The Acorn of LOFM

Please increase LOFM contributions to help pay for roof repair

At the last business meeting, we approved the roof repair proposal, which amounts to about $175,000. It is critical to move forward, because the longer we wait the more damage is caused by the weather.  The property committee has done a terrific job of handling this.  The  Houston Endowment has given us $100,000 toward the repairs. We have decided to borrow the remaining $75,000 from the our maintenance fund, but to pay it back within 5 years in order to keep the fund whole and growing.  Please increase your giving to help the Meeting cover this expense.  Thank you for your contribution!

Recycling at LOFM

At LOFM there are three places you can deposit items for curbside recycling:

The green bin belonging to the city is in the kitchen alcove of the Little House. All recycling items go into one bin.

Large recycling containers are in the janitor's closet of the post-function of the meeting house. These are labeled for the desired separation.

Also available in the meeting house, new in response to your requests, is a small bin in the prefunction, placed next to the trash can. It's very subtle, so don't mistake it. One side of the bin will hold office papers, old flyers, etc. – paper products only.  The other side of the bin has a small bucket for bottles and cans, or other items, so that those of us who like to finish our drink before we enter meeting have a place to put our empties.

Paper Products in our dumpster: newspaper, magazines, telephone books, advertising mail, corrugated cardboard. We ask everyone in meeting to be aware of paper collected in the three areas available, and to take responsibility at the end of Sunday activities for putting the recycling in the dumpster. It's practically on the way to your car.

Curbside recycling at LOFM. The City of Houston curbside recycling program will pick up aluminum and tin cans, plastic soft drink, milk and water containers [numbers 1-5, and 7], together in the same green bin. Curbside recycling happens every other week. Please take glass containers home if you have a place to recycle them; the City of Houston doesn't take them.

LOFM Work Days: Saturday Oct 3 and Saturday Oct 17, 8 am - 1 pm

Community building work days scheduled for October.  Set Saturday October 3rd and Saturday October 17th aside for work days. There are a number of clean up and freshen up jobs to do around and in the buildings. This is a great opportunity to get to know people better in Meeting and save the Meeting some money.  The work we do not do as a community eventually is hired out. Come on by anytime between 8:00 AM and 1:00 PM  even if you only have an hour, all help is very much appreciated.