a dessert (pie, cake, cookies, fruit, or your favorite) to share with everyone.  We do have an alcohol permit, so feel free to bring your own. 

Bring your favorite picnic party games and get to know your fellow Humanists.  Wear your favorite freethought apparel and win a prize! Games for the kids would be appreciated, especially in case of rain.  The park offers many activities - details at the park's webpage.  Pets must be restrained by a leash. The group shelter, located at the end of East Spring Park Trail Road (off East Springtown Road), and nearby restrooms are handicap accessible via a side access road. 

RSVP by July 23, 2008 to Lisa at NJHN at comcast.net or call 609-403-8238.  Please include whether you will bring a side dish or dessert to share. 

 

Visit FreeThoughtAction.org for more information.

 

PLEASE SUPPORT NJHN'S FUND FOR CAMP QUEST

 

We are currently seeking donations to our Harley A. Brown Fund for Camp Quest for the 2008 camping season, as well as applications for campership assistance for any family sending a child to Camp Quest.  The Camp Quest experience is one our children will never forget -- one in which they are exposed to "rational inquiry, critical and creative thinking, scientific method, self-respect, ethics, competency, democracy, free speech, and the separation of religion and government guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States."  If we hope to make progress toward a more secular American society, we must begin to instill these values in our children.  Please pledge your support by making a donation today.  Any amount is appreciated and helps one or more children afford an experience that they might otherwise miss. Thank you for your continued generosity and support!

Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term.  One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism.
- Carl Sagan

The lifestance of Humanism—guided by reason, inspired by compassion, and informed by experience—encourages us to live life well and fully. It evolved through the ages and continues to develop through the efforts of thoughtful people who recognize that values and ideals, however carefully wrought, are subject to change as our knowledge and understandings advance.
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