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2015 Eastern NY Chapter Air & Waste Management Association (14th Annual) Earth Day Grant Program Summary
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School Name |
Location |
Project Name |
Grant |
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Academy of the Holy Names |
Albany |
Earth Week Energy Watch & Sustainability Challenge |
$500.00 |
|
Anderson Center for Autism |
Staatsburg |
Composting - Cycle of Life |
$500.00 |
|
Anna S. Kuhl Elementary |
Port Jervis |
Water Quality |
$710.35 |
|
Bell Top Elementary School |
E. Greenbush |
Save the Monarchs |
$590.00 |
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Brushton-Moira Central SD |
Brushton |
Pond Health Study |
$521.37 |
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Coxsackie- Athens Central SD |
Coxsackie |
Aquatic Learning Lab Phase 2 |
$750.00 |
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Farnsworth Middle School |
Guilderland |
Wildlife Monitoring at Farnsworth Middle School |
$392.32 |
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Forest Park Elementary |
Albany |
Clean Pail Club Continued; Are We There Yet? |
$746.00 |
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Glens Falls High School |
Glens Falls |
Water Quality Analysis in Glens Falls |
$720.00 |
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Lake Pleasant Central School |
Speculator |
Renewable Energy |
$750.00 |
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Oakwood Friends School |
Poughkeepsie |
Study of campus-wide headphone usage and effects of high dB level exposure |
$490.00 |
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Poughkeepsie High School |
Poughkeepsie |
It’s more than just a fish, Anguilla rostrata, environmental educators |
$744.50 |
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Schenectady High School |
Schenectady |
Explorations in Alternative Energy |
$714.00 |
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Shaker Road Elementary |
Albany |
Read, Write, Plant and Grow |
$750.00 |
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So. Glens Falls High School |
So. Glens Falls |
Water Quality Assessment Project |
$287.70 |
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St. Augustine's School |
Troy |
Growing Connections Through Hydroponics |
$750.00 |
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St. Jude the Apostle School |
Wynantskill |
Creek Stomp – Life Along the Kill |
$750.00 |
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St. Mary’s School |
Ticonderoga |
St. Mary’s Strong- Growing Out of the Ashes |
$742.00 |
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The Free School |
Albany |
A Garden For Everyone Care |
$702.00 |
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The Waldorf School of Saratoga Springs |
Saratoga Springs |
Transitioning to LED lights to improve student learning environment |
$500.00 |
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Ticonderoga Central School |
Ticonderoga |
Community Weather Station |
$750.00 |
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Ticonderoga Middle School |
Ticonderoga |
Water Quality Study |
$298.95 |
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Total Amount Funded |
$13,659 |
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Total Grant Applications Received = 52, Total Grant Amount Requested = $34,338
Sources of Funding for 2015 Grant Program (Earth Day Sponsors):
| Platinum Level ($1,000+) | Silver Level ($250-$499) | Bronze Level ($50-$249) |
| Eastern New York AWMA Chapter ($3,000+) | Consulting for Health, Air, Nature, & a Greener Environment, LLC | Bud Hovey |
| Daniel Lang | ||
| Foundation for Engineering Education ($3,000) | C.T. Male Associates | Andrea Simmons |
| David Roecker | Mark Corey |
As part of our fundraising efforts for the 2015 Grant Program, proceeds from the 3rd Annual Peter B. Desrochers Memorial Golf Tournament held September 19, 2014 (±$6,600) included sponsorships from CDM Smith Inc.; Arcadis; MJ Engineering and Land Surveying, P.C.; C.T. Male Associates; Barton & Loguidice D.P.C.; CB&I; Consulting for Health, Air, Nature, and A Greener Environment, LLC; Accutest Laboratories; Parratt Wolff, Inc.; Adirondack Environmental Services Inc.; Alpha Analytical, Inc.; Covanta Energy; CHA; ESMI Companies; Great Lakes Environmental & Safety Consultants, Inc.; O’Brien & Gere; Phillips Lytle LLP; Pace Analytical Services, Inc.; Spectra Environmental Group, Inc.; TRADEBE Environmental Services, LLC; Young/Sommer LLC; Georgie Lussier; and Heather Fariello.
2015 Education Committee Members
Rod Aldrich, Sterling Environmental Engineering, P.C.
Dina Ayers, ALS Environmental
Joe Farron, C.T. Male Associates
Janet Forsell, O’Brien & Gere
Dan Lang, ARCADIS U.S., Inc. (Chairperson)
Georgie Lussier, Foit-Albert Associates
Thomas Puchner, Phillips Lytle LLP