We have published a new club calendar! (in the menu)  This is a central place to keep track of all our various events.

Speaking of events we have two big ones this week, First we have the launch of the all new 2010 Honda Insight at Midlands Honda on Tuesday, March 24, 2009.  The Insight originally launched in as a 2000 model and was designed for maximum fuel efficiency and still has yet to be matched by any production car.  The vehicle exited production in 2006.  Four years later and the Insight is ready for a major re introduction as a hybrid for everyone; and what it no longer achieves the ultimate in fuel efficiency, it makes up for with functionality and great pricing.

On Saturday the 28th we will participate in our second Earth Fare Spring event, last year  we had great success with the Earth Day celebration and that event is also when we launched this website, first posting.  We took two hybrids last year a 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid and a 2008 HCHII with navigation.  This year we plan to take two hybrids again, we will have a 2009 HCHII w/ Navi and depending on supply a 2010 Honda Insight!

Earth Fare’s Press release follows after the jump.

Natural foods leader Earth Fare, the healthy supermarket, will hold a "Spring Fever" event at its Columbia location on March 28th in conjunction with the South Carolina Wildlife Federation. The activities of the day will show customers how to reduce, reuse, recycle and revitalize. In addition, Earth Fare will donate 5% of total store sales that day to the South Carolina Wildlife Federation.From 1-5 pm, guests can participate in a variety of activities, kid's projects, and do-it-yourself seminars in celebration of the eco-centric seasonal fever that drives gardeners, gourmet cooks and nature lovers alike. There will be a number of environmental organization at Earth Fare talking with people one on one about how they can help our local environment, including Midlands Honda, who will have one of their hybrid vehicles on hand explaining the benefits of these vehicles, there will be hot dogs for one dollar with one hundred percent of proceeds benefiting the South Carolina Wildlife Federation, free eco-friendly crafts for kids, a mini farmers market featuring local and organic farmers, sustainable cooking classes, a DIY class on how to make your own natural cleaning products, free eco-friendly samples and give-aways, a chance to win a rain barrel and other prizes, live music, and even a recipe swap. Local foods will be featured on Earth Fare's hot bar, as well."Earth Fare's commitment to the community goes beyond selling foods that are the healthiest available and most sustainable for our planet," said Troy DeGroff, marketing director for Earth Fare. "By partnering with local non-profit groups to hold quarterly events like these, we are able to highlight like-minded organizations that are really making a difference in our communities. It's a win-win for all of us."Earth Fare was founded in Asheville, N.C. in 1975 and has grown into the premier chain of natural foods supermarkets in the Southeast. Located in N.C.., S.C., G.A., and T.N., all Earth Fare supermarkets provide customers with real food that tastes better - fresh, locally grown organic produce, artisan products such as raw milk cheeses and specialty wines, traditional hard crusted bakery breads and pastries, as well as antibiotic and hormone free meats and poultry, and sustainably harvested seafood.

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Kacey Green 
for the Midlands Hybrid Club
"Promoting the spread of clean personal transportation technologies."

My fuel economy, tracked at every fill-up since purchase, your mileage will vary. 

The Midlands Hybrid Club, the home of the hybrid and hypermiling club of the Carolinas, based in Columbia, SC.